Sri-Lanka and South Africa battle each other in the 2nd 5-Day Cricket Test at Colombo in Sri-Lanka from 24 to 28 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 won the 1st Test and lead the Test Series by 1 / 0 after also taking the ODI Series by 2 – 1, their first ever ODI Series win in Sri-Lanka.
The score cards will be updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.
Sri-Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri-Lanka started Day 1 well and at the Close of play on Day 1 were on 305 / 5 after 86 Overs.
It was a slow Day initially on Day 2, both from bat and ball, but the Day started heating up after about 30 Overs done for the Day. Sri-Lanka were all out for 421 in their 1st Innings. South Africa started terribly in their 1st Innings, losing 2 wickets with just 13 on the board. South Africa ended with 98 / after 52 Overs at Stumps, Day 2.
On Day 3 the South African wickets kept falling at regular intervals, SA reaching 234 / 7 after 111 Overs at Tea of Day 3 and then South Africa were eventually all out for 282 from 134.5 Overs, trailing by 139 rins at the Innings break.
Sri-Lanka started their 2nd Innings and at Stumps on Day 3 were 11 / 0 after 5 Overs.
On Day 4 Sri Lanka kept the pressure on and eventually declared at 229 / 8 after 53.4 Overs, leaving South Africa to chase 369 runs for a win. At Stumps, Day 4 South Africa was on 38 / 1 after 17 Overs, still 331 shy of a win with 9 wickets still in tact.
South Africa were in to bat the whole of Day 5, but there was no attempt to chase a win, it was block, block, block to save the Test! After 102.5 Overs bowled it was 148 / 8, which was then still 221 runs short of the win, with 2 wickets in hand. Rain delayed the Final Session of play on Day 5 for a while, but play resumed again.
South Africa managed to stand their ground, eecking out a DRAW, ending with 159 / 8 after 111 Overs. The result, or non-result, means South Africa moves up to TOP Test spot in the world Cricket Test rankings.
Sri-Lanka:
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First Innings – 421 (121.4 Overs)
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Second Innings – 229 / 8 Declared (53.4 Overs)
South Africa:
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First Innings – 282 (134.5 Overs)
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Second Innings – 159 / 8 (111 Overs)
Match drawn
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | c †de Kock b Steyn | 11 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 68.75 | |
| JK Silva | c de Villiers b Duminy | 44 | 116 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 60.27 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c Imran Tahir b Steyn | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | run out (Petersen) | 165 | 456 | 284 | 17 | 1 | 58.09 | |
| AD Mathews* | c †de Kock b Duminy | 63 | 167 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| KDK Vithanage | c de Villiers b Morkel | 13 | 59 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 34.21 | |
| N Dickwella† | run out (†de Kock) | 72 | 195 | 116 | 8 | 1 | 62.06 | |
| MDK Perera | c Amla b Imran Tahir | 12 | 49 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 29.26 | |
| HMRKB Herath | not out | 7 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| BAW Mendis | c †de Kock b Philander | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| RAS Lakmal | c †de Kock b Philander | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 14, nb 3) | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 121.4 overs; 562 mins) | 421 | (3.46 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Tharanga, 4.5 ov), 2-16 (Sangakkara, 4.6 ov), 3-115 (Silva, 25.2 ov), 4-246 (Mathews, 64.5 ov), 5-285 (Vithanage, 77.2 ov), 6-385 (Jayawardene, 105.2 ov), 7-404 (Perera, 116.4 ov), 8-409 (Dickwella, 117.2 ov), 9-415 (Mendis, 119.6 ov), 10-421 (Lakmal, 121.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 22 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 3.13 | ||
| VD Philander | 21.4 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 2.40 | (1nb) | |
| M Morkel | 26 | 6 | 69 | 1 | 2.65 | (1nb) | |
| Imran Tahir | 33 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 3.66 | ||
| JP Duminy | 18 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 4.44 | (1nb) | |
| D Elgar | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | c & b Herath | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| D Elgar | c Silva b Perera | 1 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Dickwella b Lakmal | 36 | 130 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 33.02 | |
| HM Amla* | not out | 139 | 486 | 382 | 12 | 0 | 36.38 | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Perera | 37 | 127 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 37.37 | |
| Q de Kock† | b Perera | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JP Duminy | st †Dickwella b Herath | 3 | 68 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | |
| VD Philander | b Perera | 9 | 38 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| DW Steyn | c Sangakkara b Herath | 30 | 75 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 42.25 | |
| Imran Tahir | c Tharanga b Herath | 15 | 63 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 46.87 | |
| M Morkel | c Silva b Perera | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 6) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 134.5 overs; 522 mins) | 282 | (2.09 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Petersen, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Elgar, 8.3 ov), 3-71 (du Plessis, 38.2 ov), 4-150 (de Villiers, 68.4 ov), 5-150 (de Kock, 68.6 ov), 6-175 (Duminy, 89.4 ov), 7-204 (Philander, 98.2 ov), 8-251 (Steyn, 117.5 ov), 9-279 (Imran Tahir, 133.6 ov), 10-282 (Morkel, 134.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 23 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 2.34 | (4nb, 1w) | |
| HMRKB Herath | 45 | 17 | 71 | 4 | 1.57 | ||
| MDK Perera | 41.5 | 11 | 69 | 5 | 1.64 | ||
| BAW Mendis | 21 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 3.23 | (2nb) | |
