SL in SA: Proteas win 1st Test by 206 runs

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 206 to win the first Test match which ended at St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth today (30), to take the three-match series 1-0.

Chasing a challenging target of 488 runs for victory, Sri Lanka fumbled to 281, falling short by 207 runs. 

The Proteas declared their second innings at 406-6 after having bowled out Sri Lanka for 205 in the first innings.

This was in reply to the home team's first innings total of 286.

Stephen Cook, who score 59 in the first innings, carried on his form to hit 117 and become the man-of-the-match. 

The second Test will be played from January 2 to 6 at Cape Town. 

South Africa 

1st innings 286 all out (98.5) (Stephen Cook 59, Dean Edgar 45, Hashim Amla 20, JP Duminy 63, Faf du Plessis 37, Quinton de Kock 37, Suranga Lakmal 5/63, Rangana Herath 2/48, Nuwan Pradeep 2/66)

2nd innings 406 for 6 wickets (90.5) declared (Stephen Cook 117, Dean Edgar 52, Hashim Amla 48, JP Duminy 25, Faf du Plessis 67n.o, Quinton de Kock 69, Dhananjaya de Silva 2/91)

Sri Lanka

1st innings 205 all out (64.5) (Angelo Mathews 39, Dinesh Chandimal 28, Dhananjaya de Silva 43, Rangana Herath 24, Dushmantha Chameera 19, Vernon Philander 5/45, Kyle Abbott 3/63)

2nd innings (target 488) 281 all out (96.3) (Dimuth Karunaratne 43, Kaushal Silva 48, Kusal Mendis 58, Angelo Mathews 59, Dhananjaya de Silva 22, Suranga Lakmal 19n.o, Kagiso Rabada 3/77, Keshav Maharaj 3/86, Kyle Abbott 2/38)