TestNo. 2566Men

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa won by 109 runs

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, Match 25 December 2024 to 9 December 2024St George's Park, Gqeberha

South Africabatted first

358 & 31786 ov

Sri Lanka

328 & 23869.1 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match D Paterson

South Africa innings

358103.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b CBRLS Kumara	20	35	4	0	57.1
T de Zorzi	lbw b AM Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.0
RD Rickelton	c P Nissanka b CBRLS Kumara	101	250	11	0	40.4
T Stubbs	c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	4	18	0	0	22.2
T Bavuma	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	78	109	8	1	71.6
DG Bedingham	b NGRP Jayasuriya	6	19	0	0	31.6
K Verreynne	not out	105*	133	12	3	78.9
M Jansen	b MVT Fernando	4	5	1	0	80.0
KA Maharaj	c FDM Karunaratne b MVT Fernando	0	4	0	0	0.0
K Rabada	b AM Fernando	23	40	5	0	57.5
D Paterson	c PHKD Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	9	10	2	0	90.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 2	8
Total	all out, 103.4 overs, run rate 3.45	358

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-0 T de Zorzi2-32 AK Markram3-44 T Stubbs4-177 T Bavuma5-186 DG Bedingham6-263 RD Rickelton7-269 M Jansen8-269 KA Maharaj9-325 K Rabada10-358 D Paterson

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MVT Fernando	22	6	65	2	2.95	103	11	0	0	0
AM Fernando	24	2	102	3	4.25	98	13	2	3	0
CBRLS Kumara	17.4	3	79	4	4.47	76	12	0	1	2
NGRP Jayasuriya	31	4	84	1	2.71	131	6	2	0	0
DM de Silva	9	1	26	0	2.89	33	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

32899.2 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	b KA Maharaj	89	157	11	1	56.7
FDM Karunaratne	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	20	43	4	0	46.5
LD Chandimal	c K Verreynne b D Paterson	44	97	5	0	45.4
AD Mathews	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	44	90	6	0	48.9
PHKD Mendis	c AK Markram b M Jansen	48	92	4	0	52.2
DM de Silva	c AK Markram b D Paterson	14	27	1	0	51.9
BKG Mendis	b D Paterson	16	28	3	0	57.1
NGRP Jayasuriya	st K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	24	32	4	0	75.0
CBRLS Kumara	c M Jansen b D Paterson	0	2	0	0	0.0
MVT Fernando	c K Verreynne b D Paterson	2	31	0	0	6.5
AM Fernando	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 13, lb 8, w 1, nb 5	27
Total	all out, 99.2 overs, run rate 3.30	328

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-41 FDM Karunaratne2-150 LD Chandimal3-199 P Nissanka4-261 AD Mathews5-268 PHKD Mendis6-297 DM de Silva7-298 BKG Mendis8-298 CBRLS Kumara9-327 MVT Fernando10-328 NGRP Jayasuriya

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
K Rabada	24	7	56	1	2.33	109	8	0	0	0
M Jansen	25	4	100	2	4.00	99	15	0	0	0
D Paterson	22	4	71	5	3.23	101	10	0	0	5
KA Maharaj	24.2	5	65	2	2.67	105	4	1	1	0
AK Markram	4	0	15	0	3.75	14	1	0	0	0

South Africa innings

31786 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	b NGRP Jayasuriya	19	38	2	0	50.0
AK Markram	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	55	75	5	0	73.3
RD Rickelton	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	24	45	3	0	53.3
T Stubbs	run out (FDM Karunaratne, CBRLS Kumara)	47	112	2	0	42.0
T Bavuma	b NGRP Jayasuriya	66	116	3	2	56.9
DG Bedingham	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	35	55	3	0	63.6
K Verreynne	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	9	27	1	0	33.3
M Jansen	c AM Fernando b NGRP Jayasuriya	8	11	1	0	72.7
KA Maharaj	not out	14*	22	1	1	63.6
K Rabada	c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	8	8	2	0	100.0
D Paterson	b AM Fernando	14	8	2	1	175.0
Extras	b 1, lb 7, w 9, nb 1	18
Total	all out, 86 overs, run rate 3.69	317

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-55 T de Zorzi2-96 AK Markram3-109 RD Rickelton4-213 T Stubbs5-254 T Bavuma6-268 DG Bedingham7-273 K Verreynne8-279 M Jansen9-290 K Rabada10-317 D Paterson

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MVT Fernando	19	4	47	2	2.47	88	4	0	7	0
AM Fernando	14	2	52	1	3.71	57	6	0	2	0
CBRLS Kumara	16	0	71	1	4.44	56	8	0	0	0
NGRP Jayasuriya	34	2	129	5	3.79	126	7	4	0	1
DM de Silva	3	0	10	0	3.33	9	0	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

23869.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	c K Verreynne b D Paterson	18	44	4	0	40.9
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b K Rabada	1	3	0	0	33.3
LD Chandimal	lbw b D Paterson	29	57	5	0	50.9
AD Mathews	b KA Maharaj	32	59	4	1	54.2
PHKD Mendis	c K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	35	35	4	1	100.0
DM de Silva	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	50	92	7	0	54.3
BKG Mendis	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	46	76	3	2	60.5
NGRP Jayasuriya	c T Bavuma b KA Maharaj	9	19	1	0	47.4
MVT Fernando	c M Jansen b KA Maharaj	5	24	0	0	20.8
CBRLS Kumara	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	1	11	0	0	9.1
AM Fernando	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 1, nb 6	12
Total	all out, 69.1 overs, run rate 3.44	238

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-10 FDM Karunaratne2-47 P Nissanka3-64 LD Chandimal4-117 AD Mathews5-122 PHKD Mendis6-219 BKG Mendis7-225 DM de Silva8-233 NGRP Jayasuriya9-238 MVT Fernando10-238 CBRLS Kumara

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
K Rabada	21	3	63	2	3.00	96	8	0	3
M Jansen	10.1	1	54	1	5.31	38	8	1	2
KA Maharaj	25	3	76	5	3.04	111	6	3	0
D Paterson	12	3	33	2	2.75	58	5	0	1
AK Markram	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0

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Player of the match

D PatersonSouth Africa

5-71in 22 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2566
Competition: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: JS Wilson and PR Reiffel
TV umpire: Sharfuddoula
Match referee: J Srinath
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 19°C, dry
Day 2: 25 / 19°C, dry
Day 3: 24 / 20°C, dry
Day 4: 25 / 20°C, dry
Day 5: 26 / 20°C, dry

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