Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dimuth Karunaratne (c)	c †Tsolekile b Harmer	83	148	217	11	1	56.08

Dilruwan Perera	c †Tsolekile b Parnell	13	30	39	2	0	43.33

Kusal Perera †	c Elgar b Matshikwe	29	33	55	5	0	87.87

Chamara Silva	c †Tsolekile b Harmer	3	9	14	0	0	33.33

Roshen Silva	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	16	37	46	2	0	43.24

Angelo Perera	c van Zyl b McLaren	38	56	91	6	0	67.85

Sachithra Serasinghe	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	53	96	122	4	0	55.20

Kosala Kulasekara	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	30	81	93	4	0	37.03

Dhammika Prasad	c †Tsolekile b Parnell	24	39	58	5	0	61.53

Kanishka Alvitigala	not out	29	48	64	3	1	60.41
Nilanka Premarathna	c †Tsolekile b McLaren	4	7	8	1	0	57.14

Extras	(lb 12, nb 2)	14
Total	97 Ov (RR: 3.46, 408 Mins)	336
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Dilruwan Perera, 9.2 ov), 2-70 (Kusal Perera, 20.4 ov), 3-83 (Chamara Silva, 23.2 ov), 4-119 (Roshen Silva, 33.6 ov), 5-173 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 48.4 ov), 6-205 (Angelo Perera, 57.1 ov), 7-276 (Sachithra Serasinghe, 80.6 ov), 8-276 (Kosala Kulasekara, 81.2 ov), 9-319 (Dhammika Prasad, 95.1 ov), 10-336 (Nilanka Premarathna, 96.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan McLaren	25	5	51	4	2.04	123	6	0	0	0
33.6 to ARS Silva, good length delivery is edged through to the keeper who takes a simple catch. 119/4 57.1 to AK Perera, BOUNCER is top edged down fine leg's throat who takes a simple catch. 205/6 80.6 to SC Serasinghe, great delivery gets the outside edge and is brilliantly taken by the keeper. 276/7 96.6 to WGHN Premaratne, good length delivery gets the outside edge as the batsman tries to driven that through the off side. 336/10
Pumelela Matshikwe	22	7	64	2	2.90	106	9	0	0	2
20.4 to MDKJ Perera, good length delivery is edged to the man at first slip. 70/2 81.2 to CKB Kulasekara, back off a length delivery is edged through to the keeper who takes a freak catch. 276/8
Wayne Parnell	19	1	109	2	5.73	76	16	2	0	0
9.2 to MDK Perera, good length delivery gets the outside edge through to the keeper. 22/1 95.1 to KTGD Prasad, great delivery cut back to the batsman and gets an inside edge through to the keeper. 319/9
Simon Harmer	19	4	61	2	3.21	88	10	0	0	0
23.2 to LPC Silva, full length delivery is top edged as the batsman tries to sweep that one. 83/3 48.4 to FDM Karunaratne, back off a length delivery batsman get a feint nick through to the keeper as he tries to cut that through the off side. 173/5
Faf du Plessis	3	0	17	0	5.66	8	2	0	0	0
Stiaan van Zyl	6	0	13	0	2.16	27	0	0	0	0
Dean Elgar	3	0	9	0	3.00	9	0	0	0	0

South Africa A 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	c LPC Silva b MDK Perera	47	83	135	9	0	56.62

