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Test No. 2129

South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2014
2014-15 season
Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 1st Test
16-20 July, 2014 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 153 runs


South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alviro Petersen lbw b MDK Perera
34 
46 
4 
0
73.91 
»
 Dean Elgar c Chandimal b Lakmal
103 
187 
11 
3
55.08 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Silva b MDK Perera
80 
196 
5 
1
40.82 
»
 Hashim Amla c MDK Perera b Herath
11 
36 
1 
0
30.56 
»
 AB de Villiers b Lakmal
21 
48 
4 
0
43.75 
»
 Quinton de Kock c Jayawardene b MDK Perera
51 
90 
6 
0
56.67 
»
 Dale Steyn b Lakmal
3 
20 
0 
0
15.00 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy Not Out
100 
206 
10 
0
48.54 
»
 Vernon Philander lbw b Mathews
27 
96 
3 
0
28.13 
»
 Morne Morkel b MDK Perera
22 
74 
4 
0
29.73 
Extras LB 2, W 1
3
Total : (9 wickets dec in 166.2 overs)
455
 RR : 2.74

did not bat: Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets : 1-70 (Petersen, 16.5 ov), 2-195 (Elgar, 62.6 ov), 3-220 (Amla, 73.4 ov), 4-246 (du Plessis, 82.3 ov), 5-266 (de Villiers, 89.6 ov), 6-290 (Steyn, 99.3 ov), 7-314 (de Kock, 108.5 ov), 8-389 (Philander, 138.5 ov), 9-455 (Morkel, 166.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
33
12 
75 
3
2.27
1
0
»
 Shaminda Eranga
9
4 
32 
0
3.56
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
60
12 
148 
1
2.47
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
11
1 
36 
1
3.27
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
53
 .2
8 
162 
4
3.04
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Kaushal Silva c Philander b Steyn
8 
43 
1 
0
18.60 
»
 Upul Tharanga st de Kock b Duminy
83 
155 
14 
1
53.55 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara b Morkel
24 
34 
3 
0
70.59 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Steyn
3 
9 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c de Kock b Steyn
38 
98 
7 
0
38.78 
»
 Angelo Mathews b Imran Tahir
89 
182 
14 
1
48.90 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Petersen b Steyn
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
»
 Dilruwan Perera c de Kock b Steyn
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rangana Herath c de Villiers b Morkel
19 
61 
3 
0
31.15 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c de Kock b Morkel
6 
20 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Shaminda Eranga Not Out
1 
12 
0 
0
8.33 
Extras B 4, LB 7, W 3, N 1
15
Total : (all out in 104.5 overs)
292
 RR : 2.79

Fall of wickets : 1-39 (Silva, 16.3 ov), 2-98 (Sangakkara, 31.6 ov), 3-104 (Jayawardene, 35.6 ov), 4-136 (Tharanga, 42.4 ov), 5-190 (Thirimanne, 71.1 ov), 6-200 (Chandimal, 73.4 ov), 7-201 (Perera, 75.3 ov), 8-272 (Mathews, 94.6 ov), 9-283 (Lakmal, 99.6 ov), 10-292 (Herath, 104.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
23
8 
54 
5
2.35
0
1
»
 Vernon Philander
15
6 
31 
0
2.07
1
0
»
 Morne Morkel
18
 .5
8 
49 
3
2.60
0
2
»
 Imran Tahir
26
5 
75 
1
2.88
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
15
4 
47 
1
3.13
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
7
1 
25 
0
3.57
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Chandimal b Herath
12 
29 
2 
0
41.38 
»
 Alviro Petersen c Chandimal b MDK Perera
32 
63 
4 
0
50.79 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Herath
37 
78 
3 
0
47.44 
»
 Hashim Amla c Tharanga b MDK Perera
22 
24 
2 
0
91.67 
»
 AB de Villiers b MDK Perera
51 
58 
6 
0
87.93 
»
 Quinton de Kock c & b MDK Perera
36 
40 
4 
0
90.00 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy Not Out
8 
10 
0 
0
80.00 
Extras B 4, LB 4
8
Total : (6 wickets dec in 50.2 overs)
206
 RR : 4.09

did not bat: Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel

Fall of wickets : 1-33 (Elgar, 11.5 ov), 2-54 (Petersen, 19.6 ov), 3-88 (Amla, 27.5 ov), 4-131 (du Plessis, 37.4 ov), 5-193 (de Villiers, 46.4 ov), 6-206 (de Kock, 50.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
9
0 
35 
0
3.89
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
22
2 
84 
2
3.82
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
19
 .2
1 
79 
4
4.09
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
(Target: 370 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Upul Tharanga c de Kock b Steyn
14 
13 
2 
0
107.69 
»
 Kaushal Silva c de Kock b Steyn
38 
98 
5 
0
38.78 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Amla b Duminy
76 
145 
9 
1
52.41 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c de Kock b Morkel
10 
31 
2 
0
32.26 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c de Villiers b Steyn
12 
23 
0 
1
52.17 
»
 Angelo Mathews Not Out
27 
70 
3 
1
38.57 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c de Kock b Morkel
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Dilruwan Perera c de Kock b Steyn
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rangana Herath c de Villiers b Duminy
20 
18 
4 
0
111.11 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c Imran Tahir b Morkel
12 
18 
3 
0
66.67 
»
 Shaminda Eranga c Elgar b Morkel
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 5, N 1
6
Total : (all out in 71.3 overs)
216
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (Tharanga, 2.4 ov), 2-118 (Silva, 35.5 ov), 3-138 (Jayawardene, 46.1 ov), 4-149 (Sangakkara, 50.1 ov), 5-153 (Thirimanne, 53.1 ov), 6-158 (Chandimal, 54.3 ov), 7-161 (Perera, 57.3 ov), 8-190 (Herath, 64.2 ov), 9-216 (Lakmal, 71.2 ov), 10-216 (Eranga, 71.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dale Steyn
17
4 
45 
4
2.65
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
11
4 
34 
0
3.09
1
0
»
 Morne Morkel
13
 .3
6 
29 
4
2.15
0
0
»
 Imran Tahir
19
3 
64 
0
3.37
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
10
4 
38 
2
3.80
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
1
0 
1 
0
1.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: DW Steyn (South Africa)
Umpires : BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RA Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: NJ Llong (England)
Referee : JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: RSA Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : South Africa 1st innings - 268/5 (Q de Kock 17*, DW Steyn 0*, 91 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 30/0 (JK Silva 8*, WU Tharanga 20*, 12 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 283/9 (HMRKB Herath 12*, 100 ov)
Day 4 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 110/1 (JK Silva 37*, KC Sangakkara 58*, 32 ov)
Day 5 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 216 (AD Mathews 27*, 71.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Dilruwan Perera, Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Kaushal Silva, Rangana Herath, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Lahiru Thirimanne, Suranga Lakmal, Shaminda Eranga, Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
South Africa Hashim Amla (Capt.), Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers, Alviro Petersen, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis, Jean-Paul Duminy, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel
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