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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Sri Lanka took full control of the second test against South Africa on Saturday, reaching 151-3 in its second innings on stumps on Day 2 to lead by 365 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club, giving Sri Lanka a first-innings lead of 214.
Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Danushka Gunathilaka, then added 91 runs for the first wicket of Sri Lanka's second innings
Keshav Maharaj, who took 9-129 in Sri Lanka's first-innings 338, struck in succession to Gunathilaka (61) and Dhananjaya de Silva (0).
Sri Lanka also lost Kusal Mendis when he was run out for 18.
Karunaratne was unbeaten on 59 at stumps with Angelo Mathews on 12.
Earlier, Sri Lanka resumed on 277-9 and extended its innings with a record 74-run, last- Wicket Stand.
South Africa was 19-3 at lunch and lost the remaining seven wickets in the afternoon session
Sri Lanka leads the two-match series 1-0, having won the first test by 278 runs
South Africa has not lost a series to Sri Lanka since 2006.
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