The Third Cricket Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka took place at Newlands, Cape Town. The Test was supposed to run from 3 – 7 January 2012 but finished at about 15:30 on 6 January 2012.
This was the Live Discussion Article where we chatted about the match in progress and where the scores were updated regularly.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field, sending South Africa in to bat. South Africa won comfortably, by 10 wickets on Day 4 of the Test.
South Africa:
- First Innings: 580 / 4 declared (139 overs)
- Second Innings: 2 / 0 (o.0 overs)
Sri Lanka:
- First Innings: 239 all out (73.5 overs)
- Second Innings: 220 / 4 (82 overs)
South Africa won by 10 wickets.
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South Africa 1st innings
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R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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GC Smith* |
b Prasad |
16 |
21 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
106.66 |
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AN Petersen |
c Dilshan b Welegedara |
109 |
276 |
188 |
13 |
1 |
57.97 |
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HM Amla |
lbw b Prasad |
16 |
43 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
50.00 |
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JH Kallis |
c Mathews b Herath |
224 |
434 |
325 |
31 |
1 |
68.92 |
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AB de Villiers |
not out |
160 |
303 |
205 |
19 |
2 |
78.04 |
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JA Rudolph |
not out |
51 |
79 |
71 |
6 |
0 |
71.83 |
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Extras |
(lb 1, w 1, nb 2) |
4 |
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Total |
(4 wickets dec; 139 overs; 576 mins) |
580 |
(4.17 runs per over) |
| Did not bat MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir, VD Philander |
| Fall of wickets 1-25 (Smith, 4.1 ov), 2-56 (Amla, 12.6 ov), 3-261 (Petersen, 62.2 ov), 4-453 (Kallis, 118.3 ov) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
29 |
7 |
107 |
1 |
3.68 |
(2nb, 1w) |
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NLTC Perera |
22 |
1 |
131 |
0 |
5.95 |
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KTGD Prasad |
30 |
2 |
154 |
2 |
5.13 |
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AD Mathews |
12 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
3.91 |
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HMRKB Herath |
42 |
4 |
108 |
1 |
2.57 |
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TM Dilshan |
4 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
8.00 |
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Sri Lanka 1st innings
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R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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HDRL Thirimanne |
b Morkel |
23 |
62 |
52 |
4 |
0 |
44.23 |
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TM Dilshan* |
c Smith b Imran Tahir |
78 |
126 |
79 |
12 |
0 |
98.73 |
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KC Sangakkara |
c Amla b Steyn |
35 |
110 |
75 |
6 |
0 |
46.66 |
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DPMD Jayawardene |
c Kallis b Steyn |
30 |
130 |
81 |
3 |
0 |
37.03 |
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TT Samaraweera |
c Kallis b Philander |
11 |
68 |
61 |
0 |
0 |
18.03 |
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AD Mathews |
c †Boucher b Steyn |
1 |
28 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
5.55 |
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LD Chandimal† |
c †Boucher b Morkel |
35 |
60 |
45 |
4 |
0 |
77.77 |
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NLTC Perera |
b Imran Tahir |
5 |
20 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
50.00 |
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HMRKB Herath |
lbw b Philander |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14.28 |
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KTGD Prasad |
c Petersen b Philander |
9 |
14 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
56.25 |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
not out |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Extras |
(b 6, lb 3, nb 2) |
11 |
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Total |
(all out; 73.5 overs; 317 mins) |
239 |
(3.23 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets 1-70 (Thirimanne, 14.4 ov), 2-126 (Dilshan, 28.3 ov), 3-149 (Sangakkara, 39.3 ov), 4-184 (Samaraweera, 55.2 ov), 5-189 (Jayawardene, 59.3 ov), 6-194 (Mathews, 61.5 ov), 7-219 (Perera, 66.5 ov), 8-220 (Herath, 67.6 ov), 9-236 (Prasad, 71.6 ov), 10-239 (Chandimal, 73.5 ov) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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DW Steyn |
20 |
5 |
56 |
3 |
2.80 |
(1nb) |
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VD Philander |
19 |
7 |
46 |
3 |
2.42 |
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M Morkel |
13.5 |
2 |
74 |
2 |
5.34 |
(1nb) |
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Imran Tahir |
21 |
1 |
54 |
2 |
2.57 |
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Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)
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R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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HDRL Thirimanne |
c Amla b Kallis |
30 |
123 |
100 |
2 |
0 |
30.00 |
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TM Dilshan* |
c †Boucher b Philander |
5 |
15 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
71.42 |
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KC Sangakkara |
c Kallis b Imran Tahir |
34 |
125 |
89 |
4 |
0 |
38.20 |
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DPMD Jayawardene |
c Kallis b Morkel |
12 |
37 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
57.14 |
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TT Samaraweera |
not out |
115 |
325 |
215 |
14 |
0 |
53.48 |
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AD Mathews |
lbw b Philander |
63 |
200 |
124 |
7 |
0 |
50.80 |
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LD Chandimal† |
c Kallis b Philander |
1 |
18 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
7.69 |
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NLTC Perera |
c Morkel b Imran Tahir |
30 |
52 |
45 |
4 |
0 |
66.66 |
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HMRKB Herath |
c & b Kallis |
0 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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KTGD Prasad |
st †Boucher b Imran Tahir |
16 |
21 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
72.72 |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
b Kallis |
14 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
233.33 |
