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South Africa was eliminated by 398 by Sri Lanka at the start of the second day of the first test at Centurion on Sunday. After finishing the day with 316 races for 4 terrains. They are 69 races behind the visitors.
Starter Elgar didn’t score a century for just 5 runs. Another Markram starter couldn’t get very far after the fifth. However, Du Plessis and Babuma’s partner are frozen in the fold. Du Plessis is playing for 55 runs, Bavuma is hitting for 41 runs.
Sri Lanka started the day with 340 races over 6 terrains. His first innings ended in 11 overs. Dasun Shanaka, the undefeated hitter from the day before, led the team to 400 runs in a stormy batting.
The pace bowling all-rounder, which was undefeated at 25 the day before, made the first fifty of his test run with 69 balls. Kasun Rajitha accompanied him from the gate, biting the ground.
Rajitha, who scored 12 of 49, was caught in the second slip by Lutho Sipamla. The young speedy bowler quickly gave the world back to Fernando and Lahiru Kumara.
Shanaka left the field undefeated in 7 runs. He hit three fours and five sixes on his six-ball innings. Dhananjaya de Silva’s tour ended without a field due to injury the day before.
Elgar and Markram made great starts for South Africa. On all the big shots, the two starters shuffled the visiting players’ line length.
After throwing just 2.1 overs, fast pitcher Rajitha was injured and left the field. The hosts have taken advantage of their lack of bowlers.
Elgar-Markram kept the racing wheel rolling on ODI hitting. Markram collected the seventh fifty of his career with 64 balls. Elgar reached fifteenth fifty of 61 balls with three fours from Vanidu Hasaranga.
Markram was unable to lengthen the entries. The right-hander, who scored 6 runs in 14 overs, was caught by Shanakar on a loose throw from Bishwa Fernando. His farewell broke South Africa’s starting pair of 141 races.
Elgar made another good 59-race partnership with Rasi von der Dassen. Elgar came back regretfully in the finale after Lahiru Kumara broke the pair by returning Fon der Dassen. The starter caught Shanaka. Playing 130 balls, he made a 95-run inning in 16 fours.
Hasaranga didn’t let the confident starting captain Quinton de Kock calm down. The left arm hitter was caught in the slide on a big delivery by a leg spinner. Hasaranga’s first window in the Test.
Du Plessis and Temba Bavuma took the helm of the team that lost three wickets in no time. Handle the starting pressure with firm jaw support. Subsequent shots played as an opportunity. South Africa is on track to take the lead in the opening innings with its 96-race partnership for the fifth straight road.
Short score:
Sri Lanka 1st entry: 397 in 96 overs (340/6 the day before) (Shanaka 6 *, Rajitha 12, Fernando O, Kumara 0; NGD 19-3-64-1, Sipamla 18-1-6-4, Narkia 22-3- 6- 1, Mulder 20-4-69-3, Maharaja 19-3-64-0)
South Africa 1st inning: 316/4 in 72 overs (Elgar 95, Markram 6, Von der Dassen 15, Du Plessis 55 *, De Cock 16, Bavuma 41 *; Fernando 15-2-59-1, Rajitha 2.1-0-18-0, Shanaka 18.5-2-58-1, Hasaranga 23-3-99-1, Kumara 15-0-63-1)
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