Sri-Lanka and South Africa battle each other in the 1st 5-Day Cricket Test at Galle International Stadium in Sri-Lanka from 16 to 20 July 2014. Play starts early for SA viewers, as Sri-Lanka is a few hours ahead of South Africa in the time zones, so it is daly from about 06:00 SA Time every day.
South Africa have just won the ODI Series by 2 – 1, their first ever in Sri-Lanka.
The score cards will be updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
South Africa started well on Day 1 and then slightly lost their way towards the end of Day 1. At Stumps on Day 1, South Africa were 268 / 5, after 91 overs. On Day 2 South Africa continued their strong form and declared with 9 wickets down on 455 / 9 after 166.2 overs, leaving Sri-Lanka to field 12 uncomfortable overs before the close of play on Day 2 and with Sri-Lanka ending on 30 / 0 (12 Overs).
On Day 3 Sri-Lanka was steadily losing wickets and after 60 Overs bowled in the Sri-Lankan 1st Innings they were 165 / 4 (60 Overs). At close of play on Day 3 they were reeling at 283 / 9 after 100 Overs.
On Day 4 the Sri-Lankans were all out for 292 after 104.5 Overs and South Africa in their 2nd Innings declared at 206 / 6 (50.2 Overs). The Sri-Lankan 2nd Innings is underway, a target of 370 set.
At Stumps, Day 4, Sri-Lanka was 110 / 1 (32 Overs), 260 runs needed to win the game. One now wonders whether the South Adrican captain, Hashim Amla, declared the South African 2nd Innings too early!
On Day 5 the South African bowling attack and specifically the pace attack, obliterated the Sri-Lankans.
South Africa won the Test comfortably, by 153 runs.
South Africa:
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First Innings – 455 / 9 Declared (166.2 Overs)
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Second Innings – 206 / 6 Declared (50.2 Overs)
Sri-Lanka:
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First Innings – 292 (104.5 Overs)
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Second Innings – 216 (71.3 Overs)
South Africa won by 153 runs
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | lbw b Perera | 34 | 76 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 73.91 | |
| D Elgar | c †Chandimal b Lakmal | 103 | 246 | 187 | 11 | 3 | 55.08 | |
| F du Plessis | c Silva b Perera | 80 | 247 | 196 | 5 | 1 | 40.81 | |
| HM Amla* | c Perera b Herath | 11 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 30.55 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Lakmal | 21 | 66 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 43.75 | |
| Q de Kock† | c Jayawardene b Perera | 51 | 112 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 56.66 | |
| DW Steyn | b Lakmal | 3 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 100 | 276 | 206 | 10 | 0 | 48.54 | |
| VD Philander | lbw b Mathews | 27 | 115 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 28.12 | |
| M Morkel | b Perera | 22 | 115 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 29.72 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 1) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets dec; 166.2 overs; 665 mins) | 455 | (2.73 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Petersen, 16.5 ov), 2-195 (Elgar, 62.6 ov), 3-220 (Amla, 73.4 ov), 4-246 (du Plessis, 82.3 ov), 5-266 (de Villiers, 89.6 ov), 6-290 (Steyn, 99.3 ov), 7-314 (de Kock, 108.5 ov), 8-389 (Philander, 138.5 ov), 9-455 (Morkel, 166.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 33 | 12 | 75 | 3 | 2.27 | (1nb) | |
| RMS Eranga | 9 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | ||
| HMRKB Herath | 60 | 12 | 148 | 1 | 2.46 | ||
| AD Mathews | 11 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.27 | ||
| MDK Perera | 53.2 | 8 | 162 | 4 | 3.03 |
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JK Silva | c Philander b Steyn | 8 | 75 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 18.60 | |
| WU Tharanga | st †de Kock b Duminy | 83 | 188 | 155 | 14 | 1 | 53.54 | |
| KC Sangakkara | b Morkel | 24 | 67 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | lbw b Steyn | 3 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c †de Kock b Steyn | 38 | 147 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 38.77 | |
| AD Mathews* | b Imran Tahir | 89 | 232 | 182 | 14 | 1 | 48.90 | |
| LD Chandimal† | c Petersen b Steyn | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| MDK Perera | c †de Kock b Steyn | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HMRKB Herath | c de Villiers b Morkel | 19 | 137 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 31.14 | |
| RAS Lakmal | c †de Kock b Morkel | 6 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| RMS Eranga | not out | 1 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 104.5 overs; 465 mins) | 292 | (2.78 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Silva, 16.3 ov), 2-98 (Sangakkara, 31.6 ov), 3-104 (Jayawardene, 35.6 ov), 4-136 (Tharanga, 42.4 ov), 5-190 (Thirimanne, 71.1 ov), 6-200 (Chandimal, 73.4 ov), 7-201 (Perera, 75.3 ov), 8-272 (Mathews, 94.6 ov), 9-283 (Lakmal, 99.6 ov), 10-292 (Herath, 104.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 23 | 8 | 54 | 5 | 2.34 | (1w) | |
| VD Philander | 15 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 2.06 | (1nb) | |
| M Morkel | 18.5 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 2.60 | (2w) | |
| Imran Tahir | 26 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 2.88 | ||
| JP Duminy | 15 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 3.13 | ||
| D Elgar | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.57 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c †Chandimal b Herath | 12 | 41 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 41.37 | |
| AN Petersen | c †Chandimal b Perera | 32 | 78 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 50.79 | |
| F du Plessis | b Herath | 37 | 103 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 47.43 | |
| HM Amla* | c Tharanga b Perera | 22 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 91.66 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Perera | 51 | 81 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 87.93 | |
| Q de Kock† | c & b Perera | 36 | 59 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets dec; 50.2 overs; 205 mins) | 206 | (4.09 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Elgar, 11.5 ov), 2-54 (Petersen, 19.6 ov), 3-88 (Amla, 27.5 ov), 4-131 (du Plessis, 37.4 ov), 5-193 (de Villiers, 46.4 ov), 6-206 (de Kock, 50.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.88 | |
