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OVERVIEW SL vs SA : Sri Lankan's formidable battery of tireless spinners brought them to five wickets in a 2-0 series against South Africa as tourists continued to fight against ball in the second and second half. last test on Sunday. Chasing an unlikely target of 490 to level the series, the Tourists finished day three on 139-5, their highest total in the rotation-dominated series, at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo. Theunis de Bruyn was beating after a gallant 45, showing the kind of application and positivity that was lacking to his colleagues. Temba Bavuma was 14 years old on the other end. Sri Lanka resumed the third day on 151 for three, an overall advance of 365 points against a South African team that has not yet scored 150 goals in the series, and decided to allow Angelo Mathews to fight in shape. The other drummer, Dimuth Karunaratne, continued his fine form to score 85 goals, his fourth shot more than 50 hits in as many innings, before falling on Lungi Ngidi. Mathews made 71 years before being kicked out by South African pitcher Keshav Maharaj who finished with a 12-wicket match
Suranga Lakmal, the Sri Lankan captain, quickly declared 275 goals out of five, before unchecking three goals. far the top half of the line of South African hitters. Dilruwan Perera took advantage of a 36th birthday by overflowing Dean Elgar, then twice, opening it again for 37. Rangana Herath knocked over Hashim Amla with his drift and his turn and Akila Dananjaya hit twice fired the captain of South Africa, Faf du Plessis (Sept), and the Maharaj, aimlessly, following successive deliveries. Lakmal, the solitary paceman of the Sri Lankan attack, did not bend in the first innings and still did not roll his arm in the second run while his spinners were wreaking havoc against South Africans at the feet of lead.
Comment (South African sleeves)
73.1 R Herath in Bavuma, OUT c Niroshan Dickwella b Rangana Herath. South Africa has lost its sixth wicket. 236/6
72.6 D Perera at Bavuma, Shortish on the leggings again, gently thrown through the square leg for another run. 5 singles of it all and all easily caught and worked. 236/5
72.5 D Perera at Bruyn, On the pads, crossed the side. A race taken. 235/5
72.4 D Perera at Bavuma, Out comes the conventional sweep. This time it is Bavuma. He works at the deep square leg for a run. 234/5
72.3 D Perera at Bruyn, reverse scan of Whippy de Bruyn. How effective was this blow for them? A flatter ball in the middle worked through the backstop for a run. 233/5
72.2 D Perera in Bavuma, Shortish around, Temba waiting for the turn, then working on the square leg for a race. 232/5
72.1 D Perera at Bavuma, around the wicket, floated and Bavuma charged to defend him. 231/5
71.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Theunis defended it by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 231/5
71.5 R Herath at Bruyn, similar delivery from Herath and easily dismissed by de Bruyn. 231/5
71.4 R Herath at Bruyn, put in order, slower on a length, blocked from the front foot. 231/5
71.3 R Herath at Bruyn, flown around, worked away. 231/5
71.2 R Herath at Bruyn, On off, easily defensible. 231/5
71.1 R Herath at Bruyn, more flattened in the middle, pushed to the side for a run. 231/5
Change of end for Rangana Herath
70.6 D Perera in Bavuma, defended from the back foot by the drummer. 231/5
70.5 D Perera in Bavuma, FOUR! Good bat of Bavuma. He uses his feet to approach the field and sinks him halfway for a limit. 231/5
70.4 D Perera at Bavuma, Worked halfway through. No race taken. 227/5
70.3 D Perera in Bavuma, Oooh! To close. Full and exiting outside, Bavuma goes down to shoot the sweep but gets a bottom edge on his boot and the lobe ball behind. Fortunately for him, he lands just before the first slip. 227/5
70.2 D Perera in Bavuma, FOUR BYES! The field behaves a bit bad from time to time. The lower leg, pulling from the surface and turning, the guardian can not catch him as the drummer leaves him. Just go behind for a border. 227/5
70.1 D Perera in Bavuma, On the other side of the wicket, it is rounder on the jambs, it is swept by Bavuma for a double. 223/5
Dilruwan Perera has a late change.