Stiaan van Zyl	c AK Perera b Prasad	7	12	20	1	0	58.33

Dean Elgar	c LPC Silva b Prasad	1	4	9	0	0	25.00

Faf du Plessis (c)	lbw b Kulasekara	23	42	60	3	0	54.76

Farhaan Behardien	c †MDKJ Perera b Kulasekara	66	127	184	7	0	51.96

Temba Bavuma	c ARS Silva b Premaratne	11	34	50	1	0	32.35

Thami Tsolekile †	st †MDKJ Perera b Serasinghe	23	28	35	4	0	82.14

Ryan McLaren	c †MDKJ Perera b Serasinghe	7	15	19	0	0	46.66

Wayne Parnell	lbw b Kulasekara	70	120	163	9	0	58.33

Simon Harmer	c Serasinghe b Alvitigala	22	68	115	2	0	32.35

Pumelela Matshikwe	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)	13
Total	89.1 Ov (RR: 3.25, 399 Mins)	290
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Stiaan van Zyl, 4.4 ov), 2-27 (Dean Elgar, 6.1 ov), 3-74 (Faf du Plessis, 18.3 ov), 4-96 (Reeza Hendricks, 26.5 ov), 5-124 (Temba Bavuma, 39.6 ov), 6-165 (Thami Tsolekile, 48.2 ov), 7-179 (Ryan McLaren, 52.4 ov), 8-208 (Farhaan Behardien, 62.4 ov), 9-290 (Simon Harmer, 88.2 ov), 10-290 (Wayne Parnell, 89.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dhammika Prasad	3.5	2	8	2	2.08	20	1	0	0	0
4.4 to S van Zyl, full length delivery is driven in the air and the man at short extra cover takes a blinder of a catch. 17/1 6.1 to D Elgar, great delivery gets the outside edge through to first slip. 27/2
Nilanka Premarathna	15	1	68	1	4.53	65	12	0	1	1
39.6 to T Bavuma, full length delivery driven in the air straight to short extra-cover. 124/5
Dimuth Karunaratne	0.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0
Kosala Kulasekara	21.1	6	60	3	2.83	97	8	0	1	0
18.3 to F du Plessis, full length delivery batsman plays all around it and is trapped in front. 74/3 62.4 to F Behardien, great delivery gets the feint little edge through to the keeper. 208/8 89.1 to WD Parnell, full length delivery swings back to the left hander who was trying to leave that alone. 290/10
Angelo Perera	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
Kanishka Alvitigala	15	1	53	1	3.53	67	6	0	1	1
88.2 to SR Harmer, short and wide delivery is top edged to gully who takes a freak catch,superb grab. 290/9
Dilruwan Perera	17	2	51	1	3.00	73	4	0	0	0
26.5 to RR Hendricks, full length delivery is driven in the air straight to the man at mid off. 96/4
Sachithra Serasinghe	16	2	41	2	2.56	71	4	0	0	0
48.2 to TL Tsolekile, tossed up delivery batsman runs past one and keeper does the rest. 165/6 52.4 to R McLaren, full length delivery batsman attempts to paddle it around the corner but gets a top edge straight up in the air. 179/7

Sri Lanka A 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dimuth Karunaratne (c)	not out	150	240	336	17	1	62.50
Dilruwan Perera	run out (Bavuma/†Tsolekile)	51	98	141	6	1	52.04
Kusal Perera †	c & b Harmer	22	33	35	2	0	66.66

Chamara Silva	c du Plessis b Parnell	18	14	24	4	0	128.57

Angelo Perera	lbw b Elgar	49	72	117	7	0	68.05

Kanishka Alvitigala	c †Tsolekile b Elgar	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Sachithra Serasinghe	not out	3	14	12	0	0	21.42
Extras	(b 7, w 2)	9
Total	78.5 Ov (RR: 3.83, 336 Mins)	302/5d
Did not bat: Kosala Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Roshen Silva, Nilanka Premarathna
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Dilruwan Perera, 32.6 ov), 2-144 (Kusal Perera, 42.3 ov), 3-179 (Chamara Silva, 47.5 ov), 4-293 (Angelo Perera, 75.1 ov), 5-293 (Kanishka Alvitigala, 75.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wayne Parnell	21	4	65	1	3.09	97	10	0	0	0
47.5 to LPC Silva, short and wide delivery is edged to the only man at the slip corden. 179/3
Stiaan van Zyl	4	0	23	0	5.75	16	4	0	2	0
Pumelela Matshikwe	14	4	56	0	4.00	62	7	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	33.5	3	134	1	3.96	131	15	1	0	0
42.3 to MDKJ Perera, full length delivery is top edged as the batsman attempts to sweep that to the on side. 144/2
Dean Elgar	6	0	17	2	2.83	24	0	1	0	0
75.1 to AK Perera, quick delivery is fired to his leg and he get trpped in front as he attempts a reverse sweep. 293/4 75.3 to KG Alvitigala, good length delivery gets a little outside through to the keeper. 293/5

