Cricket BallSri-Lanka and South Africa battle each other in the 1st 5-Day Cricket Test at Galle International Stadium in Sri-Lanka from 16 to 20 July 2014. Play starts early for SA viewers, as Sri-Lanka is a few hours ahead of South Africa in the time zones, so it is daly from about 06:00 SA Time every day.

South Africa have just won the ODI Series by 2 – 1, their first ever in Sri-Lanka.

The score cards will be updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

South Africa started well on Day 1 and then slightly lost their way towards the end of Day 1. At Stumps on Day 1, South Africa were 268 / 5, after 91 overs. On Day 2 South Africa continued their strong form and declared with 9 wickets down on 455 / 9 after 166.2 overs, leaving Sri-Lanka to field 12 uncomfortable overs before the close of play on Day 2 and with Sri-Lanka ending on 30 / 0 (12 Overs).

On Day 3 Sri-Lanka was steadily losing wickets and after 60 Overs bowled in the Sri-Lankan 1st Innings they were 165 / 4 (60 Overs). At close of play on Day 3 they were reeling at 283 / 9 after 100 Overs.

On Day 4 the Sri-Lankans were all out for 292 after 104.5 Overs and South Africa in their 2nd Innings declared at 206 / 6 (50.2 Overs). The Sri-Lankan 2nd Innings is underway, a target of 370 set.

At Stumps, Day 4, Sri-Lanka was 110 / 1 (32 Overs), 260 runs needed to win the game. One now wonders whether the South Adrican captain, Hashim Amla, declared the South African 2nd Innings too early!

On Day 5 the South African bowling attack and specifically the pace attack, obliterated the Sri-Lankans.

South Africa won the Test comfortably, by 153 runs.

 

South Africa:

  • First Innings – 455 / 9 Declared (166.2 Overs)

  • Second Innings – 206 / 6 Declared (50.2 Overs)

Sri-Lanka:

  • First Innings – 292 (104.5 Overs)

  • Second Innings – 216 (71.3 Overs)

 

South Africa won by 153 runs

South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series – 1st Test
Test no. 2129 | 2014 season
Played at Galle International Stadium
16,17,18,19,20 July 2014 (5-day match)
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen lbw b Perera 34 76 46 4 0 73.91
D Elgar c †Chandimal b Lakmal 103 246 187 11 3 55.08
F du Plessis c Silva b Perera 80 247 196 5 1 40.81
HM Amla* c Perera b Herath 11 41 36 1 0 30.55
AB de Villiers b Lakmal 21 66 48 4 0 43.75
Q de Kock† c Jayawardene b Perera 51 112 90 6 0 56.66
DW Steyn b Lakmal 3 37 20 0 0 15.00
JP Duminy not out 100 276 206 10 0 48.54
VD Philander lbw b Mathews 27 115 96 3 0 28.12
M Morkel b Perera 22 115 74 4 0 29.72
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (9 wickets dec; 166.2 overs; 665 mins) 455 (2.73 runs per over)

Did not bat:  Imran Tahir


Fall of wickets:  1-70 (Petersen, 16.5 ov), 2-195 (Elgar, 62.6 ov), 3-220 (Amla, 73.4 ov), 4-246 (du Plessis, 82.3 ov), 5-266 (de Villiers, 89.6 ov), 6-290 (Steyn, 99.3 ov), 7-314 (de Kock, 108.5 ov), 8-389 (Philander, 138.5 ov), 9-455 (Morkel, 166.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
RAS Lakmal 33 12 75 3 2.27 (1nb)
RMS Eranga 9 4 32 0 3.55
HMRKB Herath 60 12 148 1 2.46
AD Mathews 11 1 36 1 3.27
MDK Perera 53.2 8 162 4 3.03
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JK Silva c Philander b Steyn 8 75 43 1 0 18.60
WU Tharanga st †de Kock b Duminy 83 188 155 14 1 53.54
KC Sangakkara b Morkel 24 67 34 3 0 70.58
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Steyn 3 17 9 0 0 33.33
HDRL Thirimanne c †de Kock b Steyn 38 147 98 7 0 38.77
AD Mathews* b Imran Tahir 89 232 182 14 1 48.90
LD Chandimal† c Petersen b Steyn 6 12 11 1 0 54.54
MDK Perera c †de Kock b Steyn 0 10 5 0 0 0.00
HMRKB Herath c de Villiers b Morkel 19 137 61 3 0 31.14
RAS Lakmal c †de Kock b Morkel 6 23 20 0 0 30.00
RMS Eranga not out 1 23 12 0 0 8.33
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1) 15
Total (all out; 104.5 overs; 465 mins) 292 (2.78 runs per over)

