result
1st Test, Centurion, Dec 26 - Dec 30, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
(46.1 ov)396 & 180
621
South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs
player of the match

South Africa
Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) | b Ngidi | 22 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 110.00 | ||
Kusal Perera | c †de Kock b Mulder | 16 | 29 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 55.17 | ||
Kusal Mendis | c Ngidi b Nortje | 12 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
Dinesh Chandimal | c du Plessis b Mulder | 85 | 161 | 252 | 11 | 0 | 52.80 | ||
Dhananjaya de Silva | retired not out | 79 | 106 | 142 | 11 | 1 | 74.53 | ||
Niroshan Dickwella † | lbw b Mulder | 49 | 86 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 56.98 | ||
Dasun Shanaka | not out | 66 | 87 | 141 | 3 | 5 | 75.86 | ||
PWH de Silva | b Sipamla | 18 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 90.00 | ||
Kasun Rajitha | c Elgar b Sipamla | 12 | 49 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 24.49 | ||
Vishwa Fernando | b Sipamla | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Lahiru Kumara | c van der Dussen b Sipamla | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (b 16, lb 9, nb 6, w 6) | 37 | |||||||
TOTAL | (96 Ov, RR: 4.12) | 396 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 4.5 ov), 2-54 (Kusal Mendis, 9.5 ov), 3-54 (Kusal Perera, 10.5 ov), 3-185* (Dhananjaya de Silva, retired not out), 4-284 (Dinesh Chandimal, 65.4 ov), 5-296 (Niroshan Dickwella, 70.3 ov), 6-320 (PWH de Silva, 76.3 ov), 7-387 (Kasun Rajitha, 93.2 ov), 8-387 (Vishwa Fernando, 93.3 ov), 9-396 (Lahiru Kumara, 95.6 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lungi Ngidi | 19 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 3.37 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lutho Sipamla | 16 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 4.75 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Anrich Nortje | 22 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 4.00 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wiaan Mulder | 20 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 3.45 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Keshav Maharaj | 19 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 3.89 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Elgar | c & b Shanaka | 95 | 130 | 202 | 16 | 0 | 73.08 | ||
Aiden Markram | c Shanaka b Fernando | 68 | 94 | 132 | 14 | 0 | 72.34 | ||
Rassie van der Dussen | c †Dickwella b Kumara | 15 | 42 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | ||
Faf du Plessis | c Karunaratne b PWH de Silva | 199 | 276 | 412 | 24 | 0 | 72.10 | ||
Quinton de Kock (c)† | c sub (HDRL Thirimanne) b PWH de Silva | 18 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 163.64 | ||
Temba Bavuma | c †Dickwella b Shanaka | 71 | 125 | 190 | 7 | 0 | 56.80 | ||
Wiaan Mulder | c †Dickwella b PWH de Silva | 36 | 63 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 57.14 | ||
Keshav Maharaj | c PWH de Silva b Fernando | 73 | 106 | 157 | 6 | 2 | 68.87 | ||
Anrich Nortje | c †Dickwella b Fernando | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Lutho Sipamla | lbw b PWH de Silva | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Lungi Ngidi | not out | 2 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | ||
Extras | (b 9, lb 18, nb 7, w 10) | 44 | |||||||
TOTAL | (142.1 Ov, RR: 4.36) | 621 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Aiden Markram, 28.4 ov), 2-200 (Rassie van der Dussen, 42.6 ov), 3-200 (Dean Elgar, 43.4 ov), 4-220 (Quinton de Kock, 47.1 ov), 5-399 (Temba Bavuma, 90.4 ov), 6-476 (Wiaan Mulder, 107.4 ov), 7-609 (Faf du Plessis, 137.5 ov), 8-610 (Anrich Nortje, 138.6 ov), 9-611 (Lutho Sipamla, 139.2 ov), 10-621 (Keshav Maharaj, 142.1 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vishwa Fernando | 31.1 | 3 | 129 | 3 | 4.14 | 126 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Kasun Rajitha | 2.1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7.38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dasun Shanaka | 28.5 | 2 | 98 | 2 | 3.40 | 130 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
PWH de Silva | 45 | 5 | 171 | 4 | 3.80 | 178 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lahiru Kumara | 21.1 | 0 | 103 | 1 | 4.87 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Dimuth Karunaratne | 6.5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kusal Mendis | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.86 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) | b Ngidi | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
Kusal Perera | c †de Kock b Nortje | 64 | 87 | 143 | 10 | 0 | 73.56 | ||
