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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th January 2012
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RA Kettleborough, RJ Tucker
Third Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: South Africa won by 10 wickets
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | b Dammika Prasad | 16 | 15 | 19 | 3 | - |
| 2. Alviro Petersen | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chanaka Welegedara | 109 | 188 | 274 | 13 | 1 |
| 3. Hashim Amla | lbw b Dammika Prasad | 16 | 32 | 43 | 3 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Angelo Mathews b Rangana Herath | 224 | 325 | 433 | 31 | 1 |
| 5. AB de Villiers | not out | 160 | 205 | 301 | 19 | 2 |
| 6. Jacques Rudolph | not out | 51 | 71 | 79 | 6 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 8. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 9. Morne Morkel | ||||||
| 10. Imran Tahir | ||||||
| 11. Vernon Philander |
| FOW | 1-25 (Graeme Smith), 2-56 (Hashim Amla), 3-261 (Alviro Petersen), 4-453 (Jacques Kallis). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 139 ovs, 576 mins) 580 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chanaka Welegedara | 29 | 7 | 107 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Thisara Perera | 22 | 1 | 131 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dammika Prasad | 30 | 2 | 154 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Angelo Mathews | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 42 | 4 | 108 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lahiru Thirimanne | b Morne Morkel | 23 | 52 | 61 | 4 | - |
| *2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Graeme Smith b Imran Tahir | 78 | 79 | 126 | 12 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Hashim Amla b Dale Steyn | 35 | 75 | 108 | 6 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 30 | 81 | 129 | 3 | - |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | c Jacques Kallis b Vernon Philander | 11 | 61 | 67 | - | - |
| 6. Angelo Mathews | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 1 | 18 | 27 | - | - |
| +7. Dinesh Chandimal | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 35 | 45 | 59 | 4 | - |
| 8. Thisara Perera | b Imran Tahir | 5 | 10 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 9. Rangana Herath | lbw b Vernon Philander | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Dammika Prasad | c Alviro Petersen b Vernon Philander | 9 | 16 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 11. Chanaka Welegedara | not out | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-70 (Lahiru Thirimanne), 2-126 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 3-149 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-184 (Thilan Samaraweera), 5-189 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-194 (Angelo Mathews), 7-219 (Thisara Perera), 8-220 (Rangana Herath), 9-236 (Dammika Prasad), 10-239 (Dinesh Chandimal). |
| Extras | 6b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 73.5 ovs, 317 mins) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 5 | 56 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 19 | 7 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 13.5 | 2 | 74 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 21 | 1 | 54 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lahiru Thirimanne | c Hashim Amla b Jacques Kallis | 30 | 100 | 122 | 2 | - |
| *2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Jacques Kallis b Imran Tahir | 34 | 89 | 124 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Jacques Kallis b Morne Morkel | 12 | 21 | 37 | - | 1 |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 115 | 215 | 325 | 14 | - |
| 6. Angelo Mathews | lbw b Vernon Philander | 63 | 124 | 198 | 7 | - |
| +7. Dinesh Chandimal | c Jacques Kallis b Vernon Philander | 1 | 13 | 17 | - | - |
| 8. Thisara Perera | c Morne Morkel b Imran Tahir | 30 | 45 | 52 | 4 | - |
| 9. Rangana Herath | c & b Jacques Kallis | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Dammika Prasad | st Mark Boucher b Imran Tahir | 16 | 22 | 21 | 3 | - |
| 11. Chanaka Welegedara | b Jacques Kallis | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-12 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 2-79 (Lahiru Thirimanne), 3-83 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-98 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-240 (Angelo Mathews), 6-248 (Dinesh Chandimal), 7-304 (Thisara Perera), 8-306 (Rangana Herath), 9-327 (Dammika Prasad), 10-342 (Chanaka Welegedara). |
| Extras | 1b, 15lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 107.5 ovs, 466 mins) 342 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 3 | 56 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 20 | 4 | 54 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 19 | 4 | 68 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 32 | 7 | 106 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 14.5 | 2 | 35 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Alviro Petersen | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | ||||||
| 4. Jacques Kallis | ||||||
| 5. AB de Villiers | ||||||
| 6. Jacques Rudolph | ||||||
| +7. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 8. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 9. Morne Morkel | ||||||
| 10. Imran Tahir | ||||||
| 11. Vernon Philander |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 1b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 0 ovs, 1 mins) 2 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dammika Prasad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Alviro Petersen, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Vernon Philander