69.6 D Gunathilaka at Bruyn, Full length jaw in middle and leg, defended in front of short leg. 221/5
69.5 D Gunathilaka at Bruyn, Worked on the short leg of the back foot. 221/5
69.4 D Gunathilaka in Bruyn, ground around the leg, sways while the drummer leaves him alone. Dickwella can not collect properly because he is retiring from his gloves. The drummers take two goodbyes. 221/5
69.3 D Gunathilaka in Bavuma, the drummer works the bottom of the leg. A race has been added to the total. 219/5
69.2 D Gunathilaka in Bavuma, continues around the wicket, laying on a shorter length, catches Bavuma on skates while he misses his film. 218/5
69.1 D Gunathilaka in Bavuma, a little courteous on the middle and the leg, worked halfway through. 218/5
Danushka Gunathilaka is now playing bowl
68.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Waiting for the ball to come back before going back and cutting it to the third man with the spin. A splint taken. 218/5
68.5 R Herath at Bruyn, Fuller off with a little bend, de Bruyn takes a lead, safely, to the middle of the field. 216/5
68.4 R Herath in Bruyn, just behind a driving length, on the outside, made Theunis go a little forward to prevent it from going out. 216/5
68.3 R Herath at Bruyn, Spinning away off off, covers the line and lets it go. 216/5
68.2 R Herath at Bruyn, sinking first, going away, turns, de Bruyn pushes him to blankets. 216/5
68.1 R Herath in Bavuma, threw wicket around the wicket, on the middle and leg, swept cleanly until the back deep leg for a run. 216/5
67.6 D Perera at Bruyn, safely ends the end with a front foot block. Did not allow the ball to turn at all. 215/5
67.5 D Perera at Bruyn, just behind the line of it. Fuller on off, well defended. 215/5
67.4 D Perera at Bruyn, struck on the arm, out of the line of the stump. Perera serves him around, he turns and starts. 215/5
67.3 D Perera at Bruyn, Rocks comes back in a flash and knocks the punch up to the cover of the sweeper. A comfortable two results. 215/5
67.2 D Perera at Bruyn, Full and curly, around, hermetically closed. 213/5
67.1 D Perera at Bruyn, flatter and shorter in the middle and off, de Bruyn moves behind, gets behind the line and defends it right under his nose. 213/5
66.6 R Herald in Bavuma, Bavuma is solid on the defensive when he arrives at mid-height and brings his bat in front of his block to block. 213/5
66.5 R Herath in Bavuma, The drummer defended him by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 213/5
66.4 R Herath in Bavuma, L "with the wrists on the side of the leg. No race taken. 213/5
66.3 R Herath in Bavuma, Spinning away from the outside, left alone. 213/5
66.2 R Herath in Bavuma, Court, it's hard and well connected too. Temba is unhappy to have found the fielder of the square leg. 213/5
66.1 R Herath in Bavuma, restarting up on off, blocked the front foot on the off side. 213/5
65.6 D Perera at Bruyn, a sharp turn for Dilruwan. He settles on himself, turns a little shorter and Bruyn does not pick it up. He returns to cut, but is hit high on the thigh. 213/5
65.5 D Perera in Bruyn, penetrates deep inside the fold, waiting for the ball to turn before holding it in front of the short leg. 213/5
65.4 D Perera in Bavuma, the 100 points stand is in place! Vital for the Proteas. Good fight shown of these two. One wonders, if one or two more had provided a similar display, things could have turned out to be different. Bavuma sweeps this through the square leg towards the back. 213/5
65.3 D Perera at Bruyn, Darted full on the middle stretch, de Bruyn becomes weak to reverse the sweep but gets a lower edge that hits the track and bounces off the fielder's head. Single taken. 212/5
65.2 D Perera at Bruyn, Short touch on off, turning, away on the side of the leg. 211/5
65.1 D Perera at Bruyn, chained by the club, de Bruyn blocked going well ahead. 211/5
Dilruwan Perera is back
64.6 R Herath in Bavuma, played to point intentionally this time. Point ball. 211/5
64.5 R Herath in Bavuma closes his face a little too early. Fuller and further, Bavuma gets a square of attack away. No problem. 211/5
64.4 R Herath in Bavuma, Bavuma tries to go down the track but Rangi pulls his length back. So, the drummer goes back and plays it to the point. 211/5
64.3 R Herath in Bavuma, Full and slow of the bowler, kept without any problem. 211/5
64.2 R Herath in Bavuma, turning slightly, gently thrown, Temba with a submissive push towards the covers. 211/5
64.1 R Herath in Bavuma, thrown well on the outside, no shot offered by the drummer. 211/5
63.6 from Silva to Bruyn, complete and straight, easily dismissed. 211/5
63.5 from Silva to Bruyn, The pause of the legs this time but de Bruyn wins early. Prods transmits and blocks. 211/5
63.4 Silva to Bruyn, The drummer defended him by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 211/5
63.3 from Silva to Bruyn, Play that back foot for nothing. 211/5
63.2 from Silva to Bruyn, FOUR! Wonderful execution of Theunis de Bruyn to get rid of it. Bring the reverse sweep to this fuller ball and place it across the cover point. Roshen Silva at the sweeper cover moves a long way to his left, dives to stop but he can not. Border. 211/5
63.1 from Silva to Bavuma, Turning to the leg, Bavuma pbades it through the sliding position of the legs. In the air, but safely. Unique collected. 207/5
62.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Pushed to cover. End of the end. 206/5
62.5 R Herath at Bruyn, bends completely and quickly, scrambled by the drummer. 206/5
62.4 R Herath at Bruyn, Much theft about it, Theunis is forth to block. 206/5
62.3 R Herath in Bruyn, Almost unplayable! What a jaffa! Jeez. De Bruyn survives an alert. Herath drops it a little bit and this ball spins and takes off the deck as if it was nobody's business. Theunis will play first, but it is good to go back and get away from the line. 206/5
62.2 R Herath at Bruyn, Loopy and fuller, out, pushed in the covers. 206/5
62.1 R Herath in Bavuma, Fifty for Temba Bavuma! His 11th in this format. Well deserved too. Well done under pressure. Sweep this to the square leg and take one to reach the milestone. 206/5
Rangana Herath back on
61.6 A Dananjaya in Bruyn, Too full again, easy enough for de Bruyn to show up and negotiate the pirouette. 205/5
