Sri Lanka v South Africa, Centurion

Sri Lanka 396/9 & 180/9

South Africa 621/10

South Africa won by 45 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2020 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 26–29 Dec 2020

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than South Africa.

Sri Lanka

0.93× -7%

South Africa

1.11× +11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

F du Plessis South Africa

199 +284

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

110 +138

PWH de Silva Sri Lanka

77 +130

MD Shanaka Sri Lanka

72 +120

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

79 +100

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Sipamla4/76

PWH de Silva4/171

PWA Mulder3/69

MVT Fernando3/129

Top score

199

F du Plessis · South Africa

Biggest stand

230

4th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 45 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

396 /9 (96.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b L Ngidi	22	20	4	0	110.00
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	16	29	2	0	55.17
BKG Mendis	c L Ngidi b A Nortje	12	16	2	0	75.00
LD Chandimal	c F du Plessis b PWA Mulder	85	161	11	0	52.80
DM de Silva*	not out	79	106	11	1	74.53
N Dickwella	lbw b PWA Mulder	49	86	6	0	56.98
MD Shanaka*	not out	66	87	3	5	75.86
PWH de Silva	b L Sipamla	18	20	3	0	90.00
CAK Rajitha	c D Elgar b L Sipamla	12	49	2	0	24.49
MVT Fernando	b L Sipamla	0	1	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara	c HE van der Dussen b L Sipamla	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 37 (b 16, lb 9, w 6, nb 6)

Total 396/9 (96.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Ngidi	19.0	3	64	1	3.37
L Sipamla	16.0	1	76	4	4.75
A Nortje	22.0	3	88	1	4.00
PWA Mulder	20.0	4	69	3	3.45
KA Maharaj	19.0	3	74	0	3.89

Fall of wickets

1-28 (FDM Karunaratne, 4.5)·2-54 (BKG Mendis, 9.5)·3-54 (MDKJ Perera, 10.5)·4-284 (LD Chandimal, 65.4)·5-296 (N Dickwella, 70.3)·6-320 (PWH de Silva, 76.3)·7-387 (CAK Rajitha, 93.2)·8-387 (MVT Fernando, 93.3)·9-396 (CBRLS Kumara, 95.6)

South Africa

621 /10 (142.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c & b MD Shanaka	95	130	16	0	73.08
AK Markram	c MD Shanaka b MVT Fernando	68	94	14	0	72.34
HE van der Dussen	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	15	42	2	0	35.71
Q de Kock	c HDRL Thirimanne b PWH de Silva	18	11	3	0	163.64
F du Plessis	c FDM Karunaratne b PWH de Silva	199	276	24	0	72.10
T Bavuma	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	71	125	7	0	56.80
PWA Mulder	c N Dickwella b PWH de Silva	36	63	4	1	57.14
KA Maharaj	c PWH de Silva b MVT Fernando	73	106	6	2	68.87
A Nortje	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	0	3	0	0	0.00
L Sipamla	lbw b PWH de Silva	0	1	0	0	0.00
L Ngidi*	not out	2	9	0	0	22.22

Extras 44 (b 9, lb 18, w 10, nb 7)

Total 621/10 (142.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	31.1	4	129	3	4.14
CAK Rajitha	2.1	1	16	0	7.38
MD Shanaka	28.5	2	98	2	3.40
PWH de Silva	45.0	5	171	4	3.80
CBRLS Kumara	21.1	0	103	1	4.87
FDM Karunaratne	6.5	0	36	0	5.27
BKG Mendis	7.0	0	41	0	5.86

Fall of wickets

1-141 (AK Markram, 28.4)·2-200 (HE van der Dussen, 42.6)·3-200 (D Elgar, 43.4)·4-220 (Q de Kock, 47.1)·5-399 (T Bavuma, 90.4)·6-476 (PWA Mulder, 107.4)·7-609 (F du Plessis, 137.5)·8-610 (A Nortje, 138.6)·9-611 (L Sipamla, 139.2)·10-621 (KA Maharaj, 142.1)

Sri Lanka

180 /9 (46.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b L Ngidi	6	8	1	0	75.00
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	64	87	10	0	73.56
BKG Mendis	c HE van der Dussen b L Ngidi	0	5	0	0	0.00
LD Chandimal	b PWA Mulder	25	45	4	0	55.56
N Dickwella	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	10	15	2	0	66.67
MD Shanaka	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	6	35	0	0	17.14
PWH de Silva	c T Bavuma b L Sipamla	59	53	12	1	111.32
MVT Fernando	run out	0	1	0	0	0.00
CAK Rajitha	c KA Maharaj b A Nortje	0	27	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 2, nb 4)

Total 180/9 (46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Ngidi	10.0	2	38	2	3.80
A Nortje	10.1	2	47	2	4.62
PWA Mulder	12.0	1	39	2	3.25
L Sipamla	5.0	0	24	2	4.80
KA Maharaj	6.0	3	20	0	3.33
AK Markram	3.0	2	6	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.6)·2-22 (BKG Mendis, 4.5)·3-85 (LD Chandimal, 19.5)·4-99 (N Dickwella, 23.6)·5-114 (MDKJ Perera, 28.4)·6-142 (MD Shanaka, 35.5)·7-148 (MVT Fernando, 36.6)·8-179 (PWH de Silva, 45.2)·9-180 (CAK Rajitha, 46.1)