Men's Test · Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series · Match 1

South Africa v Sri Lanka

15 Dec 2011 to 17 Dec 2011 · SuperSport Park, Centurion

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

Result

South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to field.
Player of the match: VD Philander

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	180	47.4
South Africa (2)	411	122.0
Sri Lanka (3)	150	39.1

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Sri Lanka150 all out (39.1 ov)

Sri Lanka batting, innings 3
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitanacaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	4	21	1	0	19.0
TM Dilshancaught b VD Philander	caught b VD Philander	6	9	1	0	66.7
KC Sangakkaracaught b VD Philander	caught b VD Philander	2	8	0	0	25.0
DPMD Jayawardenerun out	run out	15	31	3	0	48.4
TT Samaraweeracaught b M Morkel	caught b M Morkel	32	54	6	0	59.3
AD Mathewscaught b VD Philander	caught b VD Philander	5	17	1	0	29.4
JK Silvacaught b Imran Tahir	caught b Imran Tahir	17	45	1	0	37.8
NLTC Pereracaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	21	27	1	1	77.8
HMRKB Herathcaught b VD Philander	caught b VD Philander	23	18	2	2	127.8
UWMBCA Welegedarac & b VD Philander	c & b VD Philander	10	8	1	1	125.0
CRD Fernando*not out	not out	4	7	1	0	57.1
Extras	11 (lb 1, nb 10)
Total	150 all out (39.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (TM Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-11 (NT Paranavitana, 4.6 ov), 3-19 (KC Sangakkara, 7.1 ov), 4-37 (DPMD Jayawardene, 14.6 ov), 5-66 (AD Mathews, 21.5 ov), 6-70 (TT Samaraweera, 22.3 ov), 7-104 (NLTC Perera, 31.2 ov), 8-133 (JK Silva, 36.4 ov), 9-145 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 37.6 ov), 10-150 (HMRKB Herath, 39.1 ov)

South Africa bowling, innings 3
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
DW Steyn	10	2	36	2	3.60	0
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	4.39	5
JH Kallis	5	3	13	0	2.60	1
M Morkel	9	0	36	1	4.00	4
Imran Tahir	4	1	15	1	3.75	0

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.