61.5 At Dananjaya in Bruyn, Tossed from break break, Theunis is prominent in the defense. 205/5
61.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Just stay behind and keep it out. 205/5
61.3 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, full and just outside, Bavuma trails the sweep through the square leg and rotates the strike. 205/5
61.2 A Dananjaya at Bavuma, would have been better than it had been in advance, but it comes back instead and stops because there is no of turn. 204/5
61.1 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, a heavy turn for Akila. Turning inward, de Bruyn works through the hole in the middle gate area and picks one up. 204/5
60.6 From Silva to Bavuma, Too full and outside, Bavuma goes low for the reverse sweep and gets hit low on the leggings. The impact is outside. 203/5
60.5 from Silva to Bruyn, Turned off the pads, wide of short leg. Another race in total. 203/5
60.4 from Silva to Bavuma, All too comfortable for this Protea pair now. Bavuma bads the back foot to the middle of the wicket and reaches the other end. 202/5
60.3 from Silva to Bruyn, Turning along the leg on a shorter length, de Bruyn moves inside the fold and places it through the square leg towards the 39, back for one. 201/5
60.2 from Silva to Bruyn, Gives a little more air on the stumps, stuck at the bottom of the track. 200/5
60.1 from Silva to Bavuma, dosed delivery on the leg of the leg, Bavuma removed his pads and pbaded through the square leg. Only one result and the 200 arrives for South Africa. 200/5
59.6 Dananjaya at Bruyn, He used his size and achieved a great effect thanks to his sleeves. Again, he comes forward to the rounder ball around and creams the drive through covers for a few races. This pair seems in total control for the moment. 199/5
59.5 A Dananjaya in Bruyn, Too full, pushed to the side. 197/5
59.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Prods ahead and keeps him off the front foot. 197/5
59.3 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, The drummer played that foot before and into the ground. 197/5
59.2 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, more flat out, back swept by the point of cover by de Bruyn. A result of the hug. 197/5
59.1 A Dananjaya at T Bavuma, Uff! How do you want to play such deliveries? Bavuma played the best possible. A bullet stolen along the length, it hits some rough or bounces of the seam and it just takes off. He almost reaches the caldera of the drummer who does well to put his glove on the way and push it to the air side. Final result, a pbadage taken from the point of coverage. 195/5
Drinks! Excellent session for South Africa. They scored 55 points in this small session without losing a wicket, probably the first time in this series. The oldest ball seems easier to play than the new cherry. Let's see for how long these two can continue to bat. He will surely send some chills to Lankan
58.6 from Silva to Bruyn, defended by Theunis with the whole face of the bat. 194/5
58.6 from Silva to Bruyn, large! Rough patches on the track come into play. He lands out of his leg and takes off from there. Dickwella behind the sticks does well to collect this. 194/5
58.5 Silva to Bruyn, Shoot the slowest ball on the side for nothing. 193/5
58.4 from Silva to de Bruyn, On the stumps, led to covered by de Bruyn. 193/5
58.3 Silva to Bruyn, The drummer defended him by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 193/5
58.2 from Silva to Bruyn, In the middle, blocked. 193/5
58.1 Silva to Bruyn, Fast and flat, a little spin but down the side of the leg. Left alone. 193/5
Dhananjaya of Silva is at stake.
57.6 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, Too full, leads in the middle not to run. 193/5
57.5 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Easily negotiated by Theunis. He made him the bowler in an area where he could score points. Akila may not be taking her rhythm properly. He lands a little short in the middle and he turns further on the side of the leg. Theunis turns him to the square leg and takes his run. 193/5
57.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, The drummer defended it by standing just behind the line of delivery. 192/5
57.3 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Gets behind the line of this one and blocks it. 192/5
57.2 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Broad on the side of the leg, the drummer leaves him alone. 192/5
57.1 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, smart stuff from Bavuma! A ball runs around, Bavuma kick him in the middle of the field and seeing Perera slow to react, he calls his partner for a quick one. Excellent substance! 192/5
56.6 S Lakmal at Bruyn, On a back of a length around, easily blocked by Theunis. 191/5
56.5 S Lakmal to Bavuma, Straightish in the line of stumps, short and flicked at the fine leg for a run. 191/5
56.4 S Lakmal to T Bavuma, On a length just outside, hit at the covers. 190/5
56.3 S Lakmal at Bavuma, Out on a length, left alone. 190/5
56.2 S Lakmal to Bavuma, around, on a back of one length, blocked. 190/5
56.1 From Lakmal to Bavuma, Bavuma misses the wild wolf across the line. A sweater with a delivery not so short on the outside. 190/5
55.6 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, in line of stumps, stood easily. 190/5
55.5 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, swept with the intention of the square leg area for another single. 190/5
55.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, On the middle and leg, pulled from the inner half of the bat to the side. A race taken. 189/5
55.3 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, The drummer defended him by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 188/5
55.2 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, another thrown from Akila's spinner. Theunis is eager to play, but fails to take his bat behind the line. The ball hits his pad and goes to the front short leg. The bowler asks a question but the referee rightly denies it. 188/5
55.1 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, stolen lengthwise, defended the back foot. 188/5
