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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 2011
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: SJ Davis, RA Kettleborough
Third Umpire: RJ Tucker
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 208 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Tharanga Paranavitana | c Mark Boucher b Marchant de Lange | 12 | 29 | 38 | 1 | - |
| *2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Morne Morkel b Imran Tahir | 47 | 69 | 101 | 6 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Mark Boucher b Marchant de Lange | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | b Morne Morkel | 31 | 58 | 81 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | c Ashwell Prince b Marchant de Lange | 102 | 269 | 356 | 11 | - |
| 6. Angelo Mathews | c & b Marchant de Lange | 30 | 51 | 66 | 5 | - |
| +7. Dinesh Chandimal | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 58 | 86 | 141 | 7 | - |
| 8. Thisara Perera | c Hashim Amla b Marchant de Lange | 12 | 28 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 9. Rangana Herath | c Mark Boucher b Marchant de Lange | 30 | 54 | 73 | 4 | - |
| 10. Chanaka Welegedara | c Hashim Amla b Marchant de Lange | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-35 (Tharanga Paranavitana), 2-47 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-84 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 4-117 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-162 (Angelo Mathews), 6-273 (Dinesh Chandimal), 7-289 (Thisara Perera), 8-335 (Rangana Herath), 9-337 (Chanaka Welegedara), 10-338 (Thilan Samaraweera). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 108.2 ovs) 338 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 23 | 5 | 63 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 21 | 3 | 61 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Marchant de Lange | 23.2 | 3 | 81 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 32 | 3 | 101 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Dinesh Chandimal b Chanaka Welegedara | 15 | 38 | 36 | 2 | - |
| 2. Jacques Rudolph | c Chanaka Welegedara b Thisara Perera | 7 | 13 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Dinesh Chandimal b Chanaka Welegedara | 54 | 83 | 129 | 10 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chanaka Welegedara | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 5. AB de Villiers | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chanaka Welegedara | 25 | 79 | 103 | 3 | - |
| 6. Ashwell Prince | c Mahela Jayawardene b Rangana Herath | 11 | 24 | 41 | 1 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Rangana Herath | 3 | 14 | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Dale Steyn | not out | 29 | 36 | 62 | 2 | 2 |
| 9. Morne Morkel | b Rangana Herath | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Imran Tahir | st Dinesh Chandimal b Rangana Herath | 11 | 19 | 25 | - | 1 |
| 11. Marchant de Lange | c Dinesh Chandimal b Chanaka Welegedara | 9 | 17 | 21 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (Jacques Rudolph), 2-27 (Graeme Smith), 3-27 (Jacques Kallis), 4-103 (AB de Villiers), 5-106 (Hashim Amla), 6-118 (Mark Boucher), 7-119 (Ashwell Prince), 8-119 (Morne Morkel), 9-145 (Imran Tahir), 10-168 (Marchant de Lange). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 54.4 ovs) 168 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chanaka Welegedara | 16.4 | 3 | 52 | 5 | (0w,3nb) |
| Thisara Perera | 9 | 3 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 20 | 7 | 49 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Angelo Mathews | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Tharanga Paranavitana | c Ashwell Prince b Morne Morkel | 9 | 22 | 36 | 2 | - |
| *2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Graeme Smith b Imran Tahir | 108 | 190 | 288 | 13 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Marchant de Lange | 14 | 27 | 41 | 2 | - |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | b Imran Tahir | 43 | 64 | 95 | 5 | - |
| 6. Angelo Mathews | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| +7. Dinesh Chandimal | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 54 | 92 | 92 | 7 | - |
| 8. Thisara Perera | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 12 | 17 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 9. Rangana Herath | not out | 8 | 31 | 48 | - | - |
| 10. Chanaka Welegedara | c Hashim Amla b Dale Steyn | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | c Ashwell Prince b Morne Morkel | 3 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 2-20 (Tharanga Paranavitana), 3-44 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-138 (Thilan Samaraweera), 5-141 (Angelo Mathews), 6-245 (Dinesh Chandimal), 7-245 (Kumar Sangakkara), 8-262 (Thisara Perera), 9-276 (Chanaka Welegedara), 10-279 (Dilhara Fernando). |
| Extras | 5b, 3lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 78.2 ovs, 344 mins) 279 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Morne Morkel | 18.2 | 4 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 3 | 73 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Marchant de Lange | 13 | 2 | 45 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 16 | 1 | 64 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Jacques Rudolph | c Mahela Jayawardene b Thisara Perera | 22 | 65 | 107 | 3 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | c Mahela Jayawardene b Dilhara Fernando | 26 | 37 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | run out (Chanaka Welegedara > Dinesh Chandimal > ) | 51 | 81 | 99 | 7 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Tharanga Paranavitana b Rangana Herath | 0 | 7 | 17 | - | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c Tharanga Paranavitana b Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 24 | 41 | - | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | lbw b Rangana Herath | 69 | 141 | 204 | 6 | 1 |
| +7. Mark Boucher | lbw b Rangana Herath | 7 | 34 | 43 | - | - |
| 8. Dale Steyn | lbw b Rangana Herath | 43 | 125 | 152 | 7 | - |
| 9. Morne Morkel | lbw b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 5 | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Imran Tahir | not out | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Marchant de Lange | b Rangana Herath | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-37 (Graeme Smith), 2-88 (Jacques Rudolph), 3-97 (Jacques Kallis), 4-106 (Hashim Amla), 5-116 (Ashwell Prince), 6-133 (Mark Boucher), 7-232 (AB de Villiers), 8-241 (Morne Morkel), 9-241 (Dale Steyn), 10-241 (Marchant de Lange). |
| Extras | 6b, 1lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 87.3 ovs) 241 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chanaka Welegedara | 16 | 5 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Thisara Perera | 13 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 13 | 3 | 29 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 11 | 2 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 30.3 | 7 | 79 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Jacques Rudolph, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Marchant de Lange