Sri Lanka reigns in Colombo despite the important milestone of Maharaj

COLOMBO – Keshav Maharaj returned the second best digits by a South African bowling player in a test run, but Sri Lanka took a step towards a 2-0 series after dominating the second day of the second and final test Saturday

The weaknesses of South Africa's rotation were unveiled once again as tourists collapsed for 124 to concede a first round tops the list of 214 races at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo

. the first rounds were 151-3 to strains after deciding not to impose the sequel against the tourists who are now watching the possibility of a second successive defeat of Test in three days.

Dimuth Karunaratne was beating on 59 at Stumps, his fourth successive shot of more than 50 years in the series, with Angelo Mathews on 12 at the other end.

For South Africa, left arm Maharaj took his match-wicket to 11 wickets, but his team was in a desperate situation. 19659004] Resumed earlier day on 277 for nine, Akila Dananjaya and Rangana Herath frustrated South Africa with a 74-point stand for the last wicket before Maharaj hit when he was caught behind for 35 Dananjaya remained undefeated on 43.

Maharaj's 9-129 is the second best by a South African in the trials, behind only 9-113 from Hugh Tayfield against England in 1957, but its success has brought little joy to one side battling their own rotational vulnerabilities.

Herath and Dananjaya (5-42) came back from breaking balls to hurt South Africa with the new ball, reducing walking tourists to 15 for three.

Dilruwan Perera (4-40) then joined the rout as South Africa lost 10 wickets to Sri Lankan spinners.

Faf du Plessis (48) and Quinton de Kock (32) counter-attacked but this was not enough because the tourists did not manage to reach the 150 points of the series