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Test No. 2243

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2016-17
2016-17 season
South Africa vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test
26-30 December, 2016 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 206 runs


South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Stephen Cook c Chandimal b Lakmal
59 
125 
7 
0
47.20 
»
 Dean Elgar c Chandimal b Lakmal
45 
98 
5 
0
45.92 
»
 Hashim Amla c Chandimal b Lakmal
20 
76 
2 
0
26.32 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy lbw b Herath
63 
95 
10 
0
66.32 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Karunaratne b Lakmal
37 
73 
5 
0
50.68 
»
 Temba Bavuma lbw b Herath
3 
18 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Quinton de Kock b Pradeep
37 
68 
5 
0
54.41 
»
 Vernon Philander c Chameera b Pradeep
13 
33 
2 
0
39.39 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Chandimal b Lakmal
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kyle Abbott run out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 3, W 1, N 5
9
Total : (all out in 98.5 overs)
286
 RR : 2.89

Fall of wickets : 1-104 (Cook, 35.3 ov), 2-105 (Elgar, 39.2 ov), 3-178 (Amla, 59.5 ov), 4-213 (Duminy, 70.6 ov), 5-225 (Bavuma, 74.5 ov), 6-253 (du Plessis, 83.6 ov), 7-276 (Philander, 94.4 ov), 8-276 (Maharaj, 95.3 ov), 9-281 (Abbott, 96.2 ov), 10-286 (de Kock, 98.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
27
9 
63 
5
2.33
0
0
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
21
 .5
5 
66 
2
3.02
2
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
13
5 
26 
0
2.00
0
1
»
 Dushmantha Chameera
14
1 
68 
0
4.86
3
0
»
 Rangana Herath
20
4 
48 
2
2.40
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
3
0 
12 
0
4.00
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne b Abbott
5 
10 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Kaushal Silva lbw b Philander
16 
59 
3 
0
27.12 
»
 Kusal Perera c de Kock b Philander
7 
13 
0 
0
53.85 
»
 Kusal Mendis c de Kock b Abbott
0 
9 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Elgar b Rabada
39 
69 
5 
0
56.52 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Philander
28 
64 
5 
0
43.75 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c de Kock b Philander
43 
70 
5 
0
61.43 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Maharaj
24 
32 
4 
0
75.00 
»
 Dushmantha Chameera c Amla b Abbott
19 
51 
2 
0
37.25 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c Abbott b Philander
4 
5 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep Not Out
8 
10 
1 
0
80.00 
Extras LB 4, W 5, N 3
12
Total : (all out in 64.5 overs)
205
 RR : 3.16

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (Karunaratne, 3.2 ov), 2-19 (Perera, 6.2 ov), 3-22 (Mendis, 7.6 ov), 4-61 (Silva, 21.5 ov), 5-94 (Mathews, 31.1 ov), 6-121 (Chandimal, 41.3 ov), 7-157 (Herath, 50.1 ov), 8-181 (de Silva, 57.1 ov), 9-185 (Lakmal, 57.6 ov), 10-205 (Chameera, 64.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
20
7 
45 
5
2.25
2
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
21
 .5
4 
63 
3
2.89
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
13
3 
63 
1
4.85
1
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
10
3 
30 
1
3.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Stephen Cook c Chandimal b Chameera
117 
178 
11 
0
65.73 
»
 Dean Elgar c Mathews b Lakmal
52 
102 
4 
0
50.98 
»
 Hashim Amla lbw b Pradeep
48 
53 
5 
0
90.57 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy c Mathews b de Silva
25 
36 
2 
0
69.44 
»
 Faf du Plessis Not Out
67 
86 
3 
0
77.91 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Mendis b de Silva
8 
10 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Quinton de Kock lbw b Herath
69 
86 
6 
0
80.23 
Extras B 5, LB 2, W 3, N 10
20
Total : (6 wickets dec in 90.5 overs)
406
 RR : 4.47

did not bat: Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott

Fall of wickets : 1-116 (Elgar, 32.1 ov), 2-221 (Amla, 50.6 ov), 3-245 (Cook, 57.6 ov), 4-267 (Duminy, 62.4 ov), 5-277 (Bavuma, 64.4 ov), 6-406 (de Kock, 90.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
18
2 
64 
1
3.56
0
0
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
14
0 
65 
1
4.64
4
1
»
 Angelo Mathews
4
0 
10 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Dushmantha Chameera
15
0 
85 
1
5.67
2
2
»
 Rangana Herath
24
 .5
1 
84 
1
3.38
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
15
0 
91 
2
6.07
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
(Target: 488 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne run out
43 
113 
5 
0
38.05 
»
 Kaushal Silva lbw b Rabada
48 
118 
7 
0
40.68 
»
 Kusal Perera c de Kock b Maharaj
6 
13 
1 
0
46.15 
»
 Kusal Mendis c de Kock b Rabada
58 
90 
9 
0
64.44 
»
 Angelo Mathews lbw b Abbott
59 
120 
7 
0
49.17 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Rabada b Maharaj
8 
38 
0 
0
21.05 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b Abbott
22 
36 
4 
0
61.11 
»
 Rangana Herath c & b Philander
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Dushmantha Chameera c de Kock b Rabada
0 
12 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Suranga Lakmal Not Out
19 
20 
3 
0
95.00 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep b Maharaj
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
Extras B 4, LB 3, W 3, N 1
11
Total : (all out in 96.3 overs)
281
 RR : 2.91

Fall of wickets : 1-87 (Karunaratne, 32.4 ov), 2-93 (Perera, 34.6 ov), 3-118 (Silva, 46.2 ov), 4-193 (Mendis, 64.2 ov), 5-225 (Chandimal, 77.3 ov), 6-246 (Mathews, 85.4 ov), 7-258 (de Silva, 89.3 ov), 8-258 (Herath, 90.1 ov), 9-274 (Chameera, 93.3 ov), 10-281 (Pradeep, 96.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
22
5 
65 
1
2.95
0
0
»
 Kyle Abbott
20
6 
38 
2
1.90
0
2
»
 Kagiso Rabada
21
4 
77 
3
3.67
1
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
30
 .3
7 
86 
3
2.82
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
3
0 
8 
0
2.67
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: SC Cook (South Africa)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Third Umpire: RJ Tucker (Australia)
Referee : DC Boon (Australia)
Reserve Umpire: S George (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 26 Dec. - South Africa 1st innings 267/6 (Q de Kock 25*, VD Philander 6*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : 27 Dec. - Sri Lanka 1st innings 181/7 (DM de Silva 43*, PVD Chameera 7*, 57 ov)
Day 3 : 28 Dec. - South Africa 2nd innings 351/5 (F du Plessis 41*, Q de Kock 42*, 80 ov)
Day 4 : 29 Dec. - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 240/5 (AD Mathews 58*, DM de Silva 9*, 83 ov)
Day 5 : 30 Dec. - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 281 (RAS Lakmal 19*, 96.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Quinton de Kock (wk), Dean Elgar, Stephen Cook, Jean-Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott
Sri Lanka Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Rangana Herath, Dushmantha Chameera, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep
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