TestNo. 2347MenUpset 76

South Africa v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, Match 113 February 2019 to 16 February 2019Kingsmead, Durban

South Africabatted first

235 & 25979.1 ov

Sri Lanka

191 & 304/985.3 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match MDKJ Perera

South Africa innings

23559.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b MVT Fernando	11	27	1	0	40.7
D Elgar	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	0	4	0	0	0.0
HM Amla	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	3	10	0	0	30.0
T Bavuma	run out	47	66	7	0	71.2
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b CAK Rajitha	35	54	5	0	64.8
Q de Kock	c MVT Fernando b CAK Rajitha	80	94	8	1	85.1
VD Philander	c & b CAK Rajitha	4	22	0	0	18.2
KA Maharaj	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	29	35	4	0	82.9
K Rabada	c BOP Fernando b MVT Fernando	3	16	0	0	18.8
DW Steyn	b L Embuldeniya	15	26	2	0	57.7
D Olivier	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 6, nb 2	8
Total	all out, 59.4 overs, run rate 3.94	235

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-0 D Elgar2-9 HM Amla3-17 AK Markram4-89 F du Plessis5-110 T Bavuma6-131 VD Philander7-178 KA Maharaj8-186 K Rabada9-219 DW Steyn10-235 Q de Kock

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
RAS Lakmal	14	3	29	1	2.07	63	2	0	0
MVT Fernando	17	1	62	4	3.65	63	6	0	0
CAK Rajitha	14.4	0	68	3	4.64	64	11	1	2
FDM Karunaratne	3	0	9	0	3.00	13	0	0	0
L Embuldeniya	10	1	51	1	5.10	34	6	0	0
BOP Fernando	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

19159.2 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b VD Philander	30	59	3	0	50.8
HDRL Thirimanne	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	0	15	0	0	0.0
BOP Fernando	lbw b DW Steyn	19	42	2	0	45.2
BKG Mendis	c F du Plessis b VD Philander	12	24	3	0	50.0
MDKJ Perera	c Zubayr Hamza (sub) b DW Steyn	51	63	7	1	81.0
N Dickwella	c DW Steyn b D Olivier	8	12	1	0	66.7
DM de Silva	c D Olivier b K Rabada	23	33	3	1	69.7
RAS Lakmal	c AK Markram b DW Steyn	4	6	0	0	66.7
L Embuldeniya	c DW Steyn b K Rabada	24	63	4	0	38.1
CAK Rajitha	run out	12	30	0	0	40.0
MVT Fernando	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.1
Extras	b 3, lb 3, w 1	7
Total	all out, 59.2 overs, run rate 3.22	191

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-19 HDRL Thirimanne2-51 BOP Fernando3-53 FDM Karunaratne4-76 BKG Mendis5-90 N Dickwella6-133 DM de Silva7-142 RAS Lakmal8-152 MDKJ Perera9-184 CAK Rajitha10-191 L Embuldeniya

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
DW Steyn	20	7	48	4	2.40	98	8	0	0
VD Philander	10	2	32	2	3.20	45	4	0	0
K Rabada	12.2	2	48	2	3.89	55	5	2	0
D Olivier	13	2	36	1	2.77	56	3	0	1
KA Maharaj	3	0	16	0	5.33	11	2	0	0
D Elgar	1	0	5	0	5.00	3	1	0	0

South Africa innings

25979.1 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c & b L Embuldeniya	35	70	5	0	50.0
AK Markram	c BKG Mendis b CAK Rajitha	28	31	3	0	90.3
HM Amla	c HDRL Thirimanne b MVT Fernando	16	35	2	0	45.7
T Bavuma	lbw b L Embuldeniya	3	16	0	0	18.8
F du Plessis	lbw b MVT Fernando	90	182	11	0	49.5
Q de Kock	lbw b L Embuldeniya	55	62	6	0	88.7
VD Philander	b L Embuldeniya	18	54	1	0	33.3
KA Maharaj	b MVT Fernando	4	13	0	0	30.8
K Rabada	c N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	0	2	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	b MVT Fernando	1	6	0	0	16.7
D Olivier	not out	2*	7	0	0	28.6
Extras	lb 2, w 2, nb 3	7
Total	all out, 79.1 overs, run rate 3.27	259

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-36 AK Markram2-70 HM Amla3-77 T Bavuma4-95 D Elgar5-191 Q de Kock6-251 VD Philander7-255 F du Plessis8-256 K Rabada9-256 KA Maharaj10-259 DW Steyn

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	20	5	52	0	2.60	91	4	1	0
MVT Fernando	17.1	2	71	4	4.14	73	12	1	0
CAK Rajitha	13	1	54	1	4.15	49	5	0	2
L Embuldeniya	26	3	66	5	2.54	112	6	0	1
DM de Silva	2	0	8	0	4.00	7	1	0	0
BOP Fernando	1	0	6	0	6.00	0	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

304/985.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b VD Philander	20	47	2	0	42.6
HDRL Thirimanne	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	21	51	3	0	41.2
BOP Fernando	c F du Plessis b DW Steyn	37	76	5	0	48.7
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	0	8	0	0	0.0
MDKJ Perera	not out	153*	200	12	5	76.5
N Dickwella	c & b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.0
DM de Silva	lbw b KA Maharaj	48	79	6	0	60.8
RAS Lakmal	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Embuldeniya	c AK Markram b D Olivier	4	12	0	0	33.3
CAK Rajitha	lbw b KA Maharaj	1	10	0	0	10.0
MVT Fernando	not out	6*	27	0	0	22.2
Extras	lb 13, w 1	14
Total	9 wickets, 85.3 overs, run rate 3.56	304

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-42 HDRL Thirimanne2-42 FDM Karunaratne3-52 BKG Mendis4-110 BOP Fernando5-110 N Dickwella6-206 DM de Silva7-206 RAS Lakmal8-215 L Embuldeniya9-226 CAK Rajitha

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
DW Steyn	18	1	71	2	3.94	74	5	2	0
VD Philander	8	3	13	1	1.63	41	2	0	0
KA Maharaj	20	1	71	3	3.55	81	6	1	0
K Rabada	22.3	3	97	1	4.31	91	14	1	1
D Olivier	16	3	35	2	2.19	71	1	1	0
AK Markram	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0

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Player of the match

MDKJ PereraSri Lanka

51off 63 balls, 7 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 81.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2347
Competition: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Umpires: Aleem Dar and RA Kettleborough
TV umpire: IJ Gould
Match referee: RB Richardson
Season: 2018/19

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 26 / 25°C, 9.7 mm rain
Day 2: 25 / 24°C, 4.5 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 24°C, 4.4 mm rain
Day 4: 25 / 24°C, 9.8 mm rain

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    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 304, "wickets": 9 }
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