Colombo: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 199 runs with more than a day to spare in the second and final test to complete a 2-0 series sweep at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club Ground on Monday.
Chasing an improbable 490-run victory target, South Africa showed some fight in the morning session before losing their final five wickets and being all out for 290.
Theunis de Bruyn topscored for South Africa with a gutsy 101 in yet another batting capitulation by the leaden-footed tourists who lost all 10 wickets to the Sri Lankan spinners for the second time in the match.
Rangana Herath was pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, claiming 6-98 in yet another spin-dominated performance by the hosts.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st innings
Danushka Gunathilaka c Kagiso Rabada b Keshav Maharaj 57
Dimuth Karunaratne c Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj 53
Dhananjaya de Silva lbw Keshav Maharaj 60
Kusal Mendis c Kagiso Rabada b Keshav Maharaj 21
Angelo Mathews c Faf du Plessis b Keshav Maharaj 10
Roshen Silva b Kagiso Rabada 22
Niroshan Dickwella c Faf du Plessis b Keshav Maharaj 5
Dilruwan Perera c Lungi Ngidi b Keshav Maharaj 17
Akila Dananjaya 43
Suranga Lakmal c Aiden Markram b Keshav Maharaj 0
Rangana Herath c Dean Elgar b Keshav Maharaj 35
Extras 4b 2lb 1nb 0pen 8w 15
Total (104.1 overs) 338 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-116 Karunaratne, 2-117 Gunathilaka, 3-153 Mendis, 4-169 Mathews, 5-223 Silva, 6-238 Dickwella, 7-247 de Silva, 8-264 Perera, 9-264 Lakmal, 10-338 Herath
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Dale Steyn 17 3 60 0 3.53
Kagiso Rabada 20 3 55 1 2.75 2w
Lungi Ngidi 14.2 1 54 0 3.77 2w 1nb
Keshav Maharaj 41.1 10 129 9 3.13
Aiden Markram 8.4 1 24 0 2.77
Dean Elgar 3 1 10 0 3.33
South Africa 1st innings
Aiden Markram lbw Rangana Herath 7
Dean Elgar c Dhananjaya de Silva b Akila Dananjaya 0
Theunis de Bruyn c Niroshan Dickwella b Akila Dananjaya 3
Hashim Amla c Kusal Mendis b Dilruwan Perera 19
Faf du Plessis c Niroshan Dickwella b Dilruwan Perera 48
Temba Bavuma c Kusal Mendis b Dilruwan Perera 11
Quinton de Kock lbw Akila Dananjaya 32
Keshav Maharaj c Dimuth Karunaratne b Akila Dananjaya 2
Kagiso Rabada c Angelo Mathews b Dilruwan Perera 1
Dale Steyn lbw Akila Dananjaya 0
Lungi Ngidi 0
Extras 0b 0lb 1nb 0pen 0w 1
Total (34.5 overs) 124 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 Elgar, 2-8 de Bruyn, 3-15 Markram, 4-70 Amla, 5-85 du Plessis, 6-114 Bavuma, 7-119 Maharaj, 8-124 de Kock, 9-124 Steyn, 10-124 Rabada
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Dilruwan Perera 12.5 1 40 4 3.12
Akila Dananjaya 13 2 52 5 4.00
Rangana Herath 9 1 32 1 3.56 1nb
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Danushka Gunathilaka c Dean Elgar b Keshav Maharaj 61
Dimuth Karunaratne c Quinton de Kock b Lungi Ngidi 85
Dhananjaya de Silva lbw Keshav Maharaj 0
Kusal Mendis Run Out Aiden Markram 18
Angelo Mathews c Faf du Plessis b Keshav Maharaj 71
Roshen Silva Not Out 32
Niroshan Dickwella Not Out 7
Extras 0b 0lb 1nb 0pen 0w 1
Total (81.0 overs) 275 decl
Fall of Wickets : 1-91 Gunathilaka, 2-102 de Silva, 3-136 Mendis, 4-199 Karunaratne, 5-263 Mathews Did Not Bat : Perera, Perera, Lakmal, Herath
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Keshav Maharaj 40 4 154 3 3.85
Kagiso Rabada 8 0 42 0 5.25 1nb
Aiden Markram 7 1 18 0 2.57
Theunis de Bruyn 5 0 20 0 4.00
Dale Steyn 11 2 30 0 2.73
Lungi Ngidi 9 5 9 1 1.00
Dean Elgar 1 0 2 0 2.00
South Africa 2nd innings
Dean Elgar lbw Dilruwan Perera 37
Aiden Markram lbw Rangana Herath 14
Theunis de Bruyn b Rangana Herath 101
Hashim Amla b Rangana Herath 6
Faf du Plessis c Angelo Mathews b Akila Dananjaya 7
Keshav Maharaj lbw Akila Dananjaya 0
Temba Bavuma c Niroshan Dickwella b Rangana Herath 63
Quinton de Kock lbw Rangana Herath 8
Kagiso Rabada c Angelo Mathews b Dilruwan Perera 18
Dale Steyn c Danushka Gunathilaka b Rangana Herath 6
Lungi Ngidi Not Out 4
Extras 16b 5lb 4nb 0pen 1w 26
Total (86.5 overs) 290 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-23 Markram, 2-80 Elgar, 3-100 Amla, 4-113 du Plessis, 5-113 Maharaj, 6-236 Bavuma, 7-246 de Kock, 8-280 de Bruyn, 9-280 Rabada, 10-290 Steyn
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Rangana Herath 32.5 5 98 6 2.98
Dilruwan Perera 30 4 90 2 3.00 3nb
Akila Dananjaya 19 2 67 2 3.53 1nb
Suranga Lakmal 2 0 8 0 4.00
Dhananjaya de Silva 2 0 5 0 2.50 1w
Danushka Gunathilaka 1 0 1 0 1.00
Umpire: Nigel Llong
Umpire: Rodney Tucker
Match Referee: Richard Richardson
