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Sri Lanka A tour of South Africa, 2012 / Scorecard

Sri Lanka A in South Africa unofficial Test Series - 1st unofficial Test

South Africa A v Sri Lanka A

South Africa A won by an innings and 8 runs

First-class match | 2012 season
Played at Kingsmead, Durban
30 June, 1,2 July 2012 (4-day match)


Sri Lanka A 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne*	lbw b Kleinveldt	25	43	28	5	0	89.28
8.6 full and straight batsman plays all around that and is trapped infront 34/3
MDK Perera	c Parnell b Kleinveldt	2	10	7	0	0	28.57
2.3 full length ball driven straight to the man at mid off 3/1
LPC Silva	c Rossouw b Kleinveldt	3	17	9	0	0	33.33
6.2 full and wide batsman has a flash at it and is caught at 1st slip 29/2
JK Silva†	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	13	52	33	1	0	39.39
15.4 geta line and length delivery gets a glove through to the keeper 58/5
ARS Silva	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	9	31	16	1	0	56.25
14.5 good length delivery gets a little nick through to the keeper 55/4
AK Perera	c †Tsolekile b Parnell	29	61	40	1	0	72.50
27.6 back off a length batsman has a nibble to it only manages to get an outside edge to it 99/7
SC Serasinghe	c Rossouw b Parnell	8	51	40	0	0	20.00
27.4 short and wide batsman has a wild flash at it but manages to get a top edge to first slip 98/6
CKB Kulasekara	c Imran Tahir b McLaren	51	72	54	8	0	94.44
40.6 good length ball top edged to square where its well caught by Tahir 170/10
KTGD Prasad	c Elgar b Kleinveldt	4	15	8	1	0	50.00
30.6 good length ball gets an outside edge through to third slip 111/8
KG Alvitigala	c †Tsolekile b Parnell	1	11	4	0	0	25.00
33.1 good length ball edged through to the keeper who takes a regulation catch 117/9
PM Pushpakumara	not out	9	43	15	2	0	60.00

Extras	(lb 7, w 1, nb 8)	16

Total	(all out; 41 overs; 207 mins)	170	(4.14 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-3 (MDK Perera, 2.3 ov), 2-29 (LPC Silva, 6.2 ov), 3-34 (Karunaratne, 8.6 ov), 4-55 (ARS Silva, 14.5 ov), 5-58 (JK Silva, 15.4 ov), 6-98 (Serasinghe, 27.4 ov), 7-99 (AK Perera, 27.6 ov), 8-111 (Prasad, 30.6 ov), 9-117 (Alvitigala, 33.1 ov), 10-170 (Kulasekara, 40.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RK Kleinveldt	15	2	47	4	3.13	(1nb)
2.3 to MDK Perera, full length ball driven straight to the man at mid off 3/1 6.2 to LPC Silva, full and wide batsman has a flash at it and is caught at 1st slip 29/2 8.6 to Karunaratne, full and straight batsman plays all around that and is trapped infront 34/3 30.6 to Prasad, good length ball gets an outside edge through to third slip 111/8
WD Parnell	14	4	72	3	5.14	(2nb, 1w)
27.4 to Serasinghe, short and wide batsman has a wild flash at it but manages to get a top edge to first slip 98/6 27.6 to AK Perera, back off a length batsman has a nibble to it only manages to get an outside edge to it 99/7 33.1 to Alvitigala, good length ball edged through to the keeper who takes a regulation catch 117/9
P Matshikwe	4	0	19	1	4.75	(5nb)
15.4 to JK Silva, geta line and length delivery gets a glove through to the keeper 58/5
R McLaren	8	1	25	2	3.12
14.5 to ARS Silva, good length delivery gets a little nick through to the keeper 55/4 40.6 to Kulasekara, good length ball top edged to square where its well caught by Tahir 170/10


South Africa A 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
S van Zyl	lbw b Kulasekara	11	24	20	2	0	55.00
5.1 full and straight gets through his defence and traps him in front 14/1
D Elgar	c †JK Silva b Prasad	171	412	302	19	0	56.62
96.1 great delivery gets a little outside edge through to the keeper 354/4
RR Rossouw	c Pushpakumara b Alvitigala	13	56	33	2	0	39.39
16.4 full length ball,batsman attempts a drive but only manages to get an outside edge to second slip 58/2
F du Plessis*	c Karunaratne b Kulasekara	144	326	225	12	2	64.00
95.4 good length ball outside off stump gets an outside edge and is taken at first slip 350/3
F Behardien	not out	42	118	53	6	0	79.24

TL Tsolekile†	lbw b Kulasekara	4	21	17	1	0	23.52
99.6 full length delivery batsman goes back to it and is trapped in front 367/5
R McLaren	c ARS Silva b Serasinghe	29	90	86	3	0	33.72
121.5 good length ball gets an inside edge to short who takes a simple catch 425/6
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 5)	11

Total	(6 wickets dec; 121.5 overs; 526 mins)	425	(3.48 runs per over)

