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286 & 406-6d
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205 & 281
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Overs: 90.5 RR: 4.47 vs spin: 4.39
vs seam: 4.39
Overs: 96.3 RR: 2.91 vs spin: 2.81
vs seam: 2.86
Mon 26/12/16 South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 206 runs
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South Africa - 1st Inns 286 (98.5; RR: 2.89)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SC Cook c Chandimal b Lakmal 59 125 7 0 47.20
D Elgar c Chandimal b Lakmal 45 98 5 0 45.92
HM Amla c Chandimal b Lakmal 20 76 2 0 26.32
JP Duminy lbw b Herath 63 95 10 0 66.32
F du Plessis c Karunaratne b Lakmal 37 73 5 0 50.68
T Bavuma lbw b Herath 3 18 0 0 16.67
Q de Kock b Fernando 37 68 5 0 54.41
VD Philander c Chameera b Fernando 13 33 2 0 39.39
KA Maharaj c Chandimal b Lakmal 0 3 0 0 0.00
KJ Abbott run out 0 3 0 0 0.00
K Rabada not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 5nb) 9  
TOTAL 286 all out (98.5 overs; RR: 2.89)

Fall of wickets

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

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RAS Lakmal 27.0 9 63 5 2.33 0 0
ANPR Fernando 21.5 5 66 2 3.14 0 2
AD Mathews 13.0 5 26 0 2.00 1 0
PVD Chameera 14.0 1 68 0 4.86 0 3
HMRKB Herath 20.0 4 48 2 2.40 0 0
DM de Silva 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 205 (64.5; RR: 3.16)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne b Abbott 5 10 0 0 50.00
JK Silva lbw b Philander 16 59 3 0 27.12
MDKJ Perera c Kock b Philander 7 13 0 0 53.85
BKG Mendis c Kock b Abbott 0 9 0 0 0.00
AD Mathews c Elgar b Rabada 39 69 5 0 56.52
LD Chandimal lbw b Philander 28 64 5 0 43.75
DM de Silva c Kock b Philander 43 70 5 0 61.43
HMRKB Herath lbw b Maharaj 24 32 4 0 75.00
PVD Chameera c Amla b Abbott 19 51 2 0 37.25
RAS Lakmal c Abbott b Philander 4 5 1 0 80.00
ANPR Fernando not out 8 10 1 0 80.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 5w, 3nb) 12  
TOTAL 205 all out (64.5 overs; RR: 3.16)

Fall of wickets

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

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
VD Philander 20.0 7 45 5 2.25 0 2
KJ Abbott 21.5 4 63 3 3.00 0 0
K Rabada 13.0 3 63 1 4.85 1 1
KA Maharaj 10.0 3 30 1 3.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 406-6 (90.5; RR: 4.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SC Cook c Chandimal b Chameera 117 178 11 0 65.73
D Elgar c Mathews b Lakmal 52 102 4 0 50.98
HM Amla lbw b Fernando 48 53 5 0 90.57
JP Duminy c Mathews b Silva 25 36 2 0 69.44
F du Plessis not out 67 86 4 0 77.91
T Bavuma c Mendis b Silva 8 10 1 0 80.00
Q de Kock lbw b Herath 69 86 6 0 80.23
VD Philander  
KJ Abbott  
KA Maharaj  
K Rabada  
Extras (5b, 2lb, 3w, 10nb) 20  
TOTAL 406-6 (90.5 overs; RR: 4.47)

Fall of wickets

116-1 (D Elgar 32.1 ov), 221-2 (HM Amla 50.6 ov), 245-3 (SC Cook 57.6 ov), 267-4 (JP Duminy 62.4 ov), 277-5 (T Bavuma 64.4 ov), 406-6 (Q de Kock 90.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RAS Lakmal 18.0 2 64 1 3.56 0 0
ANPR Fernando 14.0 0 65 1 4.64 1 4
AD Mathews 4.0 0 10 0 2.50 0 0
PVD Chameera 15.0 0 85 1 5.67 2 2
HMRKB Herath 24.5 1 84 1 3.50 0 0
DM de Silva 15.0 0 91 2 6.07 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 281 (96.3; RR: 2.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne run out 43 113 5 0 38.05
JK Silva lbw b Rabada 48 118 7 0 40.68
MDKJ Perera c Kock b Maharaj 6 13 1 0 46.15
BKG Mendis c Kock b Rabada 58 90 9 0 64.44
AD Mathews lbw b Abbott 59 120 7 0 49.17
LD Chandimal c Rabada b Maharaj 8 38 0 0 21.05
DM de Silva lbw b Abbott 22 36 4 0 61.11
HMRKB Herath c & b Philander 3 11 0 0 27.27
PVD Chameera c Kock b Rabada 0 12 0 0 0.00
RAS Lakmal not out 19 20 3 0 95.00
ANPR Fernando b Maharaj 4 9 1 0 44.44
Extras (4b, 3lb, 3w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 281 all out (96.3 overs; RR: 2.91)

Fall of wickets

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

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
VD Philander 22.0 5 65 1 2.95 0 0
KJ Abbott 20.0 6 38 2 1.90 2 0
K Rabada 21.0 4 77 3 3.67 1 1
KA Maharaj 30.3 7 86 3 2.87 0 0
JP Duminy 3.0 0 8 0 2.67 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, 1st Test

Date

Monday December 26, 2016

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Umpires

Aleem Dar, BNJ Oxenford

South Africa Team

Playing XI

SC Cook, D Elgar, HM Amla, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, T Bavuma, Q de Kock, VD Philander, KA Maharaj, KJ Abbott, K Rabada

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

FDM Karunaratne, JK Silva, MDKJ Perera, BKG Mendis, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal, DM de Silva, HMRKB Herath, PVD Chameera, RAS Lakmal, ANPR Fernando