result
2nd Test, Durban, Dec 26 - 29 2011, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
338 & 279
(87.3 ov, target 450)168 & 241
Sri Lanka won by 208 runs
player of the match

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tharanga Paranavitana | c †Boucher b de Lange | 12 | 29 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 41.37 | ||
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c) | c Morkel b Imran Tahir | 47 | 69 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 68.11 | ||
Kumar Sangakkara | c †Boucher b de Lange | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Mahela Jayawardene | b Morkel | 31 | 58 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 53.44 | ||
Thilan Samaraweera | c Prince b de Lange | 102 | 269 | 356 | 11 | 0 | 37.91 | ||
Angelo Mathews | c & b de Lange | 30 | 51 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 58.82 | ||
Dinesh Chandimal † | c †Boucher b Morkel | 58 | 86 | 141 | 7 | 0 | 67.44 | ||
Thisara Perera | c Amla b de Lange | 12 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
Rangana Herath | c †Boucher b de Lange | 30 | 54 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 55.55 | ||
Chanaka Welegedara | c Amla b de Lange | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Dilhara Fernando | not out | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (lb 8, nb 6) | 14 | |||||||
TOTAL | (108.2 Ov, RR: 3.12) | 338 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 8.6 ov), 2-47 (Kumar Sangakkara, 10.2 ov), 3-84 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 23.3 ov), 4-117 (Mahela Jayawardene, 29.3 ov), 5-162 (Angelo Mathews, 44.3 ov), 6-273 (Dinesh Chandimal, 81.3 ov), 7-289 (Thisara Perera, 89.3 ov), 8-335 (Rangana Herath, 106.1 ov), 9-337 (Chanaka Welegedara, 106.5 ov), 10-338 (Thilan Samaraweera, 108.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Steyn | 23 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 2.73 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morne Morkel | 21 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 2.90 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Marchant de Lange | 23.2 | 3 | 81 | 7 | 3.47 | 102 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Tahir | 32 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 3.15 | 138 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jacques Kallis | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2.66 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graeme Smith (c) | c †Chandimal b Welegedara | 15 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 39.47 | ||
Jacques Rudolph | c Welegedara b Perera | 7 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | ||
Hashim Amla | c †Chandimal b Welegedara | 54 | 83 | 129 | 10 | 0 | 65.06 | ||
Jacques Kallis | c Jayawardene b Welegedara | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
AB de Villiers | c Jayawardene b Welegedara | 25 | 79 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 31.64 | ||
Ashwell Prince | c Jayawardene b Herath | 11 | 24 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 45.83 | ||
Mark Boucher † | c Dilshan b Herath | 3 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | ||
Dale Steyn | not out | 29 | 36 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 80.55 | ||
Morne Morkel | b Herath | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Imran Tahir | st †Chandimal b Herath | 11 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 57.89 | ||
Marchant de Lange | c †Chandimal b Welegedara | 9 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | ||
Extras | (nb 3, w 1) | 4 | |||||||
TOTAL | (54.4 Ov, RR: 3.07) | 168 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Jacques Rudolph, 7.2 ov), 2-27 (Graeme Smith, 8.6 ov), 3-27 (Jacques Kallis, 10.3 ov), 4-103 (AB de Villiers, 34.5 ov), 5-106 (Hashim Amla, 36.3 ov), 6-118 (Mark Boucher, 41.1 ov), 7-119 (Ashwell Prince, 43.1 ov), 8-119 (Morne Morkel, 43.6 ov), 9-145 (Imran Tahir, 49.3 ov), 10-168 (Marchant de Lange, 54.4 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chanaka Welegedara | 16.4 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 3.12 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Thisara Perera | 9 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3.00 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rangana Herath | 20 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 2.45 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Angelo Mathews | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dilhara Fernando | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tharanga Paranavitana | c Prince b Morkel | 9 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 40.90 | ||
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c) | c Smith b Steyn | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
Kumar Sangakkara | c Smith b Imran Tahir | 108 | 190 | 289 | 13 | 0 | 56.84 | ||
Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b de Lange | 14 | 27 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 51.85 | ||
Thilan Samaraweera | b Imran Tahir | 43 | 64 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 67.18 | ||
Angelo Mathews | c †Boucher b Steyn | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Dinesh Chandimal † | c †Boucher b Steyn | 54 | 92 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 58.69 | ||
Thisara Perera | c Kallis b Steyn | 12 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 70.58 | ||
Rangana Herath | not out | 8 | 31 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 25.80 | ||
Chanaka Welegedara | c Amla b Steyn | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 142.85 | ||
Dilhara Fernando | c Prince b Morkel | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
