South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 233 runs with more than 04 sessions remaining, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0

Sri Lanka Men’s Red Ball Tour of South Africa 2024 – ICC World Test Championship 2024 / 2025 – 01st Test – Durban,KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa – concluded on the 04th Day

South Africa put into bat, 191 all out – ( 49.4 Overs ) Skipper Temba Bavuma 70, Keshav Maharaj 24, Tristan Stubbs 16, Kagiso Rabada 15, Marco Jansen 13, Extras 17 – lost the first 02 wickets without any addition to the total, Tristan Stubbs / Temba Bavuma 32 runs for the 03rd wicket, Temba Bavuma / Kyle Verreynne 29 runs for the 05th wicket, Temba Bavuma / Marco Jansen 28 runs for the 06th wicket, Temba Bavuma / Keshav Maharaj 26 runs for the 08th wicket, Temba Bavuma / Kagiso Rabada 22 runs for the 09th wicket, Kagiso Rabada / Wiaan Mulder 26 runs for the last wicket – Asitha Fernando 3 / 44, Lahiru Kumara 3 / 70, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 / 24, Vishwa Fernando 2 / 35, Kamindu Mendis 02 catches & 366 / 5 dec. – ( 100.4 Overs ) Tristan Stubbs 122 ( 2×6, 9×4, 221 balls ), Skipper Temba Bavuma 113 ( 9×4, 228 balls ), Aiden Markram 47, David Beddingham 21no, Extras 31 – Tony de Zorzi / Aiden Markram 47 run opening stand, Aiden
Markram / Wiaan Mulder 30 runs for the 02nd wicket, Tristan Stubbs / Temba Bavuma 249 runs for the 04th wicket, Temba Bavuma / David Beddingham 28 runs for the 05th wicket – Vishwa Fernando 2 / 64, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 / 132.

Sri Lanka in reply, 42 all out – ( 13.5 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 3, Lahiru Kumara 10no – 05 batters dismissed without scoring – Marco Jansen 7 / 13 – career best – Gerald Coetzee 2 / 18,David Bedingham 03 catches, Tristan Stubbs 02 catches : this is the lowest innings score in a Men’s test for Sri Lanka : 02nd shortest all out innings in the history of Men’s test cricket : joint – fewest balls to capture 07 wickets in a Men’s test innings by Marco Jansen & 282 all out – ( 79.4 Overs ) Dinesh Chandimal 83, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 59, Kusal Mendis 48, Angelo Mathews 25, Pathum Nissanka 23, Extras 23 – Pathum Nissanka / Dinesh Chandimal 26 runs for the 02nd wicket, Dinesh Chandimal / Angelo Mathews 44 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 95 runs – Dinesh Chandimal / Dhananjaya De Silva 95 runs for the 06th wicket, Dinesh Chandimal / Kusal Mendis 75 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 11 runs – marco Jansen 4 / 73, Kagiso Rabada 2 / 65, Gerald Coetzee 2 / 67, Keshav Maharaj 2 / 67, Kyle Verreynne 02 victims, Tristan Stubbs 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Marco Jansen – South Africa

Rain curtailed play on the 01st day