Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

F du Plessis
F du Plessis
199(276) 24x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 56 runs
  • 9x4 - 0x6
17 15 15 28 57 25 10 32
D Elgar
D Elgar
95(130) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 34 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
13 4 3 40 17 1 4 13

Best performances - Bowlers

L Sipamla
L Sipamla
O16
M1
R76
W4
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O45
M5
R171
W4
Eco3.80
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

26,27,28,29 December 2020 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

South Africa 60, Sri Lanka 0

Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Valkerie Baynes

13.45 So it's sounding very much like a different Sri Lanka will take to the field in Jo'Burg, Dhananjaya de Silva, Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha likely to miss the rest of the series.

With that, I will offer thanks from myself, Alan and Raghav for your wonderful company. Until next time.

13.35 Dimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka captain, hints that there will be changes forced by those injuries to his team for the second Test, starting in Johannesburg on Sunday. "As a batting unit, I'm really happy... We suddenly lost our main fast bowlers and Dhananjaya. We lost a couple of members of the squad but we have already a couple of youngsters, I hope they will do the job for me in the second Test match."

"We batted really well and we need to keep that momentum and a positive mindset when we go to Wanderers. We're not worried about the injuries. we have plenty of players, so I'm happy to go with them, still we have a couple of bowlers and we'll try to take the positives from here."

Quinton de Kock, the South Africa captain, says that despite letting Sri Lanka amass a good first-innings total, he was pleased with his side's performance. "A Test match is never easy. It's been a year since we've won one so it feels good at this moment. On day one we were a bit disappointed with our bowling performance... we came back really nicely towards the end of our bowling spell. We then came out with the bat... showed some great character. Coming into the third innings, the boys came out with great intent with the ball and to finish off the way we did, it's very pleasing."

13.25 Here's the best from Man of the Match Faf du Plessis: "Personally I'm very proud of my CV, which is 199, which unfortunately one short, but it's always good to contribute in a big way to set your team up for a win... I haven't played a red-ball game in almost a year. For me it was just making sure I get back to the basics of Test cricket."

13.09 With Dhananjaya de Silva too badly hurt to bat, so ends the pain for Sri Lanka, with the hosts wrapping up victory within half an hour of the middle session. The highlight has to be Faf du Plessis' 199 on the third day. Wiaan Mulder's bowling performance has been encouraging for one so young (he's just 22) and all of South Africa's seamers did well, with two wickets apiece for Mulder, Ngidi, Nortje and Sipamla.

Hasaranga was gallant with ball and then bat, scoring a second-innings fifty, but the talking point is undoubtedly the injuries that have decimated Sri Lanka's squad. What sort of side will they manage to stitch together for the second Test?

46.1
W
Nortje to Rajitha, OUT, and Nortje gets the final wicket. South Africa win by an innings and 45 runs! Short of a length, gets an outside edge as he steers to gully, where Keshav Maharaj takes a sharp catch at shoulder height.

CAK Rajitha c Maharaj b Nortje 0 (27m 27b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | SL: 180/8

  • Lahiru Kumara0 (5b)
  • Kasun Rajitha0 (26b)
  • Lutho Sipamla5-0-24-2
  • Anrich Nortje10-1-47-1
45.6
0
Sipamla to Kumara, no run, on off stump, turned away towards mid wicket
45.5
0
Sipamla to Kumara, no run, fourth-stump channel, 83mph, it goes through to the keeper
45.4
0
Sipamla to Kumara, no run,
45.3
0
Sipamla to Kumara, no run, just outside off, a swing and a miss
45.3
1nb
Sipamla to Kumara, 1 no ball, bouncer, he swats at it and misses

Sri Lanka 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10FDM KarunaratneMDKJ Perera
2nd12MDKJ PereraBKG Mendis
3rd63LD ChandimalMDKJ Perera
4th14MDKJ PereraN Dickwella
5th15MDKJ PereraMD Shanaka
6th28MD ShanakaPW Hasaranga
7th6MVT FernandoPW Hasaranga
8th31CAK RajithaPW Hasaranga
9th1CAK RajithaCBRLS Kumara