South Africa v Sri Lanka 1st Test
Sri Lanka in SA - 2020 (2020/21) · SuperSport Park, Centurion · 26 December 2020 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs · Man of the Match: Faf du Plessis
South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs. Faf du Plessis top-scored with 199 for South Africa. Man of the Match: Faf du Plessis.
Sri Lanka, 359 (9 wkts)
| Dimuth Karunaratne | bowled b Lungi Ngidi | 22 | 20 |
| Kusal Perera | caught (Quinton de Kock) b Wiaan Mulder | 16 | 29 |
| Kusal Mendis | caught (Lungi Ngidi) b Anrich Nortje | 12 | 16 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | caught (Faf du Plessis) b Wiaan Mulder | 85 | 161 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | not out | 79 | 106 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | lbw b Wiaan Mulder | 49 | 86 |
| Dasun Shanaka | not out | 66 | 87 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | bowled b Lutho Sipamla | 18 | 20 |
| Kasun Rajitha | caught (Dean Elgar) b Lutho Sipamla | 12 | 49 |
| Vishwa Fernando | bowled b Lutho Sipamla | 0 | 1 |
| Lahiru Kumara | caught (Rassie van der Dussen) b Lutho Sipamla | 0 | 7 |
Lungi Ngidi 19.00-3-64-1Lutho Sipamla 16.00-1-76-4Anrich Nortje 22.00-3-88-1Wiaan Mulder 20.00-4-69-3Keshav Maharaj 19.00-3-74-0
South Africa, 577 (10 wkts)
| Dean Elgar | caught (Dasun Shanaka) b Dasun Shanaka | 95 | 130 |
| Aiden Markram | caught (Dasun Shanaka) b Vishwa Fernando | 68 | 94 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | caught (Niroshan Dickwella) b Lahiru Kumara | 15 | 42 |
| Faf du Plessis | caught (Dimuth Karunaratne) b Wanindu Hasaranga | 199 | 276 |
| Quinton de Kock | caught (Lahiru Thirimanne) b Wanindu Hasaranga | 18 | 11 |
| Temba Bavuma | caught (Niroshan Dickwella) b Dasun Shanaka | 71 | 125 |
| Wiaan Mulder | caught (Niroshan Dickwella) b Wanindu Hasaranga | 36 | 63 |
| Keshav Maharaj | caught (Wanindu Hasaranga) b Vishwa Fernando | 73 | 106 |
| Anrich Nortje | caught (Niroshan Dickwella) b Vishwa Fernando | 0 | 3 |
| Lutho Sipamla | lbw b Wanindu Hasaranga | 0 | 1 |
| Lungi Ngidi | not out | 2 | 9 |
Vishwa Fernando 31.10-3-129-3Kasun Rajitha 2.10-0-16-0Dasun Shanaka 28.50-2-98-2Wanindu Hasaranga 45.00-5-171-4Lahiru Kumara 21.10-0-103-1Dimuth Karunaratne 6.50-0-36-0Kusal Mendis 7.00-0-41-0
Sri Lanka, 170 (9 wkts)
| Dimuth Karunaratne | bowled b Lungi Ngidi | 6 | 8 |
| Kusal Perera | caught (Quinton de Kock) b Anrich Nortje | 64 | 87 |
| Kusal Mendis | caught (Rassie van der Dussen) b Lungi Ngidi | 0 | 5 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | bowled b Wiaan Mulder | 25 | 45 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | caught (Quinton de Kock) b Wiaan Mulder | 10 | 15 |
| Dasun Shanaka | caught (Quinton de Kock) b Lutho Sipamla | 6 | 35 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | caught (Temba Bavuma) b Lutho Sipamla | 59 | 53 |
| Vishwa Fernando | run out (Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj) | 0 | 1 |
| Kasun Rajitha | caught (Keshav Maharaj) b Anrich Nortje | 0 | 27 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 5 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Lungi Ngidi 10.00-2-38-2Anrich Nortje 10.10-1-47-2Wiaan Mulder 12.00-1-39-2Lutho Sipamla 5.00-0-24-2Keshav Maharaj 6.00-3-20-0Aiden Markram 3.00-2-6-0
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