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
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Sri Lanka 1st innings |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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NT Paranavitana |
b Philander |
32 |
104 |
67 |
4 |
0 |
47.76 |
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TM Dilshan* |
c Philander b Steyn |
6 |
19 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
85.71 |
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KC Sangakkara |
c Kallis b Philander |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
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DPMD Jayawardene |
c Smith b Steyn |
30 |
114 |
73 |
2 |
0 |
41.09 |
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TT Samaraweera |
c †Boucher b Philander |
36 |
95 |
67 |
5 |
0 |
53.73 |
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AD Mathews |
c Kallis b Philander |
38 |
89 |
52 |
6 |
0 |
73.07 |
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JK Silva† |
c †Boucher b Philander |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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NLTC Perera |
c Kallis b Imran Tahir |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
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HMRKB Herath |
not out |
14 |
25 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
87.50 |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
b Steyn |
4 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
133.33 |
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CRD Fernando |
b Steyn |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Extras |
(b 1, lb 7, w 4, nb 6) |
18 |
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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) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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DW Steyn |
10.4 |
3 |
18 |
4 |
1.68 |
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VD Philander |
13 |
2 |
53 |
5 |
4.07 |
(3nb, 2w) |
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M Morkel |
10 |
1 |
48 |
0 |
4.80 |
(3nb, 2w) |
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JH Kallis |
8 |
2 |
31 |
0 |
3.87 |
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Imran Tahir |
6 |
0 |
22 |
1 |
3.66 |
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South Africa 1st innings |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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JA Rudolph |
c Paranavitana b Perera |
44 |
227 |
140 |
4 |
0 |
31.42 |
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GC Smith* |
lbw b Fernando |
61 |
145 |
105 |
7 |
0 |
58.09 |
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DW Steyn |
run out (Herath) |
0 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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HM Amla |
c Mathews b Perera |
18 |
49 |
33 |
3 |
0 |
54.54 |
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JH Kallis |
c Mathews b Welegedara |
31 |
78 |
56 |
5 |
0 |
55.35 |
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AB de Villiers |
c sub (FDM Karunaratne) b Perera |
99 |
228 |
135 |
12 |
0 |
73.33 |
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AG Prince |
c †Silva b Mathews |
39 |
127 |
98 |
4 |
0 |
39.79 |
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MV Boucher† |
c †Silva b Welegedara |
65 |
145 |
101 |
10 |
0 |
64.35 |
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VD Philander |
c Jayawardene b Dilshan |
4 |
37 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
13.33 |
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M Morkel |
c Samaraweera b Welegedara |
4 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
100.00 |
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Imran Tahir |
not out |
29 |
57 |
33 |
5 |
0 |
87.87 |
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Extras |
(b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 12) |
17 |
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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) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
31 |
4 |
96 |
3 |
3.09 |
(1nb, 1w) |
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NLTC Perera |
24 |
1 |
114 |
3 |
4.75 |
(1w) |
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AD Mathews |
9 |
4 |
13 |
1 |
1.44 |
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CRD Fernando |
28 |
2 |
128 |
1 |
4.57 |
(7nb, 1w) |
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TM Dilshan |
7 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
2.42 |
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HMRKB Herath |
23 |
4 |
41 |
0 |
1.78 |
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Sri Lanka 2nd innings |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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NT Paranavitana |
c †Boucher b Steyn |
4 |
32 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
19.04 |
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TM Dilshan* |
c †Boucher b Philander |
6 |
25 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
66.66 |
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KC Sangakkara |
c †Boucher b Philander |
2 |
17 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
25.00 |
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DPMD Jayawardene |
run out (Kallis) |
15 |
46 |
31 |
3 |
0 |
48.38 |
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TT Samaraweera |
c †Boucher b Morkel |
32 |
71 |
54 |
6 |
0 |
59.25 |
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AD Mathews |
c †Boucher b Philander |
5 |
31 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
29.41 |
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JK Silva† |
c Kallis b Imran Tahir |
17 |
71 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
37.77 |
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NLTC Perera |
c Smith b Steyn |
21 |
46 |
27 |
1 |
1 |
77.77 |
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HMRKB Herath |
c †Boucher b Philander |
23 |
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18 |
2 |
2 |
127.77 |
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UWMBCA Welegedara |
c & b Philander |
10 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
125.00 |
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CRD Fernando |
not out |
4 |
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7 |
1 |
0 |
57.14 |
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Extras |
(lb 1, nb 10) |
11 |
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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) |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
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DW Steyn |
10 |
2 |
36 |
2 |
3.60 |
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VD Philander |
11.1 |
1 |
49 |
5 |
4.38 |
(5nb) |
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JH Kallis |
5 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
2.60 |
(1nb) |
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M Morkel |
9 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
4.00 |
(4nb) |
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Imran Tahir |
4 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
3.75 |
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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 |
- 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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….and just to finish off, Thair back on, and umpire Tucker signals thats 1 bouncer for the over – thats a first!
