TestNo. 2399Men

Sri Lanka v South Africa

South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, Match 126 December 2020 to 29 December 2020SuperSport Park, Centurion

Sri Lankabatted first

396/9 & 180/946.1 ov

South Africa

621142.1 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match F du Plessis

Sri Lanka innings

396/996 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b L Ngidi	22	20	4	0	110.0
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	16	29	2	0	55.2
BKG Mendis	c L Ngidi b A Nortje	12	16	2	0	75.0
LD Chandimal	c F du Plessis b PWA Mulder	85	161	11	0	52.8
DM de Silva	retired hurt	79*	106	11	1	74.5
N Dickwella	lbw b PWA Mulder	49	86	6	0	57.0
MD Shanaka	not out	66*	87	3	5	75.9
PWH de Silva	b L Sipamla	18	20	3	0	90.0
CAK Rajitha	c D Elgar b L Sipamla	12	49	2	0	24.5
MVT Fernando	b L Sipamla	0	1	0	0	0.0
CBRLS Kumara	c HE van der Dussen b L Sipamla	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 16, lb 9, w 6, nb 6	37
Total	9 wickets, 96 overs, run rate 4.13	396

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 630

1-28 FDM Karunaratne2-54 BKG Mendis3-54 MDKJ Perera4-284 LD Chandimal5-296 N Dickwella6-320 PWH de Silva7-387 CAK Rajitha8-387 MVT Fernando9-396 CBRLS Kumara

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
L Ngidi	19	3	64	1	3.37	81	6	1	0	0
L Sipamla	16	1	76	4	4.75	62	10	1	0	3
A Nortje	22	3	88	1	4.00	92	10	2	2	0
PWA Mulder	20	4	69	3	3.45	94	11	0	0	3
KA Maharaj	19	3	74	0	3.89	76	7	2	0	0

South Africa innings

621142.1 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c & b MD Shanaka	95	130	16	0	73.1
AK Markram	c MD Shanaka b MVT Fernando	68	94	14	0	72.3
HE van der Dussen	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	15	42	2	0	35.7
F du Plessis	c FDM Karunaratne b PWH de Silva	199	276	24	0	72.1
Q de Kock	c HDRL Thirimanne (sub) b PWH de Silva	18	11	3	0	163.6
T Bavuma	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	71	125	7	0	56.8
PWA Mulder	c N Dickwella b PWH de Silva	36	63	4	1	57.1
KA Maharaj	c PWH de Silva b MVT Fernando	73	106	6	2	68.9
A Nortje	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	0	3	0	0	0.0
L Sipamla	lbw b PWH de Silva	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Ngidi	not out	2*	9	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 9, lb 18, w 10, nb 7	44
Total	all out, 142.1 overs, run rate 4.37	621

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 630

1-141 AK Markram2-200 HE van der Dussen3-200 D Elgar4-220 Q de Kock5-399 T Bavuma6-476 PWA Mulder7-609 F du Plessis8-610 A Nortje9-611 L Sipamla10-621 KA Maharaj

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MVT Fernando	31.1	3	129	3	4.14	119	17	1	3	0
CAK Rajitha	2.1	0	16	0	7.38	8	3	0	0	1
MD Shanaka	28.5	2	98	2	3.40	128	14	0	0	3
PWH de Silva	45	5	171	4	3.80	178	20	1	0	1
CBRLS Kumara	21.1	0	103	1	4.87	82	16	0	2	0
FDM Karunaratne	6.5	0	36	0	5.27	20	4	0	0	0
BKG Mendis	7	0	41	0	5.86	19	2	1	0	2

Sri Lanka innings

180/946.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b L Ngidi	6	8	1	0	75.0
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	64	87	10	0	73.6
BKG Mendis	c HE van der Dussen b L Ngidi	0	5	0	0	0.0
LD Chandimal	b PWA Mulder	25	45	4	0	55.6
N Dickwella	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	10	15	2	0	66.7
MD Shanaka	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	6	35	0	0	17.1
PWH de Silva	c T Bavuma b L Sipamla	59	53	12	1	111.3
MVT Fernando	run out	0	1	0	0	0.0
CAK Rajitha	c KA Maharaj b A Nortje	0	27	0	0	0.0
CBRLS Kumara	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2, nb 4	10
Total	9 wickets, 46.1 overs, run rate 3.90	180

Did not batDM de Silva

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 630

1-10 FDM Karunaratne2-22 BKG Mendis3-85 LD Chandimal4-99 N Dickwella5-114 MDKJ Perera6-142 MD Shanaka7-148 MVT Fernando8-179 PWH de Silva9-180 CAK Rajitha

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
L Ngidi	10	2	38	2	3.80	47	6	0	1
A Nortje	10.1	1	47	2	4.62	40	7	0	1
PWA Mulder	12	1	39	2	3.25	56	7	0	1
L Sipamla	5	0	24	2	4.80	21	5	0	1
KA Maharaj	6	3	20	0	3.33	29	4	0	0
AK Markram	3	2	6	0	2.00	17	0	1	0

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Player of the match

F du PlessisSouth Africa

199off 276 balls, 24 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 72.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2399
Competition: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Umpires: AT Holdstock and M Erasmus
TV umpire: A Paleker
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Season: 2020/21

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 29 / 16°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 31 / 16°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 31 / 20°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 4: 31 / 18°C, 0.6 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2020-12-26-sri-lanka-v-south-africa/scorecard200

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  "result": "South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs",
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    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 621, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 180, "wickets": 9 }
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  "batting": [ ... 32 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 18 rows ... ]
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