The Second Cricket Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka took place at Kingsmead, Durban, it was supposed to run between 26 to 30 December 2011, but finished a day early.

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 bat.

 

Sri Lanka:

  • First Innings: 338 all out (108.2 overs)
  • Second Innings: 279 all out (78.2 overs)

South Africa:

  • First Innings: 168 all out (54.4 overs)
  • Second Innings: 241 all out (87.3 overs)

 

Sri Lanka won by 208 runs.

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal NT Paranavitana c †Boucher b de Lange 12 38 29 1 0 41.37
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c Morkel b Imran Tahir 47 101 69 6 0 68.11
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c †Boucher b de Lange 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene b Morkel 31 81 58 3 1 53.44
View dismissal TT Samaraweera c Prince b de Lange 102 356 269 11 0 37.91
View dismissal AD Mathews c & b de Lange 30 66 51 5 0 58.82
View dismissal LD Chandimal† c †Boucher b Morkel 58 141 86 7 0 67.44
View dismissal NLTC Perera c Amla b de Lange 12 35 28 2 0 42.85
View dismissal HMRKB Herath c †Boucher b de Lange 30 73 54 4 0 55.55
View dismissal UWMBCA Welegedara c Amla b de Lange 2 4 4 0 0 50.00
CRD Fernando not out 0 6 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 8, nb 6) 14
Total (all out; 108.2 overs) 338 (3.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-35 (Paranavitana, 8.6 ov), 2-47 (Sangakkara, 10.2 ov), 3-84 (Dilshan, 23.3 ov), 4-117 (Jayawardene, 29.3 ov), 5-162 (Mathews, 44.3 ov), 6-273 (Chandimal, 81.3 ov), 7-289 (Perera, 89.3 ov), 8-335 (Herath, 106.1 ov), 9-337 (Welegedara, 106.5 ov), 10-338 (Samaraweera, 108.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 23 5 63 0 2.73
View wickets M Morkel 21 3 61 2 2.90 (4nb)
View wickets M de Lange 23.2 3 81 7 3.47
View wicket Imran Tahir 32 3 101 1 3.15 (2nb)
JH Kallis 9 1 24 0 2.66
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* c †Chandimal b Welegedara 15 36 38 2 0 39.47
View dismissal JA Rudolph c Welegedara b Perera 7 28 13 1 0 53.84
View dismissal HM Amla c †Chandimal b Welegedara 54 129 83 10 0 65.06
View dismissal JH Kallis c Jayawardene b Welegedara 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Jayawardene b Welegedara 25 103 79 3 0 31.64
View dismissal AG Prince c Jayawardene b Herath 11 41 24 1 0 45.83
View dismissal MV Boucher† c Dilshan b Herath 3 20 14 0 0 21.42
DW Steyn not out 29 62 36 2 2 80.55
View dismissal M Morkel b Herath 0 3 5 0 0 0.00
View dismissal Imran Tahir st †Chandimal b Herath 11 25 19 0 1 57.89
View dismissal M de Lange c †Chandimal b Welegedara 9 21 17 2 0 52.94
Extras (w 1, nb 3) 4
Total (all out; 54.4 overs) 168 (3.07 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-22 (Rudolph, 7.2 ov), 2-27 (Smith, 8.6 ov), 3-27 (Kallis, 10.3 ov), 4-103 (de Villiers, 34.5 ov), 5-106 (Amla, 36.3 ov), 6-118 (Boucher, 41.1 ov), 7-119 (Prince, 43.1 ov), 8-119 (Morkel, 43.6 ov), 9-145 (Imran Tahir, 49.3 ov), 10-168 (de Lange, 54.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets UWMBCA Welegedara 16.4 3 52 5 3.12 (3nb)
View wicket NLTC Perera 9 3 27 1 3.00
TM Dilshan 1 1 0 0 0.00
View wickets HMRKB Herath 20 7 49 4 2.45
AD Mathews 2 0 11 0 5.50 (1w)
CRD Fernando 6 0 29 0 4.83
Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal NT Paranavitana c Prince b Morkel 9 36 22 2 0 40.90
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c Smith b Steyn 4 6 3 1 0 133.33
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c Smith b Imran Tahir 108 289 190 13 0 56.84
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene lbw b de Lange 14 41 27 2 0 51.85
View dismissal TT Samaraweera b Imran Tahir 43 95 64 5 0 67.18
View dismissal AD Mathews c †Boucher b Steyn 3 8 6 0 0 50.00
View dismissal LD Chandimal† c †Boucher b Steyn 54 92 92 7 0 58.69
View dismissal NLTC Perera c Kallis b Steyn 12 23 17 1 0 70.58
HMRKB Herath not out 8 48 31 0 0 25.80
View dismissal UWMBCA Welegedara c Amla b Steyn 10 14 7 2 0 142.85
View dismissal CRD Fernando c Prince b Morkel 3 13 13 0 0 23.07
Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 2) 11
Total (all out; 78.2 overs; 344 mins) 279 (3.56 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (Paranavitana, 8.1 ov), 3-44 (Jayawardene, 16.4 ov), 4-138 (Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-141 (Mathews, 39.5 ov), 6-245 (Chandimal, 66.5 ov), 7-245 (Sangakkara, 67.1 ov), 8-262 (Perera, 71.6 ov), 9-276 (Welegedara, 75.3 ov), 10-279 (Fernando, 78.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets M Morkel 18.2 4 46 2 2.50
View wickets DW Steyn 20 3 73 5 3.65
View wicket M de Lange 13 2 45 1 3.46 (1nb, 1w)
JH Kallis 11 1 43 0 3.90
View wickets Imran Tahir 16 1 64 2 4.00 (1nb)
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 450 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal JA Rudolph c Jayawardene b Perera 22 108 65 3 0 33.84
View dismissal GC Smith* c Jayawardene b Fernando 26 41 37 1 0 70.27
View dismissal HM Amla run out (Welegedara/†Chandimal) 51 99 81 7 0 62.96
View dismissal JH Kallis c Paranavitana b Herath 0 17 7 0 0 0.00
View dismissal AG Prince c Paranavitana b Fernando 7 41 24 0 0 29.16
View dismissal AB de Villiers lbw b Herath 69 204 141 6 1 48.93
View dismissal MV Boucher† lbw b Herath 7 43 34 0 0 20.58
View dismissal DW Steyn lbw b Herath 43 125 7 0 34.40
View dismissal M Morkel lbw b Dilshan 5 10 0 0 50.00
Imran Tahir not out 0 0 0 0
View dismissal M de Lange b Herath 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 11
Total (10 wickets; 87.3 overs) 241 (2.75 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-37 (Smith, 9.5 ov), 2-88 (Rudolph, 26.4 ov), 3-97 (Kallis, 29.5 ov), 4-106 (Amla, 33.2 ov), 5-116 (Prince, 38.3 ov), 6-133 (Boucher, 49.3 ov), 7-232 (de Villiers, 83.4 ov), 8-241 (Morkel, 86.6 ov), 9-241 (Steyn, 87.1 ov), 10-241 (de Lange, 87.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara 16 5 33 0 2.06 (1w)
View wicket NLTC Perera 13 0 48 1 3.69
View wickets CRD Fernando 13 3 29 2 2.23 (1nb, 2w)
View wicket TM Dilshan 11 2 35 1 3.18
View wickets HMRKB Herath 30.3 7 79 5 2.59
AD Mathews 3 0 9 0 3.00
TT Samaraweera 1 0 1 0 1.00
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Test debuts M de Lange (South Africa); LD Chandimal (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match tba
Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire RJ Tucker (Australia)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire S George
Close of play
– day 1 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 289/7 (TT Samaraweera 86*, 89.3 ov)
– day 2 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 7/1 (NT Paranavitana 0*, KC Sangakkara 3*, 2.1 ov)
– day 3 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 256/7 (NLTC Perera 6*, HMRKB Herath 5*, 70.3 ov)

