Sri Lanka v South Africa
1st Test · SuperSport Park, Centurion · 15 Dec 2011 – 17 Dec 2011
South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs
Sri Lanka 1st innings18047.4 overs
South Africa 1st innings411122 overs
Sri Lanka 2nd innings15039.1 overs
Sri Lanka 1st innings 180 (47.4 ov)
Fall of wickets: 11-1 (TM Dilshan, 4.4 ov), 12-2 (KC Sangakkara, 5.1 ov), 66-3 (NT Paranavitana, 22.2 ov), 91-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 29.4 ov), 156-5 (TT Samaraweera, 42.3 ov), 156-6 (JK Silva, 42.4 ov), 157-7 (NLTC Perera, 43.1 ov), 175-8 (AD Mathews, 46.5 ov), 180-9 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 47.3 ov), 180-10 (CRD Fernando, 47.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 11 | 28 | NT Paranavitana 4, TM Dilshan 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | NT Paranavitana 0, KC Sangakkara 1 |
| 3 | 54 | 103 | NT Paranavitana 28, DPMD Jayawardene 21 |
| 4 | 25 | 44 | DPMD Jayawardene 9, TT Samaraweera 13 |
| 5 | 65 | 77 | TT Samaraweera 23, AD Mathews 35 |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | AD Mathews 0, JK Silva 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | AD Mathews 0, NLTC Perera 1 |
| 8 | 18 | 22 | AD Mathews 3, HMRKB Herath 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | HMRKB Herath 1, UWMBCA Welegedara 4 |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | HMRKB Herath 0, CRD Fernando 0 |
South Africa 1st innings 411 (122 ov)
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
| JA Rudolph | c NT Paranavitana b NLTC Perera | 44 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 31.4 |
| GC Smith | lbw b CRD Fernando | 61 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 58.1 |
| DW Steyn | run out (HMRKB Herath) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HM Amla | c AD Mathews b NLTC Perera | 18 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 54.5 |
| JH Kallis | c AD Mathews b UWMBCA Welegedara | 31 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 55.4 |
| AB de Villiers | c FDM Karunaratne b NLTC Perera | 99 | 135 | 12 | 0 | 73.3 |
| AG Prince | c JK Silva b AD Mathews | 39 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 39.8 |
| MV Boucher | c JK Silva b UWMBCA Welegedara | 65 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 64.4 |
| VD Philander | c DPMD Jayawardene b TM Dilshan | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| M Morkel | c TT Samaraweera b UWMBCA Welegedara | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Imran Tahir | not out | 29 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 87.9 |
| Extras | | 17 | |
| Total | all out, 122 overs | 411 | |
Fall of wickets: 88-1 (GC Smith, 32.5 ov), 90-2 (DW Steyn, 35.2 ov), 125-3 (HM Amla, 45.6 ov), 136-4 (JA Rudolph, 49.1 ov), 173-5 (JH Kallis, 60.6 ov), 270-6 (AG Prince, 89.6 ov), 303-7 (AB de Villiers, 97.2 ov), 344-8 (VD Philander, 106.6 ov), 350-9 (M Morkel, 108.4 ov), 411-10 (MV Boucher, 121.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 88 | 197 | JA Rudolph 26, GC Smith 61 |
| 2 | 2 | 15 | JA Rudolph 1, DW Steyn 0 |
| 3 | 35 | 64 | JA Rudolph 13, HM Amla 18 |
| 4 | 11 | 19 | JA Rudolph 4, JH Kallis 7 |
| 5 | 37 | 71 | JH Kallis 24, AB de Villiers 12 |
| 6 | 97 | 174 | AB de Villiers 55, AG Prince 39 |
| 7 | 33 | 44 | AB de Villiers 32, MV Boucher 1 |
| 8 | 41 | 58 | MV Boucher 31, VD Philander 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 10 | MV Boucher 2, M Morkel 4 |
| 10 | 61 | 80 | MV Boucher 31, Imran Tahir 29 |
Sri Lanka 2nd innings 150 (39.1 ov)
Fall of wickets: 11-1 (TM Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 11-2 (NT Paranavitana, 4.6 ov), 19-3 (KC Sangakkara, 7.1 ov), 37-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 14.6 ov), 66-5 (AD Mathews, 21.5 ov), 70-6 (TT Samaraweera, 22.3 ov), 104-7 (NLTC Perera, 31.2 ov), 133-8 (JK Silva, 36.4 ov), 145-9 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 37.6 ov), 150-10 (HMRKB Herath, 39.1 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 11 | 23 | NT Paranavitana 4, TM Dilshan 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 7 | NT Paranavitana 0, KC Sangakkara 0 |
| 3 | 8 | 13 | KC Sangakkara 2, DPMD Jayawardene 6 |
| 4 | 18 | 47 | DPMD Jayawardene 9, TT Samaraweera 7 |
| 5 | 29 | 41 | TT Samaraweera 21, AD Mathews 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | TT Samaraweera 4, JK Silva 0 |
| 7 | 34 | 53 | JK Silva 12, NLTC Perera 21 |
| 8 | 29 | 32 | JK Silva 5, HMRKB Herath 22 |
| 9 | 12 | 8 | HMRKB Herath 1, UWMBCA Welegedara 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | HMRKB Herath 0, CRD Fernando 4 |
Match details
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to field
- Season
- 2011/12
- Umpires
- SJ Davis, RJ Tucker
- Match referee
- BC Broad