In the first Test against South Africa, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for just 42 runs. 5 batsmen could not even open their account and the team lost 10 wickets in 13.5 overs. Left arm pacer Marco Jansen took 7 wickets from South Africa.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. South Africa started play on Wednesday, with the team being bowled out for 191 runs. In this way, they got a lead of 149 runs in the first innings.
Bavuma scored a fifty for South Africa On the first day, South Africa lost 4 wickets for 80 runs. Then it started raining, which stopped the game. The team captain Temba Bavuma scored 70 runs on the next day. With the help of his innings, South Africa scored 191 runs.
Keshav Maharaj scored 24, Marco Jansen scored 13, Kagiso Rabada scored 15 and Tristan Stubbs scored 16 runs. The rest of the batters could not score more than 10 runs. Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara took 3 wickets each for Sri Lanka. Vishwa Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya got 2 wickets each.
Sri Lanka could not bat even in 14 overs The Sri Lankan team could not bat even 14 overs in the first innings. The team lost the first wicket in the third over and the 10th wicket also fell on the fifth ball of the 14th over. Lahiru Kumara scored 10 runs and Kamindu Mendis scored 13 runs.
Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Prabhath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando were also unable to open the account. Angelo Mathews scored 1 run, Dimuth Karunaratne 2 runs and Pathum Nisanka 3 runs. Sa. Marco Janssen took 7 wickets from Africa. Gerald Coetzee took 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada took 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka's lowest Test score This is Sri Lanka's lowest score in Test cricket. Earlier, the team was bowled out for 71 runs against Pakistan in 1994. It was also the lowest score by any team against South Africa. Earlier in 2013 in Cape Town, the New Zealand team could score only 45 runs. This was South Africa's third lowest score. Earlier, the team was all out for 30 and 35 runs at home.
Important series for WTC finals Both Sri Lanka and South Africa still hope to reach the final of the World Test Championship. Sri Lanka have to win 3 of the remaining 4 Tests, while South Africa have to win all the remaining four matches. South Africa will play another 2-2 Test against Pakistan and Sri Lanka against Australia.
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