12/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jul 12-14 2018
Sri Lanka won by 278 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka
12/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jul 12-14 2018
Sri Lanka won by 278 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka

DanielAlexander: "218/1 - Dimuth, 241/19 - Sri Lanka. Dimuth & Sri Lanka's combined runes in this Test (minus extras)."

Inteser: "SA have given away roughly 55 runs to the last 3 wickets this innings, and over a 100 to the last 2 wickets in the first innings - this is where the match was lost."

Nonymous: "Captain Suranga batting with the tail like a pro. Smacks a boundary, takes a single at the end of the over to keep the strike. Brilliant."

Chuck bhai: "Lakmal has now faced more balls and scored more runs than number 3- 7 in the batting order. Few big names in there too. Captaincy seems to have brought out the best in him."

11.42 Sri Lanka have set South Africa a target of 352, and eight minutes to bat out before lunch.

57.4
W
Steyn to Sandakan, OUT, digs it in short outside off and Steyn equals Pollock now. Gets up to shoulder height, and Sandakan pokes at it and offers a simple catch to the man at point

PADLR Sandakan c Bavuma b Steyn 6 (18m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

57.3
4
Steyn to Sandakan, FOUR, short, some width, and he opens his bat face and steers this wide of gully. Off the outside half of the bat, but it went pretty much where he intended it to go
57.2
0
Steyn to Sandakan, no run, bouncer, ends up losing his line and whanging it wide off stump
57.1
0
Steyn to Sandakan, no run, back of a length close to off stump, pushed into the cover point region. Calls for one but has to hurry back as Maharaj closes down quickly to his right

Steyn comes back into the attack. Two slips and a gully.

END OF OVER:
57 | 6 Runs | SL: 186/9

  • Lakshan Sandakan2 (5b)
  • Suranga Lakmal33 (46b)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi11-0-37-1
  • Keshav Maharaj20-5-58-4
56.6
1
Shamsi to Sandakan, 1 run, googly, pitches too short and outside leg stump. Clipped neatly to deep midwicket
56.5
1lb
Shamsi to Lakmal, 1 leg bye, back of a length, spinning down leg. Misses the flick and the ball rolls to short fine leg off the outside of his pad
56.4
0
Shamsi to Lakmal, no run, ooh, quicker now. Goes back to the length ball spinning in from off stump and defends it back to the bowler
56.3
0
Shamsi to Lakmal, no run, back of a length, spinning down leg. Misses the flick and the ball hits his pad
56.2
0
Shamsi to Lakmal, no run, tossed up on off stump, driven to mid-off, who's now moved up
56.1
4
Shamsi to Lakmal, FOUR, tossed up wide of off, and that's lovely. Drives to the right of extra-cover and a long way to the left of long-off

END OF OVER:
56 | 7 Runs | SL: 180/9

  • Suranga Lakmal29 (41b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan1 (4b)
  • Keshav Maharaj20-5-58-4
  • Tabraiz Shamsi10-0-32-1
55.6
1
Maharaj to Lakmal, 1 run, floaty full-toss angling into off stump, driven to long-off
55.5
0
Maharaj to Lakmal, no run, tossed up slow but a touch too full on off stump, defended off the front foot
55.4
4
Maharaj to Lakmal, FOUR, short again, gives him width too, and he cuts it away fiercely to the left of backward point. Poor, poor bowling
55.3
0
Maharaj to Lakmal, no run, better length now, forces him to come forward defend an arm ball sliding on towards off stump

Neither spinner has bowled a consistently good length to the tailenders.

55.2
1
Maharaj to Sandakan, 1 run, full on middle and leg, clipped to the right of midwicket
55.1
1
Maharaj to Lakmal, 1 run, back of a length outside off, punched to long-off

END OF OVER:
55 | 5 Runs | SL: 173/9

  • Lakshan Sandakan0 (3b)
  • Suranga Lakmal23 (36b)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi10-0-32-1
  • Keshav Maharaj19-5-51-4
54.6
0
Shamsi to Sandakan, no run, back of a length, spinning down leg, Sandakan can't connect with his flick
54.5
1
Shamsi to Lakmal, 1 run, fuller now, driven to deepish mid-off
54.4
0
Shamsi to Lakmal, no run, and again, tries to drive inside-out. Dip and turn force him to hit it back into the pitch off the inside half of the bat
54.3
0
Shamsi to Lakmal, no run, looks to make room and drive inside-out but the ball dips on him and hits his pad. Pitched on leg stump, so no way that's hitting any stump in this city
54.2
4
Shamsi to Lakmal, FOUR, flights it now, outside off, and Lakmal clears his front leg to flat-bat between the umpire and the non-striker, Mid-off was up saving the single

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South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12D ElgarAK Markram
2nd4HM AmlaAK Markram
3rd8T BavumaAK Markram
4th1F du PlessisAK Markram
5th7Q de KockAK Markram
6th4VD PhilanderQ de Kock
7th22VD PhilanderKA Maharaj
8th0VD PhilanderK Rabada
9th9VD PhilanderDW Steyn
10th6VD PhilanderT Shamsi