Sri Lanka v South Africa, Colombo

Sri Lanka 421/10 & 229/8

South Africa 282/10 & 159/8

Match drawn

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2014 · 2nd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 24–28 Jul 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.07× +7%

South Africa

1.00× 0%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

164 +269

DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka

165 +210

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

126 +153

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

88 +102

KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka

72 +78

Best bowling

Top match figures

HMRKB Herath5/40

MDK Perera5/69

M Morkel4/45

HMRKB Herath4/71

Top score

165

DPMD Jayawardene · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

131

4th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

421 /10 (121.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	11	16	2	0	68.75
JK Silva	c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy	44	73	7	0	60.27
KC Sangakkara	c Imran Tahir b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (AN Petersen)	165	284	17	1	58.10
AD Mathews	c Q de Kock b JP Duminy	63	135	6	0	46.67
KDK Vithanage	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	13	38	1	1	34.21
N Dickwella	run out (Q de Kock)	72	116	8	1	62.07
MDK Perera	c HM Amla b Imran Tahir	12	41	0	1	29.27
HMRKB Herath*	not out	7	14	1	0	50.00
BAW Mendis	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	2	11	0	0	18.18
RAS Lakmal	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 28 (b 11, lb 14, nb 3)

Total 421/10 (121.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	22.0	5	69	2	3.14
VD Philander	21.4	7	52	2	2.40
M Morkel	26.0	6	69	1	2.65
Imran Tahir	33.0	4	121	1	3.67
JP Duminy	18.0	1	80	2	4.44
D Elgar	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-16 (WU Tharanga, 4.5)·2-16 (KC Sangakkara, 4.6)·3-115 (JK Silva, 25.2)·4-246 (AD Mathews, 64.5)·5-285 (KDK Vithanage, 77.2)·6-385 (DPMD Jayawardene, 105.2)·7-404 (MDK Perera, 116.4)·8-409 (N Dickwella, 117.2)·9-415 (BAW Mendis, 119.6)·10-421 (RAS Lakmal, 121.4)

South Africa

282 /10 (134.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c & b HMRKB Herath	2	10	0	0	20.00
D Elgar	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	1	22	0	0	4.55
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b RAS Lakmal	36	109	3	1	33.03
HM Amla*	not out	139	382	12	0	36.39
AB de Villiers	lbw b MDK Perera	37	99	5	0	37.37
Q de Kock	b MDK Perera	0	2	0	0	0.00
JP Duminy	st N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	3	58	0	0	5.17
VD Philander	b MDK Perera	9	29	0	0	31.03
DW Steyn	c KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath	30	71	2	2	42.25
Imran Tahir	c WU Tharanga b HMRKB Herath	15	32	2	0	46.88
M Morkel	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (lb 3, w 1, nb 6)

Total 282/10 (134.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	23.0	7	54	1	2.35
HMRKB Herath	45.0	17	71	4	1.58
MDK Perera	41.5	11	69	5	1.65
BAW Mendis	21.0	1	68	0	3.24
KDK Vithanage	4.0	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-3 (AN Petersen, 1.5)·2-13 (D Elgar, 8.3)·3-71 (F du Plessis, 38.2)·4-150 (AB de Villiers, 68.4)·5-150 (Q de Kock, 68.6)·6-175 (JP Duminy, 89.4)·7-204 (VD Philander, 98.2)·8-251 (DW Steyn, 117.5)·9-279 (Imran Tahir, 133.6)·10-282 (M Morkel, 134.5)

Sri Lanka

229 /8 (53.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	30	40	4	0	75.00
JK Silva	c VD Philander b M Morkel	26	57	5	0	45.61
KC Sangakkara	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	72	90	8	0	80.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c D Elgar b Imran Tahir	0	6	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews*	not out	63	83	2	2	75.90
KDK Vithanage	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	7	8	1	0	87.50
N Dickwella	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	16	21	2	0	76.19
MDK Perera	b Imran Tahir	7	7	1	0	100.00
HMRKB Herath	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	4	11	0	0	36.36

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

Total 229/8 (53.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	13.0	1	59	2	4.54
VD Philander	11.0	3	35	0	3.18
Imran Tahir	18.0	0	76	2	4.22
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	4.66
D Elgar	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
JP Duminy	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-38 (WU Tharanga, 10.2)·2-82 (JK Silva, 21.1)·3-83 (DPMD Jayawardene, 22.4)·4-164 (KC Sangakkara, 39.6)·5-174 (KDK Vithanage, 41.6)·6-203 (N Dickwella, 47.6)·7-214 (MDK Perera, 50.2)·8-229 (HMRKB Herath, 53.4)

South Africa

159 /8 (111.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Petersen	c KDK Vithanage b HMRKB Herath	0	25	0	0.00
D Elgar	b MDK Perera	13	65	1	20.00
Q de Kock	c KDK Vithanage b HMRKB Herath	37	92	1	40.22
HM Amla	c DPMD Jayawardene b MDK Perera	25	159	4	15.72
AB de Villiers	b HMRKB Herath	12	67	1	17.91
F du Plessis	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	10	49	2	20.41
JP Duminy	lbw b MDK Perera	3	65	0	4.62
VD Philander*	not out	27	98	5	27.55
DW Steyn	c N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	6	28	1	21.43
Imran Tahir*	not out	4	21	1	19.05

Extras 22 (b 5, lb 14, nb 3)

Total 159/8 (111.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	0.89
MDK Perera	44.0	24	60	3	1.36
BAW Mendis	13.0	8	17	0	1.31
RAS Lakmal	4.0	1	11	0	2.75
KDK Vithanage	5.0	1	12	0	2.40

Fall of wickets

1-4 (AN Petersen, 8.1)·2-47 (D Elgar, 21.3)·3-68 (Q de Kock, 38.4)·4-93 (AB de Villiers, 63.1)·5-105 (HM Amla, 74.1)·6-110 (F du Plessis, 78.4)·7-130 (JP Duminy, 93.4)·8-148 (DW Steyn, 102.5)