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235 & 259
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191 & 304-9
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Overs: 79.1 RR: 3.27 vs spin: 2.76
vs seam: 3.53
Overs: 85.3 RR: 3.56 vs spin: 3.57
vs seam: 3.38
Wed 13/02/19 South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
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South Africa - 1st Inns 235 (59.4; RR: 3.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AK Markram b Fernando 11 27 1 0 40.74
D Elgar c Dickwella b Fernando 0 4 0 0 0.00
HM Amla c Mendis b Lakmal 3 10 0 0 30.00
T Bavuma run out 47 66 7 0 71.21
F du Plessis c Dickwella b Rajitha 35 54 5 0 64.81
Q de Kock c Fernando b Rajitha 80 94 8 1 85.11
VD Philander c & b Rajitha 4 22 0 0 18.18
KA Maharaj c Dickwella b Fernando 29 35 4 0 82.86
K Rabada c Fernando b Fernando 3 16 0 0 18.75
DW Steyn b Ambuldeniya 15 26 2 0 57.69
D Olivier not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 235 all out (59.4 overs; RR: 3.94)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (D Elgar 1.4 ov), 9-2 (HM Amla 6.1 ov), 17-3 (AK Markram 7.4 ov), 89-4 (F du Plessis 24.2 ov), 110-5 (T Bavuma 29.2 ov), 131-6 (VD Philander 37.4 ov), 178-7 (KA Maharaj 45.6 ov), 186-8 (K Rabada 49.6 ov), 219-9 (DW Steyn 56.4 ov), 235-10 (Q de Kock 59.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RAS Lakmal 14.0 3 29 1 2.07 0 0
MVT Fernando 17.0 1 62 4 3.65 0 0
CAK Rajitha 14.4 0 68 3 4.86 0 2
FDM Karunaratne 3.0 0 9 0 3.00 0 0
L Ambuldeniya 10.0 1 51 1 5.10 0 0
BOP Fernando 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 191 (59.2; RR: 3.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne lbw b Philander 30 59 3 0 50.85
HDRL Thirimanne c de Kock b Steyn 0 15 0 0 0.00
BOP Fernando lbw b Steyn 19 42 2 0 45.24
BKG Mendis c du Plessis b Philander 12 24 3 0 50.00
MDKJ Perera c Sub b Steyn 51 63 7 1 80.95
DPDN Dickwella c Steyn b Olivier 8 12 1 0 66.67
DM de Silva c Olivier b Rabada 23 33 3 1 69.70
RAS Lakmal c Markram b Steyn 4 6 0 0 66.67
L Ambuldeniya c Steyn b Rabada 24 63 4 0 38.10
CAK Rajitha run out 12 30 0 0 40.00
MVT Fernando not out 1 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (3b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 191 all out (59.2 overs; RR: 3.22)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (HDRL Thirimanne 6.4 ov), 51-2 (BOP Fernando 18.2 ov), 53-3 (FDM Karunaratne 19.6 ov), 76-4 (BKG Mendis 25.4 ov), 90-5 (DPDN Dickwella 29.2 ov), 133-6 (DM de Silva 38.5 ov), 142-7 (RAS Lakmal 40.1 ov), 152-8 (MDKJ Perera 44.3 ov), 184-9 (CAK Rajitha 55.3 ov), 191-10 (L Ambuldeniya 59.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DW Steyn 20.0 7 48 4 2.40 0 0
VD Philander 10.0 2 32 2 3.20 0 0
K Rabada 12.2 2 48 2 4.00 0 0
D Olivier 13.0 2 36 1 2.77 1 0
KA Maharaj 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
D Elgar 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 259 (79.1; RR: 3.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Elgar c & b Ambuldeniya 35 70 5 0 50.00
AK Markram c Mendis b Rajitha 28 31 3 0 90.32
HM Amla c Thirimanne b Fernando 16 35 2 0 45.71
T Bavuma lbw b Ambuldeniya 3 16 0 0 18.75
F du Plessis lbw b Fernando 90 182 11 0 49.45
Q de Kock lbw b Ambuldeniya 55 62 6 0 88.71
VD Philander b Ambuldeniya 18 54 1 0 33.33
KA Maharaj b Fernando 4 13 0 0 30.77
K Rabada c Dickwella b Ambuldeniya 0 2 0 0 0.00
DW Steyn b Fernando 1 6 0 0 16.67
D Olivier not out 2 7 0 0 28.57
Extras (0b, 2lb, 2w, 3nb) 7  
TOTAL 259 all out (79.1 overs; RR: 3.27)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (AK Markram 9.6 ov), 70-2 (HM Amla 19.1 ov), 77-3 (T Bavuma 22.2 ov), 95-4 (D Elgar 28.6 ov), 191-5 (Q de Kock 52.6 ov), 251-6 (VD Philander 72.4 ov), 255-7 (F du Plessis 75.6 ov), 256-8 (K Rabada 76.4 ov), 256-9 (KA Maharaj 77.2 ov), 259-10 (DW Steyn 79.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RAS Lakmal 20.0 5 52 0 2.60 1 0
MVT Fernando 17.1 2 71 4 4.18 1 0
CAK Rajitha 13.0 1 54 1 4.15 0 2
L Ambuldeniya 26.0 3 66 5 2.54 0 1
DM de Silva 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
BOP Fernando 1.0 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 304-9 (85.3; RR: 3.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FDM Karunaratne lbw b Philander 20 47 2 0 42.55
HDRL Thirimanne c du Plessis b Rabada 21 51 3 0 41.18
BOP Fernando c du Plessis b Steyn 37 76 5 0 48.68
BKG Mendis c de Kock b Olivier 0 8 0 0 0.00
MDKJ Perera not out 155 200 12 5 77.50
DPDN Dickwella c & b Steyn 0 2 0 0 0.00
DM de Silva lbw b Maharaj 48 79 6 0 60.76
RAS Lakmal c du Plessis b Maharaj 0 1 0 0 0.00
L Ambuldeniya c Markram b Olivier 4 12 0 0 33.33
CAK Rajitha lbw b Maharaj 1 10 0 0 10.00
MVT Fernando not out 6 27 0 0 22.22
Extras (0b, 11lb, 1w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 304-9 (85.3 overs; RR: 3.56)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (HDRL Thirimanne 15.5 ov), 42-2 (FDM Karunaratne 16.3 ov), 52-3 (BKG Mendis 18.5 ov), 110-4 (BOP Fernando 37.2 ov), 110-5 (DPDN Dickwella 37.4 ov), 206-6 (DM de Silva 63.1 ov), 206-7 (RAS Lakmal 63.2 ov), 215-8 (L Ambuldeniya 66.5 ov), 226-9 (CAK Rajitha 69.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DW Steyn 18.0 1 71 2 3.94 0 0
VD Philander 8.0 3 13 1 1.63 0 0
KA Maharaj 20.0 1 71 3 3.55 0 0
K Rabada 22.3 3 99 1 4.50 1 0
D Olivier 16.0 3 35 2 2.19 0 0
AK Markram 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v Sri Lanka at Durban, 1st Test

Date

Wednesday February 13, 2019

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

8:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban

Umpires

South Africa Team

Playing XI

AK Markram, D Elgar, HM Amla, T Bavuma, F du Plessis, Q de Kock, VD Philander, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, DW Steyn, D Olivier

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

C Karunaratne, MDKJ Perera, BKG Mendis, DM de Silva, DPDN Dickwella, BOP Fernando, HDRL Thirimanne, RAS Lakmal, MVT Fernando, CAK Rajitha, L Ambuldeniya, FDM Karunaratne