Sri Lanka v South Africa, Galle International Stadium

South Africa 455/9 & 206/6

Sri Lanka 292/10 & 216/10

South Africa won by 153 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2014 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium 16–20 Jul 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

South Africa

1.01× +1%

Sri Lanka

1.03× +3%

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

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

116 +185

JP Duminy South Africa

108 +182

F du Plessis South Africa

117 +122

D Elgar South Africa

115 +115

KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka

100 +104

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/54

M Morkel4/29

DW Steyn4/45

MDK Perera4/79

Top score

103

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

125

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 153 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

455 /9 (166.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	lbw b MDK Perera	34	46	4	0	73.91
D Elgar	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	103	187	11	3	55.08
F du Plessis	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	80	196	5	1	40.82
HM Amla	c MDK Perera b HMRKB Herath	11	36	1	0	30.56
AB de Villiers	b RAS Lakmal	21	48	4	0	43.75
Q de Kock	c DPMD Jayawardene b MDK Perera	51	90	6	0	56.67
DW Steyn	b RAS Lakmal	3	20	0	0	15.00
JP Duminy*	not out	100	206	10	0	48.54
VD Philander	lbw b AD Mathews	27	96	3	0	28.12
M Morkel	b MDK Perera	22	74	4	0	29.73

Extras 3 (lb 2, nb 1)

Total 455/9 (166.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	33.0	12	75	3	2.27
RMS Eranga	9.0	4	32	0	3.56
HMRKB Herath	60.0	12	148	1	2.47
AD Mathews	11.0	1	36	1	3.27
MDK Perera	53.2	8	162	4	3.04

Fall of wickets

1-70 (AN Petersen, 16.5)·2-195 (D Elgar, 62.6)·3-220 (HM Amla, 73.4)·4-246 (F du Plessis, 82.3)·5-266 (AB de Villiers, 89.6)·6-290 (DW Steyn, 99.3)·7-314 (Q de Kock, 108.5)·8-389 (VD Philander, 138.5)·9-455 (M Morkel, 166.2)

Sri Lanka

292 /10 (104.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JK Silva	c VD Philander b DW Steyn	8	43	1	0	18.60
WU Tharanga	st Q de Kock b JP Duminy	83	155	14	1	53.55
KC Sangakkara	b M Morkel	24	34	3	0	70.59
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b DW Steyn	3	9	0	0	33.33
HDRL Thirimanne	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	38	98	7	0	38.78
AD Mathews	b Imran Tahir	89	182	14	1	48.90
LD Chandimal	c AN Petersen b DW Steyn	6	11	1	0	54.55
MDK Perera	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	19	61	3	0	31.15
RAS Lakmal	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	6	20	0	0	30.00
RMS Eranga*	not out	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1)

Total 292/10 (104.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.0	8	54	5	2.35
VD Philander	15.0	6	31	0	2.07
M Morkel	18.5	8	49	3	2.60
Imran Tahir	26.0	5	75	1	2.88
JP Duminy	15.0	4	47	1	3.13
D Elgar	7.0	1	25	0	3.57

Fall of wickets

1-39 (JK Silva, 16.3)·2-98 (KC Sangakkara, 31.6)·3-104 (DPMD Jayawardene, 35.6)·4-136 (WU Tharanga, 42.4)·5-190 (HDRL Thirimanne, 71.1)·6-200 (LD Chandimal, 73.4)·7-201 (MDK Perera, 75.3)·8-272 (AD Mathews, 94.6)·9-283 (RAS Lakmal, 99.6)·10-292 (HMRKB Herath, 104.6)

South Africa

206 /6 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	12	29	2	41.38
AN Petersen	c LD Chandimal b MDK Perera	32	63	4	50.79
F du Plessis	b HMRKB Herath	37	78	3	47.44
HM Amla	c WU Tharanga b MDK Perera	22	24	2	91.67
AB de Villiers	b MDK Perera	51	58	6	87.93
Q de Kock	c & b MDK Perera	36	40	4	90.00
JP Duminy*	not out	8	10	0	80.00

Extras 8 (b 4, lb 4)

Total 206/6 (50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	9.0	0	35	0	3.89
HMRKB Herath	22.0	2	84	2	3.82
MDK Perera	19.2	2	79	4	4.09

Fall of wickets

1-33 (D Elgar, 11.5)·2-54 (AN Petersen, 19.6)·3-88 (HM Amla, 27.5)·4-131 (F du Plessis, 37.4)·5-193 (AB de Villiers, 46.4)·6-206 (Q de Kock, 50.2)

Sri Lanka

216 /10 (71.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	14	13	2	0	107.69
JK Silva	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	38	98	5	0	38.78
KC Sangakkara	c HM Amla b JP Duminy	76	145	9	1	52.41
DPMD Jayawardene	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	10	31	2	0	32.26
HDRL Thirimanne	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	12	23	0	1	52.17
AD Mathews*	not out	27	70	3	1	38.57
LD Chandimal	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	1	6	0	0	16.67
MDK Perera	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy	20	18	4	0	111.11
RAS Lakmal	c Imran Tahir b M Morkel	12	18	3	0	66.67
RMS Eranga	c D Elgar b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (lb 5, nb 1)

Total 216/10 (71.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	17.0	4	45	4	2.65
VD Philander	11.0	4	34	0	3.09
M Morkel	13.3	6	29	4	2.15
Imran Tahir	19.0	3	64	0	3.37
JP Duminy	10.0	4	38	2	3.80
D Elgar	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (WU Tharanga, 2.4)·2-118 (JK Silva, 35.5)·3-138 (DPMD Jayawardene, 46.1)·4-149 (KC Sangakkara, 50.1)·5-153 (HDRL Thirimanne, 53.1)·6-158 (LD Chandimal, 54.3)·7-161 (MDK Perera, 57.3)·8-190 (HMRKB Herath, 64.2)·9-216 (RAS Lakmal, 71.2)·10-216 (RMS Eranga, 71.3)