It's been hot, it's been a toil and it's been a little slow but South Africa have batted themselves into a position of immense strength here. These are conditions Sri Lanka are used to and their batsmen have staggering records here, but Dale Steyn and co will make sure they don't have it too easy
Kallie Erasmus: "Darn. I was looking forward to Tahir's ton."
Trickshot: "Holy moly! Just realised Morkel outscored both Amla and de Villiers. How many times has that happened? lol"
166.2
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Perera to Morkel, OUT, loses his patience! He took Duminy to a century and then went for a wild hoick and loses his off stump. And looks like South Africa have declared
M Morkel b Perera 22 (115m 74b 4x4 0x6) SR: 29.72
166.1
1
Perera to Duminy, 1 run, sedate little sweep, all along the ground. Fitting stroke to take him to his century. A brilliantly composed innings, and he came out at No.8. Amazing batting with the tail
Seems we have the second third new ball in operation
END OF OVER:166 | 1 Run | SA: 454/8
- Morne Morkel22 (73b)
- Jean-Paul Duminy99 (205b)
- Rangana Herath60-12-148-1
- Dilruwan Perera53-8-161-3
165.6
0
Herath to Morkel, no run, flighted just outside off, blocked
165.5
0
Herath to Morkel, no run, stays over the wicket to Morkel as well, flighted delivery on off stump, defended
165.4
1
Herath to Duminy, 1 run, advances down the pitch and then taps it down to long-on, easy as you like, to move on to 99.
165.3
0
Herath to Duminy, no run, nice flight as Herath round-arms this on middle, kept out
165.2
0
Herath to Duminy, no run, strides down to block a flighted ball on middle
165.1
0
Herath to Duminy, no run, goes back and nudges this length ball away towards midwicket
END OF OVER:165 | 5 Runs | SA: 453/8
- Morne Morkel22 (71b)
- Jean-Paul Duminy98 (201b)
- Dilruwan Perera53-8-161-3
- Rangana Herath59-12-147-1
164.6
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, good length ball on off stump, defended with a little less confidence than he's managed so far and that will be drinks
164.5
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, they go up again as Morkel shuffles across and gets a good stride out too. Struck low on the pad but he might just have been outside the line
164.4
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, big appeal as this is angled in on middle and Morkel defends. They want the ball to had hit the boot on the full but his stride was too big
164.3
1
Perera to Duminy, 1 run, a little more of a paddle this time and he trots across to go to 98
164.2
4
Perera to Duminy, FOUR, looped up outside off, Duminy has pulled out a sweep and has managed to beat deep square leg. he's middled that and then some
164.1
0
Perera to Duminy, no run, short delivery, Duminy's on the back foot and cuts well to the sweeper
END OF OVER:164 | 5 Runs | SA: 448/8
- Morne Morkel22 (68b)
- Jean-Paul Duminy93 (198b)
- Rangana Herath59-12-147-1
- Dilruwan Perera52-8-156-3
163.6
0
Herath to Morkel, no run, ends the over with a safe block
163.5
4
Herath to Morkel, FOUR, there is a lot more air on this time and Morkel has hammed this down the ground. Did not hold anything back on that stroke
163.4
0
Herath to Morkel, no run, goes around the wicket to Morkel, flighted on off stump. Defended
163.3
1
Herath to Duminy, 1 run, goes round-arm as Duminy steps down to whip it to long-on
163.2
0
Herath to Duminy, no run, plonks the bat down in line with a ball flighted on leg stump
163.1
0
Herath to Duminy, no run, pushed towards midwicket as Herath looks to stymie Duminy by bowling on the pads
END OF OVER:163 | 1 Run | SA: 443/8
- Morne Morkel18 (65b)
- Jean-Paul Duminy92 (195b)
- Dilruwan Perera52-8-156-3
- Rangana Herath58-12-142-1
162.6
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, steps forward to block the tossed up delivery on middle
162.5
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, probes around the off stump mark, Morkel is up for the challenge
162.4
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, moves outside off and lets this tossed up deliver go
two slips now, to add to short leg and short cover
162.3
0
Perera to Morkel, no run, tossed up on off stump, safely kept out
