Cricket BallSri-Lanka and South Africa battle each other in the 2nd 5-Day Cricket Test at Colombo in Sri-Lanka from 24 to 28 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 won the 1st Test and lead the Test Series by 1 / 0 after also taking the ODI Series by 2 – 1, their first ever ODI Series win in Sri-Lanka.

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

Sri-Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri-Lanka started Day 1 well and at the Close of play on Day 1 were on 305 / 5 after 86 Overs.

It was a slow Day initially on Day 2, both from bat and ball, but the Day started heating up after about 30 Overs done for the Day. Sri-Lanka were all out for 421 in their 1st Innings. South Africa started terribly in their 1st Innings, losing 2 wickets with just 13 on the board. South Africa ended with 98 /  after 52 Overs at Stumps, Day 2.

On Day 3 the South African wickets kept falling at regular intervals, SA reaching 234 / 7 after 111 Overs at Tea of Day 3 and then South Africa were eventually all out for 282 from 134.5 Overs, trailing by 139 rins at the Innings break.

Sri-Lanka started their 2nd Innings and at Stumps on Day 3 were 11 / 0 after 5 Overs.

On Day 4 Sri Lanka kept the pressure on and eventually declared at 229 / 8 after 53.4 Overs, leaving South Africa to chase 369 runs for a win. At Stumps, Day 4 South Africa was on 38 / 1 after 17 Overs, still 331 shy of a win with 9 wickets still in tact.

South Africa were in to bat the whole of Day 5, but there was no attempt to chase a win, it was block, block, block to save the Test! After 102.5 Overs bowled it was 148 / 8, which was then still 221 runs short of the win, with 2 wickets in hand. Rain delayed the Final Session of play on Day 5 for a while, but play resumed again.

South Africa managed to stand their ground, eecking out a DRAW, ending with 159 / 8 after 111 Overs. The result, or non-result, means South Africa moves up to TOP Test spot in the world Cricket Test rankings.

 

Sri-Lanka:
  • First Innings – 421 (121.4 Overs)
  • Second Innings – 229 / 8 Declared (53.4 Overs)
South Africa:
  • First Innings – 282 (134.5 Overs)
  • Second Innings – 159 / 8 (111 Overs)


Match drawn

South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series – 2nd Test
Test no. 2131 | 2014 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24,25,26,27.28 July 2014 (5-day match)
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c †de Kock b Steyn 11 21 16 2 0 68.75
JK Silva c de Villiers b Duminy 44 116 73 7 0 60.27
KC Sangakkara c Imran Tahir b Steyn 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
DPMD Jayawardene run out (Petersen) 165 456 284 17 1 58.09
AD Mathews* c †de Kock b Duminy 63 167 135 6 0 46.66
KDK Vithanage c de Villiers b Morkel 13 59 38 1 1 34.21
N Dickwella† run out (†de Kock) 72 195 116 8 1 62.06
MDK Perera c Amla b Imran Tahir 12 49 41 0 1 29.26
HMRKB Herath not out 7 29 14 1 0 50.00
BAW Mendis c †de Kock b Philander 2 14 11 0 0 18.18
RAS Lakmal c †de Kock b Philander 4 6 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (b 11, lb 14, nb 3) 28
Total (all out; 121.4 overs; 562 mins) 421 (3.46 runs per over)

