Sports Desk: Sri Lankan cricket fans cheered after the host South Africa was bowled out for 191 runs in Durban; But the Sri Lankan cricketers themselves may not have realized what suffering was waiting for them.
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After bowling out South Africa on the second day at Kingsmead in Durban, the Sri Lankan batsmen realized that batting on this wicket is really a difficult task. That's what happened in the end. Sri Lankan batters gave shame.
The visiting Sri Lanka have given away wickets one after the other in the hands of Marco Jansen alone. As a result of which Dhananjaya De Silva had to be all out with the shame of the lowest run in their Test history. The Lankans were bowled out for just 42 runs.
Marco Jansen took 7 wickets alone. Gillard Coetzee took 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada took 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka's lowest run score in Test cricket is 71. The Lankans made this score against Pakistan in Kendy in 1994. After almost 30 years, this team overcame that shame. This time they scored 29 runs less than the old minimum score. The Lankans recorded the 6th lowest score in international cricket.
On the first day of the Test, almost three-quarters of the Test was washed away by rain. As a result, only 20.4 overs were played. South Africa's collection stood at 80 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. On the second day, the Proteas were bowled out for 191 runs in the face of controlled bowling by the Lankan bowlers.
Captain Temba Bavuma scored a maximum of 70 runs. Keshav Maharaj scored 24 runs. Lankan bowlers Ashitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara took 3 wickets each. Biswa Fernando and Prabhath Jayasuriya took 2 wickets each.
In reply, Sri Lanka fell into a great batting disaster from the start. Kamindu Mendis scored the maximum 13 runs. Lahiru Kumara remained unbeaten on 10 runs. None of the rest of the batters could touch double figures. Four batsmen were dismissed for zero runs.
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South Africa scored 77 runs for the loss of 1 wicket till writing this report. Tony De Georgi was out for 17 runs. Aiden Markram is batting for 36 runs and Wian Mulder is batting for 15 runs.
