Men's Test · South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series · Match 2

Sri Lanka v South Africa

24 Jul 2014 to 28 Jul 2014 · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

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

Result

Match drawn

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	421	121.4
South Africa (2)	282	134.5
Sri Lanka (3)	229/8d	53.4
South Africa (4)	159/8	111.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

South Africa159/8 (111 ov)

South Africa batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersencaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	0	25	0	0	0.0
D Elgarb MDK Perera	b MDK Perera	13	65	1	0	20.0
Q de Kockcaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	37	92	1	0	40.2
HM Amlacaught b MDK Perera	caught b MDK Perera	25	159	4	0	15.7
AB de Villiersb HMRKB Herath	b HMRKB Herath	12	67	1	0	17.9
F du Plessiscaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	10	49	2	0	20.4
JP Duminylbw b MDK Perera	lbw b MDK Perera	3	65	0	0	4.6
VD Philander*not out	not out	27	98	5	0	27.6
DW Steyncaught b HMRKB Herath	caught b HMRKB Herath	6	28	1	0	21.4
Imran Tahir*not out	not out	4	21	1	0	19.0
Extras	22 (b 5, lb 14, nb 3)
Total	159/8 (111 ov)

Did not bat: M Morkel

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (AN Petersen, 8.1 ov), 2-47 (D Elgar, 21.3 ov), 3-68 (Q de Kock, 38.4 ov), 4-93 (AB de Villiers, 63.1 ov), 5-105 (HM Amla, 74.1 ov), 6-110 (F du Plessis, 78.4 ov), 7-130 (JP Duminy, 93.4 ov), 8-148 (DW Steyn, 102.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
HMRKB Herath	45	30	40	5	0.89	0
MDK Perera	44	24	60	3	1.36	0
BAW Mendis	13	8	17	0	1.31	0
RAS Lakmal	4	1	11	0	2.75	3
KDK Vithanage	5	1	12	0	2.40	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.