Close of play 4 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 279/7 (DPMD Jayawardene 116*, 90 ov) 5 Aug day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 82/0 (HH Dippenaar 46*, M van Jaarsveld 30*, 34 ov) 6 Aug day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 347/7 (JA Rudolph 85*, N Boje 31*, 124 ov) 7 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 7/0 (GC Smith 5*, HH Dippenaar 0*, 3 ov) 8 Aug day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 203/3 (90 ov) - end of match
Match notes
Day 1
Sri Lanka innings
Sri Lanka 50 in 70 minutes off 94 balls including 8x4
50 partnership, 3rd wicket, in 52 minutes off 70 balls including 9x4 (Sangakkara 40, Jayawardene 8)
Play delayed by rain after 22 overs, Sri Lanka 81/2 - 12:13 local time
Early Lunch taken, Sri Lanka 81/2 (22 overs)
KC Sangakkara 50 in 85 minutes off 55 balls including 10x4
Sri Lanka 100 in 120 minutes off 158 balls including 16x4
DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 128 minutes off 86 balls including 7x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 191 minutes off 258 balls including 23x4
Tea Sri Lanka 178/4, 55 overs
Sri Lanka 200 in 255 minutes off 352 balls including 28x1 and 1x6
DPMD Jayawardene 100 in 270 minutes off 196 minutes including 13x4 and 1x6
Sri Lanka 250 in 322 minutes off 464 balls including 33x4 and 1x6
50 partnership, 6th wicket, in 60 minutes off 97 balls including 7x4 (Jayawardene 22, Kaluwitharana 27)
New Ball taken after 82 overs
Day 2
GC Smith does not take the field at start of play
Sri Lanka 300 in 403 minutes off 579 balls including 40x4 and 1x6
Smith returns to play after 30 minutes
50 partnership, 8th wicket, in 54 minutes off 74 balls including 8x4 (Jayawardene 22, Vaas 27)
Sri Lanka 350 in 451 minutes off 651 balls including 46x4 and 1x6
DPMD Jayawardene 150 in 404 minutes off 306 balls including 19x4 and 1x4
SMith leaves the field again at 11:45
100 partnership, 8th wicket, in 112 minutes off 163 balls including 13x4 (Jayawardene 47, Vaas 47)
Lunch Sri Lanka 387/7 119 overs
50 WPUJC Vaas in 131 minutes off 97 balls including 8x4
Record 8th wicket partnership for Sri Lanka vs South Africa
Sri Lanka 400 in 517 minutes off 570 balls including 50x4 and 1x6
Highest 8th wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in Test matches
150 partnership, 8th wicket, in 179 minutes off 260 balls including 16x4 and 1x6
DPMD Jayawardene 200 in 512 minutes off 378 balls including 23x4 and 3x6
Sri Lanka 450 in 574 minutes off 826 balls including 54x4 and 3x6
South AFrican innings
South Africa 50 in 76 minutes off 119 balls including 7x4
50 partnership, 1st wicket (Dippenaar 26, van Jaarsveld 22)
Day 3
10 minute delay during the 6th over of the morning for repairs to the sightscreen
South Africa 100 in 190 minutes off 297 balls including 11x4
50 partnership, 3rd wicket, in 49 minutes off 81 balls including 7x4 and 1x6 (Rudolph 9, Kallis 42)
South Africa 150 in 235 minutes off 366 balls including 17x4 and 1x6
JH Kallis 50 in 62 minutes off 59 balls including 7x4 and 1x6
Lunch, South Africa 157/2, 64 overs
Dilshan taken to hospital for x-rays, Daniel on for him
JA Rudolph passes 1,000 Test runs
South Africa 200 in 302 minutes off 468 balls including 24x4 and 1x6
Dilshan back on the field with no major injuries
JA Rudolph 50 in 231 minutes off 166 balls including 7x4
Tea South Africa 247/5, 96 overs
New Ball taken after 95 overs
SOuth Africa 250 in 367 minutes off 577 balls including 31x4 and 1x6
50 partnership, 6th wicket, in 53 minutes off 90 balls including 5x4 (Rudolph 21, Pollock 19)
South Africa 300 in 435 minutes off 668 balls including 36x4 and 1x6
50 partnership, 7th wicket, in 40 minutes off 74 balls including 4x4 and 1x6 (Rudolph 17, Boje 29)
Day 4
South Africa 350 in 126.3 overs (Rudolph 86*, Ntini 4*)
Rudolph 100 in 286 balls, 12x4
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Lunch Sri Lanka 25/0 10 overs
Sri Lanka 50 in 16.5 overs (Atapattu 16*, Jayasuriya 25*)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (64th over - Boje's 21st over)
Sri Lanka 200 in 64.2 overs (Vaas 4*, Muralitharan 0*)
South Africa 2nd innings
Day 5
HH Dippenaar pass 1,000 career Test runs
South Africa 50 in 123 minutes off 187 balls including 3x4
Lunch South Africa 56/1, 33 overs
50 partnership, 2nd wicket, in 87 minutes off 137 balls including 6x4 (Smith 28, van Jaarsveld 20)
GC Smith 50 in 167 minutes off 142 balls including 4x4
South Africa 100 in 185 minutes off 281 balls including 10x4
Tea South AFrica 135/3, 65.5 overs
South Africa 150 in 265 minutes off 416 balls including 15x4
New ball taken after 82 overs
JH Kallis 50 in 151 minutes off 125 balls including 6x4