Extras | (b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 1) | 11 | |||||||
TOTAL | (78.2 Ov, RR: 3.56, 344 Mts) | 279 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 8.1 ov), 3-44 (Mahela Jayawardene, 16.4 ov), 4-138 (Thilan Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-141 (Angelo Mathews, 39.5 ov), 6-245 (Dinesh Chandimal, 66.5 ov), 7-245 (Kumar Sangakkara, 67.1 ov), 8-262 (Thisara Perera, 71.6 ov), 9-276 (Chanaka Welegedara, 75.3 ov), 10-279 (Dilhara Fernando, 78.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morne Morkel | 18.2 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 2.50 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Steyn | 20 | 3 | 73 | 5 | 3.65 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marchant de Lange | 13 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3.46 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jacques Kallis | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.90 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Tahir | 16 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 4.00 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa 2nd INNINGS (target: 450 runs)
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Rudolph | c Jayawardene b Perera | 22 | 65 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 33.84 | ||
Graeme Smith (c) | c Jayawardene b Fernando | 26 | 37 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 70.27 | ||
Hashim Amla | run out (Welegedara/†Chandimal) | 51 | 81 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 62.96 | ||
Jacques Kallis | c Paranavitana b Herath | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Ashwell Prince | c Paranavitana b Fernando | 7 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 29.16 | ||
AB de Villiers | lbw b Herath | 69 | 141 | 204 | 6 | 1 | 48.93 | ||
Mark Boucher † | lbw b Herath | 7 | 34 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 20.58 | ||
Dale Steyn | lbw b Herath | 43 | 125 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 34.40 | ||
Morne Morkel | lbw b Dilshan | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Imran Tahir | not out | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Marchant de Lange | b Herath | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (b 6, lb 1, nb 1, w 3) | 11 | |||||||
TOTAL | (87.3 Ov, RR: 2.75) | 241 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Graeme Smith, 9.5 ov), 2-88 (Jacques Rudolph, 26.4 ov), 3-97 (Jacques Kallis, 29.5 ov), 4-106 (Hashim Amla, 33.2 ov), 5-116 (Ashwell Prince, 38.3 ov), 6-133 (Mark Boucher, 49.3 ov), 7-232 (AB de Villiers, 83.4 ov), 8-241 (Morne Morkel, 86.6 ov), 9-241 (Dale Steyn, 87.1 ov), 10-241 (Marchant de Lange, 87.3 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chanaka Welegedara | 16 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 2.06 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Thisara Perera | 13 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 3.69 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dilhara Fernando | 13 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2.23 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | 11 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 3.18 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rangana Herath | 30.3 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 2.59 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thilan Samaraweera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
Kingsmead, Durban | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to bat first |
Series | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa |
Season | 2011/12 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Rangana Herath |
Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
Match number | Test no. 2026 |
Hours of play (local time) | 9.30am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00 |
Match days | 26,27,28,29 December 2011 - day(5-day match) |
Test debut | ![]() Dinesh Chandimal![]() Marchant de Lange |
Umpires | ![]() Richard Kettleborough![]() Steve Davis |
TV Umpire | ![]() Rod Tucker |
Reserve Umpire | ![]() Shaun George |
Match Referee | ![]() Chris Broad |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Mon, 26 Dec - day 1 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 289/7 (Thilan Samaraweera 86*, 89.3 ov)
Tue, 27 Dec - day 2 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 7/1 (Tharanga Paranavitana 0*, Kumar Sangakkara 3*, 2.1 ov)
Wed, 28 Dec - day 3 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 256/7 (Thisara Perera 6*, Rangana Herath 5*, 70.3 ov)
Thu, 29 Dec - day 4 -South Africa 2nd innings 241/10 (87.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 48/2 in 13.0 overs (TM Dilshan 32, DPMD Jayawardene 0)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 4
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 26.3 overs (160 balls), Extras 5
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 112/3 in 28.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 27, TT Samaraweera 17)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 40.5 overs (248 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 152/4 in 41.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 31, AD Mathews 20)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 197/5 in 57.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 40, LD Chandimal 26)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 57.5 overs (350 balls), Extras 11
- TT Samaraweera: 50 off 115 balls (6 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (TT Samaraweera 19, LD Chandimal 30, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 245/5 in 72.1 overs (TT Samaraweera 67, LD Chandimal 46)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 73.1 overs (443 balls), Extras 12
