The First Cricket Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka took place at Centurion Park near Pretoria, it was due to last 5 days (15 – 19 December 2011, but lasted less than 3 days.

This was the Live Discussion Article where we chatted about the match in progress and where the scores was be updated regularly.

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka:

  • First Innings: 180 all out (47.4 overs)
  • Second Innings: 150 all out (39.1 overs)

South Africa:

  • First Innings: 411 all out (122 overs)
  • Second Innings: SA did not need to bat

South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal NT Paranavitana b Philander 32 104 67 4 0 47.76
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c Philander b Steyn 6 19 7 1 0 85.71
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c Kallis b Philander 1 3 3 0 0 33.33
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene c Smith b Steyn 30 114 73 2 0 41.09
View dismissal TT Samaraweera c †Boucher b Philander 36 95 67 5 0 53.73
View dismissal AD Mathews c Kallis b Philander 38 89 52 6 0 73.07
View dismissal JK Silva† c †Boucher b Philander 0 4 1 0 0 0.00
View dismissal NLTC Perera c Kallis b Imran Tahir 1 4 2 0 0 50.00
HMRKB Herath not out 14 25 16 2 0 87.50
View dismissal UWMBCA Welegedara b Steyn 4 5 3 1 0 133.33
View dismissal CRD Fernando b Steyn 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 6) 18
Total (all out; 47.4 overs; 236 mins) 180 (3.77 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Dilshan, 4.4 ov), 2-12 (Sangakkara, 5.1 ov), 3-66 (Paranavitana, 22.2 ov), 4-91 (Jayawardene, 29.4 ov),5-156 (Samaraweera, 42.3 ov), 6-156 (Silva, 42.4 ov), 7-157 (Perera, 43.1 ov), 8-175 (Mathews, 46.5 ov),9-180 (Welegedara, 47.3 ov), 10-180 (Fernando, 47.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets DW Steyn 10.4 3 18 4 1.68
View wickets VD Philander 13 2 53 5 4.07 (3nb, 2w)
M Morkel 10 1 48 0 4.80 (3nb, 2w)
JH Kallis 8 2 31 0 3.87
View wicket Imran Tahir 6 0 22 1 3.66

South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JA Rudolph c Paranavitana b Perera 44 227 140 4 0 31.42
View dismissal GC Smith* lbw b Fernando 61 145 105 7 0 58.09
View dismissal DW Steyn run out (Herath) 0 13 5 0 0 0.00
View dismissal HM Amla c Mathews b Perera 18 49 33 3 0 54.54
View dismissal JH Kallis c Mathews b Welegedara 31 78 56 5 0 55.35
View dismissal AB de Villiers c sub (FDM Karunaratne) b Perera 99 228 135 12 0 73.33
View dismissal AG Prince c †Silva b Mathews 39 127 98 4 0 39.79
View dismissal MV Boucher† c †Silva b Welegedara 65 145 101 10 0 64.35
View dismissal VD Philander c Jayawardene b Dilshan 4 37 30 0 0 13.33
View dismissal M Morkel c Samaraweera b Welegedara 4 7 4 1 0 100.00
Imran Tahir not out 29 57 33 5 0 87.87
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 12) 17
Total (all out; 122 overs; 561 mins) 411 (3.36 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-88 (Smith, 32.5 ov), 2-90 (Steyn, 35.2 ov), 3-125 (Amla, 45.6 ov), 4-136 (Rudolph, 49.1 ov),5-173 (Kallis, 60.6 ov), 6-270 (Prince, 89.6 ov), 7-303 (de Villiers, 97.2 ov), 8-344 (Philander, 106.6 ov),9-350 (Morkel, 108.4 ov), 10-411 (Boucher, 121.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets UWMBCA Welegedara 31 4 96 3 3.09 (1nb, 1w)
View wickets NLTC Perera 24 1 114 3 4.75 (1w)
View wicket AD Mathews 9 4 13 1 1.44
View wicket CRD Fernando 28 2 128 1 4.57 (7nb, 1w)
View wicket TM Dilshan 7 1 17 1 2.42
HMRKB Herath 23 4 41 0 1.78

Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal NT Paranavitana c †Boucher b Steyn 4 32 21 1 0 19.04
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c †Boucher b Philander 6 25 9 1 0 66.66
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c †Boucher b Philander 2 17 8 0 0 25.00
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene run out (Kallis) 15 46 31 3 0 48.38
View dismissal TT Samaraweera c †Boucher b Morkel 32 71 54 6 0 59.25
View dismissal AD Mathews c †Boucher b Philander 5 31 17 1 0 29.41
View dismissal JK Silva† c Kallis b Imran Tahir 17 71 45 1 0 37.77
View dismissal NLTC Perera c Smith b Steyn 21 46 27 1 1 77.77
View dismissal HMRKB Herath c †Boucher b Philander 23 18 2 2 127.77
View dismissal UWMBCA Welegedara c & b Philander 10 7 8 1 1 125.00
CRD Fernando not out 4 7 1 0 57.14
Extras (lb 1, nb 10) 11
Total (10 wickets; 39.1 overs) 150 (3.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-11 (Paranavitana, 4.6 ov), 3-19 (Sangakkara, 7.1 ov), 4-37 (Jayawardene, 14.6 ov),5-66 (Mathews, 21.5 ov), 6-70 (Samaraweera, 22.3 ov), 7-104 (Perera, 31.2 ov), 8-133 (Silva, 36.4 ov),9-145 (Welegedara, 37.6 ov), 10-150 (Herath, 39.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets DW Steyn 10 2 36 2 3.60
View wickets VD Philander 11.1 1 49 5 4.38 (5nb)
JH Kallis 5 3 13 0 2.60 (1nb)
View wicket M Morkel 9 0 36 1 4.00 (4nb)
View wicket Imran Tahir 4 1 15 1 3.75

Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Player of the match tba
Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire RA Kettleborough (England)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire S George
Close of play
day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 90/1 (JA Rudolph 27*, DW Steyn 0*, 34 ov)
day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 389/9 (MV Boucher 49*, Imran Tahir 24*, 118 ov)

Match notes
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • MV Boucher: 50 off 86 balls (7 x 4)
  • South Africa: 400 runs in 119.5 overs (727 balls), Extras 17
  • 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (MV Boucher 27, Imran Tahir 25, Ex 1)
  • Innings Break: South Africa – 411/10 in 122.0 overs (Imran Tahir 29)
  • Over 0.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire – RJ Tucker, Batsman – NT Paranavitana (Struck down)
  • Over 1.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire – SJ Davis, Batsman – NT Paranavitana (Upheld)
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka – 19/3 in 7.1 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 6)
  • Lunch: Sri Lanka – 38/4 in 17.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 7, AD Mathews 0)
  • Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 20.3 overs (128 balls), Extras 5
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka – 94/6 in 30.0 overs (JK Silva 9, NLTC Perera 14)
  • Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 30.4 overs (191 balls), Extras 7
  • Over 36.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire – RJ Tucker, Batsman – UWMBCA Welegedara (Upheld)
  • Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 38.4 overs (242 balls), Extras 11

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