South Africa A 2nd Innings (T: 349 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	lbw b Alvitigala	25	55	69	2	0	45.45

Dean Elgar	lbw b Serasinghe	8	22	35	0	0	36.36

Stiaan van Zyl	not out	39	140	-	4	0	27.85
Faf du Plessis (c)	not out	55	120	-	5	1	45.83
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3
Total	56 Ov (RR: 2.32)	130/2
Did not bat: Farhaan Behardien, Temba Bavuma, Thami Tsolekile †, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Simon Harmer, Pumelela Matshikwe
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Dean Elgar, 9.4 ov), 2-37 (Reeza Hendricks, 18.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kosala Kulasekara	10	1	34	0	3.40	43	4	0	0	1
Sachithra Serasinghe	20	7	31	1	1.55	96	1	0	0	0
9.4 to D Elgar, back off a length delivery traps the batsman in front as he attempts to flick that to the leg side. 31/1
Kanishka Alvitigala	10	2	14	1	1.40	49	1	0	0	0
18.1 to RR Hendricks, full length delivery traps the batsman in front. 37/2
Dilruwan Perera	11	3	26	0	2.36	53	2	1	0	0
Chamara Silva	3	0	16	0	5.33	8	2	0	0	0
Nilanka Premarathna	2	0	7	0	3.50	8	1	0	0	0

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Fri, 06 Jul - day 1 - Sri Lanka A 1st innings 290/8 (Dhammika Prasad 4*, Kanishka Alvitigala 8*, 87.2 ov)

Sat, 07 Jul - day 2 - SA A 1st innings 211/8 (Wayne Parnell 16*, Simon Harmer 0*, 64.3 ov)

Sun, 08 Jul - day 3 - Sri Lanka A 2nd innings 217/3 (Dimuth Karunaratne 99*, Angelo Perera 21*, 62 ov)

Mon, 09 Jul - day 4 - SA A 2nd innings 130/2 (56 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
50 Runs 15.6 Overs 74 Mins 96 Balls 6*4's 2*Extras
100 Runs 28.5 Overs 134 Mins 174 Balls 13*4's 1*6's 3*Extras
50 Runs F.D.M. Karunaratne 147 Mins 91 Balls 5*4's 1*6's
151 Runs 45.1 Overs 202 Mins 272 Balls 20*4's 1*6's 3*Extras
50 Part 55 Mins 81 Balls 8*4's Karunaratne*24 A.K. Perera*26
203 Runs 56.2 Overs 246 Mins 339 Balls 28*4's 1*6's 4*Extras
251 Runs 71.5 Overs 309 Mins 433 Balls 33*4's 1*6's 11*Extras
50 Part 62 Mins 94 Balls 5*4's 5*Extras Serasinghe*27 Kulasekara*18
50 Runs S.C. Serasinghe 112 Mins 88 Balls 4*4's
New bowl taken in the 81st over

Day 2

303 Runs 382 Mins 551 Balls 38*4's 1*6's 13*Extras
South Africa 1st innings
At over 6.5 K.D.T.G. Prasad was injured and the last ball was bowled by F.D.M. Karunaratne.
53 Runs 13.2 Overs 68 Mins 81 Balls 9*4's 2*Extras
100 Runs 27.3 Overs 140 Mins 167 Balls 16*4's 4*Extras
150 Runs 45.3 Overs 205 Mins 276 Balls 22*4's 9*Extras
50 Runs F. Behardien 146 Mins 99 Balls 6*4's
201 Runs 60.2 Overs 272 Mins 366 Balls 27*4's 9*Extras