54.6 S Lakmal at Bruyn, Fraction in a straight line, de Bruyn moves inside the line and works mid-window to continue to hit. 188/5
54.5 S Lakmal at Bruyn, just behind a length, close to the gap, kept safe. 187/5
54.4 S Lakmal at Bruyn, FOUR! Some rhythm on the supply and the drummer takes full advantage. A short distance from there, De Bruyn camps on the back foot and muscle the springboard halfway to a limit. 187/5
54.3 S Lakmal at Bruyn, overthrow! A bit sloppy Lankans. De Bruyn just pushes this middle middle and takes off. Karunaratne rushes to the ball, shoots a direct hit at the end of the bowler but Theunis is well inside. The ball bounces off the stumps and there is no one going back there. So the drummers take an extra run. 183/5
54.2 S Lakmal at Bruyn, Served again on a length, on the stumps, blocked at the bottom of the track. 181/5
54.1 S Lakmal at Bruyn, Back of a length delivery to the outside, de Bruyn stands up and knocks him in front of the cover. 181/5
Hello! Hello! Look what we have here. Suranga Lakmal will play bowling for the first time in this test. Probably will show how much this pair Protea, especially Bruyn, was
53.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Fleet this one Akila, Theunis hurt his cut and get it to the point. A race taken. 181/5
53.5 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Out of the leg, left alone. 180/5
53.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, Rocks with short delivery in the middle and returns it to the bowler. 180/5
53.3 A Dananjaya in Bruyn, uses his hands and works this one a short leg wide. 180/5
53.2 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, blocks him at the bowler. 180/5
53.1 At Dananjaya in Bruyn, Theunis tries to sweep the ball from the outside but gets hit on his pad. It strikes him out so no problem. 180/5
52.6 R Herath in Bavuma, FOUR! Take out the sweep one more time. It has been so effective for visitors throughout. Bavuma sweeps the balloon and connects it very well. A limit results from the region of the square leg towards the back. 180/5
52.5 R Herath in Bavuma, defended from the front foot by the drummer presenting the entire face of the bat. 176/5
52.4 R Herath in Bavuma, Longath Shortish from Herath, Bavuma backs off for the flicker but is hit on his outer leg pad. 176/5
52.3 R Herath in Bavuma, Pitched on the outside of the leg, Temba pad him on the off side. Herath threw it over the wicket. 176/5
52.2 R Herath in Bavuma, No problem to handle the ball more upright. Easily defended. 176/5
52.1 R Herath in Bavuma, shows the entire face of the bat and blocks it well. 176/5
51.6 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, prodigious Spin. Was there an advantage to that? The referee does not think so. He is short in the middle and the leg, Theunis back to bring back to the side of the leg but lack. The rotation around the wicket for Dananjaya removes it. Two byes result from the region of the thin leg. 176/5
51.5 A Dananjaya in Bruyn, comes forward to play this one but the spin allows him to hit him on his pad. 174/5
51.4 A Dananjaya at Bruyn, FOUR! He wrote Rahul Dravid on this shot. Cracker! Akila pushes him once more, de Bruyn swings back and hits him handsomely from there. The ball runs across the wide middle for the second limit of the end. 174/5
51.3 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, On the leggings, lit in the thin leg. A race taken. 170/5
51.2 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, hangs to defend the short delivery to the side. He looks badured now. 169/5
51.1 A Dananjaya in Bavuma, FOUR! This is not the kind of delivery you should do first. A short ball on the outside, a lot of width and Temba Bavuma rocking to cut it. The ball goes through the recovery point and a limit result. 169/5
Akila Dananjaya is attacked for the first time today.
50.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Gently gets behind it and blocks it. 165/5
50.5 R Herath at Bruyn, The drummer defended him by placing himself behind the line of delivery. 165/5
50.4 R Herath at Bruyn, Ooh! All these balls missing the outer edges remind me of Maharaj. He did not have much luck in the third innings. Herath is going through the same phase. A stripper left for Theunis and walked away from the face of the bat – but beating the outer edge. 165/5
50.3 R Herath at Bruyn, in the line of stumps, kept out. 165/5
50.2 R Herath at T Bavuma, Tossed on the outside, Temba leaves with hard hands and obtains an outside advantage but pbades in front of the fielder. A pbadage taken in the region of the third man. 165/5
50.1 R Herath in Bavuma, He always did. Another at right angles, he lands and turns sharply to beat Bavuma on the outside. 164/5
49.6 D Perera in Bavuma, In the middle and in the leg, swept to the fine leg for another race. These two are sure to strike now. 164/5
49.5 D Perera at Bavuma T, Punched to cover the back foot by Bavuma. He takes a double and brings the 50-point stand between the duo. Second of the heats for South Africa and perhaps more authoritarian than the first. 163/5
49.4 D Perera at Bavuma, Shortish on the leggings, pbaded through the side. It seems easy to bat right now. 161/5
49.3 D Perera at Bruyn, De Bruyn works along the leg. A race has been added to the total. 161/5
49.2 D Perera at Bruyn, floating around, he turns and hits Theunis on the pad and lobs in the air. The catch is taken in the short leg but there was no bat on it. 160/5
49.1 D Perera in Bavuma, Shortish on off, nestled in the middle of the wicket. A result of execution. 160/5
48.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Easily negotiated by Theunis on the front foot to end the end. 159/5
48.5 R Herath in Bavuma, Uppish but sure. On the Herath platelets, Bavuma rotates it and gets it in the area of the slender legs. A race taken. 159/5
48.4 R Herath in Bavuma, Around the field, Bavuma tears off the front foot. 158/5
48.3 R Herath in Bavuma, Fuller this time, miss shot by the drummer. Gets a hit on the pads accordingly. 158/5
48.2 R Herath in Bavuma, Flights this one on one leg, Temba easily maintains it. 158/5
48.1 R Herath in Bavuma, slower in line of stumps, defended. 158/5
47.6 D Perera at Bruyn, Withdrawn again platelets, no sleeve taken. 158/5
