South Africa v Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2024
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2nd Test: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth, December 05, 2024

South Africa
SA
358/10 (103.4) & 317/10 (86)

Sri Lanka
SL
328/10 (99.2) & 238/10 (69.1)
Finished
SA won by 109 runs.
South Africa 1st InningSA 1st Inning358/10 (103.4 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden Markram | b L Kumara | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 57.14 |
b L Kumara | ||||||
| Tony de Zorzi | lbw b A Fernando | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b A Fernando | ||||||
| Ryan Rickelton | c P Nissanka b L Kumara | 101 | 250 | 11 | 0 | 40.40 |
c P Nissanka b L Kumara | ||||||
| Tristan Stubbs | c K Mendis b L Kumara | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
c K Mendis b L Kumara | ||||||
| Temba Bavuma(C) | c K Mendis b A Fernando | 78 | 109 | 8 | 1 | 71.56 |
c K Mendis b A Fernando | ||||||
| David Bedingham | b P Jayasuriya | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.58 |
b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Kyle Verreynne(WK) | Not out | 105 | 133 | 12 | 3 | 78.95 |
Not out | ||||||
| Marco Jansen | b V Fernando | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
b V Fernando | ||||||
| Keshav Maharaj | c D Karunaratne b V Fernando | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c D Karunaratne b V Fernando | ||||||
| Kagiso Rabada | b A Fernando | 23 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 57.50 |
b A Fernando | ||||||
| Dane Paterson | c K Mendis b L Kumara | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 |
c K Mendis b L Kumara | ||||||
| Extra | 8 (b 1, w 4, nb 2, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 358/10 (103.4) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 22 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 2.95 |
| Asitha Fernando | 24 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 4.25 |
| Lahiru Kumara | 17.4 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 4.47 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 31 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 2.71 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.89 |
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (T de Zorzi - 1.1 ov), 2-32 (A Markram - 11.2 ov), 3-44 (T Stubbs - 15.4 ov), 4-177 (T Bavuma - 52.6 ov), 5-186 (DG Bedingham - 59.2 ov), 6-263 (RD Rickelton - 85.3 ov), 7-269 (M Jansen - 86.3 ov), 8-269 (K Maharaj - 88.1 ov), 9-325 (K Rabada - 100.5 ov), 10-358 (Dane Paterson - 103.4 ov)
Sri Lanka 1st InningSL 1st Inning328/10 (99.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | b K Maharaj | 89 | 157 | 11 | 1 | 56.69 |
b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Dimuth Karunaratne | c K Verreynne b K Rabada | 20 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 46.51 |
c K Verreynne b K Rabada | ||||||
| Dinesh Chandimal | c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | 44 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 45.36 |
c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Angelo Mathews | c K Verreynne b M Jansen | 44 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 48.89 |
c K Verreynne b M Jansen | ||||||
| Kamindu Mendis | c A Markram b M Jansen | 48 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 52.17 |
c A Markram b M Jansen | ||||||
| Dhananjaya de Silva(C) | c A Markram b Dane Paterson | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 51.85 |
c A Markram b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Kusal Mendis(WK) | b Dane Paterson | 16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 57.14 |
b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Prabath Jayasuriya | st K Verreynne b K Maharaj | 24 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 75.00 |
st K Verreynne b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Lahiru Kumara | c M Jansen b Dane Paterson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c M Jansen b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Vishwa Fernando | c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6.45 |
c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Asitha Fernando | Not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 27 (b 13, w 1, nb 5, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 328/10 (99.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 24 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Marco Jansen | 25 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Dane Paterson | 22 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 3.23 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 24.2 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 2.67 |
| Aiden Markram | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (D Karunaratne - 15.4 ov), 2-150 (D Chandimal - 44.2 ov), 3-199 (P Nissanka - 55.2 ov), 4-261 (A Mathews - 76.2 ov), 5-268 (K Mendis - 80.3 ov), 6-297 (D Silva - 88.1 ov), 7-298 (K Mendis - 88.3 ov), 8-298 (L Kumara - 88.5 ov), 9-327 (V Fernando - 98.4 ov), 10-328 (P Jayasuriya - 99.2 ov)