Kusal Mendis | c van der Dussen b Ngidi | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Dinesh Chandimal | b Mulder | 25 | 45 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 55.56 | ||
Niroshan Dickwella † | c †de Kock b Mulder | 10 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 66.67 | ||
Dasun Shanaka | c †de Kock b Sipamla | 6 | 35 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 17.14 | ||
PWH de Silva | c Bavuma b Sipamla | 59 | 53 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 111.32 | ||
Vishwa Fernando | run out (Mulder/Maharaj) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Kasun Rajitha | c Maharaj b Nortje | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Dhananjaya de Silva | absent hurt | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 4) | 10 | |||||||
TOTAL | (46.1 Ov, RR: 3.89) | 180 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 2.6 ov), 2-22 (Kusal Mendis, 4.5 ov), 3-85 (Dinesh Chandimal, 19.5 ov), 4-99 (Niroshan Dickwella, 23.6 ov), 5-114 (Kusal Perera, 28.4 ov), 6-142 (Dasun Shanaka, 35.5 ov), 7-148 (Vishwa Fernando, 36.6 ov), 8-179 (PWH de Silva, 45.2 ov), 9-180 (Kasun Rajitha, 46.1 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lungi Ngidi | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Anrich Nortje | 10.1 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 4.62 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wiaan Mulder | 12 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.25 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lutho Sipamla | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4.80 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Keshav Maharaj | 6 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aiden Markram | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
SuperSport Park, Centurion | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to bat first |
Series | Sri Lanka tour of South AfricaICC World Test Championship |
Season | 2020/21 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Faf du Plessis |
Series result | South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0 |
Match number | TEST No. 2399 |
Match days | 26,27,28,29 December 2020 - day match (5-day match) |
Test debut | ![]() Lutho Sipamla![]() PWH de Silva |
Umpires | ![]() Adrian Holdstock![]() Marais Erasmus |
TV Umpire | ![]() Allahudien Paleker |
Reserve Umpire | ![]() Bongani Jele |
Match Referee | ![]() Andy Pycroft |
Points | South Africa 60, Sri Lanka 0 |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 340/6 (Dasun Shanaka 25*, Kasun Rajitha 7*, 85 ov)
Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 -South Africa 1st innings 317/4 (Faf du Plessis 55*, Temba Bavuma 41*, 72 ov)
Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 65/2 (Kusal Perera 33*, Dinesh Chandimal 21*, 12 ov)
Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 180/9 (46.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (52 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 54/3 in 10.5 overs (LD Chandimal 0)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 24.2 overs (149 balls), Extras 6
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 102/3 in 25.0 overs (LD Chandimal 13, DM de Silva 32)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (LD Chandimal 17, DM de Silva 32, Ex 3)
- Over 31.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - LD Chandimal (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- DM de Silva: 50 off 71 balls (7 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 34.5 overs (213 balls), Extras 15
- DM de Silva: 50 off 72 balls (8 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 147 balls (LD Chandimal 32, DM de Silva 57, Ex 11)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 166 balls (LD Chandimal 34, DM de Silva 56, Ex 11)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 167/3 in 40.0 overs (LD Chandimal 38, DM de Silva 64)
- Over 41.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - DM de Silva (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- DM de Silva retired hurt at 185/3 (79, 44.6 overs)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 50.3 overs (308 balls), Extras 18
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 116 balls (5 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 212/3 in 52.0 overs (LD Chandimal 50, N Dickwella 11)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (LD Chandimal 20, N Dickwella 23, Ex 7)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 59.4 overs (363 balls), Extras 23
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 290/4 in 68.0 overs (N Dickwella 43, MD Shanaka 6)
- Over 70.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - N Dickwella (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 70.6 overs (431 balls), Extras 27
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 340/6 in 85.0 overs (MD Shanaka 25, CAK Rajitha 7)