Fall of wickets:  1-39 (Silva, 16.3 ov), 2-98 (Sangakkara, 31.6 ov), 3-104 (Jayawardene, 35.6 ov), 4-136 (Tharanga, 42.4 ov), 5-190 (Thirimanne, 71.1 ov), 6-200 (Chandimal, 73.4 ov), 7-201 (Perera, 75.3 ov), 8-272 (Mathews, 94.6 ov), 9-283 (Lakmal, 99.6 ov), 10-292 (Herath, 104.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 23 8 54 5 2.34 (1w)
VD Philander 15 6 31 0 2.06 (1nb)
M Morkel 18.5 8 49 3 2.60 (2w)
Imran Tahir 26 5 75 1 2.88
JP Duminy 15 4 47 1 3.13
D Elgar 7 1 25 0 3.57
South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
D Elgar c †Chandimal b Herath 12 41 29 2 0 41.37
AN Petersen c †Chandimal b Perera 32 78 63 4 0 50.79
F du Plessis b Herath 37 103 78 3 0 47.43
HM Amla* c Tharanga b Perera 22 27 24 2 0 91.66
AB de Villiers b Perera 51 81 58 6 0 87.93
Q de Kock† c & b Perera 36 59 40 4 0 90.00
JP Duminy not out 8 16 10 0 0 80.00
Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8
Total (6 wickets dec; 50.2 overs; 205 mins) 206 (4.09 runs per over)

Did not bat:  VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir


Fall of wickets:  1-33 (Elgar, 11.5 ov), 2-54 (Petersen, 19.6 ov), 3-88 (Amla, 27.5 ov), 4-131 (du Plessis, 37.4 ov), 5-193 (de Villiers, 46.4 ov), 6-206 (de Kock, 50.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
RAS Lakmal 9 0 35 0 3.88
HMRKB Herath 22 2 84 2 3.81
MDK Perera 19.2 1 79 4 4.08
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 370 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c †de Kock b Steyn 14 12 13 2 0 107.69
JK Silva c †de Kock b Steyn 38 150 98 5 0 38.77
KC Sangakkara c Amla b Duminy 76 205 145 9 1 52.41
DPMD Jayawardene c †de Kock b Morkel 10 47 31 2 0 32.25
HDRL Thirimanne c de Villiers b Steyn 12 34 23 0 1 52.17
AD Mathews* not out 27 108 70 3 1 38.57
LD Chandimal† c †de Kock b Morkel 1 10 6 0 0 16.66
MDK Perera c †de Kock b Steyn 0 14 7 0 0 0.00
HMRKB Herath c de Villiers b Duminy 20 30 18 4 0 111.11
RAS Lakmal c Imran Tahir b Morkel 12 32 18 3 0 66.66
RMS Eranga c Elgar b Morkel 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 5, nb 1) 6
Total (all out; 71.3 overs; 332 mins) 216 (3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets:  1-14 (Tharanga, 2.4 ov), 2-118 (Silva, 35.5 ov), 3-138 (Jayawardene, 46.1 ov), 4-149 (Sangakkara, 50.1 ov), 5-153 (Thirimanne, 53.1 ov), 6-158 (Chandimal, 54.3 ov), 7-161 (Perera, 57.3 ov), 8-190 (Herath, 64.2 ov), 9-216 (Lakmal, 71.2 ov), 10-216 (Eranga, 71.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 17 4 45 4 2.64
VD Philander 11 4 34 0 3.09 (1nb)
M Morkel 13.3 6 29 4 2.14
Imran Tahir 19 3 64 0 3.36
JP Duminy 10 4 38 2 3.80
D Elgar 1 0 1 0 1.00

Match details


Toss – South Africa, who chose to bat
Series – South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Player of the match – DW Steyn (South Africa)
Umpires – BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire – NJ Llong (England)
Match referee – JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire – RSA Palliyaguruge
Close of play

  • Wed, 16 Jul – day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 268/5 (Q de Kock 17*, DW Steyn 0*, 91 ov)
  • Thu, 17 Jul – day 2 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 30/0 (JK Silva 8*, WU Tharanga 20*, 12 ov)
  • Fri, 18 Jul – day 3 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 283/9 (HMRKB Herath 12*, 100 ov)
  • Sat, 19 Jul – day 4 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 110/1 (JK Silva 37*, KC Sangakkara 58*, 32 ov)
  • Sun, 20 Jul – day 5 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 216 (71.3 ov) – end of match

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