Fall of wickets:   1-16 (Tharanga, 4.5 ov), 2-16 (Sangakkara, 4.6 ov), 3-115 (Silva, 25.2 ov), 4-246 (Mathews, 64.5 ov), 5-285 (Vithanage, 77.2 ov), 6-385 (Jayawardene, 105.2 ov), 7-404 (Perera, 116.4 ov), 8-409 (Dickwella, 117.2 ov), 9-415 (Mendis, 119.6 ov), 10-421 (Lakmal, 121.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 22 5 69 2 3.13
VD Philander 21.4 7 52 2 2.40 (1nb)
M Morkel 26 6 69 1 2.65 (1nb)
Imran Tahir 33 4 121 1 3.66
JP Duminy 18 1 80 2 4.44 (1nb)
D Elgar 1 0 5 0 5.00
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen c & b Herath 2 7 10 0 0 20.00
D Elgar c Silva b Perera 1 35 22 0 0 4.54
F du Plessis c †Dickwella b Lakmal 36 130 109 3 1 33.02
HM Amla* not out 139 486 382 12 0 36.38
AB de Villiers lbw b Perera 37 127 99 5 0 37.37
Q de Kock† b Perera 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
JP Duminy st †Dickwella b Herath 3 68 58 0 0 5.17
VD Philander b Perera 9 38 29 0 0 31.03
DW Steyn c Sangakkara b Herath 30 75 71 2 2 42.25
Imran Tahir c Tharanga b Herath 15 63 32 2 0 46.87
M Morkel c Silva b Perera 0 5 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 6) 10
Total (all out; 134.5 overs; 522 mins) 282 (2.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets:   1-3 (Petersen, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Elgar, 8.3 ov), 3-71 (du Plessis, 38.2 ov), 4-150 (de Villiers, 68.4 ov), 5-150 (de Kock, 68.6 ov), 6-175 (Duminy, 89.4 ov), 7-204 (Philander, 98.2 ov), 8-251 (Steyn, 117.5 ov), 9-279 (Imran Tahir, 133.6 ov), 10-282 (Morkel, 134.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
RAS Lakmal 23 7 54 1 2.34 (4nb, 1w)
HMRKB Herath 45 17 71 4 1.57
MDK Perera 41.5 11 69 5 1.64
BAW Mendis 21 1 68 0 3.23 (2nb)
KDK Vithanage 4 0 17 0 4.25
Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c †de Kock b Steyn 30 45 40 4 0 75.00
JK Silva c Philander b Morkel 26 93 57 5 0 45.61
KC Sangakkara c †de Kock b Morkel 72 134 90 8 0 80.00
DPMD Jayawardene c Elgar b Imran Tahir 0 10 6 0 0 0.00
AD Mathews* not out 63 132 83 2 2 75.90
KDK Vithanage c du Plessis b Morkel 7 9 8 1 0 87.50
N Dickwella† c de Villiers b Steyn 16 26 21 2 0 76.19
MDK Perera b Imran Tahir 7 8 7 1 0 100.00
HMRKB Herath c de Villiers b Morkel 4 14 11 0 0 36.36
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) 4
Total (8 wickets dec; 53.4 overs; 242 mins) 229 (4.26 runs per over)

Did not bat:  RAS Lakmal, BAW Mendis


Fall of wickets:   1-38 (Tharanga, 10.2 ov), 2-82 (Silva, 21.1 ov), 3-83 (Jayawardene, 22.4 ov), 4-164 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 5-174 (Vithanage, 41.6 ov), 6-203 (Dickwella, 47.6 ov), 7-214 (Perera, 50.2 ov), 8-229 (Herath, 53.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 13 1 59 2 4.53
VD Philander 11 3 35 0 3.18
Imran Tahir 18 0 76 2 4.22 (1nb)
M Morkel 9.4 1 45 4 4.65
D Elgar 1 0 9 0 9.00
JP Duminy 1 0 2 0 2.00
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 369 runs) R B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen c Vithanage b Herath 0 25 0 0 0.00
D Elgar b Perera 13 65 1 0 20.00
Q de Kock† c Vithanage b Herath 37 92 1 0 40.21
HM Amla* c Jayawardene b Perera 25 159 4 0 15.72
AB de Villiers b Herath 12 67 1 0 17.91
F du Plessis c Jayawardene b Herath 10 49 2 0 20.40
JP Duminy lbw b Perera 3 65 0 0 4.61
VD Philander not out 27 98 5 0 27.55
DW Steyn c †Dickwella b Herath 6 28 1 0 21.42
Imran Tahir not out 4 21 1 0 19.04
Extras (b 5, lb 14, nb 3) 22
Total (8 wickets; 111 overs) 159 (1.43 runs per over)

Did not bat:  M Morkel


Fall of wickets:   1-4 (Petersen, 8.1 ov), 2-47 (Elgar, 21.3 ov), 3-68 (de Kock, 38.4 ov), 4-93 (de Villiers, 63.1 ov), 5-105 (Amla, 74.1 ov), 6-110 (du Plessis, 78.4 ov), 7-130 (Duminy, 93.4 ov), 8-148 (Steyn, 102.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
HMRKB Herath 45 30 40 5 0.88
MDK Perera 44 24 60 3 1.36
BAW Mendis 13 8 17 0 1.30
RAS Lakmal 4 1 11 0 2.75 (3nb)
KDK Vithanage 5 1 12 0 2.40

Match details


Toss – Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series – South Africa won the 2-match series 1-0
Test debut – N Dickwella (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match – tba
Umpires – RA Kettleborough (England) and NJ Llong (England)
TV umpire – BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee – JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire – REJ Martinesz
Close of play

  • day 1 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 305/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 140*, N Dickwella 12*, 86 ov)
  • day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 98/3 (HM Amla 46*, AB de Villiers 11*, 52 ov)
  • day 3 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 11/0 (WU Tharanga 6*, JK Silva 5*, 5 ov)
  • day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 38/1 (D Elgar 13*, Q de Kock 21*, 17 ov)

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