TestNo. 2401Men

Sri Lanka v South Africa

South Africa won by 10 wickets

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, Match 23 January 2021 to 5 January 2021Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sri Lankabatted first

157 & 21156.5 ov

South Africa

302 & 67/013.2 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match D Elgar

Sri Lanka innings

15740.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	2	32	0	0	6.3
MDKJ Perera	c AK Markram b PWA Mulder	60	67	11	0	89.6
HDRL Thirimanne	c F du Plessis b PWA Mulder	17	30	3	0	56.7
BKG Mendis	c HE van der Dussen b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.0
M Bhanuka	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	5	10	1	0	50.0
N Dickwella	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	7	10	1	0	70.0
MD Shanaka	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	4	17	0	0	23.5
PWH de Silva	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	29	27	5	0	107.4
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	22	29	4	0	75.9
MVT Fernando	not out	2*	11	0	0	18.2
AM Fernando	b A Nortje	4	6	1	0	66.7
Extras	lb 5	5
Total	all out, 40.3 overs, run rate 3.88	157

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-19 FDM Karunaratne2-71 MDKJ Perera3-71 BKG Mendis4-80 HDRL Thirimanne5-84 M Bhanuka6-93 N Dickwella7-110 MD Shanaka8-149 PWH de Silva9-151 PVD Chameera10-157 AM Fernando

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
L Ngidi	10	3	44	0	4.40	43	8
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	3.86	64	11
L Sipamla	9	3	27	1	3.00	42	4
PWA Mulder	7	3	25	3	3.57	31	3

South Africa innings

30275.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c HDRL Thirimanne b PVD Chameera	127	163	22	0	77.9
AK Markram	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	5	21	0	0	23.8
HE van der Dussen	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	67	127	12	0	52.8
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	8	15	1	0	53.3
Q de Kock	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	10	20	1	0	50.0
T Bavuma	lbw b MVT Fernando	19	30	3	0	63.3
PWA Mulder	lbw b MVT Fernando	7	17	1	0	41.2
KA Maharaj	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	2	8	0	0	25.0
A Nortje	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	13	16	2	0	81.3
L Sipamla	c MD Shanaka b MVT Fernando	5	19	1	0	26.3
L Ngidi	not out	14*	18	3	0	77.8
Extras	b 8, lb 14, w 3	25
Total	all out, 75.4 overs, run rate 3.99	302

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-34 AK Markram2-218 D Elgar3-218 HE van der Dussen4-235 F du Plessis5-241 Q de Kock6-257 PWA Mulder7-262 KA Maharaj8-276 T Bavuma9-283 A Nortje10-302 L Sipamla

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
MVT Fernando	23.4	0	101	5	4.27	96	16	1
AM Fernando	19	5	61	2	3.21	87	11	1
PVD Chameera	14	1	53	1	3.79	61	9	0
MD Shanaka	15	3	42	2	2.80	70	6	1
PWH de Silva	4	0	23	0	5.75	14	4	0

Sri Lanka innings

21156.5 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c PWA Mulder b A Nortje	103	128	19	0	80.5
MDKJ Perera	b L Ngidi	1	7	0	0	14.3
HDRL Thirimanne	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	31	57	7	0	54.4
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	0	1	0	0	0.0
M Bhanuka	c KA Maharaj b A Nortje	1	7	0	0	14.3
N Dickwella	c T Bavuma b L Ngidi	36	68	6	0	52.9
MD Shanaka	c L Sipamla b PWA Mulder	8	24	1	0	33.3
PWH de Silva	b L Sipamla	16	32	2	0	50.0
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	0	10	0	0	0.0
MVT Fernando	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.3
AM Fernando	b L Sipamla	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 2	14
Total	all out, 56.5 overs, run rate 3.71	211

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-1 MDKJ Perera2-86 HDRL Thirimanne3-92 BKG Mendis4-109 M Bhanuka5-176 FDM Karunaratne6-181 N Dickwella7-190 MD Shanaka8-209 PWH de Silva9-210 PVD Chameera10-211 AM Fernando

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
L Ngidi	15	5	44	4	2.93	74	9	0	0
A Nortje	19	2	64	2	3.37	77	10	1	0
PWA Mulder	13	3	52	1	4.00	59	9	0	1
L Sipamla	9.5	1	40	3	4.07	42	7	0	1

South Africa innings

67/013.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	not out	36*	53	4	0	67.9
D Elgar	not out	31*	27	5	0	114.8
Extras		0
Total	0 wickets, 13.2 overs, run rate 5.03	67

Did not batHE van der Dussen, F du Plessis, Q de Kock, T Bavuma, PWA Mulder, KA Maharaj, A Nortje, L Sipamla, L Ngidi

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

No wickets fell

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	Econ	Dots	4s
MVT Fernando	4	0	23	5.75	14	3
AM Fernando	4	1	20	5.00	15	3
PWH de Silva	2.2	0	16	6.86	5	2
MD Shanaka	3	1	8	2.67	14	1

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Player of the match

D ElgarSouth Africa

127off 163 balls, 22 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 77.9

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2401
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: 25 / 11°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 27 / 15°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 28 / 16°C, 4.9 mm rain

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