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Test No. 2311

South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka 2018
2018 season
Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 1st Test
12-14 July, 2018 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 278 runs


Sri Lanka 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Danushka Gunathilaka c de Kock b Rabada
26 
31 
4 
0
83.87 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne Not Out
158 
222 
13 
1
71.17 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva b Shamsi
11 
36 
1 
0
30.56 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Rabada b Steyn
24 
36 
3 
0
66.67 
»
 Angelo Mathews c de Kock b Rabada
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Roshen Silva c Markram b Rabada
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Niroshan Dickwella c Amla b Shamsi
18 
31 
0 
0
58.06 
»
 Dilruwan Perera c de Kock b Philander
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Rangana Herath run out
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c de Kock b Rabada
10 
40 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 Lakshan Sandakan st de Kock b Shamsi
25 
55 
4 
0
45.45 
Extras B 7, LB 1, W 2, N 2
12
Total : (all out in 78.4 overs)
287
 RR : 3.65

Fall of wickets : 1-44 (MD Gunathilaka, 10.4 ov), 2-70 (DM de Silva, 20.4 ov), 3-115 (BKG Mendis, 31.2 ov), 4-119 (AD Mathews, 35.1 ov), 5-119 (ARS Silva, 35.3 ov), 6-161 (N Dickwella, 46.2 ov), 7-164 (MDK Perera, 47.1 ov), 8-176 (HMRKB Herath, 50.3 ov), 9-224 (RAS Lakmal, 62.4 ov), 10-287 (PADLR Sandakan, 78.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
8
1 
28 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Dale Steyn
13
0 
54 
1
4.15
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
14
1 
50 
4
3.57
1
2
»
 Keshav Maharaj
17
3 
49 
0
2.88
1
0
»
 Tabraiz Shamsi
25
 .4
2 
91 
3
3.55
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
1
0 
7 
0
7.00
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Mathews b Perera
8 
29 
0 
0
27.59 
»
 Aiden Markram c Mathews b Herath
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Keshav Maharaj lbw b Herath
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Hashim Amla c Mendis b Perera
15 
36 
2 
0
41.67 
»
 Temba Bavuma b Sandakan
17 
33 
2 
0
51.52 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Lakmal
49 
88 
5 
0
55.68 
»
 Quinton de Kock b Perera
3 
8 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 Vernon Philander lbw b Perera
18 
86 
1 
0
20.93 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Lakmal
2 
9 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Dale Steyn c Mathews b Lakmal
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Tabraiz Shamsi Not Out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, N 1
3
Total : (all out in 54.3 overs)
126
 RR : 2.31

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (AK Markram, 2.4 ov), 2-9 (KA Maharaj, 6.3 ov), 3-13 (D Elgar, 9.2 ov), 4-40 (HM Amla, 17.6 ov), 5-48 (T Bavuma, 20.2 ov), 6-51 (Q de Kock, 21.6 ov), 7-115 (VD Philander, 49.4 ov), 8-115 (F du Plessis, 50.1 ov), 9-123 (K Rabada, 52.6 ov), 10-126 (DW Steyn, 54.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Rangana Herath
19
5 
39 
2
2.05
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
23
8 
46 
4
2.00
0
0
»
 Lakshan Sandakan
8
1 
18 
1
2.25
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
4
 .3
0 
21 
3
4.67
1
0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Danushka Gunathilaka c Rabada b Maharaj
17 
65 
1 
0
26.15 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Amla b Rabada
60 
80 
7 
0
75.00 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva b Maharaj
9 
12 
0 
0
75.00 
»
 Kusal Mendis lbw b Maharaj
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews b Maharaj
35 
86 
1 
1
40.70 
»
 Roshen Silva run out
13 
24 
2 
0
54.17 
»
 Niroshan Dickwella c de Kock b Rabada
9 
14 
1 
0
64.29 
»
 Dilruwan Perera lbw b Rabada
2 
2 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Suranga Lakmal Not Out
33 
46 
5 
0
71.74 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Shamsi
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lakshan Sandakan c Bavuma b Steyn
6 
9 
1 
0
66.67 
Extras B 2, LB 4
6
Total : (all out in 57.4 overs)
190
 RR : 3.29

Fall of wickets : 1-51 (MD Gunathilaka, 17.5 ov), 2-64 (DM de Silva, 21.2 ov), 3-64 (BKG Mendis, 21.5 ov), 4-92 (FDM Karunaratne, 32.3 ov), 5-117 (ARS Silva, 40.1 ov), 6-132 (N Dickwella, 44.2 ov), 7-134 (MDK Perera, 44.4 ov), 8-156 (AD Mathews, 51.3 ov), 9-163 (HMRKB Herath, 52.5 ov), 10-190 (PADLR Sandakan, 57.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
12
0 
44 
3
3.67
0
0
»
 Dale Steyn
11
 .4
1 
35 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
20
5 
58 
4
2.90
0
0
»
 Tabraiz Shamsi
11
0 
37 
1
3.36
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
3
0 
10 
0
3.33
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 352 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar st Dickwella b Perera
4 
12 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Aiden Markram st Dickwella b Herath
19 
46 
0 
0
41.30 
»
 Hashim Amla c de Silva b Perera
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Temba Bavuma c de Silva b Perera
2 
17 
0 
0
11.76 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Mathews b Herath
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Quinton de Kock lbw b Perera
10 
9 
2 
0
111.11 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
22 
38 
0 
2
57.89 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Sandakan b Perera
9 
9 
2 
0
100.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Perera
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dale Steyn c & b Herath
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Tabraiz Shamsi lbw b Sandakan
2 
20 
0 
0
10.00 
Extras B 2
2
Total : (all out in 28.5 overs)
73
 RR : 2.53

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (D Elgar, 5.6 ov), 2-16 (HM Amla, 7.3 ov), 3-24 (T Bavuma, 11.4 ov), 4-25 (F du Plessis, 12.1 ov), 5-32 (AK Markram, 14.2 ov), 6-36 (Q de Kock, 15.3 ov), 7-58 (KA Maharaj, 19.1 ov), 8-58 (K Rabada, 21.5 ov), 9-67 (DW Steyn, 24.2 ov), 10-73 (T Shamsi, 28.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Rangana Herath
14
4 
38 
3
2.71
0
0
»
 Dilruwan Perera
14
4 
32 
6
2.29
0
0
»
 Lakshan Sandakan
0
 .5
0 
1 
1
1.20
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : Paul Reiffel (Australia) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: Nigel Llong (England)
Referee : Sir Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 12 Jul - South Africa 1st innings 4/1 (D Elgar 4*, KA Maharaj 0*, 4 ov)
Day 2 : 13 Jul - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 111/4 (AD Mathews 14*, ARS Silva 10*, 37 ov)
Day 3 : 14 Jul - South Africa 2nd innings 73 (Philander 22*, 28.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Sandakan, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Rangana Herath, Roshen Silva, Suranga Lakmal (Capt.)
South Africa Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn
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