South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Lunch - Day 1

South Africa 92/0 (29.0 ov)

SC Cook 52 (104b 7x4 0x6)
D Elgar 39 (71b 5x4 0x6)

South Africa 100/0 (32.5 ov)

SC Cook c †Chandimal b Lakmal 59 (147m 125b 7x4 0x6) SR: 47.20

D Elgar c †Chandimal b Lakmal 45 (98b 5x4 0x6) SR: 45.91

RSA 129/2 (44.0 Ovs) CRR: 2.93

JP Duminy 21 (14b 5x4 0x6)
HM Amla 1 (29b 0x4 0x6)

JP on song !!!!

47.4
Chameera to Duminy, FOUR, whoa! This is some serious DVD stuff. Not through the covers for a change but the hoardings down the ground bear the brunt.


47.2
Chameera to Duminy, FOUR, another glorious drive! JP in full flow. He is merely having a net out in the middle. Certainly is helped by the full delivery fed in with all the width to unleash the drive through the covers. Another whistle into the fence

Duminy is batting beautifully, a treat to watch

Struggling against a really poor SL team.
Not sure what to make of this tbh

SA 228/5

In reply to djdrastic

SL have some decent bowlers

South Africa 253/6 (84.0 ov)

In reply to doosra

I don't think they have bad bowlers just disappointed at how we've batted today.
266/6 against this bowling unit is a poor effort especially after being 100/0.

Up to the bowlers tomorrow to get us back in this game from here.

SA 267/6

In reply to djdrastic

you are still struggling to stabilize your miggle horda

with hash not firing problem compounded

In reply to doosra

Don't know what game djdrastic is watching, but Lakmal produced some superb deliveries to get his wickets!

Stumps - Day 1

South Africa 267/6 (90.0 ov)

In reply to StumpCam

And some superb deliveries didn't get wickets

RSA 286
SL 58/3 (18.0 Ovs) CRR: 3.22


JK Silva 16 (54b 3x4 0x6)
AD Mathews 21 (30b 3x4 0x6)

Gawn @!!!!!!!!!!

Review time

21.5
Philander to Kaushal Silva, out Lbw!!

Kaushal Silva lbw b Philander 16(59) [4s-3]

SL 61/4

31.1
Rabada to Mathews, out Caught by Elgar!!

Mathews c Elgar b Rabada 39(69) [4s-5


SL 94/5 (31.1 Ovs) CRR: 3.02

Dropped by Cock
33.2
Rabada to Chandimal, no run, pats on the back for de Kock. Because that is a top effort despite him putting it down. He is disappointed for sure.

41.3
Philander to Chandimal, out Lbw!!


Chandimal lbw b Philander 28(64) [4s-5]

South Africa 286 & 84/0 (22.4 ov)
Sri Lanka 205
South Africa lead by 165 runs with 10 wickets remaining

28.5
Pradeep to Cook, FOUR
Here's a list of the occasions of the same pair making two century opening stands in the same Test
28.4
Pradeep to Cook, FOUR, back of a length, drives square off the back foot through the covers and beats the sweeper...that's fifty for Cook and the century stand

32.1
Lakmal to Elgar, out Caught by Mathews!! A moment of n unnecessary rush of blood and Dean Elgar wastes another half-century. Looks to take on the short pepper with a pull, just that he doesn't get into any sort of position to play this one and

Elgar c Mathews b Lakmal 52(102) [4s-4]

RSA 169/1 (44.0 Ovs) CRR: 3.84

ton to cook

LBW #10,000

Beardman

50.6
Pradeep to Amla, OUT, and he's gone! There's the 10,000 lbw on Tests! Full, straight, Amla walking across his crease again, this time he misses and that looked dead straight. He doesn't bother with a review

HM Amla lbw b Pradeep 48 (53b 5x4 0x6) SR: 90
57.6
Chameera to Cook, OUT, well, that could change things for Chameera! Cook fiddling outside off, trying to angle the ball towards deep point or third man, feet stuck in the crease, playing well away from the body and provides a thin edge

SC Cook c †Chandimal b Chameera 117 (178b 11x4 0x6) SR: 65.73

62.4
de Silva to Duminy, out Caught by Mathews!!

Duminy c Mathews b de Silva 25(36) [4s-2]


South Africa 267/4 (62.4 ov)

64.4
de Silva to Bavuma, OUT, and he has another! A bit of a limp dismissal. Bavuma just looking to work this into the leg side, it turns a little, gets an inside edge (or perhaps glove) into the pad and it loops to short leg for a dolly of a catch

T Bavuma c Mendis b de Silva 8 (8m 10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

man walked right away.....but didn't touch de ball

In reply to Narper

Bavuma slipping behind Duminy in the race to stay in the side when AB returns....

Sigh ... Looks like 2 more years of Duminy then.

351/5

RSA 286, 406/6 decl
SL 205, 94/2 (39.0 Ovs) CRR: 2.41
Day 4: 2nd Session - Sri Lanka need 394 runs

46.2
Rabada to Silva, OUT
JK Silva lbw b Rabada 48 (118b 7x4 0x6) SR: 40.67

Kusal Mendis c de Kock b Rabada 58(90) [4s-9]

Day 4: Stumps - Sri Lanka need 248 runs

SL 240/5 (83.0 Ovs) CRR: 2.89


DM de Silva 9 (19b 2x4 0x6)
AD Mathews 58 (108b 7x4 0x

South Africa 286 (Duminy 63, Elgar 59, Lakmal 5-63) and
406 for 6 dec (Cook 117, de Kock 69, du Plessis 67*, Elgar 52)
beat
Sri Lanka 205 (Philander 5-45) and
281 (Mathews 59, Mendis 58, Rabada 3-77, Maharaj 3-86)
by 206 runs

Great bowling in the morning session.