47.5 D Perera in Bruyn, Landing on the middle and the leg, spinning with an extra bounce, Theunis moves inside the line and blocks it. 158/5
47.4 D Perera at Bruyn, Straightening a shadow after landing, on the stumps, de Bruyn stays behind and blocks it. 158/5
47.3 D Perera in Bruyn, removes it from his pads and plays it on the side of the leg. 158/5
47.2 D Perera at Bruyn, FOUR! Maiden Test fifty for Theunis de Bruyn! Bring the right style. A well deserved one too, he fought hard there. While crossing outside, de Bruyn recedes and strikes him through the covers for a border. Needless to say, he would like to continue for a long time. 158/5
47.1 D Perera in Bavuma, short and flat out, turning, Bavuma goes back up and offers a punch to the coverage area. A race taken. 154/5
46.6 R Herath at Bruyn, Gentle hands helped him there. Spinning delivery away from de Bruyn, he stakes on and gets an outside edge past slip. 153/5
46.5 R Herath at Bruyn, S advance forward and down and keeps him apart. 153/5
46.4 R Herath at Bruyn, Outdoors, left alone. 153/5
46.3 R Herath at Bruyn, Too much spin again. De Bruyn stays away from this one. Herath bowls that in the corner and he turns to the hands of the keeper. 153/5
46.2 R Herath at Bruyn, can not do much about it. De Bruyn did well to stand behind the line, but he stands out from the face of the bat. A rippa! 153/5
46.1 R Herath in Bavuma, Out comes again sweeping. It has been effective. Herath pushes him flat and brings him to the middle. The ball goes to the man's deep square leg for a run. 153/5
45.6 D Perera in Bavuma, FOUR DIFFERENT! Bonus for Bavuma and South Africa. Full, Temba sinks him halfway and leaves for a quick quick. Danushka Gunathilaka comes charging from the middle of the field, fetches the ball, picks it up and is a bit afraid of the stumps at the end of the bowler – all in one movement, which is fine. But the throw is far from the track and there is no one to go back either. All the way, she goes to the closing of the blanket. 152/5
45.5 D Perera à Bavuma, PAS OUT. «Ce qui est bien avec la critique, c'est que … si elle n'est pas attrapée, alors on peut aussi vérifier le poids de LBW», ricane Roshan Abeysinghe à l'antenne. Cependant, aucun n'est sorti et les Lankais perdent leur examen. Plein et à l'extérieur, Bavuma se faufile loin sur la piste et cherche à défendre mais manque. La balle tourne, se détache de ses coussinets et de ses lobes jusqu'à la jambe courte. Les Lankais sont confiants comme toujours mais je ne suis pas sûr que l'appel soit pour quoi … d'accord … attrapé, disent-ils. Lakmal veut le revoir et bien, pas de bord du tout et en vérifiant le LBW, l'impact était l'appel de l'arbitre mais la balle frappait le 10ème tronçon qui n'existe généralement pas dans le cricket … 147/5
Referral for a catch out pris. Temba Bavuma l'homme en question pour un bat-pad. Est-il parti?
45.4 D Perera à Bruyn, Au milieu et à la jambe, a aidé le côté de la jambe pour un. 147/5
45.3 D Perera à Bavuma, Un peu de chance. Bavuma s'étire pour balayer celui-ci, obtient un certain avantage, mais il tombe en toute sécurité autour de la jambe carrée. A race taken. 146/5
45.2 D Perera à Bruyn, Un peu court, Theunis s'avance d'abord mais revient ensuite et travaille entre le glissement de jambe et la jambe courte pour un seul. 145/5
45.1 D Perera à Bruyn, Plein et dehors, de Bruyn se lève et se défend. 144/5
44.6 R Herath à Bavuma, Et une autre mademoiselle. Livraison similaire à Herath, Temba a l'air de jouer la ligne mais se fait battre à nouveau. 144/5
44.5 R Herath à Bavuma, Spins loin du bord extérieur de la chauve-souris de Bavuma. No problem. 144/5
44.4 R Herath à Bavuma, le défend jusqu'à Herath. 144/5
44.3 R Herath à Bavuma, Straighten un. Bavuma rate la ligne et se fait battre à l'intérieur. 144/5
44.2 R Herath à Bavuma, défendu du côté off du pied avant. 144/5
44.1 R Herath à Bavuma, se relève et l'éloigne de son corps. 144/5
43.6 D Perera à Bruyn, Une autre échappée en descente. Il le frappe sur ses coussinets et ses lobs en direction de la patte pour rien. 144/5
43.5 D Perera à Bruyn, Haut! Certains rebondissent sur celui-ci, il frappe Theunis haut sur le pavé. 144/5
43.4 D Perera à Bruyn, Cherche à balayer et travaille à la jambe pour ne pas courir. 144/5
43.3 D Perera à Bruyn, Le ballon a frappé Theunis à la main. Un peu de rebond supplémentaire sur l'offre pour le melon. 144/5
43.2 D Perera à Bruyn, Trop de spin à nouveau. Il atterrit sur une longueur ample, pivote et de Bruyn obtient un bord intérieur sur ses jambières tout en se défendant. No problem. 144/5
43.1 D Perera à T Bavuma, vient en avant pour jouer le ballon lancé et le travaille à mi-guichet. A race taken. 144/5
42.6 R Herath à Bruyn, Fente vers l'avant jusqu'à la dernière balle et le maintient facilement. 143/5
42.5 R Herath à Bruyn, En ligne des souches, poussé sur le côté du pied arrière. 143/5
42.4 R Herath à Bruyn, Autour de, bloqué. 143/5
42.3 R Herath to Bavuma, Temba paddles the ball down the leg side. The drummers ran for one. 143/5
42.2 R Herath to Bavuma, Bavuma defends it from within the crease. 142/5
42.1 R Herath to Bavuma, Very effective. The South Africans have come out with some intent this morning. A fuller ball on middle and leg, Bavuma sweeps it with a punch and gets it fine. A brace results. 142/5
Rangana Herath to bowl from the other end.
41.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Lunges forward to play the flatter delivery back to the bowler. End of the first over of the session. 140/5
41.5 D Perera to Bruyn, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. 140/5
41.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Too much spin from the good length area, it goes further away from the right-hander down the leg side. 140/5
41.3 D Perera to Bruyn, In line of the stumps, defended. 140/5
41.2 D Perera to Bavuma, Around middle, swept to fine leg for a run. 140/5
41.1 D Perera to Bavuma, Shortish around off, Bavuma gets a thick edge past slip. The day starts in a similar fashion. 139/5
The players are out! The day is about to get underway. The overnight batters Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma are ready. Dilruwan Perera has the ball in hand to start the proceedings. Let's play!
