South Africa v Sri Lanka, Cape Town

South Africa 580/4 & 2/0

Sri Lanka 239/10 & 342/10

South Africa won by 10 wickets

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2011 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 3–6 Jan 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.27× +27%

Sri Lanka

0.83× -17%

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

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

126 +214

JH Kallis South Africa

224 +208

AB de Villiers South Africa

160 +153

TM Dilshan Sri Lanka

83 +99

AN Petersen South Africa

110 +95

Best bowling

Top match figures

JH Kallis3/35

VD Philander3/46

VD Philander3/54

DW Steyn3/56

Top score

224

JH Kallis · South Africa

Biggest stand

205

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–20

3 wkts for 20 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 10 wickets

Length4 days

South Africa

580 /4 (139.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b KTGD Prasad	16	15	3	0	106.67
AN Petersen	c TM Dilshan b UWMBCA Welegedara	109	188	13	1	57.98
HM Amla	lbw b KTGD Prasad	16	32	3	0	50.00
JH Kallis	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	224	325	31	1	68.92
AB de Villiers*	not out	160	205	19	2	78.05
JA Rudolph*	not out	51	71	6	0	71.83

Extras 4 (lb 1, w 1, nb 2)

Total 580/4 (139.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	29.0	7	107	1	3.69
NLTC Perera	22.0	1	131	0	5.95
KTGD Prasad	30.0	2	154	2	5.13
AD Mathews	12.0	0	47	0	3.92
HMRKB Herath	42.0	4	108	1	2.57
TM Dilshan	4.0	0	32	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-25 (GC Smith, 4.1)·2-56 (HM Amla, 12.6)·3-261 (AN Petersen, 62.2)·4-453 (JH Kallis, 118.3)

Sri Lanka

239 /10 (73.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	b M Morkel	23	52	4	0	44.23
TM Dilshan	c GC Smith b Imran Tahir	78	79	12	0	98.73
KC Sangakkara	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	35	75	6	0	46.67
DPMD Jayawardene	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	30	81	3	0	37.04
TT Samaraweera	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	11	61	0	0	18.03
AD Mathews	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	1	18	0	0	5.56
LD Chandimal	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	35	45	4	0	77.78
NLTC Perera	b Imran Tahir	5	10	1	0	50.00
HMRKB Herath	lbw b VD Philander	1	7	0	0	14.29
KTGD Prasad	c AN Petersen b VD Philander	9	16	0	1	56.25
UWMBCA Welegedara*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 6, lb 3, nb 2)

Total 239/10 (73.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	5	56	3	2.80
VD Philander	19.0	7	46	3	2.42
M Morkel	13.5	3	74	2	5.35
Imran Tahir	21.0	1	54	2	2.57

Fall of wickets

1-70 (HDRL Thirimanne, 14.4)·2-126 (TM Dilshan, 28.3)·3-149 (KC Sangakkara, 39.3)·4-184 (TT Samaraweera, 55.2)·5-189 (DPMD Jayawardene, 59.3)·6-194 (AD Mathews, 61.5)·7-219 (NLTC Perera, 66.5)·8-220 (HMRKB Herath, 67.6)·9-236 (KTGD Prasad, 71.6)·10-239 (LD Chandimal, 73.5)

Sri Lanka

342 /10 (107.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	30	100	2	0	30.00
TM Dilshan	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	5	7	1	0	71.43
KC Sangakkara	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	34	89	4	0	38.20
DPMD Jayawardene	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	12	21	0	1	57.14
TT Samaraweera*	not out	115	215	14	0	53.49
AD Mathews	lbw b VD Philander	63	124	7	0	50.81
LD Chandimal	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	1	13	0	0	7.69
NLTC Perera	c M Morkel b Imran Tahir	30	45	4	0	66.67
HMRKB Herath	c & b JH Kallis	0	5	0	0	0.00
KTGD Prasad	st MV Boucher b Imran Tahir	16	22	3	0	72.73
UWMBCA Welegedara	b JH Kallis	14	6	2	1	233.33

Extras 22 (b 1, lb 15, w 6)

Total 342/10 (107.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	3	56	0	2.80
VD Philander	20.0	4	54	3	2.70
M Morkel	19.0	4	68	1	3.58
Imran Tahir	32.0	7	106	3	3.31
JH Kallis	14.5	2	35	3	2.36
GC Smith	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-12 (TM Dilshan, 3.5)·2-79 (HDRL Thirimanne, 29.6)·3-83 (KC Sangakkara, 34.4)·4-98 (DPMD Jayawardene, 38.3)·5-240 (AD Mathews, 85.1)·6-248 (LD Chandimal, 89.2)·7-304 (NLTC Perera, 100.2)·8-306 (HMRKB Herath, 101.4)·9-327 (KTGD Prasad, 106.4)·10-342 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 107.5)

South Africa

2 /0 (0.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 2/0 (0.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KTGD Prasad	0.0	0	2	0	—