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Mon, 26 Dec - Fri, 30 Dec 2016 - 00:00 – 1st Test • St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
South Africa won by 206 runs
1ST
South Africa
629/2 (20.00) & 406/6 (90.5)
Sri Lanka
627/2 (20.00) & 281/10 (96.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
South Africa innigs
629/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Stephen Cook
c †Chandimal b Lakmal
59
125
147
7
0
47.20
In 2016
Career
Dean Elgar
c †Chandimal b Lakmal
45
98
164
5
0
45.91
In 2016
Career
Hashim Amla
c †Chandimal b Lakmal
20
76
107
2
0
26.31
In 2016
Career
Jean-Paul Duminy
lbw b Herath
63
95
141
10
0
66.31
In 2016
Career
Faf du Plessis (c)
c Karunaratne b Lakmal
37
73
107
5
0
50.68
In 2016
Career
Temba Bavuma
lbw b Herath
3
18
22
0
0
16.66
In 2016
Career
Quinton de Kock (WK)
b Pradeep
37
68
106
5
0
54.41
In 2016
Career
Vernon Philander
c Chameera b Pradeep
13
33
45
2
0
39.39
In 2016
Career
Keshav Maharaj
c †Chandimal b Lakmal
0
3
6
0
0
0.00
In 2016
Career
Kyle Abbott
run out (Perera/†Chandimal)
0
3
4
0
0
0.00
In 2016
Career
Kagiso Rabada
not out
0
6
12
0
0
0.00
In 2016
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 5, w 1)
9
Total
286 98.5 Ov (RR: 2.89, 434 Mins)
5434
11362
0
684
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Suranga Lakmal
27.00
9
63
5
2.33
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Nuwan Pradeep
21.50
5
66
2
3.02
0
0
2
In 2016
Career
Angelo Mathews
13.00
5
26
0
2.00
0
1
0
In 2016
Career
Dushmantha Chameera
14.00
1
68
0
4.85
0
0
3
In 2016
Career
Rangana Herath
20.00
4
48
2
2.40
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Dhananjaya de Silva
3.00
0
12
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
627/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Dimuth Karunaratne
b Abbott
5
10
15
0
0
50.00
In 2016
Career
Kaushal Silva
lbw b Philander
16
59
109
3
0
27.11
In 2016
Career
Kusal Perera
c †de Kock b Philander
7
13
14
0
0
53.84
In 2016
Career
Kusal Mendis
c †de Kock b Abbott
0
9
8
0
0
0.00
In 2016
Career
Angelo Mathews (c)
c Elgar b Rabada
39
69
115
5
0
56.52
In 2016
Career
Dinesh Chandimal (WK)
lbw b Philander
28
64
92
5
0
43.75
In 2016
Career
Dhananjaya de Silva
c †de Kock b Philander
43
70
120
5
0
61.42
In 2016
Career
Rangana Herath
lbw b Maharaj
24
32
42
4
0
75.00
In 2016
Career
Dushmantha Chameera
c Amla b Abbott
19
51
65
2
0
37.25
In 2016
Career
Suranga Lakmal
c Abbott b Philander
4
5
4
1
0
80.00
In 2016
Career
Nuwan Pradeep
not out
8
10
28
1
0
80.00
In 2016
Career
Extras
(lb 4, nb 3, w 5)
12
Total
205 64.5 Ov (RR: 3.16, 310 Mins)
3895
7448
0
494
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Vernon Philander
20.00
7
45
5
2.25
0
0
2
In 2016
Career
Kyle Abbott
21.50
4
63
3
2.88
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Kagiso Rabada
13.00
3
63
1
4.84
0
1
1
In 2016
Career
Keshav Maharaj
10.00
3
30
1
3.00
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
South Africa innigs
406/6 (90.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Stephen Cook
c †Chandimal b Chameera
117
178
245
11
0
65.73
In 2016
Career
Dean Elgar
c Mathews b Lakmal
52
102
133
4
0
50.98
In 2016
Career
Hashim Amla
lbw b Pradeep
48
53
82
5
0
90.56
In 2016
Career
Jean-Paul Duminy
c Mathews b de Silva
25
36
49
2
0
69.44
In 2016
Career
Faf du Plessis (c)
not out
67
86
125
3
0
77.90
In 2016
Career
Temba Bavuma
c Mendis b de Silva
8
10
8
1
0
80.00
In 2016
Career
Quinton de Kock (WK)
lbw b Herath
69
86
98
6
0
80.23
In 2016
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 2, nb 10, w 3)
20
Total
406/6d 90.5 Ov (RR: 4.46, 373 Mins)
7714
10469
0
608
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Suranga Lakmal
18.00
2
64
1
3.55
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Nuwan Pradeep
14.00
0
65
1
4.64
0
1
4
In 2016
Career
Angelo Mathews
4.00
0
10
0
2.50
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Dushmantha Chameera
15.00
0
85
1
5.66
0
2
2
In 2016
Career
Rangana Herath
24.50
1
84
1
3.38
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Dhananjaya de Silva
15.00
0
91
2
6.06
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
281/10 (96.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Dimuth Karunaratne
run out (Duminy/†de Kock)
43
113
143
5
0
38.05
In 2016
Career
Kaushal Silva
lbw b Rabada
48
118
205
7
0
40.67
In 2016
Career
Kusal Perera
c †de Kock b Maharaj
6
13
10
1
0
46.15
In 2016
Career
Kusal Mendis
c †de Kock b Rabada
58
90
129
9
0
64.44
In 2016
Career
Angelo Mathews (c)
lbw b Abbott
59
120
170
7
0
49.16
In 2016
Career
Dinesh Chandimal (WK)
c Rabada b Maharaj
8
38
50
0
0
21.05
In 2016
Career
Dhananjaya de Silva
lbw b Abbott
22
36
60
4
0
61.11
In 2016
Career
Rangana Herath
c & b Philander
3
11
28
0
0
27.27
In 2016
Career
Dushmantha Chameera
c †de Kock b Rabada
0
12
20
0
0
0.00
In 2016
Career
Suranga Lakmal
not out
19
20
29
3
0
95.00
In 2016
Career
Nuwan Pradeep
b Maharaj
4
9
13
1
0
44.44
In 2016
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 3, nb 1, w 3)
11
Total
281 96.3 Ov (RR: 2.91, 434 Mins)
5339
11020
0
703
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Vernon Philander
22.00
5
65
1
2.95
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Kyle Abbott
20.00
6
38
2
1.90
0
2
0
In 2016
Career
Kagiso Rabada
21.00
4
77
3
3.66
0
1
1
In 2016
Career
Keshav Maharaj
30.30
7
86
3
2.81
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
Jean-Paul Duminy
3.00
0
8
0
2.66
0
0
0
In 2016
Career
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