Pitch Report – Shaun Pollock out there says nothing's changed with regards to the surface. Adds that South Africa used a lot of the sweep shot on Day 3. Kepler Wessels with him mentions the importance of deploying the sweep shot, particularly the power sweep, provided you pick the right deliveries. States that for the leg side field, the reverse sweep, if employed correctly, could be a good option to disrupt the field. And ends saying if you can't sweep, just believe in your shots and rotate the strike.
Hello and welcome to the fourth day of the second and final Test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. This is probably the last day considering that the visitors have lost 5 crucial wickets on Day 3 and still are way behind the target. Only Theunis de Bruyn has shown some grit to hang around in the middle but other than him, everybody was in too much of a hurry to rest after a tiring day. Dean Elgar was given three lives, generously, but he failed to kick on and his 4th life faltered him. For the home team, Dilruwan Perera enjoyed his 'unlucky' birthday and managed to get into the wickets column along with his counterparts. It's highly unlikely that the target will be chased down or the Protea batters will bat for two days, but miracles happen when you least expect them to. At least that's what the team from Africa must feel. The first session starts in a while, hang around!
… Day 4, Session 1 …
Day 4 seems like it will be the final day of this Test, unless of course, de Bruyn and his remaining mates decide otherwise. To say it will be challenging, is putting it lightly. Though, in all honesty, it seems more a question of when it'll be wrapped up than how will South Africa manage through this storm. Still, it remains to be seen. Join us at 1000 local (0430 GMT) for all the exciting action. Till then, you can switch tabs and catch another Pakistan domination against Zimbabwe in the final ODI by switching tabs. Cheers!
The story was how everyone foresaw it. The spin trio ran through most of the Protea batting order, with all of them sharing the spoils. Theunis de Bruyn has been the only one who's looked badured, composed and equipped enough to deal with the Lankan spin attack. Rest all, capitulated when put under the pump. One would have expected, or rather, wanted more fight and grit from the Protea side which is deemed as a quality one. Not to be though.
A thoroughly satisfying day, particularly the final session, for Sri Lanka, as they walk off the field. The last couple of hours yielded 97 runs in 29 overs with 4 wickets falling. It was a rather eventful day to say the least, with everything happening. The South African openers were given lives, Elgar 3 of them, but they still couldn't make the most of it. What was to follow is not something any South African fan would have wanted to witness.
40.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Drifting in on middle and then turning, de Bruyn is nicely place behind the line as he blocks it out. STUMPS ON DAY 3! 139/5
40.5 R Herath to de Bruyn, Short and flat outside off, de Bruyn chops this square. Dilruwan at point moves swiftly to his left and dives to keep the ball from going past him. Lovely effort. 139/5
40.4 R Herath to Bavuma, Swept away into the gap on the leg side for a single. 139/5
40.3 R Herath to Bavuma, Lesser spin this time from Herath, Bavuma manages to keep it out without any trouble. 138/5
40.2 R Herath to Bavuma, Behind a driving length, around off, turns away and beats the outside edge of Bavuma's hanging bat. 138/5
40.1 R Herath to Bavuma, FOUR! Full ball attacking the stumps, Bavuma brings the broom out and sweeps it through square leg. A couple of runs result. 138/5
39.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 136/5
39.5 D Perera to Bruyn, Short ball outside off, cut away to the backward point fielder for nothing. 136/5
39.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Slower through the air in line of the stumps, de Bruyn prods forward and defends it. 134/5
39.3 D Perera to Bruyn, Gets behind the ball and blocks it. 134/5
39.2 D Perera to Bavuma, Sweeps this from outside off towards square leg for a single. 134/5
39.1 D Perera to Bavuma, Sharp turn from Perera. Lands this outside off and comes back in. Bavuma gets hit on his pad outside off. 133/5
The physios are out giving some treatment to the arm of de Bryun. And, Dilruwan Perera is called back to bowl.
38.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Stays right behind the line and blocks. 133/5
38.5 R Herath to Bruyn, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 133/5
38.4 R Herath to Bruyn, Similar ball, similar result. 133/5
38.3 R Herath to Bruyn, Tossed up and it spins sharply outside off, de Bruyn is beaten. 133/5
38.2 R Herath to Bavuma, Full and on the stumps, swept away on the leg side for one. 133/5
38.1 R Herath to Bavuma, Loopy and full on off, blocked. 132/5
37.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, FOUR! The leg break but de Bruyn picks it up quickly. He rocks back, has room to free his arms outside off and slaps it through covers for a boundary. 132/5
37.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, On the back foot this time, works it down gently in front of short leg. 128/5
37.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Full, straight, with a lot of air. Theunis shifts his weight onto his front foot and defends. 128/5
37.3 A Dananjaya to Bavuma, Temba stands tall and punches it firmly through the covers. The sweeper cuts it off by moving to his left and saves a run for his side. 128/5
37.2 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Goes on the back foot and nudges it away into the leg side for a single. 125/5
37.1 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, FOUR! Well played, Big T. That's a very good shot. Goes with the spin, sweeps it through square leg. De Bruyn finds the fence without any problem. 124/5
36.6 R Herath to Bavuma, Another sweep, a top edge this time but it's fallen safe. Over the man at backward square leg, brace taken. 120/5
36.5 R Herath to Bavuma, Drives this full delivery to mid off. 118/5
36.4 R Herath to Bavuma, FOUR! A lot of air on middle and leg, swept hard by Bavuma over backward square leg for a boundary. 118/5
36.3 R Herath to Bavuma, Spinning away from around off, Temba is well inside the crease and has enough time to tap it down on the off side. 114/5
36.2 R Herath to Bruyn, Short, flat and quick on off, de Bruyn goes back and bads this through the empty mid-wicket region. Single taken. 114/5
36.1 R Herath to Bruyn, Full and loopy outside off, blocked nicely off the front foot. 113/5
35.6 A Dananjaya to Bavuma, Floated and turning in, Bavuma is caught low on the pads while trying to play at that. 113/5
35.5 A Dananjaya to Bavuma, Plays it with the spin and turns it away just wide of short leg. 113/5
35.4 A Dananjaya to Bavuma, An audacious shot from Bavuma. Completely unnecessary with the ball spinning so much. He premeditated the reverse way early, but the ball landed way too short for him to connect and it spun a long way down too. Luckily, his back leg didn't drag out because Dickwella took the bails off quickly. 113/5
35.3 A Dananjaya to Bavuma, Quicker through the air on off, Bavuma is well forward as he keeps this one out safely. 113/5
Temba Bavuma to bat next for South Africa. Two slips, a leg slip, a silly point and short leg in place for him.