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Extras |
(b 1, lb 15, w 6) |
22 |
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Total |
(all out; 107.5 overs; 466 mins) |
342 |
(3.17 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets 1-12 (Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-79 (Thirimanne, 29.6 ov), 3-83 (Sangakkara, 34.4 ov), 4-98 (Jayawardene, 38.3 ov), 5-240 (Mathews, 85.1 ov), 6-248 (Chandimal, 89.2 ov), 7-304 (Perera, 100.2 ov), 8-306 (Herath, 101.4 ov), 9-327 (Prasad, 106.4 ov), 10-342 (Welegedara, 107.5 ov) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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DW Steyn |
20 |
3 |
56 |
0 |
2.80 |
(1w) |
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VD Philander |
20 |
4 |
54 |
3 |
2.70 |
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M Morkel |
19 |
4 |
68 |
1 |
3.57 |
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Imran Tahir |
32 |
7 |
106 |
3 |
3.31 |
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JH Kallis |
14.5 |
2 |
35 |
3 |
2.35 |
(1w) |
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GC Smith |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3.50 |
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South Africa 2nd innings (target: 2 runs)
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B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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AN Petersen |
not out |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
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GC Smith* |
not out |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Extras |
(nb 1) |
1 |
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Total |
(0 wickets; 0 overs) |
2 |
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| Did not bat HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JA Rudolph, MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir, VD Philander |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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KTGD Prasad |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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(1nb) |
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Match details
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| Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field |
| Player of the match tba |
Umpires RA Kettleborough (England) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
| Close of play |
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– day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 347/3 (JH Kallis 159*, AB de Villiers 45*, 90 ov) |
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– day 2 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 149/2 (KC Sangakkara 35*, DPMD Jayawardene 7*, 39 ov) |
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– day 3 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 138/4 (TT Samaraweera 19*, AD Mathews 28*, 53 ov) |
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181 @ Just For Kicks:
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182 @ 4man:
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181 @ Just For Kicks:
Mail sent… if you have a problem reading it, blame the Apple… hehehe
@ grootblousmile:Good. Right, cheers guys and gals, till the next sunrise
185 @ Just For Kicks:
Cheers Kickers!
hamba kahle
SR Tendulkar out for 80
he just cant get that elusive 100th international 100
his mental aproach looks not right to me, he digs his own hole, there is nothing wrong with his eyes and play but he goes through patches where he allows the bowlers to settle in. His scores so far in Australia are 73, 32, 41 and today 80. Against dibly dobbers like Clarke and Hussey he barely scored more than a run per over. He should have cashed in against them, his eye was in. Sad.
Gooooooooood Morning Muppets, Moepels & Mopkoppe… & Rugby-Talkers!
How’s it hanging this fine morning?
Morning all, I see wickets aren’t so easy to come by this morning. Looks like the new ball is available in a few overs or so. Will they take it, or has Steyn still been getting a bit of reverse this morning?
190 @ Just For Kicks:
The current partnership is already at 112… the Sri Lankans making a solid stand of it now…
Need to break up this partnership somehow, get Samaraweera or Mathews out…. then build the attack from there.
The new ball might help in 5 overs, the old one now soft on the hard flat wicket and not doing too much.
New ball was taken at 81 overs
Thats lunch, close call, but too high. good morning for SL, SA got their work cut out, may still become an interesting match.
Lunch – Day 4:
Nothing happened for South Africa in Session 1 of day 4…. not a single wicket taken!
The 2 Sri Lankan batsmen are now well in and the only positive to look forward to is that the New Ball has just been taken and is only 6 balls old.
sri lanka now trail by 98 runs with 5 wickets in hand
sri lanka now only trail by 68 runs
can they make us bat again?
@ Ashley:I hope so, as I say that a catch by Morkel off Tahir, and Perera is gone
Another wicket, Herath, caught and bowled Kallis. Kallis’s 6th catch
Oh, ho hum, doesn’t look like we will have to bat again. When are these games going to make 5 days again. It’s not good for Test Cricket.
And another gone, eventually Boucher does something right, Prasad stumped Bouchy, bowled Tahir for 16. SL327/9, trail by 14 with 1 wicket intact. It’s all over bar the shouting now.
MOM will be Kallis, obviously, but who, I wonder will make MOSeries? Kallis, Philander, Tahir, Samaraweera, or AB de Villiers. My bets on Philander.
Can you believe, we have to bat again, need 2 to win – do you think there’s any chance Smith will be able to play himself back into form?
So King Kallis in his 150th test makes – 224 runs, 3 wickets and 7 catches. Not bad for an old man written off by so many. Now tell me still he is not the greatest cricketer to have ever walked this planet, and I will tell you categorically, you are wrong.
Morkel again finishes with the worst bowling figures. How long can he hold off De Lange, How much longer before he plays himself back into form, and most importantly how much longer before he starts taking wickets again?
For me, there are question marks over Smith and Boucher, who in my book, for differing and similar reasons need to go, and Morkel, who I believe just needs a bit of time with his franchise to get a bit of form back
How often, I wonder, has a team had to come out to score only 2 runs to win
jfk @ 202
we’re gonna win by 9 wickets (wink wink)
And Sa win off a 1st ball no ball, driven for 4 by Peterson, and win the series too.
Heeeee haaaaaaaa….
Missed the last 6 Sri Lanka wickets, with work taking precedence.
SA get the first 5 runs off a no ball 4….
SA Win by the most comprensive of margins!
Well thats it, all over bar the shouting and a couple of awards and interviews.
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