Wicketttt! Silva. Bowled Tahir caught Kallis for 17. Sl 133/8
As we move towards the end of the match, and things are relatively quiet, I will try and get one more joke in. It’s not a cricket joke, and it’s as old as the hills, but it is Christmas, so you can forgive me:
Johnny Wilkinson goes into the England changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit glum. ”What’s up?” he asks. ” Well, we’re having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it’s important but we’ve just beaten the All Blacks and Australia in consecutive weeks and let’s be honest it’s only South Africa. They’re really bad and we
just can’t be bothered”.
Johnny looks at them and says “Well, the way I’ve been playing recently, I reckon I can beat them by myself, you lads go down the pub.”
So Johnny goes out to play South Africa by himself and the rest of the England team go off for a few jars. After a few pints they wonder how the game is going, so they get the landlord to put the telly on. A big cheer goes up as the screen reads ” England 7 – South Africa 0 Wilkinson – 10 minutes – Converted Try)”. He is beating South Africa all by himself ! Anyway, the telly goes off and a few more pints later the game is forgotten until someone remembers ” It must be full time now, let’s see how Johnny got on”. They put the telly back on.
“Result from the Stadium: England 7 (Wilkinson 10 minutes) – South Africa 7 (Paulse 79 minutes)”. They can’t believe it, Johnny has single handedly got a draw against South Africa and maintained England’s unbeaten run at home!! T hey rush back to the Stadium to congratulate him. They find him in the dressing room, still in his gear, sat with his head in his hands. He refuses to look at them. “I’ve let you down, I’ve let you down.” says Johnny. ” Don’t be daft, you got a draw against South Africa, all by yourself. And they only scored at the very very end!” says the rest of the team.
“No, No, I have” says Wilkinson, “I’ve let you down… I got sent off after 12 minutes
Wicketttt! Welegeara. Caught and bowled Philander for 10. SL 145/9
Kallis out for revenge, Fernando batting, all the fielders round the bat, and he’s bowling short……very short. Thats 3, and the last was given as a no ball, so there is definitely intent there!
Game over. This is just not god for cricket.
I am looking forward to the rugby at 15h30.
Wickettttttttttt! Herath – and you can guess who bowled it……Philander, caught Boucher for 23. Thats another fifer, and a 10 wicket haul for the match. Well done young man, what a display. SL all out for 150
Game over. This is just not good for cricket.
I am looking forward to the rugby at 15h30.
Well thats it, gentlemen, SA wins by an innings and 81 runs, and it’s all over before tea on day 3. Man of the match? Not too difficult, I think, it will almost certainly be the ‘Siri-slayer’ Philander. Not much else to say really, the SL batting in both innings was poor, the bowling, not much better, they are going to have to be on the blower to Santa pretty quickly to get some help before the Boxing Day test – And for me, thats the most important cricket day of the year for me, so they better not spoil it! For SA, the possibility of perhaps giving young Marchant De Lange a go instead of Morkel would be then only change I can see, but lets wait and see. Have a good Christmas boys, and just for this week you can hang up the artichoke tag.
@ Loosehead:me too!
To finish then, one last one from Trueman;
The anecdotes surrounding Trueman are endless but the story is often the same – on the diplomacy stakes, he leaves a lot to be desired.
One Australian official might have regretted his benign question to Fred about what he thought of “our” magnificent Sydney Bridge.
“What do I think of ‘your bridge’?” Trueman spluttered indignantly. “Your bridge? Our bloody bridge you should say – bugger it – a Yorkshire firm – Dorman and Long – built it – and you bastards still ain’t paid for it”.
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