wtc188 f62624 t2566	South Africa v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 Sri Lanka in South Africa 2024/25 (2nd Test)
Venue	St George's Park, Gqeberha on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th December 2024 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 109 runs
Points	South Africa 12; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	PR Reiffel (Australia), JS Wilson (West Indies)
TV umpire	Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	A Jacobs
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 269/7 (Verreynne 48*; 86.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 242/3 (AD Mathews 40*, PHKD Mendis 30*; 67 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 191/3 (Stubbs 36*, Bavuma 48*; 55 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 204/5 (de Silva 39*, BKG Mendis 38*; 52 overs)
Player of the Match	D Paterson
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AK Markram	b Kumara	20	35	55	4	-	27
T de Zorzi	lbw b AM Fernando	0	1	6	-	-	1
RD Rickelton	c PN Silva b Kumara	101	250	361	11	-	190
T Stubbs	c BKG Mendis b Kumara	4	18	16	-	-	16
*T Bavuma	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	78	109	152	8	1	66
DG Bedingham	b Jayasuriya	6	19	26	-	-	13
+K Verreynne	not out	105	133	202	12	3	84
M Jansen	b MVT Fernando	4	5	6	1	-	4
KA Maharaj	c Karunaratne b MVT Fernando	0	4	8	-	-	4
K Rabada	b AM Fernando	23	40	60	5	-	32
D Paterson	c PHKD Mendis b Kumara	9	10	14	2	-	7
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	8
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (de Zorzi, 1.1 ov), 2-32 (Markram, 11.2 ov), 3-44 (Stubbs, 15.4 ov), 4-177 (Bavuma, 52.6 ov), 5-186 (Bedingham, 59.2 ov), 6-263 (Rickelton, 85.3 ov), 7-269 (Jansen, 86.3 ov), 8-269 (Maharaj, 88.1 ov), 9-325 (Rabada, 100.5 ov), 10-358 (Paterson, 103.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
MVT Fernando	22	6	65	2	-	-	103	11	-
AM Fernando	24	2	102	3	3	-	99	13	2
Kumara	17.4	3	79	4	1	2	76	12	-
Jayasuriya	31	4	84	1	-	-	132	6	2
de Silva	9	1	26	0	-	-	33	1	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PN Silva	b Maharaj	89	157	236	11	1	110
FDM Karunaratne	c Verreynne b Rabada	20	43	65	4	-	36
LD Chandimal	c Verreynne b Paterson	44	97	114	5	-	74
AD Mathews	c Verreynne b Jansen	44	90	130	6	-	66
PHKD Mendis	c Markram b Jansen	48	92	93	4	-	64
*DM de Silva	c Markram b Paterson	14	27	52	1	-	16
+BKG Mendis	b Paterson	16	28	38	3	-	21
NGRP Jayasuriya	st Verreynne b Maharaj	24	32	53	4	-	21
CBRLS Kumara	c Jansen b Paterson	0	2	1	-	-	2
MVT Fernando	c Verreynne b Paterson	2	30	43	-	-	29
AM Fernando	not out	0	2	3	-	-	2
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-41 (Karunaratne, 15.4 ov), 2-150 (Chandimal, 44.2 ov), 3-199 (PN Silva, 55.2 ov), 4-261 (Mathews, 76.2 ov), 5-268 (PHKD Mendis, 80.3 ov), 6-297 (de Silva, 88.1 ov), 7-298 (BKG Mendis, 88.3 ov), 8-298 (Kumara, 88.5 ov), 9-327 (MVT Fernando, 98.4 ov), 10-328 (Jayasuriya, 99.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rabada	24	7	56	1	-	-	115	8	-
Jansen	25	4	100	2	-	-	102	15	-
Paterson	22	4	71	5	-	5	101	10	-
Maharaj	24.2	5	65	2	1	-	106	4	1
Markram	4	0	15	0	-	-	14	1	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
T de Zorzi	b Jayasuriya	19	38	57	2	-	26
AK Markram	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	55	75	101	5	-	44
RD Rickelton	lbw b Jayasuriya	24	45	63	3	-	32
T Stubbs	run out (Karunaratne->Kumara)	47	112	147	2	-	78
*T Bavuma	b Jayasuriya	66	116	172	3	2	73
DG Bedingham	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	35	55	69	3	-	34
+K Verreynne	c BKG Mendis b MVT Fernando	9	27	33	1	-	21
M Jansen	c AM Fernando b Jayasuriya	8	11	13	1	-	6
KA Maharaj	not out	14	22	38	1	1	16
K Rabada	c BKG Mendis b Kumara	8	8	15	2	-	6
D Paterson	b AM Fernando	14	8	17	2	1	5
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 9 w)	18
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (de Zorzi, 13.4 ov), 2-96 (Markram, 24.3 ov), 3-109 (Rickelton, 29.1 ov), 4-213 (Stubbs, 60.5 ov), 5-254 (Bavuma, 71.4 ov), 6-268 (Bedingham, 77.2 ov), 7-273 (Verreynne, 78.6 ov), 8-279 (Jansen, 79.6 ov), 9-290 (Rabada, 82.4 ov), 10-317 (Paterson, 85.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
MVT Fernando	19	4	47	2	7	-	88	4	-
AM Fernando	14	2	52	1	2	-	59	6	-
Kumara	16	0	71	1	-	-	56	8	-
Jayasuriya	34	2	129	5	-	1	128	7	4
de Silva	3	0	10	0	-	-	9	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PN Silva	c Verreynne b Paterson	18	44	54	4	-	38
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b Rabada	1	3	13	-	-	2
LD Chandimal	lbw b Paterson	29	57	75	5	-	45
AD Mathews	b Maharaj	32	59	81	4	1	45
PHKD Mendis	c Verreynne b Maharaj	35	35	56	4	1	18
*DM de Silva	c Verreynne b Rabada	50	92	121	7	-	64
+BKG Mendis	c Markram b Maharaj	46	76	100	3	2	51
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Bavuma b Maharaj	9	19	22	1	-	15
MVT Fernando	c Jansen b Maharaj	5	24	25	-	-	21
CBRLS Kumara	c Rickelton b Jansen	1	11	16	-	-	10
AM Fernando	not out	0	1	2	-	-	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Karunaratne, 2.2 ov), 2-47 (PN Silva, 12.3 ov), 3-64 (Chandimal, 20.6 ov), 4-117 (Mathews, 31.5 ov), 5-122 (PHKD Mendis, 33.1 ov), 6-219 (BKG Mendis, 58.6 ov), 7-225 (de Silva, 61.3 ov), 8-233 (Jayasuriya, 64.6 ov), 9-238 (MVT Fernando, 68.5 ov), 10-238 (Kumara, 69.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rabada	21	3	63	2	-	3	97	8	-
Jansen	10.1	1	54	1	-	2	40	8	1
Maharaj	25	3	76	5	-	-	111	6	3
Paterson	12	3	33	2	-	1	58	5	-
