Bilal: "Will Herath break Pollock's record (421 wickets) before Steyn? :) :) " -- Excellent question.

Karthik: "Any reason not to bowl any of your fast bowlers and happily watch last 2 wkts add more than 100? Waiting for new ball cant be a justification to not try to get last wicket!" -- Yeah. I feel they persisted with Maharaj for too long towards the end. Plus they have three fast bowlers, and surely one of them could have had a spell with the old ball.

5.35pm And with that, Dimuth Karunaratne becomes the fourth Sri Lankan to carry his bat in Test cricket. A magnificent innings, and his partnerships with Nos. 10 and 11 have taken Sri Lanka to a competitive total on a pitch that will turn more and more as this match goes on. South Africa's bowling disintegrated against the lower order. The quicks got drawn into bowling too short, Maharaj struggled right through the day with his consistency, and Shamsi tired through the course of his spells.

South Africa's openers will now come out with a difficult 15 minutes or so to get through.