South Africa Vs Sri Lanka – 1st Test: Day 1
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South Africa Vs Sri Lanka
Test Series |
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| Match Basics |
| 2nd Test Match – Day 1: South Africa Vs Sri Lanka |
| Date: 20th July, 2018 |
| Venue: Sinhalese Sports Club Groung, Colombo |
| Umpires: Rod Tucker, Nigel Llong |
| Toss won by: Sri Lanka, elected to bat first. |
| Scorecard Summary |
Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings: 277/9 (86 Overs, RR: 3.22)
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| Performers (Day 1): |
| Batting: Gunathilaka 57 off 107 balls, Karunaratne 53 off 110 balls, DE Silva 60 off 109 balls, Kusal Mendis 21 off 34 balls, Roshen Silva 22 off 46 balls. |
| Bowling: Keshav Maharaj 8/116 in 32 overs, Kagiso Rabada 1/37 in 16 overs.
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| Highlights & Analysis |
South Africa Vs Sri lanka: Sri Lanka 1st Innings
- This was the 2nd and last test of this series with the hosts being the clear favourites to clean sweep South Africa.
- Once again, this pitch was a spinning track and was dry with some rough areas which were going to assist sharp turn.
- This influenced Lakmal’s decision to bat first who hoped that this pitch would become good for batting in the 4th innings.
- Sri Lankan openers, Karunaratne and Gunathilaka came out to bat. For South Africa, the new ball was shared between Steyn and Rabada.
- The fast bowling pair created some early chances but the pair did not stutter and put up a 30 run stand in 7 overs.
- Lungi Ngidi was introduced into the attack but the opening batsmen stood strong and brought up the first 50 run partnership of the innings.
- Keshav Maharaj was induced into the attack and immediately began to make problems for the Sri Lankan batsmen.
- But this did not stop Karunaratne who reached his half century as Sri Lanka reached 100 runs without a loss of a wicket.
- In the same over, Gunathilaka also reached his fifty and Proteas were in desperate need for a wicket.
- Finally, Maharaj struck in his 11th over by claiming the wicket of Karunaratne and South Africa got their first breakthrough.
- De Silva joined Gunathilaka. But, this stand lasted only one over as Maharaj took the wicket of Gunathilaka to claim his 2nd wicket of the innings.
- Kusal Mendis joined De Silva. The pair added 19 runs to the total and drinks were called on Day 1 of this test(South Africa vs Sri Lanka).
- Post drinks, Rabada and Maharaj continued from their ends and the spinner broke this 36 run stand by claiming the wicket of Kusal Mendis.
- Angelo Matthews joined De Silva. The pair added 15 runs to the total as tea was called on Day 1 of this test(South Africa vs Sri Lanka).
- Post tea, Maharaj struck straightaway as he claimed the wicket of Angelo Matthews.
- Roshen Silva joined De Silva. At this point, Sri Lanka had scored 169 runs with 6 wickets in hand.
- The pair defied Maharaj and shared the second 50 run stand of the innings. De Silva also reached his fifty and Sri Lanka were now 4 wickets down for 223 runs on the board.
- This stand was finally broken by Rabada who shattered Roshen Silva’s stumps with an excellent yorker and Sri Lanka lost their 5th wicket.
- Dickwella joined De Silva. The pair added 15 runs to the total after which Maharaj claimed the wicket of Dickwella.
- Perera joined De Silva. This partnership only lasted for one over as Maharaj struck again to claim the wicket of De Silva.
- Akila joined Perera. The pair added 18 runs to the total after which Maharaj struck twice in one over to remove Perera and the new batsman, Lakmal.
- With only 3 overs left in the day’s end, Herath joined Akila. The pair survived Maharaj’s bowling as Sri Lanka ended their day on 277 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
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| Teams |
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South Africa |
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A Dananjaya
AD Mathews
ARS Silva
BKG Mendis
DM de Silva
FDM Karunaratne
HMRKB Herath
MD Gunathilaka
MDK Perera
N Dickwella (Wkt.)
RAS Lakmal (Capt.)
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AK Markram
D Elgar
DW Steyn
F du Plessis (Capt.)
HM Amla
K Rabada
KA Maharaj
L Ngidi
Q de Kock (Wkt.)
T Bavuma
TB de Bruyn
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