Day 3

250 Runs 74.6 Overs 337 Mins 453 Balls 31*4's 10*Extras
50 Runs W.D. Parnell 99 Mins 82 Balls 7*4's
52 Part 59 Mins 82 Balls 5*4's 1*Extra Parnell*37 Harmer*14
New ball is taken in the 81st over
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
50 Runs 19.3 Overs 119 Balls 5*4's 2*Extras
50 Part 85 Mins 119 Balls 5*4's 2*Extras Karunaratne*21 M.D.K. Perera*27
105 Runs 29.1 Overs 128 Mins 177 Balls 12*4's 2*6's 6*Extras
105 Part 128 Mins 177 Balls 12*4's 2*6's 6*Extras Karunaratne*51 M.D.K. Perera*48
51 Runs F.D.M. Karunaratne 128 Mins 90 Balls 6*4's 1*6's
50 Runs M.D.K. Perera 135 Mins 97 Balls 6*4's 1*6's
150 Runs 44.5 Overs 187 Mins 271 Balls 15*4's 2*6's 6*Extras
201 runs 55.1 Overs 234 Mins 333 Balls 22*4's 2*6's 6*Extras

Day 4

103 Runs F.D.M. Karunaratne 262 Mins 197 Balls 10*4's 1*6's
50 Part 65 Mins 99 Balls 6*4's Karunaratne*25 A.K. Perera*25
250 Runs 69.4 Overs 292 Mins 420 Balls 30*4's 2*6's 6*Extras
102 Part 104 Mins 146 balls 14*4's Karunaratne*55 A.K. Parera*47
300 Runs 77.5 Overs 332 Mins 469 Balls 36*4's 2*6's 9*Extras
150 Runs F.D.M. Karunaratne 336 Mins 240 Balls 17*4's 1*6's
South Africa 2nd innings
52 Runs 28.4 Overs 111 Mins 173 Balls 3*4's 2*Extras
50 Part 89 Min 138 Balls 5*4's 1*Extra du Plessis*31 van Zyl*18
100 Runs 47.2 Overs 182 Mins 284 Balls 9*4's 3*Extras
52 Runs F. du Plessis 125 Mins 107 Balls 5*4's 1*6's
Match drawn
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Match Details

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	South Africa A, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka A tour of South Africa
Season	2012
Series result	South Africa A won the 2-match series 1-0
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days	6,7,8,9 July 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Adrian Holdstock Dennis Smith
Reserve Umpire	Lubabalo Gcuma
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee

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Karunaratne takes SL A lead to 263

Opening batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne followed up his first innings half-century with an unbeaten 99 in the second innings to put Sri Lanka A in a strong position in Durban

Bowlers put Sri Lanka A ahead

Sri Lanka A's bowlers struck at regular intervals on the second day to give their side the opportunity of taking a significant lead in Durban

Karunaratne, Serasinghe guide Sri Lanka A to 290

Sri Lanka A reached 290 for 8 on the first day of the second unofficial test against South Africa A in Durban

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SA A Innings

Player Name		R	B
RR Hendricks	lbw	25	55
D Elgar	lbw	8	22
S van Zyl	not out	39	140
F du Plessis	not out	55	120
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)
Total	130(2 wkts; 56 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CKB Kulasekara	10	1	34	0	3.4 (1 nb)
SC Serasinghe	20	7	31	1	1.55
KG Alvitigala	10	2	14	1	1.4
MDK Perera	11	3	26	0	2.36
LPC Silva	3	0	16	0	5.33
WGHN Premaratne	2	0	7	0	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	31	Dean Elgar	Reeza Hendricks
2nd	6	Stiaan van Zyl	Reeza Hendricks
3rd	92	Faf du Plessis	Stiaan van Zyl

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