South Africa v Sri Lanka, Durban

South Africa 191/10 & 366/5

Sri Lanka 42/10 & 282/10

South Africa won by 233 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2024 · 1st Test Kingsmead, Durban, Durban 27–30 Nov 2024

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.07× +7%

Sri Lanka

0.75× -25%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

T Bavuma South Africa

183 +239

T Stubbs South Africa

138 +152

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

83 +136

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

66 +93

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

48 +65

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Jansen7/13

M Jansen4/73

AM Fernando3/44

CBRLS Kumara3/70

Top score

122

T Stubbs · South Africa

Biggest stand

249

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–0

3 wkts for 0 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 233 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

191 /10 (49.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c AD Mathews b AM Fernando	9	11	2	0	81.82
T de Zorzi	c PHKD Mendis b MVT Fernando	4	9	1	0	44.44
T Bavuma	c CBRLS Kumara b AM Fernando	70	117	9	1	59.83
T Stubbs	c FDM Karunaratne b CBRLS Kumara	16	38	3	0	42.11
DG Bedingham	b CBRLS Kumara	4	6	1	0	66.67
K Verreynne	lbw b CBRLS Kumara	9	22	2	0	40.91
PWA Mulder*	not out	9	12	0	1	75.00
M Jansen	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	13	21	2	0	61.90
G Coetzee	c PHKD Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	1	8	0	0	12.50
KA Maharaj	c DM de Silva b MVT Fernando	24	35	3	1	68.57
K Rabada	c LD Chandimal b AM Fernando	15	23	2	0	65.22

Extras 17 (b 2, lb 5, w 6, nb 4)

Total 191/10 (49.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	14.4	3	44	3	3.00
MVT Fernando	15.0	2	35	2	2.33
AD Mathews	2.0	2	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara	12.0	1	70	3	5.83
NGRP Jayasuriya	5.0	1	24	2	4.80
DM de Silva	1.0	0	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (AK Markram, 2.6)·2-14 (T de Zorzi, 3.2)·3-46 (T Stubbs, 15.1)·4-54 (DG Bedingham, 17.1)·5-83 (K Verreynne, 23.2)·6-113 (M Jansen, 32.4)·7-117 (G Coetzee, 34.3)·8-143 (KA Maharaj, 40.6)·9-165 (T Bavuma, 45.6)·10-191 (K Rabada, 49.4)

Sri Lanka

42 /10 (13.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
P Nissanka	c T Stubbs b M Jansen	3	12	0	25.00
FDM Karunaratne	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	2	9	0	22.22
AD Mathews	c DG Bedingham b M Jansen	1	14	0	7.14
LD Chandimal	b M Jansen	0	4	0	0.00
PHKD Mendis	c DG Bedingham b G Coetzee	13	20	3	65.00
DM de Silva	b M Jansen	7	12	1	58.33
BKG Mendis	lbw b G Coetzee	0	3	0	0.00
NGRP Jayasuriya	c T Stubbs b M Jansen	0	3	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	10	5	2	200.00
MVT Fernando	b M Jansen	0	3	0	0.00
AM Fernando	c & b M Jansen	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 6 (lb 1, w 1, nb 4)

Total 42/10 (13.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	4.0	1	10	1	2.50
M Jansen	6.5	2	13	7	1.90
G Coetzee	3.0	0	18	2	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-6 (FDM Karunaratne, 2.6)·2-7 (P Nissanka, 3.3)·3-9 (LD Chandimal, 5.3)·4-16 (AD Mathews, 7.2)·5-32 (PHKD Mendis, 10.4)·6-32 (DM de Silva, 11.3)·7-32 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 11.6)·8-32 (BKG Mendis, 12.1)·9-42 (MVT Fernando, 13.3)·10-42 (AM Fernando, 13.5)

South Africa

366 /5 (100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	c AM Fernando b NGRP Jayasuriya	17	32	2	0	53.12
AK Markram	b MVT Fernando	47	81	4	1	58.02
PWA Mulder	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	15	31	1	0	48.39
T Stubbs	b MVT Fernando	122	221	9	2	55.20
T Bavuma	lbw b AM Fernando	113	228	9	0	49.56
DG Bedingham*	not out	21	11	2	1	190.91

Extras 31 (b 6, lb 24, w 1)

Total 366/5 (100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	17.4	2	54	1	3.06
MVT Fernando	18.0	2	64	2	3.56
CBRLS Kumara	18.0	5	43	0	2.39
NGRP Jayasuriya	40.0	2	132	2	3.30
DM de Silva	6.0	0	31	0	5.17
PHKD Mendis	1.0	0	12	0	12.00

Fall of wickets

1-47 (T de Zorzi, 11.5)·2-77 (PWA Mulder, 21.4)·3-89 (AK Markram, 24.4)·4-338 (T Stubbs, 96.5)·5-366 (T Bavuma, 100.5)

Sri Lanka

282 /10 (79.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	lbw b G Coetzee	23	31	4	0	74.19
FDM Karunaratne	c T Stubbs b K Rabada	4	18	1	0	22.22
LD Chandimal	c & b G Coetzee	83	174	12	0	47.70
AD Mathews	lbw b M Jansen	25	42	2	0	59.52
PHKD Mendis	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	10	28	0	1	35.71
NGRP Jayasuriya	c T de Zorzi b K Rabada	1	12	0	0	8.33
DM de Silva	c T Stubbs b KA Maharaj	59	81	9	1	72.84
BKG Mendis	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	48	77	9	0	62.34
MVT Fernando	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	1	5	0	0	20.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	5	15	1	0	33.33
AM Fernando	b M Jansen	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 4, lb 6, nb 13)

Total 282/10 (79.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	21.0	3	65	2	3.10
M Jansen	21.4	6	73	4	3.37
G Coetzee	13.0	0	67	2	5.15
KA Maharaj	24.0	5	67	2	2.79

Fall of wickets

1-12 (FDM Karunaratne, 4.5)·2-38 (P Nissanka, 9.2)·3-82 (AD Mathews, 20.1)·4-99 (PHKD Mendis, 26.6)·5-101 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 29.6)·6-196 (DM de Silva, 54.4)·7-271 (LD Chandimal, 73.2)·8-272 (MVT Fernando, 74.1)·9-276 (BKG Mendis, 77.4)·10-282 (AM Fernando, 79.4)