South Africa v Sri Lanka, Durban

Sri Lanka 338/10 & 279/10

South Africa 168/10 & 241/10

Sri Lanka won by 208 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2011 · 2nd Test Kingsmead, Durban 26–29 Dec 2011

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

0.85× -15%

South Africa

1.20× +20%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Sri Lanka led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

145 +259

KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka

108 +173

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

112 +160

HM Amla South Africa

105 +105

AB de Villiers South Africa

94 +101

Best bowling

Top match figures

M de Lange7/81

UWMBCA Welegedara5/52

DW Steyn5/73

HMRKB Herath5/79

Top score

108

KC Sangakkara · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

111

6th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 208 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

338 /10 (108.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	12	29	1	0	41.38
TM Dilshan	c M Morkel b Imran Tahir	47	69	6	0	68.12
KC Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	0	3	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	b M Morkel	31	58	3	1	53.45
TT Samaraweera	c AG Prince b M de Lange	102	269	11	0	37.92
AD Mathews	c & b M de Lange	30	51	5	0	58.82
LD Chandimal	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	58	86	7	0	67.44
NLTC Perera	c HM Amla b M de Lange	12	28	2	0	42.86
HMRKB Herath	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	30	54	4	0	55.56
UWMBCA Welegedara	c HM Amla b M de Lange	2	4	0	0	50.00
CRD Fernando*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 14 (lb 8, nb 6)

Total 338/10 (108.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.0	5	63	0	2.74
M Morkel	21.0	3	61	2	2.90
M de Lange	23.2	4	81	7	3.47
Imran Tahir	32.0	3	101	1	3.16
JH Kallis	9.0	1	24	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-35 (NT Paranavitana, 8.6)·2-47 (KC Sangakkara, 10.2)·3-84 (TM Dilshan, 23.3)·4-117 (DPMD Jayawardene, 29.3)·5-162 (AD Mathews, 44.3)·6-273 (LD Chandimal, 81.3)·7-289 (NLTC Perera, 89.3)·8-335 (HMRKB Herath, 106.1)·9-337 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 106.5)·10-338 (TT Samaraweera, 108.2)

South Africa

168 /10 (54.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	15	38	2	0	39.47
JA Rudolph	c UWMBCA Welegedara b NLTC Perera	7	13	1	0	53.85
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	54	83	10	0	65.06
JH Kallis	c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara	0	3	0	0	0.00
AB de Villiers	c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara	25	79	3	0	31.65
AG Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	11	24	1	0	45.83
MV Boucher	c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath	3	14	0	0	21.43
DW Steyn*	not out	29	36	2	2	80.56
M Morkel	b HMRKB Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
Imran Tahir	st LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	11	19	0	1	57.89
M de Lange	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	9	17	2	0	52.94

Extras 4 (w 1, nb 3)

Total 168/10 (54.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.4	3	52	5	3.12
NLTC Perera	9.0	3	27	1	3.00
TM Dilshan	1.0	1	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	20.0	7	49	4	2.45
AD Mathews	2.0	0	11	0	5.50
CRD Fernando	6.0	0	29	0	4.83

Fall of wickets

1-22 (JA Rudolph, 7.2)·2-27 (GC Smith, 8.7)·3-27 (JH Kallis, 10.3)·4-103 (AB de Villiers, 34.5)·5-106 (HM Amla, 36.3)·6-118 (MV Boucher, 41.1)·7-119 (AG Prince, 43.1)·8-119 (M Morkel, 43.6)·9-145 (Imran Tahir, 49.3)·10-168 (M de Lange, 54.4)

Sri Lanka

279 /10 (78.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c AG Prince b M Morkel	9	22	2	40.91
TM Dilshan	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	4	3	1	133.33
KC Sangakkara	c GC Smith b Imran Tahir	108	190	13	56.84
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b M de Lange	14	27	2	51.85
TT Samaraweera	b Imran Tahir	43	64	5	67.19
AD Mathews	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	3	6	0	50.00
LD Chandimal	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	54	92	7	58.70
NLTC Perera	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	12	17	1	70.59
HMRKB Herath*	not out	8	31	0	25.81
UWMBCA Welegedara	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	10	7	2	142.86
CRD Fernando	c AG Prince b M Morkel	3	13	0	23.08

Extras 11 (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)

Total 279/10 (78.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	18.2	5	46	2	2.51
DW Steyn	20.0	3	73	5	3.65
M de Lange	13.0	2	45	1	3.46
JH Kallis	11.0	1	43	0	3.91
Imran Tahir	16.0	1	64	2	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (TM Dilshan, 1.3)·2-20 (NT Paranavitana, 8.1)·3-44 (DPMD Jayawardene, 16.4)·4-138 (TT Samaraweera, 38.1)·5-141 (AD Mathews, 39.5)·6-245 (LD Chandimal, 66.5)·7-245 (KC Sangakkara, 67.1)·8-262 (NLTC Perera, 71.6)·9-276 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 75.3)·10-279 (CRD Fernando, 78.2)

South Africa

241 /10 (87.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c DPMD Jayawardene b NLTC Perera	22	65	3	0	33.85
GC Smith	c DPMD Jayawardene b CRD Fernando	26	37	1	0	70.27
HM Amla	run out (UWMBCA Welegedara)	51	81	7	0	62.96
JH Kallis	c NT Paranavitana b HMRKB Herath	0	7	0	0	0.00
AG Prince	c NT Paranavitana b CRD Fernando	7	24	0	0	29.17
AB de Villiers	lbw b HMRKB Herath	69	141	6	1	48.94
MV Boucher	lbw b HMRKB Herath	7	34	0	0	20.59
DW Steyn	lbw b HMRKB Herath	43	125	7	0	34.40
M Morkel	lbw b TM Dilshan	5	10	0	0	50.00
M de Lange	b HMRKB Herath	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 6, lb 1, w 3, nb 1)

Total 241/10 (87.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.0	5	33	0	2.06
NLTC Perera	13.0	0	48	1	3.69
CRD Fernando	13.0	3	29	2	2.23
TM Dilshan	11.0	2	35	1	3.18
HMRKB Herath	30.3	8	79	5	2.59
AD Mathews	3.0	0	9	0	3.00
TT Samaraweera	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-37 (GC Smith, 9.6)·2-88 (JA Rudolph, 26.4)·3-97 (JH Kallis, 29.5)·4-106 (HM Amla, 33.2)·5-116 (AG Prince, 38.3)·6-133 (MV Boucher, 49.3)·7-232 (AB de Villiers, 83.4)·8-241 (M Morkel, 86.6)·9-241 (DW Steyn, 87.1)·10-241 (M de Lange, 87.3)