TestNo. 2243Men

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa won by 206 runs

Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, Match 126 December 2016 to 30 December 2016St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

South Africabatted first

286 & 406/6d90.5 ov

Sri Lanka

205 & 28196.3 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match SC Cook

South Africa innings

28698.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	59	125	7	0	47.2
D Elgar	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	45	98	5	0	45.9
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	20	76	2	0	26.3
JP Duminy	lbw b HMRKB Herath	63	95	10	0	66.3
F du Plessis	c FDM Karunaratne b RAS Lakmal	37	73	5	0	50.7
T Bavuma	lbw b HMRKB Herath	3	18	0	0	16.7
Q de Kock	b N Pradeep	37	68	5	0	54.4
VD Philander	c PVD Chameera b N Pradeep	13	33	2	0	39.4
KA Maharaj	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	0	3	0	0	0.0
KJ Abbott	run out (MDKJ Perera, LD Chandimal)	0	3	0	0	0.0
K Rabada	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 1, nb 5	9
Total	all out, 98.5 overs, run rate 2.89	286

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-104 SC Cook2-105 D Elgar3-178 HM Amla4-213 JP Duminy5-225 T Bavuma6-253 F du Plessis7-276 VD Philander8-276 KA Maharaj9-281 KJ Abbott10-286 Q de Kock

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	27	9	63	5	2.33	125	8	0	0
N Pradeep	21.5	5	66	2	3.02	100	10	0	2
AD Mathews	13	5	26	0	2.00	65	3	1	0
PVD Chameera	14	1	68	0	4.86	57	11	0	3
HMRKB Herath	20	4	48	2	2.40	91	3	0	0
DM de Silva	3	0	12	0	4.00	10	1	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

20564.5 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b KJ Abbott	5	10	0	0	50.0
JK Silva	lbw b VD Philander	16	59	3	0	27.1
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	7	13	0	0	53.8
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b KJ Abbott	0	9	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	c D Elgar b K Rabada	39	69	5	0	56.5
LD Chandimal	lbw b VD Philander	28	64	5	0	43.8
DM de Silva	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	43	70	5	0	61.4
HMRKB Herath	lbw b KA Maharaj	24	32	4	0	75.0
PVD Chameera	c HM Amla b KJ Abbott	19	51	2	0	37.3
RAS Lakmal	c KJ Abbott b VD Philander	4	5	1	0	80.0
N Pradeep	not out	8*	10	1	0	80.0
Extras	lb 4, w 5, nb 3	12
Total	all out, 64.5 overs, run rate 3.16	205

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-10 FDM Karunaratne2-19 MDKJ Perera3-22 BKG Mendis4-61 JK Silva5-94 AD Mathews6-121 LD Chandimal7-157 HMRKB Herath8-181 DM de Silva9-185 RAS Lakmal10-205 PVD Chameera

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
VD Philander	20	7	45	5	2.25	100	7	0	2
KJ Abbott	21.5	4	63	3	2.89	98	5	0	0
K Rabada	13	3	63	1	4.85	56	10	1	1
KA Maharaj	10	3	30	1	3.00	44	4	0	0

South Africa innings

406/6d90.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c LD Chandimal b PVD Chameera	117	178	11	0	65.7
D Elgar	c AD Mathews b RAS Lakmal	52	102	4	0	51.0
HM Amla	lbw b N Pradeep	48	53	5	0	90.6
JP Duminy	c AD Mathews b DM de Silva	25	36	2	0	69.4
F du Plessis	not out	67*	86	3	0	77.9
T Bavuma	c BKG Mendis b DM de Silva	8	10	1	0	80.0
Q de Kock	lbw b HMRKB Herath	69	86	6	0	80.2
Extras	b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 10	20
Total	6 wickets, 90.5 overs, run rate 4.47	406

Did not batVD Philander, KA Maharaj, KJ Abbott, K Rabada

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-116 D Elgar2-221 HM Amla3-245 SC Cook4-267 JP Duminy5-277 T Bavuma6-406 Q de Kock

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	18	2	64	1	3.56	69	5	0	0
N Pradeep	14	0	65	1	4.64	53	5	1	4
AD Mathews	4	0	10	0	2.50	18	1	0	0
PVD Chameera	15	0	85	1	5.67	44	9	2	2
HMRKB Herath	24.5	1	84	1	3.38	86	5	0	0
DM de Silva	15	0	91	2	6.07	30	7	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

28196.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	run out (JP Duminy, Q de Kock)	43	113	5	0	38.1
JK Silva	lbw b K Rabada	48	118	7	0	40.7
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	6	13	1	0	46.2
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	58	90	9	0	64.4
AD Mathews	lbw b KJ Abbott	59	120	7	0	49.2
LD Chandimal	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	8	38	0	0	21.1
DM de Silva	lbw b KJ Abbott	22	36	4	0	61.1
HMRKB Herath	c & b VD Philander	3	11	0	0	27.3
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	12	0	0	0.0
RAS Lakmal	not out	19*	20	3	0	95.0
N Pradeep	b KA Maharaj	4	9	1	0	44.4
Extras	b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 96.3 overs, run rate 2.91	281

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410

1-87 FDM Karunaratne2-93 MDKJ Perera3-118 JK Silva4-193 BKG Mendis5-225 LD Chandimal6-246 AD Mathews7-258 DM de Silva8-258 HMRKB Herath9-274 PVD Chameera10-281 N Pradeep

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
VD Philander	22	5	65	1	2.95	103	9	0	0
KJ Abbott	20	6	38	2	1.90	104	5	2	0
K Rabada	21	4	77	3	3.67	92	12	1	1
KA Maharaj	30.3	7	86	3	2.82	138	11	0	0
JP Duminy	3	0	8	0	2.67	12	0	0	0

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Player of the match

SC CookSouth Africa

59off 125 balls, 7 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 47.2

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2243
Competition: Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BNJ Oxenford
TV umpire: RJ Tucker
Match referee: DC Boon
Season: 2016/17

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 19°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 2: 26 / 21°C, 0.8 mm rain
Day 3: 23 / 20°C, 3.1 mm rain
Day 4: 25 / 19°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 5: 26 / 19°C, dry

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