TestNo. 2348MenUpset 70

South Africa v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, Match 221 February 2019 to 23 February 2019St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

South Africabatted first

222 & 12844.3 ov

Sri Lanka

154/9 & 197/245.4 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match BKG Mendis

South Africa innings

22261.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b MVT Fernando	6	13	1	0	46.2
AK Markram	lbw b CAK Rajitha	60	116	9	0	51.7
HM Amla	b MVT Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Bavuma	run out	0	2	0	0	0.0
F du Plessis	b FDM Karunaratne	25	60	2	0	41.7
Q de Kock	b DM de Silva	86	87	12	0	98.9
PWA Mulder	lbw b CAK Rajitha	9	9	2	0	100.0
KA Maharaj	c N Dickwella b CAK Rajitha	0	5	0	0	0.0
K Rabada	c N Dickwella b DM de Silva	22	65	2	0	33.8
DW Steyn	not out	3*	11	0	0	27.3
D Olivier	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, nb 4	11
Total	all out, 61.2 overs, run rate 3.62	222

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-15 D Elgar2-15 HM Amla3-15 T Bavuma4-73 F du Plessis5-130 AK Markram6-145 PWA Mulder7-157 KA Maharaj8-216 Q de Kock9-221 K Rabada10-222 D Olivier

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
RAS Lakmal	13	2	33	0	2.54	59	3	1
MVT Fernando	18.2	2	62	3	3.38	69	7	0
CAK Rajitha	15	2	67	3	4.47	63	11	3
L Embuldeniya	5.3	0	26	0	4.73	20	4	0
FDM Karunaratne	4.3	1	12	1	2.67	21	2	0
DM de Silva	5	0	15	2	3.00	18	1	0

Sri Lanka innings

154/937.4 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	17	42	4	0	40.5
HDRL Thirimanne	c & b D Olivier	29	63	4	0	46.0
BOP Fernando	b D Olivier	0	9	0	0	0.0
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	16	15	3	0	106.7
CAK Rajitha	b K Rabada	1	10	0	0	10.0
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	20	15	3	1	133.3
DM de Silva	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	19	24	4	0	79.2
N Dickwella	c D Elgar b K Rabada	42	36	6	1	116.7
RAS Lakmal	lbw b KA Maharaj	7	14	1	0	50.0
MVT Fernando	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras	lb 1, nb 2	3
Total	9 wickets, 37.4 overs, run rate 4.09	154

Did not batL Embuldeniya

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-25 FDM Karunaratne2-34 BOP Fernando3-59 BKG Mendis4-64 HDRL Thirimanne5-66 CAK Rajitha6-97 MDKJ Perera7-128 DM de Silva8-154 RAS Lakmal9-154 N Dickwella

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	10	2	39	0	3.90	45	7	0	0
K Rabada	12.4	3	38	4	3.00	59	5	1	0
D Olivier	10	1	61	3	6.10	41	11	1	2
PWA Mulder	3	2	6	1	2.00	16	1	0	0
KA Maharaj	2	0	9	1	4.50	7	1	0	0

South Africa innings

12844.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c BOP Fernando b CAK Rajitha	18	27	3	0	66.7
D Elgar	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	2	17	0	0	11.8
HM Amla	c BKG Mendis b DM de Silva	32	72	3	0	44.4
T Bavuma	c N Dickwella b CAK Rajitha	6	25	0	0	24.0
F du Plessis	not out	50*	70	7	0	71.4
Q de Kock	c & b RAS Lakmal	1	7	0	0	14.3
PWA Mulder	c BKG Mendis b DM de Silva	5	8	1	0	62.5
KA Maharaj	lbw b RAS Lakmal	6	17	0	0	35.3
K Rabada	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	0	8	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	c HDRL Thirimanne b DM de Silva	0	4	0	0	0.0
D Olivier	lbw b RAS Lakmal	6	13	1	0	46.2
Extras	lb 1, nb 1	2
Total	all out, 44.3 overs, run rate 2.88	128

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-10 D Elgar2-31 AK Markram3-51 T Bavuma4-90 HM Amla5-91 Q de Kock6-100 PWA Mulder7-113 KA Maharaj8-115 K Rabada9-116 DW Steyn10-128 D Olivier

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
RAS Lakmal	16.3	3	39	4	2.36	78	5	0
MVT Fernando	10	1	32	1	3.20	38	3	0
CAK Rajitha	7	1	20	2	2.86	33	3	0
DM de Silva	11	1	36	3	3.27	45	4	1

Sri Lanka innings

197/245.4 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	19	31	3	0	61.3
HDRL Thirimanne	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	10	27	1	0	37.0
BOP Fernando	not out	75*	106	10	2	70.8
BKG Mendis	not out	84*	110	13	0	76.4
Extras	b 4, lb 5	9
Total	2 wickets, 45.4 overs, run rate 4.31	197

Did not batCAK Rajitha, MDKJ Perera, DM de Silva, N Dickwella, RAS Lakmal, MVT Fernando, L Embuldeniya

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-32 HDRL Thirimanne2-34 FDM Karunaratne

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
DW Steyn	8	0	38	0	4.75	33	7	0
K Rabada	15	2	53	1	3.53	64	8	0
D Olivier	12	2	46	1	3.83	46	6	0
PWA Mulder	4	1	6	0	1.50	21	1	0
KA Maharaj	6.4	0	45	0	6.75	22	5	2

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Player of the match

BKG MendisSri Lanka

16off 15 balls, 3 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 106.7

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2348
Competition: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and IJ Gould
TV umpire: RA Kettleborough
Match referee: RB Richardson
Season: 2018/19

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 19°C, dry
Day 2: 25 / 20°C, dry
Day 3: 25 / 20°C, 0.1 mm rain

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