South Africa v Sri Lanka, Port Elizabeth

South Africa 286/10 & 406/6

Sri Lanka 205/10 & 281/10

South Africa won by 206 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2016 · 1st Test St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 26–30 Dec 2016

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.23× +23%

Sri Lanka

0.79× -21%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

SC Cook South Africa

176 +152

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

98 +128

Q de Kock South Africa

106 +107

F du Plessis South Africa

104 +98

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

65 +95

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander5/45

RAS Lakmal5/63

KJ Abbott3/63

K Rabada3/77

Top score

117

SC Cook · South Africa

Biggest stand

129

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 206 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

286 /10 (98.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	59	125	7	47.20
D Elgar	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	45	98	5	45.92
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	20	76	2	26.32
JP Duminy	lbw b HMRKB Herath	63	95	10	66.32
F du Plessis	c FDM Karunaratne b RAS Lakmal	37	73	5	50.68
T Bavuma	lbw b HMRKB Herath	3	18	0	16.67
Q de Kock	b N Pradeep	37	68	5	54.41
VD Philander	c PVD Chameera b N Pradeep	13	33	2	39.39
KA Maharaj	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	0	3	0	0.00
KJ Abbott	run out (MDKJ Perera)	0	3	0	0.00
K Rabada*	not out	0	6	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 3, w 1, nb 5)

Total 286/10 (98.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	27.0	9	63	5	2.33
N Pradeep	21.5	5	66	2	3.02
AD Mathews	13.0	5	26	0	2.00
PVD Chameera	14.0	1	68	0	4.86
HMRKB Herath	20.0	4	48	2	2.40
DM de Silva	3.0	0	12	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-104 (SC Cook, 35.3)·2-105 (D Elgar, 39.2)·3-178 (HM Amla, 59.5)·4-213 (JP Duminy, 70.6)·5-225 (T Bavuma, 74.5)·6-253 (F du Plessis, 83.6)·7-276 (VD Philander, 94.4)·8-276 (KA Maharaj, 95.3)·9-281 (KJ Abbott, 96.2)·10-286 (Q de Kock, 98.5)

Sri Lanka

205 /10 (64.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b KJ Abbott	5	10	0	50.00
JK Silva	lbw b VD Philander	16	59	3	27.12
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	7	13	0	53.85
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b KJ Abbott	0	9	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c D Elgar b K Rabada	39	69	5	56.52
LD Chandimal	lbw b VD Philander	28	64	5	43.75
DM de Silva	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	43	70	5	61.43
HMRKB Herath	lbw b KA Maharaj	24	32	4	75.00
PVD Chameera	c HM Amla b KJ Abbott	19	51	2	37.25
RAS Lakmal	c KJ Abbott b VD Philander	4	5	1	80.00
N Pradeep*	not out	8	10	1	80.00

Extras 12 (lb 4, w 5, nb 3)

Total 205/10 (64.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	20.0	7	45	5	2.25
KJ Abbott	21.5	4	63	3	2.89
K Rabada	13.0	3	63	1	4.85
KA Maharaj	10.0	3	30	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.2)·2-19 (MDKJ Perera, 6.2)·3-22 (BKG Mendis, 7.6)·4-61 (JK Silva, 21.5)·5-94 (AD Mathews, 31.1)·6-121 (LD Chandimal, 41.3)·7-157 (HMRKB Herath, 50.1)·8-181 (DM de Silva, 57.1)·9-185 (RAS Lakmal, 57.6)·10-205 (PVD Chameera, 64.5)

South Africa

406 /6 (90.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	c LD Chandimal b PVD Chameera	117	178	12	65.73
D Elgar	c AD Mathews b RAS Lakmal	52	102	4	50.98
HM Amla	lbw b N Pradeep	48	53	5	90.57
JP Duminy	c AD Mathews b DM de Silva	25	36	2	69.44
F du Plessis*	not out	67	86	4	77.91
T Bavuma	c BKG Mendis b DM de Silva	8	10	1	80.00
Q de Kock	lbw b HMRKB Herath	69	86	6	80.23

Extras 20 (b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 10)

Total 406/6 (90.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	18.0	2	64	1	3.56
N Pradeep	14.0	0	65	1	4.64
AD Mathews	4.0	0	10	0	2.50
PVD Chameera	15.0	0	85	1	5.67
HMRKB Herath	24.5	1	84	1	3.38
DM de Silva	15.0	0	91	2	6.07

Fall of wickets

1-116 (D Elgar, 32.1)·2-221 (HM Amla, 50.8)·3-245 (SC Cook, 57.6)·4-267 (JP Duminy, 62.4)·5-277 (T Bavuma, 64.4)·6-406 (Q de Kock, 90.5)

Sri Lanka

281 /10 (96.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	run out (JP Duminy)	43	113	5	38.05
JK Silva	lbw b K Rabada	48	118	7	40.68
MDKJ Perera	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	6	13	1	46.15
BKG Mendis	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	58	90	9	64.44
AD Mathews	lbw b KJ Abbott	59	120	7	49.17
LD Chandimal	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	8	38	0	21.05
DM de Silva	lbw b KJ Abbott	22	36	4	61.11
HMRKB Herath	c & b VD Philander	3	11	0	27.27
PVD Chameera	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	12	0	0.00
RAS Lakmal*	not out	19	20	3	95.00
N Pradeep	b KA Maharaj	4	9	1	44.44

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 1)

Total 281/10 (96.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	22.0	5	65	1	2.95
KJ Abbott	20.0	6	38	2	1.90
K Rabada	21.0	4	77	3	3.67
KA Maharaj	30.3	7	86	3	2.82
JP Duminy	3.0	0	8	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-87 (FDM Karunaratne, 32.4)·2-93 (MDKJ Perera, 34.6)·3-118 (JK Silva, 46.2)·4-193 (BKG Mendis, 64.2)·5-225 (LD Chandimal, 77.3)·6-246 (AD Mathews, 85.4)·7-258 (DM de Silva, 89.3)·8-258 (HMRKB Herath, 90.1)·9-274 (PVD Chameera, 93.3)·10-281 (N Pradeep, 96.3)