Sri Lanka v South Africa, Colombo

Sri Lanka 338/10 & 275/5

South Africa 124/10 & 290/10

Sri Lanka won by 199 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2018 · 2nd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 20–23 Jul 2018

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

0.94× -6%

South Africa

0.90× -10%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Sri Lanka's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

138 +162

TB de Bruyn South Africa

104 +156

MD Gunathilaka Sri Lanka

118 +126

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

81 +104

T Bavuma South Africa

74 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj9/129

HMRKB Herath6/98

A Dananjaya5/52

MDK Perera4/40

Top score

101

TB de Bruyn · South Africa

Biggest stand

123

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 199 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

338 /10 (104.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	57	107	6	53.27
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	53	110	4	48.18
DM de Silva	lbw b KA Maharaj	60	109	8	55.05
BKG Mendis	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	21	34	4	61.76
AD Mathews	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	10	24	2	41.67
ARS Silva	b K Rabada	22	46	3	47.83
N Dickwella	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	5	9	1	55.56
MDK Perera	c L Ngidi b KA Maharaj	17	24	2	70.83
A Dananjaya*	not out	43	91	7	47.25
RAS Lakmal	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	0	4	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	35	68	4	51.47

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 2, w 8, nb 1)

Total 338/10 (104.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	17.0	3	60	0	3.53
K Rabada	20.0	3	55	1	2.75
L Ngidi	14.2	1	54	0	3.77
KA Maharaj	41.1	11	129	9	3.13
AK Markram	8.4	1	24	0	2.77
D Elgar	3.0	1	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-116 (FDM Karunaratne, 34.3)·2-117 (MD Gunathilaka, 36.3)·3-153 (BKG Mendis, 48.3)·4-169 (AD Mathews, 54.3)·5-223 (ARS Silva, 69.6)·6-238 (N Dickwella, 72.4)·7-247 (DM de Silva, 74.2)·8-264 (MDK Perera, 80.1)·9-264 (RAS Lakmal, 80.5)·10-338 (HMRKB Herath, 104.1)

South Africa

124 /10 (34.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	lbw b HMRKB Herath	7	20	0	0	35.00
D Elgar	c DM de Silva b A Dananjaya	0	4	0	0	0.00
TB de Bruyn	c N Dickwella b A Dananjaya	3	8	0	0	37.50
HM Amla	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	19	58	0	0	32.76
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b MDK Perera	48	51	8	1	94.12
T Bavuma	c BKG Mendis b MDK Perera	11	20	1	0	55.00
Q de Kock	lbw b A Dananjaya	32	31	3	0	103.23
KA Maharaj	c FDM Karunaratne b A Dananjaya	2	4	0	0	50.00
K Rabada	c AD Mathews b MDK Perera	1	10	0	0	10.00
DW Steyn	lbw b A Dananjaya	0	2	0	0	0.00
L Ngidi*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 124/10 (34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	12.5	2	40	4	3.12
A Dananjaya	13.0	2	52	5	4.00
HMRKB Herath	9.0	1	32	1	3.56

Fall of wickets

1-4 (D Elgar, 1.2)·2-8 (TB de Bruyn, 3.2)·3-15 (AK Markram, 8.1)·4-70 (HM Amla, 20.6)·5-85 (F du Plessis, 24.6)·6-114 (T Bavuma, 30.3)·7-119 (KA Maharaj, 31.5)·8-124 (Q de Kock, 33.2)·9-124 (DW Steyn, 33.4)·10-124 (K Rabada, 34.5)

Sri Lanka

275 /5 (81.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	61	68	6	2	89.71
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	85	136	12	0	62.50
DM de Silva	lbw b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	run out	18	27	3	0	66.67
AD Mathews	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	71	147	7	0	48.30
ARS Silva*	not out	32	99	2	0	32.32
N Dickwella*	not out	7	7	1	0	100.00

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 275/5 (81.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KA Maharaj	40.0	4	154	3	3.85
K Rabada	8.0	0	42	0	5.25
AK Markram	7.0	1	18	0	2.57
TB de Bruyn	5.0	0	20	0	4.00
DW Steyn	11.0	2	30	0	2.73
L Ngidi	9.0	5	9	1	1.00
D Elgar	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-91 (MD Gunathilaka, 18.3)·2-102 (DM de Silva, 20.2)·3-136 (BKG Mendis, 28.4)·4-199 (FDM Karunaratne, 48.1)·5-263 (AD Mathews, 79.1)

South Africa

290 /10 (86.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b MDK Perera	37	80	4	0	46.25
AK Markram	lbw b HMRKB Herath	14	24	3	0	58.33
TB de Bruyn	b HMRKB Herath	101	232	12	0	43.53
HM Amla	b HMRKB Herath	6	18	1	0	33.33
F du Plessis	c AD Mathews b A Dananjaya	7	13	1	0	53.85
KA Maharaj	lbw b A Dananjaya	0	1	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma	c N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	63	98	4	0	64.29
Q de Kock	lbw b HMRKB Herath	8	12	1	0	66.67
K Rabada	c AD Mathews b MDK Perera	18	37	2	1	48.65
DW Steyn	c MD Gunathilaka b HMRKB Herath	6	6	0	1	100.00
L Ngidi*	not out	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 26 (b 16, lb 5, w 1, nb 4)

Total 290/10 (86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	32.5	5	98	6	2.98
MDK Perera	30.0	4	90	2	3.00
A Dananjaya	19.0	2	67	2	3.53
RAS Lakmal	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
DM de Silva	2.0	0	5	0	2.50
MD Gunathilaka	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-23 (AK Markram, 8.1)·2-80 (D Elgar, 23.3)·3-100 (HM Amla, 30.1)·4-113 (F du Plessis, 35.1)·5-113 (KA Maharaj, 35.2)·6-236 (T Bavuma, 73.1)·7-246 (Q de Kock, 75.5)·8-280 (TB de Bruyn, 84.5)·9-280 (K Rabada, 85.2)·10-290 (DW Steyn, 86.5)