The Third Cricket Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka took place at Newlands, Cape Town.  The Test was supposed to run from 3 – 7 January 2012 but finished at about 15:30 on 6 January 2012.

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 field, sending South Africa in to bat. South Africa won comfortably, by 10 wickets on Day 4 of the Test.

 

South Africa:

  • First Innings: 580 / 4 declared (139 overs)
  • Second Innings: 2 / 0 (o.0 overs)

Sri Lanka:

  • First Innings: 239 all out (73.5 overs)
  • Second Innings: 220 / 4 (82 overs)

 

South Africa won by 10 wickets.

South Africa 1st innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* b Prasad 16 21 15 3 0 106.66
View dismissal AN Petersen c Dilshan b Welegedara 109 276 188 13 1 57.97
View dismissal HM Amla lbw b Prasad 16 43 32 3 0 50.00
View dismissal JH Kallis c Mathews b Herath 224 434 325 31 1 68.92
AB de Villiers not out 160 303 205 19 2 78.04
JA Rudolph not out 51 79 71 6 0 71.83
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 2) 4
Total (4 wickets dec; 139 overs; 576 mins) 580 (4.17 runs per over)
Did not bat MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir, VD Philander
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Smith, 4.1 ov), 2-56 (Amla, 12.6 ov), 3-261 (Petersen, 62.2 ov), 4-453 (Kallis, 118.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wicket UWMBCA Welegedara 29 7 107 1 3.68 (2nb, 1w)
NLTC Perera 22 1 131 0 5.95
View wickets KTGD Prasad 30 2 154 2 5.13
AD Mathews 12 0 47 0 3.91
View wicket HMRKB Herath 42 4 108 1 2.57
TM Dilshan 4 0 32 0 8.00

Sri Lanka 1st innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal HDRL Thirimanne b Morkel 23 62 52 4 0 44.23
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c Smith b Imran Tahir 78 126 79 12 0 98.73
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c Amla b Steyn 35 110 75 6 0 46.66
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene c Kallis b Steyn 30 130 81 3 0 37.03
View dismissal TT Samaraweera c Kallis b Philander 11 68 61 0 0 18.03
View dismissal AD Mathews c †Boucher b Steyn 1 28 18 0 0 5.55
View dismissal LD Chandimal† c †Boucher b Morkel 35 60 45 4 0 77.77
View dismissal NLTC Perera b Imran Tahir 5 20 10 1 0 50.00
View dismissal HMRKB Herath lbw b Philander 1 6 7 0 0 14.28
View dismissal KTGD Prasad c Petersen b Philander 9 14 16 0 1 56.25
UWMBCA Welegedara not out 0 8 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 2) 11
Total (all out; 73.5 overs; 317 mins) 239 (3.23 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-70 (Thirimanne, 14.4 ov), 2-126 (Dilshan, 28.3 ov), 3-149 (Sangakkara, 39.3 ov), 4-184 (Samaraweera, 55.2 ov), 5-189 (Jayawardene, 59.3 ov), 6-194 (Mathews, 61.5 ov), 7-219 (Perera, 66.5 ov), 8-220 (Herath, 67.6 ov), 9-236 (Prasad, 71.6 ov), 10-239 (Chandimal, 73.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets DW Steyn 20 5 56 3 2.80 (1nb)
View wickets VD Philander 19 7 46 3 2.42
View wickets M Morkel 13.5 2 74 2 5.34 (1nb)
View wickets Imran Tahir 21 1 54 2 2.57

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)

R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal HDRL Thirimanne c Amla b Kallis 30 123 100 2 0 30.00
View dismissal TM Dilshan* c †Boucher b Philander 5 15 7 1 0 71.42
View dismissal KC Sangakkara c Kallis b Imran Tahir 34 125 89 4 0 38.20
View dismissal DPMD Jayawardene c Kallis b Morkel 12 37 21 0 1 57.14
TT Samaraweera not out 115 325 215 14 0 53.48
View dismissal AD Mathews lbw b Philander 63 200 124 7 0 50.80
View dismissal LD Chandimal† c Kallis b Philander 1 18 13 0 0 7.69
View dismissal NLTC Perera c Morkel b Imran Tahir 30 52 45 4 0 66.66
View dismissal HMRKB Herath c & b Kallis 0 7 5 0 0 0.00
View dismissal KTGD Prasad st †Boucher b Imran Tahir 16 21 22 3 0 72.72
View dismissal UWMBCA Welegedara b Kallis 14 6 6 2 1 233.33
Extras (b 1, lb 15, w 6) 22
Total (all out; 107.5 overs; 466 mins) 342 (3.17 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-79 (Thirimanne, 29.6 ov), 3-83 (Sangakkara, 34.4 ov), 4-98 (Jayawardene, 38.3 ov), 5-240 (Mathews, 85.1 ov), 6-248 (Chandimal, 89.2 ov), 7-304 (Perera, 100.2 ov), 8-306 (Herath, 101.4 ov), 9-327 (Prasad, 106.4 ov), 10-342 (Welegedara, 107.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 20 3 56 0 2.80 (1w)
View wickets VD Philander 20 4 54 3 2.70
View wicket M Morkel 19 4 68 1 3.57
View wickets Imran Tahir 32 7 106 3 3.31
View wickets JH Kallis 14.5 2 35 3 2.35 (1w)
GC Smith 2 0 7 0 3.50

