Men's Test · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · Match 1

Sri Lanka v South Africa

12 Jul 2018 to 14 Jul 2018 · Galle International Stadium

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Sri Lanka won by 278 runs

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: FDM Karunaratne

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	287	78.4
South Africa (2)	126	54.3
Sri Lanka (3)	190	57.4
South Africa (4)	73	28.5

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

South Africa73 all out (28.5 ov)

South Africa batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markramstumped b HMRKB Herath	stumped b HMRKB Herath	19	46	0	0	41.3
D Elgarstumped b MDK Perera	stumped b MDK Perera	4	12	0	0	33.3
HM Amlacaught b MDK Perera	caught b MDK Perera	0	2	0	0	0.0
T Bavumacaught b MDK Perera	caught b MDK Perera	2	17	0	0	11.8
F du Plessiscaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	1	3	0	0	33.3
Q de Kocklbw b MDK Perera	lbw b MDK Perera	10	9	2	0	111.1
VD Philander*not out	not out	22	38	0	2	57.9
KA Maharajcaught b MDK Perera	caught b MDK Perera	9	9	2	0	100.0
K Rabadab MDK Perera	b MDK Perera	0	10	0	0	0.0
DW Steync & b HMRKB Herath	c & b HMRKB Herath	2	6	0	0	33.3
T Shamsilbw b PADLR Sandakan	lbw b PADLR Sandakan	2	21	0	0	9.5
Extras	2 (b 2)
Total	73 all out (28.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (D Elgar, 5.6 ov), 2-16 (HM Amla, 7.3 ov), 3-24 (T Bavuma, 11.4 ov), 4-25 (F du Plessis, 12.1 ov), 5-32 (AK Markram, 14.2 ov), 6-36 (Q de Kock, 15.3 ov), 7-58 (KA Maharaj, 19.1 ov), 8-58 (K Rabada, 21.5 ov), 9-67 (DW Steyn, 24.2 ov), 10-73 (T Shamsi, 28.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
HMRKB Herath	14	4	38	3	2.71
MDK Perera	14	4	32	6	2.29
PADLR Sandakan	0.5	0	1	1	1.20

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.