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South Africa Vs Sri Lanka
Test Series |
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| Match Basics |
| 2nd Test Match – Day 2: South Africa Vs Sri Lanka |
| Date: 21st 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: 338 all out (104.1 Overs, RR: 3.24)
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| Performers (Day 2): |
| Batting: Herath 35 off 68 balls, Dananjaya 43* off 91 balls. |
| Bowling: Keshav Maharaj 9/129 in 41.1 overs. |
South Africa’s 1st Innings: 124 all out (34.5 Overs, RR: 3.55)
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| Performers (Day 2): |
| Batting: Faf du Plessis 48 off 51 balls, Quinton de Kock 32 off 31 balls, Hashim Amla 19 off 58 balls. |
| Bowling: Dilruwan Perera 4/40 in 12.5 overs, Akila Dananjaya 5/52 in 13 overs, Rangana Herath 1/32 in 9 overs |
Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings(continued): 151/3 (34 Overs, RR: 4.44)
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| Performers (Day 2): |
| Batting: Gunathilaka 61 off 68 balls, Karunaratne 59* of 92 balls, Kusal Mendis 18 off 27 balls. |
| Bowling: Keshav Maharaj 2/90 in 17 overs
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| Highlights & Analysis |
South Africa Vs Sri lanka: Sri Lanka 1st Innings(continued)
- With 277 runs on the board and only one wicket in hand, Herath and Dananjaya came out to bat.
- For South Africa, Maharaj and Rabada opened the bowling from both ends.
- The pair led Sri Lanka past 300 runs and 350 was now in sight.
- South Africa introduced Dale Steyn into the attack. Maharaj continued from the other end.
- This tactic worked as Maharaj claimed the wicket of Herath and completed his 9 wicket haul.
- With this achievement, Maharaj became only the 2nd bowler for South Africa to take 9 wickets in a single innings of a test match.
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka: South Africa 1st Innings
- Trailing by 338 runs, the Proteas openers, Markram and Dean Elgar came out to bat.
- For Sri Lanka, the new ball was shared between Dilruwan Perera and Akila Dananjaya from their respective ends.
- Dilruwan got a hint of turn and bounce in the first over. And, in the very next over, Dananjaya used this turn to shatter the stumps of Elgar in his first over.
- De Bruyn joined Markram. The pair did not survive for long, as Dananjaya repeated the same excellence in his 2nd over, to snuff out the wicket of De Bruyn.
- At this point, South Africa had lost 2 wickets and were still trailing by 330 runs.
- Hashim Amla joined Markram. The pair retaliated against Dananjaya and Dilruwan by defying the spinners with not gifting away their wicket.
- Now, Lakmal introduced Sri Lanka’s most experienced spinner, Rangana Herath into the attack who replaced Dilruwan from the other end.
- Herath performed up to Sri Lanka’s expectations as he got the wicket of Markram in his second over.
- Now, the South African captain, Faf du Plessis joined Hashim Amla. The pair survived the next 2 overs until lunch was called on Day 2.
- Post lunch, Du Plessis went berserk on both Dananjaya and Herath. Boundaries began to flow off his bat at a constant rate and this forced a change from Lakmal.
- Perera was introduced back into the attack while Herath continued from the other end.
- On the other hand, Du Plessis and Amla reached the first fifty run partnership of this match.
- But, this joy was short lived, as 5 runs later, Perera ended Amla’s defensive innings to claim his first wicket of the match.
- Bavuma joined Faf du Plessis. The pair added 15 runs to the total after which Faf du Plessis gifted his wicket to Perera.
- At this point, South Africa had lost half of their wickets and were trailing by 253 runs.
- Quinton de Kock joined Bavuma. The pair looked solid and took South Africa over 100 runs.
- However, this small partnership was broken by Perera who claimed the wicket of Bavuma.
- Keshav Maharaj joined De Kock but he departed in the very next over to Dananjaya.
- The last three wickets fell in the next 3 overs as Dananjaya claimed his 5 wicket haul to bowl South Africa for 124 runs.
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
- With a massive lead of 214 runs to their side, Sri Lankan openers Karunaratne and Gunathilaka walked out to bat.
- For South Africa, Maharaj and Rabada shared the ball from each end respectively.
- As expected, the two batsmen outplayed the Proteas bowlers and brought up the first 50 run partnership of the match.
- Runs were flowing at a constant rate as Gunathilaka finally reached his half century.
- At this point, Sri Lanka were in the lead by over 300 runs.
- South Africa needed wickets and Maharaj’s consistency with the ball finally gifted him with his 10th wicket of the match; A proud effort.
- De Silva joined Karunaratne but his aggressiveness cost him his wicket as Maharaj claim his 11th scalp.
- Kusal Mendis joined Karunaratne. The pair added 27 runs to the total as Karunaratne reached yet another half century.
- This stand was ended in a run-out of Mendis as Sri Lanka lost their 3rd wicket.
- Angelo Matthews joined Karunaratne. The pair added 14 runs to the total as stumps were called on Day 2 of this test(South Africa Vs Sri Lanka).
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Test Day 1: Maharaj Takes Eight; Proteas On Top
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| Teams |
| Sri Lanka |
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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