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 2 runs)

R B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
GC Smith* not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (0 wickets; 0 overs) 2
Did not bat HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JA Rudolph, MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir, VD Philander
Bowling O M R W Econ
KTGD Prasad 0 0 2 0 (1nb)

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field
Player of the match tba
Umpires RA Kettleborough (England) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire JD Cloete
Close of play
– day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 347/3 (JH Kallis 159*, AB de Villiers 45*, 90 ov)
– day 2 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 149/2 (KC Sangakkara 35*, DPMD Jayawardene 7*, 39 ov)
– day 3 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 138/4 (TT Samaraweera 19*, AD Mathews 28*, 53 ov)

267 Responses to Cricket: 3rd Test – South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Cape Town – Live Game Article

  • 181

    GBS, did you see post re-email?

  • 182

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  • 183

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  • 184

    181 @ Just For Kicks:
    Mail sent… if you have a problem reading it, blame the Apple… hehehe

  • 185

    @ grootblousmile:Good. Right, cheers guys and gals, till the next sunrise

  • 187

  • 188

    SR Tendulkar out for 80
    he just cant get that elusive 100th international 100
    his mental aproach looks not right to me, he digs his own hole, there is nothing wrong with his eyes and play but he goes through patches where he allows the bowlers to settle in. His scores so far in Australia are 73, 32, 41 and today 80. Against dibly dobbers like Clarke and Hussey he barely scored more than a run per over. He should have cashed in against them, his eye was in. Sad.

  • 189

    Gooooooooood Morning Muppets, Moepels & Mopkoppe… & Rugby-Talkers!

    How’s it hanging this fine morning?

  • 190

    Morning all, I see wickets aren’t so easy to come by this morning. Looks like the new ball is available in a few overs or so. Will they take it, or has Steyn still been getting a bit of reverse this morning?

  • 191

    190 @ Just For Kicks:
    The current partnership is already at 112… the Sri Lankans making a solid stand of it now…

    Need to break up this partnership somehow, get Samaraweera or Mathews out…. then build the attack from there.

    The new ball might help in 5 overs, the old one now soft on the hard flat wicket and not doing too much.

  • 192

    New ball was taken at 81 overs

  • 193

    Thats lunch, close call, but too high. good morning for SL, SA got their work cut out, may still become an interesting match.

  • 194

    Lunch – Day 4:

    Nothing happened for South Africa in Session 1 of day 4…. not a single wicket taken!

    The 2 Sri Lankan batsmen are now well in and the only positive to look forward to is that the New Ball has just been taken and is only 6 balls old.

  • 195

    sri lanka now trail by 98 runs with 5 wickets in hand

  • 196

    sri lanka now only trail by 68 runs
    can they make us bat again?

  • 197

    @ Ashley:I hope so, as I say that a catch by Morkel off Tahir, and Perera is gone

  • 198

    Another wicket, Herath, caught and bowled Kallis. Kallis’s 6th catch

  • 199

    Oh, ho hum, doesn’t look like we will have to bat again. When are these games going to make 5 days again. It’s not good for Test Cricket.

  • 200

    And another gone, eventually Boucher does something right, Prasad stumped Bouchy, bowled Tahir for 16. SL327/9, trail by 14 with 1 wicket intact. It’s all over bar the shouting now.

  • 201

    MOM will be Kallis, obviously, but who, I wonder will make MOSeries? Kallis, Philander, Tahir, Samaraweera, or AB de Villiers. My bets on Philander.

  • 202

    Can you believe, we have to bat again, need 2 to win – do you think there’s any chance Smith will be able to play himself back into form?

  • 203

    So King Kallis in his 150th test makes – 224 runs, 3 wickets and 7 catches. Not bad for an old man written off by so many. Now tell me still he is not the greatest cricketer to have ever walked this planet, and I will tell you categorically, you are wrong.

  • 204

    Morkel again finishes with the worst bowling figures. How long can he hold off De Lange, How much longer before he plays himself back into form, and most importantly how much longer before he starts taking wickets again?

  • 205

    For me, there are question marks over Smith and Boucher, who in my book, for differing and similar reasons need to go, and Morkel, who I believe just needs a bit of time with his franchise to get a bit of form back

  • 206

    How often, I wonder, has a team had to come out to score only 2 runs to win

  • 207

    jfk @ 202
    we’re gonna win by 9 wickets (wink wink)

  • 208

    And Sa win off a 1st ball no ball, driven for 4 by Peterson, and win the series too.

  • 209

    Heeeee haaaaaaaa….

    Missed the last 6 Sri Lanka wickets, with work taking precedence.

    SA get the first 5 runs off a no ball 4….

    SA Win by the most comprensive of margins!

  • 210

    Well thats it, all over bar the shouting and a couple of awards and interviews.

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