South Africa v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg

South Africa 426/10

Sri Lanka 131/10 & 177/10

South Africa won by 118 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2016 · 3rd Test New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 12–14 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

0.79× -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

JP Duminy South Africa

155 +124

HM Amla South Africa

134 +106

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

65 +77

WU Tharanga Sri Lanka

50 +68

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

50 +66

Best bowling

Top match figures

WD Parnell4/51

N Pradeep4/78

CBRLS Kumara4/107

VD Philander3/28

Top score

155

JP Duminy · South Africa

Biggest stand

292

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 118 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

426 /10 (124.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	lbw b AD Mathews	10	41	0	24.39
D Elgar	c FDM Karunaratne b CBRLS Kumara	27	54	3	50.00
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep	134	265	16	50.57
JP Duminy	c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	155	221	19	70.14
D Olivier	c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews	3	24	0	12.50
F du Plessis	c BKG Mendis b N Pradeep	16	25	2	64.00
T Bavuma	c JK Silva b N Pradeep	0	2	0	0.00
Q de Kock	c DM de Silva b CBRLS Kumara	34	51	5	66.67
VD Philander	c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep	0	7	0	0.00
WD Parnell	c WU Tharanga b CBRLS Kumara	23	47	4	48.94
K Rabada*	not out	0	9	0	0.00

Extras 24 (b 11, lb 8, w 4, nb 1)

Total 426/10 (124.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	30.0	8	81	0	2.70
N Pradeep	27.0	8	78	4	2.89
AD Mathews	20.0	6	52	2	2.60
CBRLS Kumara	25.1	3	107	4	4.25
HMRKB Herath	14.0	0	67	0	4.79
DM de Silva	8.0	1	22	0	2.75

Fall of wickets

1-45 (SC Cook, 15.3)·2-45 (D Elgar, 16.2)·3-337 (JP Duminy, 88.4)·4-346 (D Olivier, 97.5)·5-364 (F du Plessis, 103.3)·6-364 (T Bavuma, 103.5)·7-367 (HM Amla, 107.2)·8-378 (VD Philander, 109.2)·9-425 (WD Parnell, 122.1)·10-426 (Q de Kock, 124.1)

Sri Lanka

131 /10 (45.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	0	4	0	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	c JP Duminy b K Rabada	41	58	6	1	70.69
JK Silva	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	13	42	2	0	30.95
DM de Silva	c T Bavuma b VD Philander	10	24	1	0	41.67
AD Mathews	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	19	43	3	0	44.19
LD Chandimal	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	5	30	0	0	16.67
WU Tharanga	c D Elgar b D Olivier	24	45	4	0	53.33
HMRKB Herath	c SC Cook b D Olivier	8	11	1	0	72.73
RAS Lakmal	c K Rabada b WD Parnell	4	9	1	0	44.44
N Pradeep	c & b WD Parnell	4	7	0	0	57.14
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 131/10 (45.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	14.0	5	28	3	2.00
WD Parnell	10.4	2	38	2	3.56
D Olivier	9.0	3	19	2	2.11
K Rabada	12.0	3	44	3	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (FDM Karunaratne, 0.4)·2-47 (JK Silva, 14.5)·3-62 (BKG Mendis, 20.2)·4-70 (DM de Silva, 21.4)·5-90 (LD Chandimal, 31.1)·6-100 (AD Mathews, 36.6)·7-108 (HMRKB Herath, 40.2)·8-126 (RAS Lakmal, 43.6)·9-126 (WU Tharanga, 44.2)·10-131 (N Pradeep, 45.4)

Sri Lanka

177 /10 (42.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b K Rabada	50	78	5	64.10
JK Silva	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	1	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	b WD Parnell	24	50	5	48.00
DM de Silva	c F du Plessis b D Olivier	12	23	1	52.17
AD Mathews	c F du Plessis b D Olivier	10	11	1	90.91
LD Chandimal	c HM Amla b VD Philander	10	15	2	66.67
HMRKB Herath	c T Bavuma b WD Parnell	10	17	2	58.82
WU Tharanga	c JP Duminy b WD Parnell	26	29	5	89.66
RAS Lakmal	c VD Philander b WD Parnell	31	26	6	119.23
CBRLS Kumara	c SC Cook b D Olivier	0	2	0	0.00
N Pradeep*	not out	0	4	0	0.00

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

Total 177/10 (42.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	10.0	1	35	1	3.50
K Rabada	12.0	3	50	2	4.17
WD Parnell	10.3	2	51	4	4.86
D Olivier	9.0	2	38	3	4.22
JP Duminy	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (JK Silva, 1.1)·2-39 (BKG Mendis, 12.5)·3-59 (DM de Silva, 19.2)·4-87 (AD Mathews, 23.6)·5-108 (LD Chandimal, 28.6)·6-108 (FDM Karunaratne, 29.3)·7-134 (HMRKB Herath, 34.6)·8-177 (WU Tharanga, 40.6)·9-177 (CBRLS Kumara, 41.2)·10-177 (RAS Lakmal, 42.3)