Sri Lanka v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa tour of Sri Lanka - 2014 (2014) · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 16 July 2014

South Africa won by 153 runs

South Africa won by 153 runs. Dean Elgar top-scored with 103 for South Africa. Dale Steyn took 5/54.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka - 2014 (2014)
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Dates: 16 July 2014 to 20 July 2014
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: South Africa won by 153 runs
Player of the match: Dale Steyn
Captains: Hashim Amla (South Africa), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: BF Bowden and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.

South Africa batted first and made 455 for 9 declared. Dean Elgar top-scored with 103 off 187 balls, and Jean-Paul Duminy made 100. Dilruwan Perera took 4 for 162 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 125-run stand for the second wicket between Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar.

Sri Lanka replied with 292 all out. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 89 off 182 balls, and Upul Tharanga made 83. Dale Steyn took 5 for 54 for South Africa. South Africa led by 163 on first innings.

South Africa made 206 for 6 declared in their second innings. AB de Villiers top-scored with 51 off 58 balls. Dilruwan Perera took 4 for 79 for Sri Lanka.

Set 370 to win, Sri Lanka made 216 all out. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 76 off 145 balls. Morne Morkel took 4 for 29 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 104-run stand for the second wicket between Kumar Sangakkara and Kaushal Silva, 48% of the total. From 138 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 23 runs, to 161 for 7.

South Africa won by 153 runs.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 455 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Alviro Petersen	lbw b Dilruwan Perera	34	46
Dean Elgar	c Dinesh Chandimal b Suranga Lakmal	103	187
Faf du Plessis	c Kaushal Silva b Dilruwan Perera	80	196
Hashim Amla	c Dilruwan Perera b Rangana Herath	11	36
AB de Villiers	b Suranga Lakmal	21	48
Quinton de Kock	c Mahela Jayawardene b Dilruwan Perera	51	90
Dale Steyn	b Suranga Lakmal	3	20
Jean-Paul Duminy	not out	100	206
Vernon Philander	lbw b Angelo Mathews	27	96
Morne Morkel	b Dilruwan Perera	22	74

Did not bat: Imran Tahir

Extras 3 · Total 455 for 9 declared

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Suranga Lakmal	33	12	75	3
Shaminda Eranga	9	4	32	0
Rangana Herath	60	12	148	1
Angelo Mathews	11	1	36	1
Dilruwan Perera	53.2	8	162	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-70 (Alviro Petersen, 16.5 ov), 2-195 (Dean Elgar, 62.6 ov), 3-220 (Hashim Amla, 73.4 ov), 4-246 (Faf du Plessis, 82.3 ov), 5-266 (AB de Villiers, 89.6 ov), 6-290 (Dale Steyn, 99.3 ov), 7-314 (Quinton de Kock, 108.5 ov), 8-389 (Vernon Philander, 138.5 ov), 9-455 (Morne Morkel, 166.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alviro Petersen (34) and Dean Elgar (35)	70	101
second	Faf du Plessis (57) and Dean Elgar (68)	125	277
third	Hashim Amla (11) and Faf du Plessis (13)	25	64
fourth	AB de Villiers (16) and Faf du Plessis (10)	26	53
fifth	AB de Villiers (5) and Quinton de Kock (15)	20	45
sixth	Dale Steyn (3) and Quinton de Kock (21)	24	57
seventh	Jean-Paul Duminy (9) and Quinton de Kock (15)	24	56
eighth	Jean-Paul Duminy (47) and Vernon Philander (27)	75	181
ninth	Jean-Paul Duminy (44) and Morne Morkel (22)	66	165

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 292 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Kaushal Silva	c Vernon Philander b Dale Steyn	8	43
Upul Tharanga	st Quinton de Kock b Jean-Paul Duminy	83	155
Kumar Sangakkara	b Morne Morkel	24	34
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Dale Steyn	3	9
Lahiru Thirimanne	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	38	98
Angelo Mathews	b Imran Tahir	89	182
Dinesh Chandimal	c Alviro Petersen b Dale Steyn	6	11
Dilruwan Perera	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	0	5
Rangana Herath	c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel	19	61
Suranga Lakmal	c Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel	6	20
Shaminda Eranga	not out	1	12

