Sri Lanka v South Africa, Johannesburg

Sri Lanka 157/10 & 211/10

South Africa 302/10 & 67/0

South Africa won by 10 wickets

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2020 · 2nd Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 3–5 Jan 2021

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

0.90× -10%

South Africa

1.12× +12%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

158 +213

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

105 +193

HE van der Dussen South Africa

67 +91

MDKJ Perera Sri Lanka

61 +78

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

43 +58

Best bowling

Top match figures

A Nortje6/56

MVT Fernando5/101

L Ngidi4/44

PWA Mulder3/25

Top score

127

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

184

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 10 wickets

Length3 days

Sri Lanka

157 /10 (40.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	2	32	0	6.25
MDKJ Perera	c AK Markram b PWA Mulder	60	67	11	89.55
HDRL Thirimanne	c F du Plessis b PWA Mulder	17	30	3	56.67
BKG Mendis	c HE van der Dussen b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0.00
M Bhanuka	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	5	10	1	50.00
N Dickwella	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	7	10	1	70.00
MD Shanaka	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	4	17	0	23.53
PWH de Silva	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	29	27	5	107.41
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	22	29	4	75.86
MVT Fernando*	not out	2	11	0	18.18
AM Fernando	b A Nortje	4	6	1	66.67

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 157/10 (40.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Ngidi	10.0	3	44	0	4.40
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	3.86
L Sipamla	9.0	3	27	1	3.00
PWA Mulder	7.0	3	25	3	3.57

Fall of wickets

1-19 (FDM Karunaratne, 9.5)·2-71 (MDKJ Perera, 20.1)·3-71 (BKG Mendis, 20.5)·4-80 (HDRL Thirimanne, 22.5)·5-84 (M Bhanuka, 23.6)·6-93 (N Dickwella, 25.5)·7-110 (MD Shanaka, 29.5)·8-149 (PWH de Silva, 37.1)·9-151 (PVD Chameera, 38.3)·10-157 (AM Fernando, 40.3)

South Africa

302 /10 (75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c HDRL Thirimanne b PVD Chameera	127	163	22	77.91
AK Markram	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	5	21	0	23.81
HE van der Dussen	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	67	127	12	52.76
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b MD Shanaka	8	15	1	53.33
Q de Kock	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	10	20	1	50.00
T Bavuma	lbw b MVT Fernando	19	30	3	63.33
PWA Mulder	lbw b MVT Fernando	7	17	1	41.18
KA Maharaj	c N Dickwella b AM Fernando	2	8	0	25.00
A Nortje	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	13	16	2	81.25
L Ngidi*	not out	14	18	3	77.78
L Sipamla	c MD Shanaka b MVT Fernando	5	19	1	26.32

Extras 25 (b 8, lb 14, w 3)

Total 302/10 (75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	23.4	0	101	5	4.27
AM Fernando	19.0	5	61	2	3.21
PVD Chameera	14.0	1	53	1	3.79
MD Shanaka	15.0	3	42	2	2.80
PWH de Silva	4.0	0	23	0	5.75

Fall of wickets

1-34 (AK Markram, 7.3)·2-218 (D Elgar, 51.2)·3-218 (HE van der Dussen, 52.3)·4-235 (F du Plessis, 56.6)·5-241 (Q de Kock, 57.6)·6-257 (PWA Mulder, 63.2)·7-262 (KA Maharaj, 64.6)·8-276 (T Bavuma, 67.6)·9-283 (A Nortje, 69.3)·10-302 (L Sipamla, 75.4)

Sri Lanka

211 /10 (56.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c PWA Mulder b A Nortje	103	128	19	80.47
MDKJ Perera	b L Ngidi	1	7	0	14.29
HDRL Thirimanne	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	31	57	7	54.39
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	0	1	0	0.00
M Bhanuka	c KA Maharaj b A Nortje	1	7	0	14.29
N Dickwella	c T Bavuma b L Ngidi	36	68	6	52.94
PWH de Silva	b L Sipamla	16	32	2	50.00
MD Shanaka	c L Sipamla b PWA Mulder	8	24	1	33.33
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b L Sipamla	0	10	0	0.00
MVT Fernando*	not out	1	7	0	14.29
AM Fernando	b L Sipamla	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 14 (b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)

Total 211/10 (56.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Ngidi	15.0	5	44	4	2.93
A Nortje	19.0	2	64	2	3.37
PWA Mulder	13.0	3	52	1	4.00
L Sipamla	9.5	1	40	3	4.07

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MDKJ Perera, 2.2)·2-86 (HDRL Thirimanne, 22.6)·3-92 (BKG Mendis, 24.1)·4-109 (M Bhanuka, 27.3)·5-176 (FDM Karunaratne, 43.5)·6-181 (N Dickwella, 44.3)·7-190 (MD Shanaka, 50.5)·8-209 (PWH de Silva, 54.5)·9-210 (PVD Chameera, 56.4)·10-211 (AM Fernando, 56.6)

South Africa

67 /0 (13.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram*	not out	36	53	4	0	67.92
D Elgar*	not out	31	27	5	0	114.81

Extras 0

Total 67/0 (13.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	Econ
MVT Fernando	4.0	0	23	5.75
AM Fernando	4.0	1	20	5.00
PWH de Silva	2.2	0	16	6.86
MD Shanaka	3.0	1	8	2.67