South Africa vs Sri Lanka Full Scorecard, 1st Test, 26 December, 2020
COMPLETED / 1st Test / SuperSport Park, Centurion

621/10 (142.1 ov)

396/10 (96 ov) & 180/10 (46.1 ov)
South Africa won by an innings and 45 runs

Player of the match
Faf du Plessis,
South Africa
Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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Dimuth Karunaratne
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22 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 110.00 |
Kusal Perera
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16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 55.17 |
Kusal Mendis
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12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
Dinesh Chandimal
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85 | 161 | 11 | 0 | 52.79 |
Dhananjaya de Silva
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79 | 106 | 11 | 1 | 74.52 |
Niroshan Dickwella
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49 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 56.97 |
Dasun Shanaka Not out | 66 | 87 | 3 | 5 | 75.86 |
Wanindu Hasaranga
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18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 90.00 |
Kasun Rajitha
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12 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 24.48 |
Vishwa Fernando
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lahiru Kumara
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0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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Extras: 37 ( b 16, lb 9, w 6, nb 6, p 0)
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Fall of wickets :28 - 1 ( Dimuth Karunaratne , 4.5 ov ) ,54 - 2 ( Kusal Mendis , 9.5 ov ) ,54 - 3 ( Kusal Perera , 10.5 ov ) ,284 - 4 ( Dinesh Chandimal , 65.4 ov ) ,296 - 5 ( Niroshan Dickwella , 70.3 ov ) ,320 - 6 ( Wanindu Hasaranga , 76.3 ov ) ,387 - 7 ( Kasun Rajitha , 93.2 ov ) ,387 - 8 ( Vishwa Fernando , 93.3 ov ) ,396 - 9 ( Lahiru Kumara , 95.6 ov )
Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
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Lungi Ngidi | 19 | 64 | 1 | 3.36 | 83 |
Lutho Sipamla | 16 | 76 | 4 | 4.75 | 64 |
Anrich Nortje | 22 | 88 | 1 | 4.00 | 99 |
Wiaan Mulder | 20 | 69 | 3 | 3.45 | 94 |
Keshav Maharaj | 19 | 74 | 0 | 3.89 | 76 |
Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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Dean Elgar
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95 | 130 | 16 | 0 | 73.07 |
Aiden Markram
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68 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 72.34 |
Rassie van der Dussen
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15 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 |
Faf du Plessis
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199 | 276 | 24 | 0 | 72.10 |
Quinton de Kock
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18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 163.63 |
Temba Bavuma
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71 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 56.80 |
Wiaan Mulder
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36 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 57.14 |
Keshav Maharaj
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73 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 68.86 |
Anrich Nortje
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lutho Sipamla
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lungi Ngidi Not out | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
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Extras: 44 ( b 9, lb 18, w 10, nb 7, p 0)
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Fall of wickets :141 - 1 ( Aiden Markram , 28.4 ov ) ,200 - 2 ( Rassie van der Dussen , 42.6 ov ) ,200 - 3 ( Dean Elgar , 43.4 ov ) ,220 - 4 ( Quinton de Kock , 47.1 ov ) ,399 - 5 ( Temba Bavuma , 90.4 ov ) ,476 - 6 ( Wiaan Mulder , 107.4 ov ) ,609 - 7 ( Faf du Plessis , 137.5 ov ) ,610 - 8 ( Anrich Nortje , 138.6 ov ) ,611 - 9 ( Lutho Sipamla , 139.2 ov ) ,621 - 10 ( Keshav Maharaj , 142.1 ov )
Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
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Vishwa Fernando | 31.1 | 129 | 3 | 4.13 | 126 |
Kasun Rajitha | 2.1 | 16 | 0 | 7.38 | 8 |
Dasun Shanaka | 28.5 | 98 | 2 | 3.39 | 130 |
Wanindu Hasaranga | 45 | 171 | 4 | 3.80 | 178 |
Lahiru Kumara | 21.1 | 103 | 1 | 4.86 | 84 |
Dimuth Karunaratne | 6.5 | 36 | 0 | 5.26 | 21 |
Kusal Mendis | 7 | 41 | 0 | 5.85 | 19 |
Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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Dimuth Karunaratne
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6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
Kusal Perera
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64 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 73.56 |
Kusal Mendis
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Dinesh Chandimal
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25 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 55.55 |
Niroshan Dickwella
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10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 |
Dasun Shanaka
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6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.14 |
Wanindu Hasaranga
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59 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 111.32 |
Vishwa Fernando
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Kasun Rajitha
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0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lahiru Kumara Not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Dhananjaya de Silva
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Extras: 10 ( b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 4, p 0)
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Fall of wickets :10 - 1 ( Dimuth Karunaratne , 2.6 ov ) ,22 - 2 ( Kusal Mendis , 4.5 ov ) ,85 - 3 ( Dinesh Chandimal , 19.5 ov ) ,99 - 4 ( Niroshan Dickwella , 23.6 ov ) ,114 - 5 ( Kusal Perera , 28.4 ov ) ,142 - 6 ( Dasun Shanaka , 35.5 ov ) ,148 - 7 ( Vishwa Fernando , 36.6 ov ) ,179 - 8 ( Wanindu Hasaranga , 45.2 ov ) ,180 - 9 ( Kasun Rajitha , 46.1 ov )
Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots |
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Lungi Ngidi | 10 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | 47 |
Anrich Nortje | 10.1 | 47 | 2 | 4.62 | 41 |
Wiaan Mulder | 12 | 39 | 2 | 3.25 | 56 |
Lutho Sipamla | 5 | 24 | 2 | 4.80 | 22 |
Keshav Maharaj | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | 29 |
Aiden Markram | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | 17 |
Match Info
- Match: 1st Test
- Series: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
- Date: Saturday, December 26, 2020
- Time: 01:30 PM
- Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
- City: Centurion
- Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (South Africa, TV), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
- Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)