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396 & 180
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Overs: 142.1 RR: 4.37 vs spin: 4.08
vs seam: 4.24
Overs: 46.1 RR: 3.90 vs spin: 2.89
vs seam: 3.98
Sat 26/12/20 South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Centurion Park, Centurion
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 396 (96.0; RR: 4.13)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne b Ngidi 22 20 4 0 110.00
MDKJ Perera c de Kock b Mulder 16 29 2 0 55.17
BKG Mendis c Ngidi b Nortje 12 16 2 0 75.00
LD Chandimal c du Plessis b Mulder 85 161 11 0 52.80
DM de Silva not out 79 106 11 1 74.53
DPDN Dickwella lbw b Mulder 49 86 6 0 56.98
MD Shanaka not out 66 87 3 5 75.86
PWH de Silva b Sipamla 18 20 3 0 90.00
CAK Rajitha c Elgar b Sipamla 12 49 2 0 24.49
MVT Fernando b Sipamla 0 1 0 0 0.00
CBRLS Kumara c van der Dussen b Sipamla 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (16b, 9lb, 6w, 6nb) 37  
TOTAL 396 all out (96.0 overs; RR: 4.13)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (FDM Karunaratne 4.5 ov), 54-2 (BKG Mendis 9.5 ov), 54-3 (MDKJ Perera 10.5 ov), 284-4 (LD Chandimal 65.4 ov), 296-5 (DPDN Dickwella 70.3 ov), 320-6 (PWH de Silva 76.3 ov), 387-7 (CAK Rajitha 93.2 ov), 387-8 (MVT Fernando 93.3 ov), 396-9 (CBRLS Kumara 95.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LT Ngidi 19.0 3 64 1 3.37 0 0
L Sipamla 16.0 1 76 4 4.75 1 3
AA Nortje 22.0 3 88 1 4.00 2 0
PWA Mulder 20.0 4 69 3 3.45 0 3
KA Maharaj 19.0 3 74 0 3.89 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 621 (142.1; RR: 4.37)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Elgar c & b Shanaka 95 130 16 0 73.08
AK Markram c Shanaka b Fernando 68 94 14 0 72.34
HE van der Dussen c Dickwella b Kumara 15 42 2 0 35.71
F du Plessis c Karunaratne b de Silva 199 276 24 0 72.10
Q de Kock c Sub b de Silva 18 11 3 0 163.64
T Bavuma c Dickwella b Shanaka 71 125 7 0 56.80
PWA Mulder c Dickwella b de Silva 36 63 4 1 57.14
KA Maharaj c de Silva b Fernando 73 106 6 2 68.87
AA Nortje c Dickwella b Fernando 0 3 0 0 0.00
L Sipamla lbw b de Silva 0 1 0 0 0.00
LT Ngidi not out 2 9 0 0 22.22
Extras (9b, 18lb, 10w, 7nb) 44  
TOTAL 621 all out (142.1 overs; RR: 4.37)

Fall of wickets

141-1 (AK Markram 28.4 ov), 200-2 (HE van der Dussen 42.6 ov), 200-3 (D Elgar 43.4 ov), 220-4 (Q de Kock 47.1 ov), 399-5 (T Bavuma 90.4 ov), 476-6 (PWA Mulder 107.4 ov), 609-7 (F du Plessis 137.5 ov), 610-8 (AA Nortje 138.6 ov), 611-9 (L Sipamla 139.2 ov), 621-10 (KA Maharaj 142.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MVT Fernando 31.1 3 129 3 4.16 3 0
CAK Rajitha 2.1 0 16 0 8.00 0 1
MD Shanaka 28.5 2 98 2 3.50 0 3
PWH de Silva 45.0 5 171 4 3.80 0 1
CBRLS Kumara 21.1 0 103 1 4.90 2 0
FDM Karunaratne 6.5 0 36 0 6.00 0 0
BKG Mendis 7.0 0 41 0 5.86 0 2

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 180 (46.1; RR: 3.90)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne b Ngidi 6 8 1 0 75.00
MDKJ Perera c de Kock b Nortje 64 87 10 0 73.56
BKG Mendis c van der Dussen b Ngidi 0 5 0 0 0.00
LD Chandimal b Mulder 25 45 4 0 55.56
DPDN Dickwella c de Kock b Mulder 10 15 2 0 66.67
MD Shanaka c de Kock b Sipamla 6 35 0 0 17.14
PWH de Silva c Bavuma b Sipamla 59 53 12 1 111.32
MVT Fernando run out 0 1 0 0 0.00
CAK Rajitha c Maharaj b Nortje 0 27 0 0 0.00
CBRLS Kumara not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
DM de Silva  
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 4nb) 10  
TOTAL 180 all out (46.1 overs; RR: 3.90)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (FDM Karunaratne 2.6 ov), 22-2 (BKG Mendis 4.5 ov), 85-3 (LD Chandimal 19.5 ov), 99-4 (DPDN Dickwella 23.6 ov), 114-5 (MDKJ Perera 28.4 ov), 142-6 (MD Shanaka 35.5 ov), 148-7 (MVT Fernando 36.6 ov), 179-8 (PWH de Silva 45.2 ov), 180-9 (CAK Rajitha 46.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LT Ngidi 10.0 2 38 2 3.80 0 1
AA Nortje 10.1 1 47 2 4.70 0 1
PWA Mulder 12.0 1 39 2 3.25 0 1
L Sipamla 5.0 0 24 2 4.80 0 1
KA Maharaj 6.0 3 20 0 3.33 0 0
AK Markram 3.0 2 6 0 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test

Date

Saturday December 26, 2020

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

8:00am UTC

Venue

Centurion Park, Centurion

Umpires

South Africa Team

Playing XI

AK Markram, D Elgar, HE van der Dussen, F du Plessis, Q de Kock, T Bavuma, PWA Mulder, KA Maharaj, AA Nortje, L Sipamla, LT Ngidi

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

FDM Karunaratne, MDKJ Perera, BKG Mendis, LD Chandimal, DM de Silva, DPDN Dickwella, MD Shanaka, PWH de Silva, MVT Fernando, CAK Rajitha, CBRLS Kumara