South Africa 2nd InningSA 2nd Inning317/10 (86 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony de Zorzi | b P Jayasuriya | 19 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Aiden Markram | c K Mendis b V Fernando | 55 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 73.33 |
c K Mendis b V Fernando | ||||||
| Ryan Rickelton | lbw b P Jayasuriya | 24 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 53.33 |
lbw b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Tristan Stubbs | runout (L Kumara / D Karunaratne) | 47 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 41.96 |
runout (L Kumara / D Karunaratne) | ||||||
| Temba Bavuma(C) | b P Jayasuriya | 66 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 56.90 |
b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| David Bedingham | c D Silva b P Jayasuriya | 35 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 63.64 |
c D Silva b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Kyle Verreynne(WK) | c K Mendis b V Fernando | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
c K Mendis b V Fernando | ||||||
| Marco Jansen | c A Fernando b P Jayasuriya | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.73 |
c A Fernando b P Jayasuriya | ||||||
| Keshav Maharaj | Not out | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 63.64 |
Not out | ||||||
| Kagiso Rabada | c K Mendis b L Kumara | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
c K Mendis b L Kumara | ||||||
| Dane Paterson | b A Fernando | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 175.00 |
b A Fernando | ||||||
| Extra | 18 (b 1, w 9, nb 1, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 317/10 (86) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 19 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 2.47 |
| Asitha Fernando | 14 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3.71 |
| Lahiru Kumara | 16 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 4.44 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 34 | 2 | 129 | 5 | 3.79 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 |
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (T de Zorzi - 13.4 ov), 2-96 (A Markram - 24.3 ov), 3-109 (RD Rickelton - 29.1 ov), 4-213 (T Stubbs - 60.5 ov), 5-254 (T Bavuma - 71.4 ov), 6-268 (DG Bedingham - 77.2 ov), 7-273 (K Verreynne - 78.6 ov), 8-279 (M Jansen - 79.6 ov), 9-290 (K Rabada - 82.4 ov), 10-317 (Dane Paterson - 85.6 ov)
Sri Lanka 2nd InningSL 2nd Inning238/10 (69.1 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | 18 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 40.91 |
c K Verreynne b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Dimuth Karunaratne | lbw b K Rabada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
lbw b K Rabada | ||||||
| Dinesh Chandimal | lbw b Dane Paterson | 29 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 50.88 |
lbw b Dane Paterson | ||||||
| Angelo Mathews | b K Maharaj | 32 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 54.24 |
b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Kamindu Mendis | c K Verreynne b K Maharaj | 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 |
c K Verreynne b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Dhananjaya de Silva(C) | c K Verreynne b K Rabada | 50 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 54.35 |
c K Verreynne b K Rabada | ||||||
| Kusal Mendis(WK) | c A Markram b K Maharaj | 46 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 60.53 |
c A Markram b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Prabath Jayasuriya | c T Bavuma b K Maharaj | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.37 |
c T Bavuma b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Vishwa Fernando | c M Jansen b K Maharaj | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20.83 |
c M Jansen b K Maharaj | ||||||
| Lahiru Kumara | c RD Rickelton b M Jansen | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
c RD Rickelton b M Jansen | ||||||
| Asitha Fernando | Not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 12 (b 5, w 0, nb 6, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 238/10 (69.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 21 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Marco Jansen | 10.1 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 5.31 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 25 | 3 | 76 | 5 | 3.04 |
| Dane Paterson | 12 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 2.75 |
| Aiden Markram | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (D Karunaratne - 2.2 ov), 2-47 (P Nissanka - 12.3 ov), 3-64 (D Chandimal - 20.6 ov), 4-117 (A Mathews - 31.5 ov), 5-122 (K Mendis - 33.1 ov), 6-219 (K Mendis - 58.6 ov), 7-225 (D Silva - 61.3 ov), 8-233 (P Jayasuriya - 64.6 ov), 9-238 (V Fernando - 68.5 ov), 10-238 (L Kumara - 69.1 ov)
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Man of the Series
Date
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St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss
South Africa elected to bat
Umpires
- Joel Wilson
- Paul Reiffel
Tv Umpires
- Sharfuddoula
Match Referee
- Javagal Srinath
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