35.2 A Dananjaya to Maharaj, OUT! Plumb! Maharaj departs for a golden duck. Off break just outside off, spins in and strikes Maharaj clean on the front pad as he tries to defend off the front foot. Loud shout, the finger goes up but Keshav reviews after a long chat with his partner. Maybe he thought there's an inside edge otherwise he'd never have gone for it. In any case, the replays roll in and they show he's gone. No edge of any kind involved and he is right in front of the sticks. Sri Lanka on the charge. 113/5
Review. For an lbw decision with Keshav Maharaj in question. He was given out and he took it upstairs. Let's see now…
Keshav Maharaj walks out.
35.1 A Dananjaya to Plessis, OUT! This is a body blow to South Africa! Their captain, their best player on this tour, has departed. Landed on off, it goes on straight. Maybe the slightest of turns. Faf du Plessis takes a step across, presents a straight bat in defense and the ball goes behind to first slip off his pads. Now, an appeal goes up, mostly likely for a catch as the Lankans feel there is some bat involved. The umpire doesn't budge so the review is taken. Snicko detects the ball took the inside edge and that's that. Sri Lanka rejoice. 113/4
34.6 R Herath to de Bruyn, Short and wide, cut hard on the off side. 113/3
34.5 R Herath to Bruyn, Premeditates the paddle sweep and ends up adjusting late due to the line. Well outside off, it's blocked. 113/3
34.4 R Herath to Bruyn, Quite slow through the air, allows Theunis enough time to block it out. 113/3
34.3 R Herath to Plessis, Some room offered outside off on a fuller length, driven just wide of mid off for a run. 113/3
34.2 R Herath to Plessis, Sharp turn for Rangi! Dropped on off and it turns away with some venomous bounce. Du Plessis does well to drops his wrists and avoid it. 112/3
34.1 R Herath to du Plessis, Landed on off, spinning, Faf plays inside the line and gets beaten. 112/3
33.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, On the leg stump line, worked down in front of short leg. 112/3
33.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Full on the stumps again, played back down the track once more. 112/3
33.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, A lot of air on this, from around the wicket, forces de Bruyn foward as he mistimes the drive back to the bowler. 112/3
33.3 A Dananjaya to Plessis, Whips this off the back foot well into the leg side for a single. 112/3
33.2 A Dananjaya to Plessis, Floated on off, blocked out safely. 111/3
33.1 A Dananjaya to Plessis, Off break on off, spins in sharply with some heavy bounce. Faf goes back and is caught high on the thigh pad. 111/3
32.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Blocked out by the batsman to end the over. 111/3
32.5 R Herath to Bruyn, Opens the face and pushes it to point. 111/3
32.4 R Herath to Bruyn, Swept away behind square on the leg side for a double. 111/3
32.3 R Herath to Bruyn, FOUR BYES! Leg break around off, kicks off the surface a bit and takes de Bruyn by surprise. He withdraws at the last moment and it goes right between the keeper and first slip for a boundary. 109/3
32.2 R Herath to Bruyn, Meets the straighter one with a defensive bat in response. 105/3
32.1 R Herath to Plessis, There was an inside edge on that. Not sure why there aren't more men circling the batsman. Spinning in on the pads, goes off Faf's inside edge, then his pads and through leg gully. Single collected. 105/3
31.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. 104/3
31.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, De Bruyn picks up the straighter one, adjusts well at the last second and defends off the front foot. 104/3
31.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Stays back and guards it out safely. 104/3
31.3 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Moves a little across, gets low to this full ball and sweeps it down to short fine leg. 104/3
31.2 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Goes deep inside the crease and works it just wide of FSL. 104/3
31.1 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Straighter one from the bowler, worked down on the leg side. 104/3
Akila Dananjaya to have a change of ends.
30.6 R Herath to Plessis, Uses his feet to dance down and blocks it in front of covers. 104/3
30.5 R Herath to Plessis, Positions himself perfectly behind the line and blocks. 104/3
30.4 R Herath to Plessis, Full and straight from Rangi, Faf meets it with the full face of the bat. 104/3
30.3 R Herath to Plessis, FOUR! Shot. Too full on the stumps, du Plessis sweeps it through mid-wicket and finds the fence with ease. 104/3
30.2 R Herath to Plessis, Full around off, driven straight to the man at covers. 100/3
Skipper Faf du Plessis marches on in the eye of the storm. Going to take all from him to hang in there. His side needs him to.
30.1 Herath to H Amla, OUT! A ripper! Rangana Herath makes his presence felt right away. Lands it on middle, it turns away from Amla's blade, beats the outside edge and uproots the off stump. Wrong choice from the South African veteran. Should have come forward when he went back. His off pole is lying on the ground and that's another wicket down. 100/3
Rangana Herath back on to bowl.