| HMRKB Herath | 22 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 3.81 | |
| MDK Perera | 19.2 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 4.08 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 370 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | c †de Kock b Steyn | 14 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.69 | |
| JK Silva | c †de Kock b Steyn | 38 | 150 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 38.77 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c Amla b Duminy | 76 | 205 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 52.41 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c †de Kock b Morkel | 10 | 47 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 32.25 | |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c de Villiers b Steyn | 12 | 34 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 52.17 | |
| AD Mathews* | not out | 27 | 108 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 38.57 | |
| LD Chandimal† | c †de Kock b Morkel | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| MDK Perera | c †de Kock b Steyn | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HMRKB Herath | c de Villiers b Duminy | 20 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 111.11 | |
| RAS Lakmal | c Imran Tahir b Morkel | 12 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| RMS Eranga | c Elgar b Morkel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 1) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 71.3 overs; 332 mins) | 216 | (3.02 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Tharanga, 2.4 ov), 2-118 (Silva, 35.5 ov), 3-138 (Jayawardene, 46.1 ov), 4-149 (Sangakkara, 50.1 ov), 5-153 (Thirimanne, 53.1 ov), 6-158 (Chandimal, 54.3 ov), 7-161 (Perera, 57.3 ov), 8-190 (Herath, 64.2 ov), 9-216 (Lakmal, 71.2 ov), 10-216 (Eranga, 71.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 17 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 2.64 | ||
| VD Philander | 11 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 3.09 | (1nb) | |
| M Morkel | 13.3 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 2.14 | ||
| Imran Tahir | 19 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 3.36 | ||
| JP Duminy | 10 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | ||
| D Elgar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
Match details
Series – South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
TV umpire – NJ Llong (England)
Match referee – JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire – RSA Palliyaguruge
- Wed, 16 Jul – day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 268/5 (Q de Kock 17*, DW Steyn 0*, 91 ov)
- Thu, 17 Jul – day 2 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 30/0 (JK Silva 8*, WU Tharanga 20*, 12 ov)
- Fri, 18 Jul – day 3 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 283/9 (HMRKB Herath 12*, 100 ov)
- Sat, 19 Jul – day 4 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 110/1 (JK Silva 37*, KC Sangakkara 58*, 32 ov)
- Sun, 20 Jul – day 5 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 216 (71.3 ov) – end of match
200/6
89 @ nortierd:
If we could get them out cheap, I would make them follow on!
Day 3 is already nearly gone, so there will never be enough time for SA to bat a full Innings again!!
@ grootblousmile:
Kyk asb na die Preview van die Sharks en Landers.
Ek sukkel om die Jakeball se reels netjies onder mekaar te kry.
Thanks
92 @ grootblousmile:
Yep, still a huge lead and doesn’t look like they will be able to avoid the follow on score
94 @ nortierd:
@ grootblousmile:
Actually, they only need 55 more, so maybe they do get the runs, also, not sure if Amla would possibly want to bat 4th
I highly doubt we would enforce the follow on
93 @ nortierd:
Het netnou gesien jy was nog besig, wou nie net sommer oorneem terwyl jy nog besig was om te Edit en te probeer nie.
Is jy nou uit daai Edit Window?
temperatures in the mid 30s and humidity very high. .. Not ideal conditions
Steyn must be one of the best bowler ever. What a machine! !!
Tea Farmers collapsing I see.
97 @ grootblousmile:
Yep, gaan mal
MacroBull wrote:
Another 5 wicket haul, in that heat and on that pitch.
Excellent bowling once again by him
with this kind of spin there is no way we would want to chase 100 runs on day 5
93 @ nortierd:
Ek het jou Jakeball artikel gefix!
104 @ grootblousmile:
Thanks, waardeer
OK, so the follow-on has been avoided by Sri-Lanka, so that is out the window.
Anyway, I have to go to Midrand… so chat later!
Tahir keeps wasting the flippen reviews
I understand we want to use the new ball with fresh bowlers… but we gave away too many easy runs in the last hour
4 overz left. Amla would not want us to bat one over tonight.
nortierd wrote:
Did not watch any more play but it seems he and Tahir only made up numbers. Dale saves the day
110 @ superBul:
Hi Super, yes, Dale was really outstanding. In that heat on a pitch not really conducive to pace, he stood out once again.
Regarding Duminy and Tahir, yes, they didn’t really bag the wickets, but the amount of turn they produced surprised me, we are sort of used to our spinners not really getting spin.
My one major gripe with Tahir is that he wasted both of our referrals. He gets overexcited and thinks every ball he bowls is worthy of a wicket
Sri Lanka all out for 292
SA 81/2 in second innings, lead by 244
Amla out for 22
SA 88/3
Faf out for 37
SA 131/4
Lead by 294
AB scoring at a good rate, 46 from 48
Lead now 320
Herath drops De Kock off his own bowling, dolly catch too.
AB making batting look easy, but the other batsmen not finding it so easy on this pitch
AB out for 51 from 58
Good innings, tried to push the score along quickly
206/6
Q de Kock 36 (40)
Tea – South Africa lead by 369 runs with 4 wickets remaining
Hello see SA declared on 206/6 leaving Sri Lanka 370 to get to win. Quite a positive bold declaration I think especially as just over 30 overs left today but have not followed closely so don’t know if or how much time could be lost to weather, bad light…
Sri Lanka off to a flyer in their chase 10/0 after 2 overs, 7 off the first one!
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