Sri Lanka v South Africa, Galle International Stadium

Sri Lanka 287/10 & 190/10

South Africa 126/10 & 73/10

Sri Lanka won by 278 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2018 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium 12–14 Jul 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Sri Lanka

0.93× -7%

South Africa

0.95× -5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Sri Lanka led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

218 +409

F du Plessis South Africa

50 +87

RAS Lakmal Sri Lanka

43 +51

VD Philander South Africa

40 +51

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

36 +42

Best bowling

Top match figures

MDK Perera6/32

MDK Perera4/46

K Rabada4/50

KA Maharaj4/58

Top score

158*

FDM Karunaratne · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

7th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 278 runs

Length3 days

Sri Lanka

287 /10 (78.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	26	31	4	0	83.87
FDM Karunaratne*	not out	158	222	13	1	71.17
DM de Silva	b T Shamsi	11	36	1	0	30.56
BKG Mendis	c K Rabada b DW Steyn	24	36	3	0	66.67
AD Mathews	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	1	10	0	0	10.00
ARS Silva	c AK Markram b K Rabada	0	2	0	0	0.00
N Dickwella	c HM Amla b T Shamsi	18	31	0	0	58.06
MDK Perera	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	1	4	0	0	25.00
HMRKB Herath	run out	1	7	0	0	14.29
RAS Lakmal	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	10	40	1	0	25.00
PADLR Sandakan	st Q de Kock b T Shamsi	25	55	3	0	45.45

Extras 12 (b 7, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)

Total 287/10 (78.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	8.0	1	28	1	3.50
DW Steyn	13.0	0	54	1	4.15
K Rabada	14.0	1	50	4	3.57
KA Maharaj	17.0	3	49	0	2.88
T Shamsi	25.4	2	91	3	3.55
D Elgar	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

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

South Africa

126 /10 (54.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c AD Mathews b MDK Perera	8	29	0	27.59
AK Markram	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	0	7	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	lbw b HMRKB Herath	3	12	0	25.00
HM Amla	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	15	36	2	41.67
T Bavuma	b PADLR Sandakan	17	33	2	51.52
F du Plessis	b RAS Lakmal	49	88	5	55.68
Q de Kock	b MDK Perera	3	8	0	37.50
VD Philander	lbw b MDK Perera	18	86	1	20.93
K Rabada	b RAS Lakmal	2	9	0	22.22
DW Steyn	c AD Mathews b RAS Lakmal	8	17	1	47.06
T Shamsi*	not out	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 3 (b 2, nb 1)

Total 126/10 (54.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	19.0	5	39	2	2.05
MDK Perera	23.0	8	46	4	2.00
PADLR Sandakan	8.0	1	18	1	2.25
RAS Lakmal	4.3	1	21	3	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AK Markram, 2.4)·2-9 (KA Maharaj, 6.3)·3-13 (D Elgar, 9.2)·4-40 (HM Amla, 17.6)·5-48 (T Bavuma, 20.2)·6-51 (Q de Kock, 21.6)·7-115 (VD Philander, 49.4)·8-115 (F du Plessis, 50.1)·9-123 (K Rabada, 52.7)·10-126 (DW Steyn, 54.3)

Sri Lanka

190 /10 (57.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	17	65	1	0	26.15
FDM Karunaratne	c HM Amla b K Rabada	60	80	7	0	75.00
DM de Silva	b KA Maharaj	9	12	0	1	75.00
BKG Mendis	lbw b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews	b KA Maharaj	35	86	1	1	40.70
ARS Silva	run out	13	24	2	0	54.17
N Dickwella	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	9	14	1	0	64.29
MDK Perera	lbw b K Rabada	2	2	0	0	100.00
RAS Lakmal*	not out	33	46	5	0	71.74
HMRKB Herath	lbw b T Shamsi	0	5	0	0	0.00
PADLR Sandakan	c T Bavuma b DW Steyn	6	9	1	0	66.67

Extras 6 (b 2, lb 4)

Total 190/10 (57.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	12.0	0	44	3	3.67
DW Steyn	11.4	1	35	1	3.00
KA Maharaj	20.0	5	58	4	2.90
T Shamsi	11.0	0	37	1	3.36
VD Philander	3.0	0	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

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

South Africa

73 /10 (28.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	st N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	19	46	0	0	41.30
D Elgar	st N Dickwella b MDK Perera	4	12	0	0	33.33
HM Amla	c DM de Silva b MDK Perera	0	2	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma	c DM de Silva b MDK Perera	2	17	0	0	11.76
F du Plessis	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	1	3	0	0	33.33
Q de Kock	lbw b MDK Perera	10	9	2	0	111.11
VD Philander*	not out	22	38	0	2	57.89
KA Maharaj	c PADLR Sandakan b MDK Perera	9	9	2	0	100.00
K Rabada	b MDK Perera	0	10	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c & b HMRKB Herath	2	6	0	0	33.33
T Shamsi	lbw b PADLR Sandakan	2	21	0	0	9.52

Extras 2 (b 2)

Total 73/10 (28.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	14.0	4	38	3	2.71
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	2.29
PADLR Sandakan	0.5	0	1	1	1.20

Fall of wickets

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