South Africa v Sri Lanka, Centurion

Sri Lanka 180/10 & 150/10

South Africa 411/10

South Africa won by 81 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2011 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 15–17 Dec 2011

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

0.80× -20%

South Africa

1.22× +22%

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

AB de Villiers South Africa

99 +158

MV Boucher South Africa

65 +109

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

68 +92

GC Smith South Africa

61 +70

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

43 +63

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander5/49

VD Philander5/53

DW Steyn4/18

UWMBCA Welegedara3/96

Top score

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

5–24

5 wkts for 24 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 81 runs

Length3 days

Sri Lanka

180 /10 (47.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
NT Paranavitana	b VD Philander	32	67	4	47.76
TM Dilshan	c VD Philander b DW Steyn	6	7	1	85.71
KC Sangakkara	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	1	3	0	33.33
DPMD Jayawardene	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	30	73	2	41.10
TT Samaraweera	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	36	67	5	53.73
AD Mathews	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	38	52	6	73.08
JK Silva	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	0	1	0	0.00
NLTC Perera	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	1	2	0	50.00
HMRKB Herath*	not out	14	16	2	87.50
UWMBCA Welegedara	b DW Steyn	4	3	1	133.33
CRD Fernando	b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 6)

Total 180/10 (47.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	1.69
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	4.08
M Morkel	10.0	1	48	0	4.80
JH Kallis	8.0	2	31	0	3.88
Imran Tahir	6.0	0	22	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-11 (TM Dilshan, 4.4)·2-12 (KC Sangakkara, 5.1)·3-66 (NT Paranavitana, 22.2)·4-91 (DPMD Jayawardene, 29.4)·5-156 (TT Samaraweera, 42.3)·6-156 (JK Silva, 42.4)·7-157 (NLTC Perera, 43.1)·8-175 (AD Mathews, 46.5)·9-180 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 47.3)·10-180 (CRD Fernando, 47.4)

South Africa

411 /10 (122.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JA Rudolph	c NT Paranavitana b NLTC Perera	44	140	4	31.43
GC Smith	lbw b CRD Fernando	61	105	7	58.10
DW Steyn	run out (HMRKB Herath)	0	5	0	0.00
HM Amla	c AD Mathews b NLTC Perera	18	33	3	54.55
JH Kallis	c AD Mathews b UWMBCA Welegedara	31	56	5	55.36
AB de Villiers	c FDM Karunaratne b NLTC Perera	99	135	12	73.33
AG Prince	c JK Silva b AD Mathews	39	98	4	39.80
MV Boucher	c JK Silva b UWMBCA Welegedara	65	101	10	64.36
VD Philander	c DPMD Jayawardene b TM Dilshan	4	30	0	13.33
M Morkel	c TT Samaraweera b UWMBCA Welegedara	4	4	1	100.00
Imran Tahir*	not out	29	33	5	87.88

Extras 17 (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 12)

Total 411/10 (122.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	31.0	4	96	3	3.10
NLTC Perera	24.0	1	114	3	4.75
AD Mathews	9.0	4	13	1	1.44
CRD Fernando	28.0	2	128	1	4.57
TM Dilshan	7.0	1	17	1	2.43
HMRKB Herath	23.0	4	41	0	1.78

Fall of wickets

1-88 (GC Smith, 32.6)·2-90 (DW Steyn, 35.2)·3-125 (HM Amla, 45.7)·4-136 (JA Rudolph, 49.1)·5-173 (JH Kallis, 60.6)·6-270 (AG Prince, 89.6)·7-303 (AB de Villiers, 97.2)·8-344 (VD Philander, 106.6)·9-350 (M Morkel, 108.4)·10-411 (MV Boucher, 121.6)

Sri Lanka

150 /10 (39.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	4	21	1	0	19.05
TM Dilshan	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	6	9	1	0	66.67
KC Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	2	8	0	0	25.00
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (JH Kallis)	15	31	3	0	48.39
TT Samaraweera	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	32	54	6	0	59.26
AD Mathews	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	5	17	1	0	29.41
JK Silva	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	17	45	1	0	37.78
NLTC Perera	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	21	27	1	1	77.78
HMRKB Herath	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	23	18	2	2	127.78
UWMBCA Welegedara	c & b VD Philander	10	8	1	1	125.00
CRD Fernando*	not out	4	7	1	0	57.14

Extras 11 (lb 1, nb 10)

Total 150/10 (39.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	10.0	2	36	2	3.60
VD Philander	11.1	2	49	5	4.39
JH Kallis	5.0	3	13	0	2.60
M Morkel	9.0	0	36	1	4.00
Imran Tahir	4.0	1	15	1	3.75

Fall of wickets

1-11 (TM Dilshan, 3.6)·2-11 (NT Paranavitana, 4.6)·3-19 (KC Sangakkara, 7.1)·4-37 (DPMD Jayawardene, 14.6)·5-66 (AD Mathews, 21.6)·6-70 (TT Samaraweera, 22.3)·7-104 (NLTC Perera, 31.2)·8-133 (JK Silva, 36.4)·9-145 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 37.7)·10-150 (HMRKB Herath, 39.1)