Best performances - Batsmen
MDKJ Perera
153(200) 12x4 - 5x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 38 runs
- 2x4 - 3x6
F du Plessis
90(182) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 36 runs
- 7x4 - 0x6
13/02Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 13-16 2019
-
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
235 & 259 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
191 & 304/9 (85.3 ov)
Player of the Match
13/02Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 13-16 2019
-
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
235 & 259 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
191 & 304/9 (85.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
L Embuldeniya
- O26
- M3
- R66
- W5
- Eco2.53
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | 1W | |||
DW Steyn
- O20
- M7
- R48
- W4
- Eco2.40
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | 1W | |||
Partnerships
- SA - 1st
- SL - 1st
- SA - 2nd
- SL - 2nd
South Africa - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
South Africa - 2nd - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
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