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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  • 151

    matthews gone!!
    141/5
    bowled steyn, caught boucher

  • 152

    150@ Loosehead:has he been in yet – if so, Ive missed it!

  • 153

    @ Loosehead:If you’re looking for Smith, he’s the fat one next to Boucher

  • 154

    @ Ashley:Yup, no reason Tsotsobe shouldn’t be playing in my view

  • 155

    jfk, loosehead
    lol lol lol

  • 156

    Within the ranks of the Australian cricket side, however, Bradman wasn’t always as popular with his team-mates as he was with the public. Charles Williams says that one of the reasons for this, that bubbled away under the surface, was the ectarian divide in the team, the division between Catholics and Protestants that was potent in Australian society and politics throughout the first half of the 20th century.

  • 157

    Drinks – I think the boys need something stronger than energade

  • 158

    Sl are now 325 runs ahead, and still have some competent batsmen in the hut, so their batting innings is far from over. With 2 days left, and a good weather forecast, the SL’s would do well to bat as long as possible, amass a good total, and give themselves plenty of time to bowl out the chokers

  • 159

    ‘Chokers just going through the motions now, heads are down Biffs chopping and changing bowlers with alarming regularity, and all the while the SL’s just go about their business and increase the overall lead, just playing into the gaps – of which there are many, with Biff coming up with some strange positions – and belting the odd bad ball for 4. Sangakara now into the 80’s, seeing the ball like a watermelon now, after being dropped on 2.

  • 160

    186/5
    sri lanka now 356 runs ahead
    cant see us coming back from this

  • 161

    Sri Lanka making this batting wicket looking like it actually is…. meak and mild, and perfectly good for batting on it.

    These Ama-chokers cannot string 2 decent games together…. they make me so angry!

    And that’s the thing, who do you blame?

    The bowlers are doing OK in terms of what this wicket actually is, it is therefore the freegin batsmen who let the Ama-chokers down!

    What to do then… get rid of the batting stragglers, I say… with Biff leading the way out, followed by Rudolph & Prince…. and Kallis getting a moerrrrrse warning that he’s next!

    The other thing is the missed catches and no-ball wicket chances so far this Test by the Ama-chokers…. how many wickets does that translate into? I’ve counted 2 no-ball wickets and 3 or 4 catches not taken… that is serious shit!

  • 162

    from cricinfo
    ..
    47.5
    Kallis to Sangakkara, FOUR, he’s slapping them, Overjoy
    not literally thankfully, short of a length and sits up nicely for Sangakkara to swat that over extra cover, Tahir had no chance cutting that off

  • 163

    162 @ Ashley:
    Jy groet ook nie meer nie, nê!

    Seker ‘n WIEPIE ding….

  • 164

    161@ grootblousmile:All that ranting, and you haven’t seen most of the match – I’d hate to hear your thoughts if you had watched the whole thing!!!!

    But have to agree, what is it with SA teams and consistency? It drives me mad too. Theres no urgency in the p[layers, especially the older more established ones. Yup, drop ’em, and let them earn their places back. I know its difficult to chop and change players too often, and you want to give the players a chance to play themselves into a team, but just look at what the 2 debutants have done and how hungry they are. Every player needs to have that hunger, and they don’t. Hell, we don’t even have a Captain who can razz a fading team up.

  • 165

    gbs @ 163
    die laaste ou wattie vertrek instap, groet 1ste … behalwe as hy die een is wattie papsak bring, lmao

  • 166

    Bill Lawry on the ‘Don’:
    “In the 1928-1940 era,” Lawry said, “Bradman used to fill the grounds….In my era, I used to empty them.”

  • 167

    Sangakara on 99, two great 4’s

  • 168

    Thats it, Sangakkara goes to 100 – 101 from 161 balls. Well done

  • 169

    165 @ Ashley:
    Ek het gegroet, vanoggend al…. maar lykmy nie jy lees lekker nie!

    164 @ Just For Kicks:
    Not so much ranting, just making an obvious statement, in my opinion. The fact that the Ama-chokers cannot string 2 wins together is very worrying, eiter there is no killer instinct and no passion after an easy win in the 1st Test OR WORSE, there is match fixing going on and the Proteas not wanting to white-wash the Sri Lankans, so that there is interest in the last Test.

    Whichever, I shudder to think of the consequences.

  • 170

    sangakkara 101

  • 171

    Flok, ek gaan spuit sommer self die hout deck af…. hierdie kak maak my net kwaad!

  • 172

    169@ grootblousmile:Match Fixing – now that could open up another whole can of worms. Surely those kind of thoughts shouldn’t even be crossing our minds!

  • 173

    gbs @ 169
    ek het ook gegroet … va’middag al!! lykie jyt jou bril oppie! 😀

  • 174

    173 @ Ashley:
    Jy’tie my gegroet nie, blikskottel!

  • 175

    gbs @ 174
    ok, marrag dan!

  • 176

    175 @ Ashley:
    Mirrag Asblik!

    Wat het die Asblikke gedoen vir Krismis?

  • 177

    sri lanka’s test thus far
    the only highlight for sa has been the 7/81 on debut by de lange. other than that, one loooooooooong frustrating test!!

  • 178

    Tea. Day 3 SL 207/5. Well not much to say really except for Sangakkara’s brilliant hundred. He’s been out of form in his 3 previous knocks, and had Boucher taken the catch – or better still left it to Biff, as it was right in front of his nose would have ended this match with a princely sum of 2 runs – equalling the tally from the first test. But he rode his luck, played himself back into form and went on to score a patient and confident ton. De Lange has been there and there about, every now and then dropping one short, upon which the SL’s duly pounced upon. Morkel has been steady, Steyn is elsewhere at the moment, Kallis is just the donkey at the moment, and Tahir is tight for one over, and then gets punished in the next. Summing up – good, solid cricket by the touring team, and mashed potato by the home unit.

  • 179

    gbs @ 176
    was bietjie langs d weskus,
    maar weer trug bd werk, sug!!

  • 180

    Don Bradman telling the story of the lost ring

    “Well it’s a bit of a mystery Yes, I brought her a nice engagement ring..single diamond, with a couple of diamonds each side, and one day she reported to me that she couldn’t find it. And so we racked our brains and searched everywhere, but we couldn’t find it. So we finally came to the conclusion that she’d taken it off while preparing some vegetables, and it had been thrown out. And that was the end of it and we couldn’t find it anywhere..this went on for about 20 years, and then one day I was scratching around in the garden, up in the backyard, and I suddenly saw something glint in the sunlight. I turned it over, and it was a ring. I picked this ring up, and it looked like one of the rings the kids get at the show. I took it inside and said to my wife “Do you recognize this, did one of the kids get it in a showbag or something like that?” She took one look and said “Good gracious, that’s my ngagement ring”. It turns out it had been thrown out in the rubbish, it had gone through the incinerator, it had gone through the vegetable garden, and I accidently scratched it up on a gravel path. So we got it restored and she wears it today, absolutely beautiful. A miracle.”

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