Best performances - Batsmen
K Verreynne
105(133) 12x4 - 3x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 29 runs
- 4x4 - 1x6
RD Rickelton
101(250) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 23 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
05/12Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Gqeberha, Dec 5-9 2024
-
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
358 & 317 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
328 & 238 (69.1 ov)
Player of the Match
05/12Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Gqeberha, Dec 5-9 2024
-
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
358 & 317 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
328 & 238 (69.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
D Paterson
- O22
- M4
- R71
- W5
- Eco3.22
| 4W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
KA Maharaj
- O25
- M3
- R76
- W5
- Eco3.04
| 2W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 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
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKagiso Rabada, too unplayable for his own good
He only took six wickets in the two Tests against Sri Lanka, at a 30-plus average, but don't let that fool you
'It's in those little things' - Jayasuriya rues the chances that slipped away in Gqebehra
SL head coach feels batters didn't convert their scores and that their bowlers gave away too much to the SA lower-order batters
Temba Bavuma's summer of self-fulfillment
After a decade spent enduring questions from a vocal band of doubters, South Africa's captain stepped up and let his bat speak for him
Maharaj wraps up 2-0 win to take South Africa to the top of WTC table
Sri Lanka lost five wickets for 19 runs in 62 balls in a lower collapse that undid their work from the previous day
Maharaj calls for 'old-fashioned cricket' for South Africa to get job done in Gqeberha
He says South Africa "just focusing on the now and not the future" with the race to the WTC final hotting up