Did not bat WD Parnell, RK Kleinveldt, P Matshikwe, Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets 1-14 (van Zyl, 5.1 ov), 2-58 (Rossouw, 16.4 ov), 3-350 (du Plessis, 95.4 ov), 4-354 (Elgar, 96.1 ov), 5-367 (Tsolekile, 99.6 ov), 6-425 (McLaren, 121.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KTGD Prasad	22	5	55	1	2.50
96.1 to Elgar, great delivery gets a little outside edge through to the keeper 354/4
CKB Kulasekara	21	1	86	3	4.09	(3nb)
5.1 to van Zyl, full and straight gets through his defence and traps him in front 14/1 95.4 to du Plessis, good length ball outside off stump gets an outside edge and is taken at first slip 350/3 99.6 to Tsolekile, full length delivery batsman goes back to it and is trapped in front 367/5
MDK Perera	27	2	100	0	3.70	(1nb)

KG Alvitigala	18	1	71	1	3.94	(1nb)
16.4 to Rossouw, full length ball,batsman attempts a drive but only manages to get an outside edge to second slip 58/2
PM Pushpakumara	25	1	88	0	3.52

SC Serasinghe	6.5	0	16	1	2.34
121.5 to McLaren, good length ball gets an inside edge to short who takes a simple catch 425/6
AK Perera	2	1	3	0	1.50


Sri Lanka A 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne*	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	12	13	13	2	0	92.30
3.2 good length ball gets a little nick through to the keeper 17/1
MDK Perera	c Rossouw b Kleinveldt	48	133	90	7	1	53.33
31.3 good length ball is edged to first slip 116/4
LPC Silva	c du Plessis b McLaren	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
3.3 full and wide batsman gets an outside edge as he attempts to drive that to the off side,taken at second slip 17/2
JK Silva†	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	6	25	16	1	0	37.50
9.1 full and wide batsman has a drive at it and gets an outside edge through to the keeper 33/3
ARS Silva	run out (McLaren/Kleinveldt/†Tsolekile)	50	99	80	9	0	62.50
33.3 from Kleinveldt, run out (McLaren/Kleinveldt/†Tsolekile) 123/5
AK Perera	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	12	48	26	0	1	46.15
43.4 good length delivery gets the outside edge through to the keeper 162/6
SC Serasinghe	c du Plessis b McLaren	45	103	75	7	0	60.00
59.2 back off a length delivery is guided to second slip 224/9
CKB Kulasekara	b Imran Tahir	15	20	17	1	1	88.23
48.4 quick and flat delivery clips the top of off stump 182/7
KTGD Prasad	b Imran Tahir	27	30	30	4	1	90.00
56.2 full length ball batsman plays across the line and misses 222/8
KG Alvitigala	not out	16	24	18	3	0	88.88

PM Pushpakumara	c McLaren b Imran Tahir	8	12	13	1	0	61.53
62.4 good length delivery is top edged and is taken at backward point 247/10
Extras	(lb 5, nb 3)	8

Total	(all out; 62.4 overs; 260 mins)	247	(3.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-17 (Karunaratne, 3.2 ov), 2-17 (LPC Silva, 3.3 ov), 3-33 (JK Silva, 9.1 ov), 4-116 (MDK Perera, 31.3 ov), 5-123 (ARS Silva, 33.3 ov), 6-162 (AK Perera, 43.4 ov), 7-182 (Kulasekara, 48.4 ov), 8-222 (Prasad, 56.2 ov), 9-224 (Serasinghe, 59.2 ov), 10-247 (Pushpakumara, 62.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RK Kleinveldt	12	3	54	1	4.50
31.3 to MDK Perera, good length ball is edged to first slip 116/4
R McLaren	17	6	60	5	3.52	(3nb)
3.2 to Karunaratne, good length ball gets a little nick through to the keeper 17/1 3.3 to LPC Silva, full and wide batsman gets an outside edge as he attempts to drive that to the off side,taken at second slip 17/2 9.1 to JK Silva, full and wide batsman has a drive at it and gets an outside edge through to the keeper 33/3 43.4 to AK Perera, good length delivery gets the outside edge through to the keeper 162/6 59.2 to Serasinghe, back off a length delivery is guided to second slip 224/9
WD Parnell	7	1	27	0	3.85

Imran Tahir	22.4	4	82	3	3.61
48.4 to Kulasekara, quick and flat delivery clips the top of off stump 182/7 56.2 to Prasad, full length ball batsman plays across the line and misses 222/8 62.4 to Pushpakumara, good length delivery is top edged and is taken at backward point 247/10
P Matshikwe	4	0	19	0	4.75

Match details

Toss South Africa A, who chose to field
Series South Africa A led the 2-match series 1-0

Umpires AT Holdstock and DJ Smith
Match referee D Govindjee
Reserve umpire LB Gcuma

Close of play
Sat, 30 Jun	- day 1 - South Africa A 1st innings 141/2 (D Elgar 78, F du Plessis 35, 34 ov)
Sun, 1 Jul	- day 2 - South Africa A 1st innings 425/6 (F Behardien 42*, 121.5 ov)
Mon, 2 Jul	- day 3 - Sri Lanka A 2nd innings 247 (62.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Sri Lanka A 2nd innings
50 Runs 13.2 Overs 67 Mins 82 Balls 8x4 3xExtras
50 Part 53 Mins 70 Balls 8x4 1x6 2xExtras Parera*28 Silva*20
100 Runs 26.3 Overs 117 Mins 161 Balls 16x4 1x6 7xExtras
50 Runs ARS Silva 99 Mins 80 Balls 9x4
203 Runs 53.6 Overs 226 Mins 327 Balls 29x4 3x6 8xExtras

Series Results

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Durban - Jul 6-9, 2012
Match drawn

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Durban - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2012
Sth Africa A won by an innings and 8 runs

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