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South Africa v Sri Lanka

3 Jan 2012 – 6 Jan 2012 · Newlands · Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series

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Sri Lanka in South Africa Test SeriesRESULT

South Africa580/4d139.0 ov2/00.0 ov

Sri Lanka239/1073.5 ov342/10107.5 ov

South Africa won by 10 wickets

South Africa580/4d

South Africa batting, innings 1
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith	bowled · KTGD Prasad	16	15	3	0	106.67
Alviro Petersen	c TM Dilshan b UWMBCA Welegedara	109	188	13	1	57.98
Hashim Amla	lbw · KTGD Prasad	16	32	3	0	50.00
Jacques Kallis	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	224	325	31	1	68.92
AB de Villiers	not out	160	205	19	2	78.05
Jacques Rudolph	not out	51	71	6	0	71.83
Total · 834 legal balls		580	139.0 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 4 runs. Innings declared.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Chanaka Welegedara	29.0	107	1	3.69	1	2
Thisara Perera	22.0	131	0	5.95	0	0
Dhammika Prasad	30.0	154	2	5.13	0	0
Angelo Mathews	12.0	47	0	3.92	0	0
Rangana Herath	42.0	108	1	2.57	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	4.0	32	0	8.00	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (GC Smith) · 2-56 (HM Amla) · 3-261 (AN Petersen) · 4-453 (JH Kallis)

Sri Lanka239/10

Sri Lanka batting, innings 2
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lahiru Thirimanne	bowled · M Morkel	23	52	4	0	44.23
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c GC Smith b Imran Tahir	78	79	12	0	98.73
Kumar Sangakkara	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	35	75	6	0	46.67
Mahela Jayawardene	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	30	81	3	0	37.04
Thilan Samaraweera	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	11	61	0	0	18.03
Angelo Mathews	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	1	18	0	0	5.56
Dinesh Chandimal	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	35	45	4	0	77.78
Thisara Perera	bowled · Imran Tahir	5	10	1	0	50.00
Rangana Herath	lbw · VD Philander	1	7	0	0	14.29
Dhammika Prasad	c AN Petersen b VD Philander	9	16	0	1	56.25
Chanaka Welegedara	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Total · 443 legal balls		239	73.5 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 11 runs.

Bowling

Sri Lanka innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	NB
Dale Steyn	20.0	56	3	2.80	1
Vernon Philander	19.0	46	3	2.42	0
Morné Morkel	13.5	74	2	5.35	1
Imran Tahir	21.0	54	2	2.57	0

Fall of wickets: 1-70 (HDRL Thirimanne) · 2-126 (TM Dilshan) · 3-149 (KC Sangakkara) · 4-184 (TT Samaraweera) · 5-189 (DPMD Jayawardene) · 6-194 (AD Mathews) · 7-219 (NLTC Perera) · 8-220 (HMRKB Herath) · 9-236 (KTGD Prasad) · 10-239 (LD Chandimal)

Sri Lanka342/10

Sri Lanka batting, innings 3
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lahiru Thirimanne	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	30	100	2	0	30.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	5	7	1	0	71.43
Kumar Sangakkara	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	34	89	4	0	38.20
Mahela Jayawardene	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	12	21	0	1	57.14
Thilan Samaraweera	not out	115	215	14	0	53.49
Angelo Mathews	lbw · VD Philander	63	124	7	0	50.81
Dinesh Chandimal	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	1	13	0	0	7.69
Thisara Perera	c M Morkel b Imran Tahir	30	45	4	0	66.67
Rangana Herath	caught and bowled · JH Kallis	0	5	0	0	0.00
Dhammika Prasad	stumped · Imran Tahir	16	22	3	0	72.73
Chanaka Welegedara	bowled · JH Kallis	14	6	2	1	233.33
Total · 647 legal balls		342	107.5 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 22 runs.

Bowling

Sri Lanka innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD
Dale Steyn	20.0	56	0	2.80	5
Vernon Philander	20.0	54	3	2.70	0
Morné Morkel	19.0	68	1	3.58	0
Imran Tahir	32.0	106	3	3.31	0
Jacques Kallis	14.5	35	3	2.36	1
Graeme Smith	2.0	7	0	3.50	0

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (TM Dilshan) · 2-79 (HDRL Thirimanne) · 3-83 (KC Sangakkara) · 4-98 (DPMD Jayawardene) · 5-240 (AD Mathews) · 6-248 (LD Chandimal) · 7-304 (NLTC Perera) · 8-306 (HMRKB Herath) · 9-327 (KTGD Prasad) · 10-342 (UWMBCA Welegedara)

South Africa2/0

South Africa batting, innings 4
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Alviro Petersen	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Graeme Smith	not out	0	0	0	0	—
Total · 0 legal balls		2	0.0 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 1 runs.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Dhammika Prasad	0.0	2	0	—	0	1

Source: Cricsheet · ODC-By 1.0 · Coverage & methodology. Results through 25 Oct 2026.