Markram	1	0	6	0	-	-	3	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 82/3 (Rickelton 29*, Bavuma 27*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 179/4 (Rickelton 72*, Bedingham 1*; 54 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 19/0 (PN Silva 2*, Karunaratne 5*; 6 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 103/1 (PN Silva 41*, Chandimal 29*; 33 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 318/8 (Jayasuriya 18*, MVT Fernando 1*; 94 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (2) 76/1 (Markram 39*, Rickelton 12*; 19 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 282/8 (Maharaj 2*, Rabada 0*; 82 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 60/2 (Chandimal 29*, Mathews 6*; 19 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 31.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 43.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 66.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 79.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 97.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 102.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 30.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 44.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 55.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 70.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 90.3 overs
--> PN Silva made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PN Silva made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FDM Karunaratne made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LD Chandimal made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AD Mathews made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PHKD Mendis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PHKD Mendis made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DM de Silva made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BKG Mendis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BKG Mendis made his last appearance in Test matches
--> NGRP Jayasuriya made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CBRLS Kumara made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CBRLS Kumara made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MVT Fernando made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AM Fernando made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AM Fernando made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RD Rickelton (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Test matches
--> RD Rickelton (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> RD Rickelton (1) 50 in 121 balls with 7 fours
--> RD Rickelton (1) 100 in 231 balls with 11 fours
--> RD Rickelton (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> T Bavuma (1) 50 in 57 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> K Verreynne (1) 50 in 95 balls with 6 fours
--> K Verreynne (1) 100 in 132 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes
--> PN Silva (1) 50 in 107 balls with 8 fours
--> PN Silva (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> AD Mathews (1) passed 8000 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> KA Maharaj (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> LD Chandimal (2) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 10
--> DM de Silva (2) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 39
--> CBRLS Kumara reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AK Markram, his 1st wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> AM Fernando reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed K Rabada, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> D Paterson reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BKG Mendis, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> D Paterson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CBRLS Kumara in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> D Paterson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> RD Rickelton (20) and T Bavuma (32) added 50 in 82 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
--> RD Rickelton (37) and T Bavuma (61) added 100 in 156 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
--> RD Rickelton (20) and K Verreynne (28) added 50 in 114 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the first innings
--> K Verreynne (32) and K Rabada (19) added 50 in 67 balls for the South Africa 9th wicket in the first innings
--> PN Silva (27) and LD Chandimal (24) added 50 in 73 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> PN Silva (61) and LD Chandimal (42) added 100 in 154 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> AD Mathews (12) and PHKD Mendis (37) added 50 in 92 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings

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South Africa 1st innings
Over 1.1: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - T de Zorzi (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 78.4: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - RD Rickelton (decision overturned)
Sri Lanka 1st innings
Over 91.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - NGRP Jayasuriya (decision upheld)
Over 96.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - NGRP Jayasuriya (decision upheld - umpires call)
South Africa 2nd innings
Over 36.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - T Stubbs (decision upheld)
Over 82.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - K Rabada (decision overturned)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Over 1.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - PN Silva (decision overturned)
Over 2.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 14.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - AD Mathews (decision upheld)
Over 20.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - LD Chandimal (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 22.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - PHKD Mendis (decision overturned)