Extras 15 · Total 292 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	23	8	54	5
Vernon Philander	15	6	31	0
Morne Morkel	18.5	8	49	3
Imran Tahir	26	5	75	1
Jean-Paul Duminy	15	4	47	1
Dean Elgar	7	1	25	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-39 (Kaushal Silva, 16.3 ov), 2-98 (Kumar Sangakkara, 31.6 ov), 3-104 (Mahela Jayawardene, 35.6 ov), 4-136 (Upul Tharanga, 42.4 ov), 5-190 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 71.1 ov), 6-200 (Dinesh Chandimal, 73.4 ov), 7-201 (Dilruwan Perera, 75.3 ov), 8-272 (Angelo Mathews, 94.6 ov), 9-283 (Suranga Lakmal, 99.6 ov), 10-292 (Rangana Herath, 104.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Upul Tharanga (29) and Kaushal Silva (8)	39	100
second	Kumar Sangakkara (24) and Upul Tharanga (33)	59	93
third	Mahela Jayawardene (3) and Upul Tharanga (3)	6	24
fourth	Upul Tharanga (18) and Lahiru Thirimanne (12)	32	40
fifth	Angelo Mathews (26) and Lahiru Thirimanne (26)	54	171
sixth	Angelo Mathews (4) and Dinesh Chandimal (6)	10	15
seventh	Dilruwan Perera (0) and Angelo Mathews (0)	1	11
eighth	Rangana Herath (7) and Angelo Mathews (59)	71	117
ninth	Rangana Herath (5) and Suranga Lakmal (6)	11	30
tenth	Rangana Herath (7) and Shaminda Eranga (1)	9	29

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 206 FOR 6 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Dinesh Chandimal b Rangana Herath	12	29
Alviro Petersen	c Dinesh Chandimal b Dilruwan Perera	32	63
Faf du Plessis	b Rangana Herath	37	78
Hashim Amla	c Upul Tharanga b Dilruwan Perera	22	24
AB de Villiers	b Dilruwan Perera	51	58
Quinton de Kock	c & b Dilruwan Perera	36	40
Jean-Paul Duminy	not out	8	10

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

Extras 8 · Total 206 for 6 declared

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Suranga Lakmal	9	0	35	0
Rangana Herath	22	2	84	2
Dilruwan Perera	19.2	1	79	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-33 (Dean Elgar, 11.5 ov), 2-54 (Alviro Petersen, 19.6 ov), 3-88 (Hashim Amla, 27.5 ov), 4-131 (Faf du Plessis, 37.4 ov), 5-193 (AB de Villiers, 46.4 ov), 6-206 (Quinton de Kock, 50.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alviro Petersen (17) and Dean Elgar (12)	33	71
second	Alviro Petersen (15) and Faf du Plessis (6)	21	49
third	Hashim Amla (22) and Faf du Plessis (12)	34	47
fourth	AB de Villiers (24) and Faf du Plessis (19)	43	59
fifth	AB de Villiers (27) and Quinton de Kock (31)	62	54
sixth	Jean-Paul Duminy (8) and Quinton de Kock (5)	13	22

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 216 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	14	13
Kaushal Silva	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	38	98
Kumar Sangakkara	c Hashim Amla b Jean-Paul Duminy	76	145
Mahela Jayawardene	c Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel	10	31
Lahiru Thirimanne	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	12	23
Angelo Mathews	not out	27	70
Dinesh Chandimal	c Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel	1	6
Dilruwan Perera	c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn	0	7
Rangana Herath	c AB de Villiers b Jean-Paul Duminy	20	18
Suranga Lakmal	c Imran Tahir b Morne Morkel	12	18
Shaminda Eranga	c Dean Elgar b Morne Morkel	0	1

Extras 6 · Total 216 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	17	4	45	4
Vernon Philander	11	4	34	0
Morne Morkel	13.3	6	29	4
Imran Tahir	19	3	64	0
Jean-Paul Duminy	10	4	38	2
Dean Elgar	1	0	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Upul Tharanga, 2.4 ov), 2-118 (Kaushal Silva, 35.5 ov), 3-138 (Mahela Jayawardene, 46.1 ov), 4-149 (Kumar Sangakkara, 50.1 ov), 5-153 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 53.1 ov), 6-158 (Dinesh Chandimal, 54.3 ov), 7-161 (Dilruwan Perera, 57.3 ov), 8-190 (Rangana Herath, 64.2 ov), 9-216 (Suranga Lakmal, 71.2 ov), 10-216 (Shaminda Eranga, 71.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Upul Tharanga (14) and Kaushal Silva (0)	14	16
second	Kumar Sangakkara (65) and Kaushal Silva (38)	104	199
third	Mahela Jayawardene (10) and Kumar Sangakkara (9)	20	63
fourth	Kumar Sangakkara (2) and Lahiru Thirimanne (9)	11	24
fifth	Angelo Mathews (1) and Lahiru Thirimanne (3)	4	18
sixth	Angelo Mathews (4) and Dinesh Chandimal (1)	5	8
seventh	Dilruwan Perera (0) and Angelo Mathews (3)	3	18
eighth	Rangana Herath (20) and Angelo Mathews (5)	29	41
ninth	Suranga Lakmal (12) and Angelo Mathews (14)	26	42
tenth	Angelo Mathews (0) and Shaminda Eranga (0)	0	1

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