| KDK Vithanage | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | c †de Kock b Steyn | 30 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| JK Silva | c Philander b Morkel | 26 | 93 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 45.61 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c †de Kock b Morkel | 72 | 134 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Elgar b Imran Tahir | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AD Mathews* | not out | 63 | 132 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 75.90 | |
| KDK Vithanage | c du Plessis b Morkel | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |
| N Dickwella† | c de Villiers b Steyn | 16 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 76.19 | |
| MDK Perera | b Imran Tahir | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| HMRKB Herath | c de Villiers b Morkel | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 53.4 overs; 242 mins) | 229 | (4.26 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: RAS Lakmal, BAW Mendis
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Tharanga, 10.2 ov), 2-82 (Silva, 21.1 ov), 3-83 (Jayawardene, 22.4 ov), 4-164 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 5-174 (Vithanage, 41.6 ov), 6-203 (Dickwella, 47.6 ov), 7-214 (Perera, 50.2 ov), 8-229 (Herath, 53.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 13 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 4.53 | ||
| VD Philander | 11 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 3.18 | ||
| Imran Tahir | 18 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 4.22 | (1nb) | |
| M Morkel | 9.4 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 4.65 | ||
| D Elgar | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | ||
| JP Duminy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 369 runs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | c Vithanage b Herath | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| D Elgar | b Perera | 13 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Q de Kock† | c Vithanage b Herath | 37 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 40.21 | |
| HM Amla* | c Jayawardene b Perera | 25 | 159 | 4 | 0 | 15.72 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Herath | 12 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 17.91 | |
| F du Plessis | c Jayawardene b Herath | 10 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 20.40 | |
| JP Duminy | lbw b Perera | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 27 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 27.55 | |
| DW Steyn | c †Dickwella b Herath | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| Imran Tahir | not out | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 19.04 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 14, nb 3) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 111 overs) | 159 | (1.43 runs per over) | ||||
Did not bat: M Morkel
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Petersen, 8.1 ov), 2-47 (Elgar, 21.3 ov), 3-68 (de Kock, 38.4 ov), 4-93 (de Villiers, 63.1 ov), 5-105 (Amla, 74.1 ov), 6-110 (du Plessis, 78.4 ov), 7-130 (Duminy, 93.4 ov), 8-148 (Steyn, 102.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMRKB Herath | 45 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 0.88 | ||
| MDK Perera | 44 | 24 | 60 | 3 | 1.36 | ||
| BAW Mendis | 13 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1.30 | ||
| RAS Lakmal | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 | (3nb) | |
| KDK Vithanage | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 |
Match details
Series – South Africa won the 2-match series 1-0
Player of the match – tba
TV umpire – BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee – JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire – REJ Martinesz
- – day 1 – Sri Lanka 1st innings 305/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 140*, N Dickwella 12*, 86 ov)
- – day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 98/3 (HM Amla 46*, AB de Villiers 11*, 52 ov)
- – day 3 – Sri Lanka 2nd innings 11/0 (WU Tharanga 6*, JK Silva 5*, 5 ov)
- – day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 38/1 (D Elgar 13*, Q de Kock 21*, 17 ov)
@ John Galt:
No spot for Captain Airpunch?
😆
Very well done Proteas, a serious uphill battle from day one, when we struggled to bowl on a pitch that did nothing for the fast bowlers, and didn’t really start to turn until midway through day 3. Our first innings batting left a lot to be desired from our top order – Captain # excluded. True grit and determination saw us through to a draw though, so well done boys.
Serious questions need to be asked over A Peterson and Tahir, Peterson is just far too erratic, and obviously hasn’t a clue against spin, and the Lankans exploited that, and Tahir – well nothing needs to be said that hasn’t already.
Is it a quota issue, or are there seriously no better players in SA?
@ gunther:
Yoh yoh yoh, haven’t even thought of ol Airpunch in ages hey.
haha, thanks for reminding me.
Not.
@ Just For Kicks:
Tahir from Pakistan can he count as an ABSA?
gunther wrote:
I’m guessing so. Don’t know if anyone has asked the question.
Anyway we don’t have quotas we have targets.
I think like when a cabinet minister has to spend a certain amount on their new Range Rover.
They see it as a target not a limit.
Same as Mrs Gunther and her credit card.
Congrats to Hash and the Proteas…!
Way to go to launch your captaincy Hash…! Straight back to number 1…
And to think some people doubted whether he had it in him…!
With all the talk over the years of ‘brave’ cricket… Hash is the first SA captain who’s demonstrated how to play it… Good stuff.
Good to see QdK looking so comfortable at the crease and behind the stumps… Doing a great job all round…!! And a long career ahead of him.
@ ufo:
Good evening pal.Really enjoyed Blitzbokke.Keep well.
@ ryecatcher:
Hey Mr Rye Sir…! How you doing bud…? Well I hope…
Yeah… really enjoyed the seeing them Blitz the Blacks… and earn the gold of course…! 😉
Keep well Rye…
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