- South Africa 1st innings
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
Day 2
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 86.1 overs (522 balls), Extras 32
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (MD Shanaka 33, CAK Rajitha 11, Ex 9)
- MD Shanaka: 50 off 69 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 92.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - MD Shanaka (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 396/9 in 96.0 overs (MD Shanaka 66)
- South Africa 1st innings
- Lunch: South Africa - 45/0 in 11.0 overs (D Elgar 15, AK Markram 27)
- Over 11.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - D Elgar (Struck down)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (76 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (D Elgar 19, AK Markram 27, Ex 7)
- AK Markram: 50 off 64 balls (11 x 4)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 21.3 overs (133 balls), Extras 13
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 133 balls (D Elgar 36, AK Markram 51, Ex 13)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 134 balls (D Elgar 35, AK Markram 55, Ex 13)
- D Elgar: 50 off 71 balls (9 x 4)
- Drinks: South Africa - 129/0 in 25.0 overs (D Elgar 58, AK Markram 58)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 31.5 overs (195 balls), Extras 14
- Tea: South Africa - 180/1 in 38.0 overs (D Elgar 86, HE van der Dussen 8)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (D Elgar 30, HE van der Dussen 12, Ex 9)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 42.3 overs (259 balls), Extras 22
- Drinks: South Africa - 237/4 in 53.0 overs (F du Plessis 5, T Bavuma 11)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 54.4 overs (333 balls), Extras 25
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (F du Plessis 23, T Bavuma 26, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 65.2 overs (397 balls), Extras 25
- F du Plessis: 50 off 74 balls (9 x 4)
- Over 71.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - T Bavuma (Struck down)
- End Of Day: South Africa - 317/4 in 72.0 overs (F du Plessis 55, T Bavuma 41)
Day 3
- Over 72.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - F du Plessis (Struck down)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 157 balls (F du Plessis 54, T Bavuma 44, Ex 3)
- T Bavuma: 50 off 93 balls (4 x 4)
- South Africa: 350 runs in 81.2 overs (493 balls), Extras 26
- Drinks: South Africa - 364/4 in 85.0 overs (F du Plessis 76, T Bavuma 64)
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 230 balls (F du Plessis 83, T Bavuma 64, Ex 5)
- South Africa: 400 runs in 91.4 overs (555 balls), Extras 34
- F du Plessis: 100 off 151 balls (15 x 4)
- Lunch: South Africa - 435/5 in 97.0 overs (F du Plessis 112, PWA Mulder 18)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (F du Plessis 26, PWA Mulder 20, Ex 4)
- South Africa: 450 runs in 100.6 overs (611 balls), Extras 38
- Drinks: South Africa - 493/6 in 112.0 overs (F du Plessis 148, KA Maharaj 4)
- F du Plessis: 150 off 205 balls (21 x 4)
- South Africa: 500 runs in 114.3 overs (692 balls), Extras 39
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (F du Plessis 24, KA Maharaj 30, Ex 1)
- South Africa: 550 runs in 122.5 overs (744 balls), Extras 41
- Tea: South Africa - 565/6 in 126.0 overs (F du Plessis 177, KA Maharaj 43)
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 135 balls (F du Plessis 48, KA Maharaj 48, Ex 4)
- KA Maharaj: 50 off 78 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 600 runs in 135.5 overs (822 balls), Extras 43
- Over 139.2: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - L Sipamla (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa - 621/9 in 142.0 overs (KA Maharaj 73, L Ngidi 2)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 621/10 in 142.1 overs (L Ngidi 2)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (52 balls), Extras 5
- Over 10.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 65/2 in 12.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 33, LD Chandimal 21)
Day 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (MDKJ Perera 21, LD Chandimal 25, Ex 5)
- Over 15.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Upheld)
- Over 18.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 67 balls (9 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 99/4 in 24.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 52)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 24.3 overs (149 balls), Extras 6
- Over 28.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Upheld)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 148/7 in 37.0 overs (PWH de Silva 28)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 40.1 overs (244 balls), Extras 9
- PWH de Silva: 50 off 46 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)