273 Responses to Cricket: 2nd Test – South Africa v Sri Lanka, Durban – Live Game Article

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  • 121

    Wicket. Jawardene LBW Bowled De Lange for 14. SL44/3

  • 122

    Great ball from De Lange, swung in ever so slightly, and Jawa just misjudged it.

  • 123

    Bill O Reilly said this of the ‘Don’

    “There’s never been and never will be in my estimation a batsman so good as that fella. I don’t care how many you like to pour into one – all the Chappells, the Borders and so on. Forget them, they’re just child’s play compared with Bradman, and I’ve seen them all. Bradman was a bloke whose ability with the bat was absolutely inconceivable. The Yanks talk about Babe Ruth and all that. To hell with Babe Ruth. This boy was a modern miracle.”

  • 124

    Well thats lunch, SL 65/3. A morning marred by rain, and a delay to the start of the day has seen a shortened session, with 2 wickets and a dropped catch. Morkel has looked much better today, whilst the Srilankans have played well within themselves, and know that if they can get a good score here and that the rain holds off, they could conceivably force a win.

  • 125

    goooooooodafternoon everyone!!
    must say our batting yesterday was poor (to say the least)!! theres still a long way to go and quite a few things to get right before we can even start thinking of challenging for the no.1 spot in either test or limited overs cricket!! (boucher, openers, morkel etc to name but a few)
    steyn also concern me a bit … its the 4th test (counting from when aus were here) that he’s been outplayed (outbowled?) by a teammate with less experience … yes, you could almost understand that vernon (with the way he bowl) are due to get more wickets than steyn on more occassions, but a greenhorn? outperforming his senior partner? and in such an emphatic way? (8 wickets vs 1 … AND the 1 came in gloomy conditions!!) come-on!!

  • 126

    Hello!

