Player of the Match
Player of the Match

And South Africa have declared. Sri Lanka will need 488 runs to win. South Africa have five and a half sessions to bowl them out. So fifty minutes of batting today, who knows how much longer Faf would have gone on without the wicket. There will be an hour for Sri Lanka to face before lunch. The innings set up by Stephen Cook and Dean Elgar, and the finishing touches added by du Plessis and de Kock. The heavy roller going up and down the pitch. I'll be back in a few minutes.

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90.5
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Herath to de Kock, OUT, and this time he's given...and now it's de Kock's turn to review. De Kock went for a slog sweep, the full ball went under the bat and struck his front pad. Looks out on first replay. Hits in line and smashing middle. Herath has one. 10,001 lbws in Test cricket

Q de Kock lbw b Herath 69 (98m 86b 6x4 0x6) SR: 80.23

90.4
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Herath to du Plessis, 1 run, tapped into the leg side
90.3
1
Herath to de Kock, 1 run, gets across again, makes contact this time and works to deep midwicket
90.2
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Herath to de Kock, no run, huge appeal for lbw as de Kock misses a flick at a pretty straight delivery and Mathews reviews. Oxenford said not out. Did he get outside the line? Turned a fair amount, too. But this looks fairly good. Umpire's call on hitting leg stump. So stays not out.

Fourth Innings Hero

69.75

Mathews' average in 4th inns of Tests. Only Bruce Mitchell, Jeffrey Stollmeyer and Bradman average higher (min 500 runs)

Tough ask

410

Most runs scored by SL in the 4th inn of a Test. This was scored against Aus at Hobart in 2007. Their highest 4th inn score in SA is 306.They need 488 to win.

Starting Strong

3

Number of centuries scored by Stephen Cook this year - Highest for any player from South Africa. Amla, Du Plessis and De Kock have 2 hundreds each.

Rare Feat

1

Instances of the same opening pair for RSA before Elgar and Cook to have 2 100+ run stands in both innings of a Test.Bob Catteral and Bruce Mitchell did so in 1929

Opening Salvo

1970

Last instance of the opening stand having 2 50+ run stands in a Test Match for RSA at Port Elizabeth. Barry Richards and Eddie Barlow added 157 and 73 against Aus

Favourite Team

17.34

Philander's average versus Sri Lanka in Tests. 2nd best against any team.He now has 3 five wicket hauls against SL, Aus and NZ.

bowlers' session

7/56

Score in the 1st session on the 2nd day of the Test at Port Elizabeth. Only six wickets fell on the 1st day and 267 runs were made.

Maiden five-for

0

No. of five-wicket hauls by Suranga Lakmal before this. He is playing his 32nd Test.

Getting starts, getting out

5

Instances of South Africa's top five all being dismissed between 20 and 65 in a Test innings. This is only the third such instance since their readmission

Amla's dip in form

49.92

Hashim Amla's career average; he needs to score 62 (if dismissed) in the 2nd innings to bring his average back up to 50

A long time coming

1970

The last time South Africa had a century stand for the first wicket here in Tests, before today: Eddie Barlow and Barry Richards added 157 v Australia

Fifty stand at last

16.25

SA's average opening stand in Port Elizabeth in their 12 previous Test innings from 2001. Their highest opening partnership in this period was 47