South Africa v Sri Lanka, Cape Town

South Africa 392/10 & 224/7

Sri Lanka 110/10 & 224/10

South Africa won by 282 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2016 · 2nd Test Newlands, Cape Town 2–5 Jan 2017

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.33× +33%

Sri Lanka

0.80× -20%

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

D Elgar South Africa

184 +172

Q de Kock South Africa

130 +136

F du Plessis South Africa

79 +69

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

51 +67

HMRKB Herath Sri Lanka

36 +58

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada6/55

CBRLS Kumara6/122

VD Philander4/27

K Rabada4/37

Top score

129

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

103

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 282 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

392 /10 (116.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	0	4	0	0.00
HM Amla	b CBRLS Kumara	29	68	3	42.65
D Elgar	c BKG Mendis b RAS Lakmal	129	230	15	56.09
JP Duminy	c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	0	5	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	38	95	4	40.00
T Bavuma	c WU Tharanga b CBRLS Kumara	10	28	2	35.71
Q de Kock	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	101	124	11	81.45
KJ Abbott	c LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	16	26	3	61.54
VD Philander	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	20	63	1	31.75
KA Maharaj*	not out	32	35	3	91.43
K Rabada	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	8	19	0	42.11

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

Total 392/10 (116.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	27.0	4	93	2	3.44
N Pradeep	15.4	3	46	0	2.94
AD Mathews	17.0	3	41	0	2.41
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	1	122	6	4.88
HMRKB Herath	23.2	4	57	2	2.44
DM de Silva	8.0	0	30	0	3.75

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SC Cook, 0.4)·2-66 (HM Amla, 22.1)·3-66 (JP Duminy, 22.6)·4-142 (F du Plessis, 51.2)·5-169 (T Bavuma, 60.5)·6-272 (D Elgar, 84.4)·7-303 (KJ Abbott, 91.2)·8-336 (Q de Kock, 100.5)·9-376 (VD Philander, 111.1)·10-392 (K Rabada, 115.6)

Sri Lanka

110 /10 (43.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c T Bavuma b K Rabada	24	76	3	0	31.58
JK Silva	b K Rabada	11	39	1	0	28.21
BKG Mendis	c JP Duminy b KA Maharaj	11	30	1	1	36.67
DM de Silva	lbw b KA Maharaj	16	22	2	0	72.73
AD Mathews	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	2	17	0	0	11.76
LD Chandimal	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	4	13	1	0	30.77
HMRKB Herath	lbw b VD Philander	1	14	0	0	7.14
WU Tharanga*	not out	26	40	5	0	65.00
RAS Lakmal	c HM Amla b VD Philander	0	3	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara	b VD Philander	4	4	1	0	100.00
N Pradeep	c F du Plessis b VD Philander	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (lb 5, w 5, nb 1)

Total 110/10 (43.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	12.0	4	27	4	2.25
KJ Abbott	8.0	3	9	0	1.12
K Rabada	12.0	2	37	4	3.08
KA Maharaj	11.0	1	32	2	2.91

Fall of wickets

1-31 (JK Silva, 15.3)·2-56 (BKG Mendis, 23.3)·3-56 (FDM Karunaratne, 24.3)·4-60 (AD Mathews, 28.2)·5-78 (DM de Silva, 31.6)·6-78 (LD Chandimal, 32.4)·7-100 (HMRKB Herath, 40.1)·8-100 (RAS Lakmal, 40.4)·9-110 (CBRLS Kumara, 42.5)·10-110 (N Pradeep, 42.6)

South Africa

224 /7 (51.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c FDM Karunaratne b RAS Lakmal	30	50	4	0	60.00
D Elgar	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	55	91	7	0	60.44
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	0	5	0	0	0.00
JP Duminy	lbw b RAS Lakmal	30	52	5	0	57.69
F du Plessis	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	41	49	5	0	83.67
T Bavuma	run out (DM de Silva)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Q de Kock	c LD Chandimal b CBRLS Kumara	29	24	4	0	120.83
KA Maharaj*	not out	20	19	2	1	105.26
VD Philander*	not out	15	18	3	0	83.33

Extras 4 (w 1, nb 3)

Total 224/7 (51.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	19.5	2	69	4	3.48
N Pradeep	11.0	0	46	0	4.18
CBRLS Kumara	12.0	0	62	1	5.17
DM de Silva	3.0	0	15	0	5.00
HMRKB Herath	6.0	0	32	1	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-64 (SC Cook, 19.1)·2-64 (HM Amla, 19.6)·3-110 (D Elgar, 30.3)·4-136 (JP Duminy, 37.5)·5-137 (T Bavuma, 38.4)·6-170 (F du Plessis, 43.6)·7-192 (Q de Kock, 46.4)

Sri Lanka

224 /10 (62.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b VD Philander	6	19	1	0	31.58
JK Silva	c SC Cook b K Rabada	29	70	2	0	41.43
BKG Mendis	c D Elgar b VD Philander	4	12	1	0	33.33
DM de Silva	lbw b K Rabada	22	42	2	1	52.38
AD Mathews	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	49	82	8	0	59.76
LD Chandimal	c SC Cook b K Rabada	30	55	3	0	54.55
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	12	7	3	0	171.43
HMRKB Herath*	not out	35	45	4	0	77.78
RAS Lakmal	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	10	14	2	0	71.43
CBRLS Kumara	st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	9	16	2	0	56.25
N Pradeep	b VD Philander	5	12	1	0	41.67

Extras 13 (b 6, lb 5, nb 2)

Total 224/10 (62.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KJ Abbott	15.0	3	46	0	3.07
VD Philander	14.0	1	48	3	3.43
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	3.24
KA Maharaj	16.0	3	64	1	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-11 (FDM Karunaratne, 5.6)·2-25 (BKG Mendis, 9.3)·3-66 (JK Silva, 23.2)·4-69 (DM de Silva, 25.3)·5-144 (LD Chandimal, 45.1)·6-165 (WU Tharanga, 47.1)·7-166 (AD Mathews, 47.6)·8-178 (RAS Lakmal, 51.5)·9-211 (CBRLS Kumara, 58.5)·10-224 (N Pradeep, 61.6)