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 72 balls (7 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 188 balls (TT Samaraweera 46, LD Chandimal 52, Ex 2)
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 273/5 after 80.1 overs (TT Samaraweera 82, LD Chandimal 58)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 289/7 in 89.3 overs (TT Samaraweera 86)
- South Africa 2nd innings
- Attendance: 13,042
Day 2
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Over 90.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - TT Samaraweera (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 96.1 overs (582 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 322/7 in 104.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 98, HMRKB Herath 20)
- TT Samaraweera: 100 off 265 balls (11 x 4)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 338/10 in 108.2 overs (CRD Fernando 0)
- South Africa 1st innings
- Lunch: South Africa - 15/0 in 6.0 overs (GC Smith 11, JA Rudolph 4)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 18.2 overs (112 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: South Africa - 55/3 in 20.0 overs (HM Amla 22, AB de Villiers 9)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (HM Amla 31, AB de Villiers 18, Ex 2)
- HM Amla: 50 off 69 balls (10 x 4)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 31.1 overs (189 balls), Extras 3
- Tea: South Africa - 100/3 in 34.0 overs (HM Amla 52, AB de Villiers 23)
- Over 37.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - AG Prince (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa - 132/8 in 46.0 overs (DW Steyn 13, Imran Tahir 0)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 50.3 overs (306 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: South Africa - 168/10 in 54.4 overs (DW Steyn 29)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 7/1 in 2.1 overs (NT Paranavitana 0, KC Sangakkara 3)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 7/1 in 2.1 overs (NT Paranavitana 0, KC Sangakkara 3)
- South Africa 2nd innings
- Attendance: 7,292
Day 3
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 7/1 in 2.1 overs (NT Paranavitana 0, KC Sangakkara 3)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 33/2 in 13.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 11, DPMD Jayawardene 9)
- Over 16.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 0
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 65/3 in 22.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 28, TT Samaraweera 9)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (KC Sangakkara 21, TT Samaraweera 26, Ex 3)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 30.5 overs (186 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 111/3 in 34.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 48, TT Samaraweera 33)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 102 balls (4 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 40.6 overs (248 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 155/5 in 44.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 69, LD Chandimal 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (KC Sangakkara 30, LD Chandimal 19, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 53.2 overs (322 balls), Extras 9
- KC Sangakkara: 100 off 161 balls (13 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 207/5 in 56.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 101, LD Chandimal 23)
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 84 balls (6 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 159 balls (KC Sangakkara 48, LD Chandimal 50, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 68.1 overs (411 balls), Extras 10
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 256/7 in 70.3 overs (NLTC Perera 6, HMRKB Herath 5)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 256/7 in 70.3 overs (NLTC Perera 6, HMRKB Herath 5)
- South Africa 2nd innings
- Attendance: 3,181
Day 4
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 279/10 in 78.2 overs (HMRKB Herath 8)
- South Africa 2nd innings
- Drinks: South Africa - 49/1 in 13.0 overs (JA Rudolph 16, HM Amla 6)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: South Africa - 86/1 in 26.0 overs (JA Rudolph 20, HM Amla 37)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (JA Rudolph 12, HM Amla 37, Ex 2)
- Over 29.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - JH Kallis (Upheld)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 31.4 overs (191 balls), Extras 3
- HM Amla: 50 off 77 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: South Africa - 116/4 in 38.0 overs (AG Prince 7, AB de Villiers 5)
- Over 45.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - MV Boucher (Struck down)
- Over 49.3: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - MV Boucher (Struck down)
- Tea: South Africa - 136/6 in 53.0 overs (AB de Villiers 17, DW Steyn 1)
- Attendance: 4,333
- South Africa: 150 runs in 57.2 overs (345 balls), Extras 6
- Over 60.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - AB de Villiers (Struck down)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (AB de Villiers 30, DW Steyn 18, Ex 2)
- Drinks: South Africa - 189/6 in 68.0 overs (AB de Villiers 46, DW Steyn 23)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 70.1 overs (422 balls), Extras 7
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 105 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Ball Taken: South Africa 227/6 after 80.1 overs (AB de Villiers 65, DW Steyn 38)
- Over 83.4: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - AB de Villiers (Struck down)