f53689 t2023	South Africa v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12 (1st Test)
Venue	SuperSport Park, Centurion on 15th, 16th, 17th December 2011 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs
Umpires	SJ Davis (Australia), RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire	RA Kettleborough (England)
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	S George
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 90/1 (Rudolph 27*, Steyn 0*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 389/9 (Boucher 49*, Imran Tahir 24*; 118 overs)
Player of the Match	VD Philander
Picture galleries	1st Test, Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12, 17 Dec 2011 - day 3 pictures
	1st Test, Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12, 16 Dec 2011 - day 2 pictures
	1st Test, Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12, 15 Dec 2011 - day 1 pictures
Pictures	Mark Boucher extended South Africa's lead
	Angelo Mathews had Ashwell Prince caught behind
	So close: AB de Villiers looks round after being caught at point
	AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince added 97 for the sixth wicket
	List of all pictures

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NT Paranavitana	b Philander	32	67	104	4	-
*TM Dilshan	c Philander b Steyn	6	7	19	1	-
KC Sangakkara	c Kallis b Philander	1	3	3	-	-
DPMD Jayawardene	c Smith b Steyn	30	73	114	2	-
TT Samaraweera	c Boucher b Philander	36	67	95	5	-
AD Mathews	c Kallis b Philander	38	52	89	6	-
+JK Silva	c Boucher b Philander	0	1	4	-	-
NLTC Perera	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	1	2	4	-	-
HMRKB Herath	not out	14	16	25	2	-
UWMBCA Welagedara	b Steyn	4	3	5	1	-
CRD Fernando	b Steyn	0	1	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 236 minutes, 47.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Dilshan, 4.4 ov), 2-12 (Sangakkara, 5.1 ov), 3-66 (Paranavitana, 22.2 ov), 4-91 (Jayawardene, 29.4 ov), 5-156 (Samaraweera, 42.3 ov), 6-156 (Silva, 42.4 ov), 7-157 (Perera, 43.1 ov), 8-175 (Mathews, 46.5 ov), 9-180 (Welagedara, 47.3 ov), 10-180 (Fernando, 47.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	-	-
Philander	13	2	53	5	2	3
Morkel	10	1	48	0	2	3
Kallis	8	2	31	0	-	-
Imran Tahir	6	0	22	1	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Rudolph	c Paranavitana b Perera	44	140	227	4	-
*GC Smith	lbw b Fernando	61	105	145	7	-
DW Steyn	run out (Herath)	0	5	13	-	-
HM Amla	c Mathews b Perera	18	33	49	3	-
JH Kallis	c Mathews b Welagedara	31	56	78	5	-
AB de Villiers	c sub (FDM Karunaratne) b Perera	99	135	228	12	-
AG Prince	c Silva b Mathews	39	98	127	4	-
+MV Boucher	c Silva b Welagedara	65	101	145	10	-
VD Philander	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	4	30	37	-	-
M Morkel	c Samaraweera b Welagedara	4	4	7	1	-
Imran Tahir	not out	29	33	57	5	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 561 minutes, 122 overs)	411
Fall of wickets:
1-88 (Smith, 32.5 ov), 2-90 (Steyn, 35.2 ov), 3-125 (Amla, 45.6 ov), 4-136 (Rudolph, 49.1 ov), 5-173 (Kallis, 60.6 ov), 6-270 (Prince, 89.6 ov), 7-303 (de Villiers, 97.2 ov), 8-344 (Philander, 106.6 ov), 9-350 (Morkel, 108.4 ov), 10-411 (Boucher, 122 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Welagedara	31	4	96	3	1	1
Perera	24	1	114	3	1	-
Mathews	9	4	13	1	-	-
Fernando	28	2	128	1	1	7
Dilshan	7	1	17	1	-	-
Herath	23	4	41	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NT Paranavitana	c Boucher b Steyn	4	21	32	1	-
*TM Dilshan	c Boucher b Philander	6	9	25	1	-
KC Sangakkara	c Boucher b Philander	2	8	17	-	-
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (Kallis)	15	31	46	3	-
TT Samaraweera	c Boucher b Morkel	32	54	71	6	-
AD Mathews	c Boucher b Philander	5	17	31	1	-
+JK Silva	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	17	45	73	1	-
NLTC Perera	c Smith b Steyn	21	27	46	1	1
HMRKB Herath	c Boucher b Philander	23	18	37	2	2
UWMBCA Welagedara	c and b Philander	10	8	7	1	1
CRD Fernando	not out	4	7	7	1	-
Extras	(1 lb, 10 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 201 minutes, 39.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-11 (Paranavitana, 4.6 ov), 3-19 (Sangakkara, 7.1 ov), 4-37 (Jayawardene, 14.6 ov), 5-66 (Mathews, 21.5 ov), 6-70 (Samaraweera, 22.3 ov), 7-104 (Perera, 31.2 ov), 8-133 (Silva, 36.4 ov), 9-145 (Welagedara, 37.6 ov), 10-150 (Herath, 39.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steyn	10	2	36	2	-	-
Philander	11.1	1	49	5	-	5
Kallis	5	3	13	0	-	1
Morkel	9	0	36	1	-	4
Imran Tahir	4	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 76/3 (Jayawardene 23*, Samaraweera 6*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 180 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 168/4 (JH Kallis 28*, AB de Villiers 10*; 57 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 257/5 (AB de Villiers 56*, AG Prince 38*; 85 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 38/4 (Samaraweera 7*, Mathews 0*; 17 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 20.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 40.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 20.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 38.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 51.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 67.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 82.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 97.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 108.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 119.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 20.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 30.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 38.4 overs
--> NT Paranavitana (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> AD Mathews (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 24
--> GC Smith (1) 50 in 80 balls with 7 fours
--> AB de Villiers (1) 50 in 91 balls with 6 fours
--> MV Boucher (1) 50 in 86 balls with 7 fours
--> MV Boucher (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> JK Silva made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> UWMBCA Welagedara made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> NT Paranavitana made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AD Mathews made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> NLTC Perera made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> NLTC Perera made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> TT Samaraweera made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> HMRKB Herath made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> DW Steyn reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed TM Dilshan, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> NLTC Perera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AB de Villiers in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 2-101)
--> NT Paranavitana (24) and DPMD Jayawardene (21) added 50 in 98 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> TT Samaraweera (16) and AD Mathews (28) added 50 in 58 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JA Rudolph (11) and GC Smith (39) added 50 in 121 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the first innings
--> AB de Villiers (25) and AG Prince (26) added 50 in 106 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MV Boucher (27) and Imran Tahir (25) added 50 in 68 balls for the South Africa 10th wicket in the first innings

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Over 42.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - TT Samaraweera
Over 42.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - JK Silva
Over 43.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - NLTC Perera
Over 11.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - JA Rudolph
New Ball Taken: South Africa 232/5 after 80.3 overs (AB de Villiers 44, AG Prince 26)
Over 91.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - AB de Villiers (
Over 0.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - NT Paranavitana
Over 1.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - NT Paranavitana
Over 36.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - UWMBCA Welegedara