Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

JP Duminy
JP Duminy
155(221) 19x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 33 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
17 26 6 5 32 7 13 49
HM Amla
HM Amla
134(265) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 35 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
2 8 14 18 45 24 10 13

Best performances - Bowlers

WD Parnell
WD Parnell
O10.3
M1
R51
W4
Eco4.85
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
N Pradeep
N Pradeep
O27
M8
R78
W4
Eco2.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • SA - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • SL - 2nd

South Africa - 1st - Innings

45
SC Cook10 (41)
D Elgar27 (52)
0
HM Amla0 (3)
D Elgar0 (2)
292
HM Amla124 (214)
JP Duminy155 (221)
9
HM Amla6 (31)
D Olivier3 (24)
18
HM Amla2 (9)
F du Plessis16 (25)
0
HM Amla0 (0)
T Bavuma0 (2)
3
HM Amla2 (8)
Q de Kock0 (13)
11
VD Philander0 (7)
Q de Kock10 (5)
47
WD Parnell23 (47)
Q de Kock23 (30)
1
Q de Kock1 (3)
K Rabada0 (9)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

0
JK Silva0 (0)
FDM Karunaratne0 (4)
47
JK Silva13 (42)
BKG Mendis33 (43)
15
DM de Silva7 (18)
BKG Mendis8 (15)
8
AD Mathews5 (2)
DM de Silva3 (6)
20
AD Mathews14 (27)
LD Chandimal5 (30)
10
WU Tharanga10 (21)
AD Mathews0 (14)
8
HMRKB Herath8 (11)
WU Tharanga0 (9)
18
WU Tharanga14 (13)
RAS Lakmal4 (9)
0
WU Tharanga0 (2)
CBRLS Kumara0 (0)
5
N Pradeep4 (7)
CBRLS Kumara1 (1)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

2
JK Silva0 (1)
FDM Karunaratne2 (6)
37
FDM Karunaratne13 (20)
BKG Mendis24 (50)
20
FDM Karunaratne6 (17)
DM de Silva12 (23)
28
AD Mathews10 (11)
FDM Karunaratne18 (17)
21
FDM Karunaratne11 (15)
LD Chandimal10 (15)
0
WU Tharanga0 (0)
FDM Karunaratne0 (3)
26
HMRKB Herath10 (17)
WU Tharanga14 (16)
43
WU Tharanga12 (13)
RAS Lakmal31 (23)
0
RAS Lakmal0 (0)
CBRLS Kumara0 (2)
0
RAS Lakmal0 (3)
N Pradeep0 (4)

SL's batting debacle

18.80

Batting average for SL in the series, their 2nd-lowest in any series of three or more Tests; they averaged 18.05 in SA in 2000-01

Huge wins for SA

6

Innings victories for SA against SL, out of their 14 wins against this opposition. This is their third-largest margin of win against SL

SL's follow-on

22

Instances of Sri Lanka following on - they have lost 18 and drawn 3 in their previous 21 such Tests

Handy pacers

33

Wickets by SL fast bowlers in this series - the 2nd-most for them in any Test series away from home. They took 41 wkts in NZ in 1990-91, the highest.

Bowlers' session

60/5

South Africa's score in the 1st session on day 2. They were 338 for 3 at close of play on day 1. Pradeep took 4 wickets and Mathews 1.

Bavuma's flop show

4.20

Temba Bavuma's average in this series - the worst by a SA player batting 5 or more inns in top-7 positions in a series. His scores: 3, 8, 10, 0, 0.

Hundred in hundredth

8

No. of batsmen to score centuries in their 100th Test, including Amla. Others: Cowdrey, Miandad, Greenidge, Stewart, Inzamam, Ponting (2 100s) and G Smith.

Amla-Duminy stand tall

205

Previous highest partnership for SA for any wicket against SL, by Kallis and Peterson in Cape Town in Jan 2012. Amla and Duminy's stand has gone past that mark.

Duminy goes big

60

Runs scored by Duminy in his first 5 inns at Wanderers, with scores of 17, 29, 7, 2, 5. He has scored a century here in this inns, the 6th of his career and 2nd v SL.

End of a drought

10

No. of consecutive innings without a fifty for Amla, before this. His last was v NZ in Centurion in August. He had an average of 19.6 in the 10 inns since then.

Productive series

2

No. of series in which Duminy has made 2 50+ scores, including this. The first such series was his debut series, in Australia in 2008-09.

Landmark match

100

No. of Tests for Hashim Amla. He becomes the eighth player to appear in 100 or more Tests for South Africa.