03/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Jan 3-5 2021
South Africa won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Dean Elgar
Dean ElgarSouth Africa
03/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Jan 3-5 2021
South Africa won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Dean Elgar
Dean ElgarSouth Africa

Haris Izhar: "Oh. No Nortje... 6 for, meaning another Kolpak.... " -- Nope, Kolpaks are no more as of January 1, 2021 (since the UK has now ended its transition period with the European Union) so even if he signs a deal as an overseas player in county cricket, he'll still be eligible for South Africa.

2.07pm: Well, that was fun while it lasted. Sri Lanka were always up against it with such a depleted line-up in this Test, but from 71 for 1 four overs before lunch, this has been quite a dramatic collapse. Mulder sparked it, and Nortje has ripped through the lower order after Hasaranga and Chameera's brief resistance. Kusal Perera's shot-a-minute 60 was the only score of note, and a total of 157 all out is unlikely to prove particularly useful, even on a pitch offering plenty for the fast bowlers. Nine of the ten dismissals were caught by the keeper or in the cordon, suggesting that Sri Lanka could have been much more watchful outside off stump.

40.3
W
Nortje to AM Fernando, OUT, tiiiiiimber! Six-for for Nortje. Asitha has realised that there's only so much point trying to survive when facing 90mph/145kph rockets, and swings the bat wildly once more, jumping towards the leg side. But Nortje fires in a yorker, and Asitha looks round to see middle stump out the ground, and leg stump angled towards square leg. Nortje leads the team off, with career-best figures of 6 for 56 to his name.

AM Fernando b Nortje 4 (11m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

40.2
0
Nortje to AM Fernando, no run, tries the same trick again, stepping outside leg, but this time an 89mph/144kph short ball flies past his right shoulder
40.1
4
Nortje to AM Fernando, FOUR, clears the front dog, frees the arms, and edges it over the cordon for four! Asitha's first runs in Test cricket. That's the way to do it, son. Front leg is miles outside leg stump as he gives himself room

Firdose at the ground: "Clouds building up and the breeze says rain to me"

END OF OVER:
40 | 2 Runs | SL: 153/9

  • Vishwa Fernando2 (11b)
  • Asitha Fernando0 (3b)
  • Lutho Sipamla9-3-27-1
  • Anrich Nortje14-1-52-5
39.6
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, short ball, ducks violently underneath it
39.5
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, full on off stump, dug out towards mid-on
39.4
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, length ball outside off which nips away off the seam, past Vishwa's flaccid prod
39.3
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, hung wide of the off stump, left alone
39.2
2
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, 2 runs, prods forward to defend, and they trot through for a couple of runs through mid-on
39.1
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, gives himself a bit of room to free the arms, and swings freely at thin air as the ball flies past the edge

END OF OVER:
39 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 151/9

  • Asitha Fernando0 (3b)
  • Vishwa Fernando0 (5b)
  • Anrich Nortje14-1-52-5
  • Lutho Sipamla8-3-25-1

Nortje's second Test five-for, both of them at the Wanderers. This was the first

38.6
0
Nortje to AM Fernando, no run, banged in short, Asitha ducks underneath it

Two short legs, a leg slip, three slips and a gully

38.5
0
Nortje to AM Fernando, no run, rears up sharply from short of a length, and past Asitha's gloves
38.4
0
Nortje to AM Fernando, no run, banged in, but down the leg side, as Asitha takes cover

Here's Asitha Fernando, on debut. All sorts of men around the bat

38.3
W
Nortje to Chameera, OUT, gone this time! Nortje has five and lets out a broad grin! 89mph/143kph, short ball aimed at the badge of the helmet, and Chameera swats carelessly at it. He gets a decent edge on it, giving de Kock his fifth catch of the innings - four of them off Nortje. Sri Lanka nine down.

PVD Chameera c †de Kock b Nortje 22 (45m 29b 4x4 0x6) SR: 75.86

38.2
0
Nortje to Chameera, no run, short ball, in at the ribs, and it drops just short of Bavuma, in under the helmet at short leg

Round the wicket

38.1
2
Nortje to Chameera, 2 runs, length ball, Chameera frees his arms and plonks Nortje over the top... it flies high over mid-off, but plugs some way short of the boundary

END OF OVER:
38 | (wicket maiden) | SL: 149/8

  • Vishwa Fernando0 (5b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera20 (26b)
  • Lutho Sipamla8-3-25-1
  • Lungi Ngidi10-3-44-0

Rudi: "Two batsmen wasting a review after a nick. Did they really not know or is it desperation?" -- I think Bavuma's dismissal in the first Test settled the argument: batsmen don't always know whether they've nicked it

37.6
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, seams in this time, but wide enough to leave alone
37.5
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, full outside the off stump, Vishwa chases after it and gets nowhere near the ball. Nips away from the bat, with Sipamla still finding movement off the pitch
37.4
0
Sipamla to MVT Fernando, no run, length ball, keeps a little low, and Vishwa jams the bat down, defending towards cover

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