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)

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