    I’ll be in and out… busy delegating stuff to some willing helpers, like I indicated I would be doing during this time of the year.

    Also replacing some rubbers and shit on a number of taps in and around the house.

    Have to go to the hardware quickly to buys some more tap rubbers and washers…

    The cricket… well I think the game is fast becoming beyond the reach of the Ama-chokers, unless they get the next 7 wickets within the space of say another 30 runs…

  • 127

    Michael Parkinson on Bradman:

    ‘There is, for instance, the tale of Bill Black, an off-spin bowler playing for Lithgow, who on a memorable day in 1931 bowled Bradman for 52. The umpire was so excited that when the ball hit Bradman’s wicket he called out: “Bill, you’ve got him.”

    The ball was mounted and given to Black as proof that he had dismissed the greatest batsman in the world.

    Later that season Don Bradman again played against Black. As the bowler marked out his run, Don said to the wicketkeeper: “What sort of bowler is this fellow?”

    The wicketkeeper, a mischief-maker like the rest of his tribe, replied: “Don’t you remember this bloke? He bowled you out a few weeks ago and has been boasting about it ever since.”

    “Is that so?” said Bradman. Two overs later Black pleaded with his skipper to be taken off. Bradman had hit him for 62 runs in two eight-ball overs. He made 100 in three overs and finished with 256, including 14 sixes and 29 fours.’

  • 128

    lunch. sangakarra still there after being dropped on 3 AND he’s due to big score … oh dear!! Cry-Out

  • 129

    #128
    shouldve been … due A big score

  • 130

    jfk @ 127
    jeez!! is that true?

  • 131

    130@ Ashley:Yup, according to Parkinson in his memoirs

  • 132

    jfk @ 131
    lol, black mustve made quite a fuss out of it when he got the don!!

  • 133

    hmmmm, we’re in big trouble here … who to turn to?
    sri lanka 100/3 (lead of 271 already) … sigh

  • 134

    ok, i’m following the game on cricinfo … see that steyn only bowled 5 overs for the day … whats going on? he injured? anyone?

  • 135

    134@ Ashley:Just walked back in, I don’t think he’s injured, I am not sure why he’s bowled so few. I will endeavour to find out

  • 136

    Steyns bowled 7 overs, De Lange 8 and Kallis 7. Morkel has bowled 10, but he is in desperate need of bowling time. So they’ve been much even

  • 137

    over 34 now, tahir bowling
    run rate last 10 overs: 4,1
    things not looking good for us!!

  • 138

    137@ Ashley:Yup, I think only rain can save us now!

  • 139

    On a Yorkshire cricket lover watching Don Bradman in the summer of 1948.

    He loved him, for his brilliant batsmanship, and hated him, for all those runs scored against his side. As Bradman walked off the Headingley ground for the last time, having hit 173 not out to take Australia to an emphatic victory, this Yorkshireman stopped the foreign foe on the pavilion steps. Eyes brimming with tears – tears of anger and of admiration – he spoke the two words that best expressed his complex
    emotions: “Yer booger!”

  • 140

    jfk @ 136
    kallis has been dishing up sh*t, de lange is a rookie, not sure about giving morné bowling practice at this level. surely your “main strike bowler” (steyn) should be given the responsibility of trying to get the breakthrough?
    ..
    and while i’m typing this, i see steyn is back into the attack. ok, lets see what the “best bowler in the world” can do …. Steyn to Samaraweera, FOUR … ag k*k!!

  • 141

    Boucher really struggling with Tahir’s bounce and spin in that last over – conceded a few byes

  • 142

    sri lanka’s lead now 302 with 7 wickets in hand!

  • 143

    #142
    the way we’re bowling at the moment, i cant see us chasing less than 400 – 450
    and the way we batted in the 1st innings, i cant see us get close to that!!

  • 144

    140@ Ashley:At his age Kallis is always going to be a stop gap bowler, the ‘chokers really missing Philander as the alrounder, De Lange may be the rookie, but look who’s taken all the wickets in the match. Agree on Morkel, I don’t know if he should really be playing this match, but Donald has put in a lot of work with him between the 2 tests, and had confidence in him. One thing I can say, is that he is looking better than the first innings. As for Steyn, I just don’t know. Perhaps the move to the Mother City and the girlfriend and Christmas have just taken too much out of him, because he is not at his best. He’s only taken 1 wicket in this test, and that was in the dark!

  • 145

    Wicket. Samaraweera Bowled Tahir 43. SL 138/4

  • 146

    At last a wicket, but the way that pitch has been playing up to Tahirs bowling over the last couple of overs, the SL’s will be licking their lips

  • 147

    wicket!! tahir!! can we get a few more now?

  • 148

    jfk @ 146
    exactly

    #144
    on morné looking better in the 2nd innings … maybe this is his last chance?

  • 149

    Wicket! Matthews Bowled Steyn caught Boucher for 3. SL 141/5

  • 150

    Is Graeme Smith out yet?

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