29.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Meets the quicker ball with a defensive blade. Nice high elbow to block. 100/2
29.5 D Perera to Bruyn, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 100/2
29.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Tightly kept out. De Bruyn prods forward and blocks it under his nose. 100/2
29.3 D Perera to Bruyn, Full ball outside the line of off stump, pushed gently in front of covers. 100/2
29.2 D Perera to Bruyn, Spins in a long way and goes off Theunis' pads past leg gully. 100/2
29.1 D Perera to Bruyn, Quicker off break around off, de Bruyn moves across to get behind the line and defends it down. 100/2
28.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Drilled just wide of mid off for a brisk run. 100/2
28.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Tapped away square on the off side. No run taken. 99/2
28.4 A Dananjaya to Amla, Uses the depth of his crease to make room and works it away on the leg side for a single. 99/2
28.3 A Dananjaya to Amla, FOUR BYES! Spins down leg a long way, Amla leaves and it goes through everyone. It goes to the fence behind for a boundary. 98/2
28.2 A Dananjaya to Amla, Jumps out on the track, gets close to the pitch and pushes it to the left of the bowler. 94/2
28.1 A Dananjaya to Amla, Off spinner on middle, turns down the leg side, left alone by the batsman. 94/2
Drinks are on the field. Everybody could use a breather. Phew!
27.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Floated and attacking the stumps, de Bruyn presses forward and meets it with the full face of the bat. 94/2
27.5 D Perera to Bruyn, Hangs back deep inside the crease and defends. 94/2
27.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Slower through the air on middle and leg, blocked down on the leg side. 94/2
27.3 D Perera to Amla, Skips down the track like a ballerina and bads it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. 94/2
27.2 D Perera to Amla, Darted full, strikes Hashim low on the pads. 93/2
27.1 D Perera to Bruyn, Flatter around off, punched off the back foot to covers for a run. 93/2
26.6 A Dananjaya to Amla, Turning in once more, goes off the pad and lobs into the hands of the man at leg gully. Appeal is not even bothered with. Another eventful over comes to an end. 92/2
26.5 A Dananjaya to Amla, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 92/2
26.5 A Dananjaya to Amla, No ball! Another time when a spinner has overstepped. Uncanny. It's spinning down leg as Amla misses his tickle. 92/2
26.4 A Dananjaya to Amla, Off break again on the stumps, defended down on the leg side. 91/2
26.3 A Dananjaya to Amla, Not out! That was close. Really close. Impact has saved him. Dananjaya serves it around off and it turns in, raps Hashim Amla on the front pad as he misses his attempted sweep shot. Big shout, nothing from the umpire so the fielding side decides to take it upstairs. Replays roll in and they show that the impact is umpire's call, so Amla survives. 91/2
Review time. It's a close one, looks gone too to the naked eye. Hashim Amla is the man in the spotlight and it's up to the TV umpire to see if he's gone leg before or not.
26.2 A Dananjaya to Amla, FOUR! Excellent way of combating the off spinner. Amla makes good use of the feet to get close to the pitch and then sweetly drives it through extra cover for a boundary. 91/2
26.1 A Dananjaya to Amla, Off break outside off, catches Amla on the front pad well outside the line as he goes down to sweep. No use of the appeal in the end. 87/2
25.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Just behind a driving length, on off, de Bruyn comes forward, not quite close to the pitch, hence mistimes the cover drive back down the track. 87/2
25.5 D Perera to de Bruyn, Drills this full delivery through the vacant spaces in the cover region. Comes back for the second quite comfortably. 87/2
25.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Works it with the spin behind towards leg gully. 85/2
25.3 D Perera to Bruyn, Switches to over the wicket, fires full on the stumps, Theunis barely manages to dig it out. 85/2
25.2 D Perera to Bruyn, On the pads again as Dilruwan continues from around the wicket, worked straight to short leg. 85/2
25.1 D Perera to Bruyn, Fuller and faster on the pads, worked to backward square leg. Dot ball. 85/2
24.6 A Dananjaya to Amla, Prods forward and meets it with the full face of the bat. 85/2
24.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Darted extremely full on middle, de Bruyn goes deep in the crease and bads it back down the track. It hits his partner at the other end and rolls to mid off. Single taken. 85/2
24.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, The leg break this time, takes Theunis a little by surprise. Goes off the inside edge as he tries to play at it behind on the off side. 84/2
24.3 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 84/2
24.2 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Spinning in, it hits the batsman on the pads. 84/2
24.1 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, FOUR! Gives the charge, takes the aerial route and gets the desired result. Lofts it well over mid-wicket for a boundary. Nicely done by de Bruyn. 84/2
23.6 D Perera to Amla, Amls moves across to defend it off the back foot. 80/2
23.5 D Perera to Amla, This one is down the leg side and Amls leaves it alone. 80/2
23.4 D Perera to Amla, Amla defends it from within the crease. 80/2
Hashim Amla is the next batsman in.
23.3 D Perera to Elgar, OUT! Can I just say that karma is a real thing? I am tempted to say so just because Dilruwan Perera, who literally give Elgar three chances, has finally managed to get him out. And today it's his birthday as well. Lucky charm perhaps! He bowls a flatter ball on off and pushes it up to the batsman. Elgar should have been on the front foot but for some reason, he went back. The ball skids through and hits him on his back leg. The umpire has no issue in raising his finger but for the record, he checks the no ball. Replays shows that he is fine now. Sri Lankans celebrate as if they have won the match. Elgar walks back with a saddening smile on his face. 80/2
23.2 D Perera to Elgar, Slower and bowled cleverly. Elgar has no answer to this. It lands on off and spin away from the left-hander. He hangs his bat it defense but is beaten ends up. 80/1
23.1 D Perera to Elgar, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 80/1
22.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, In the air… but safe! De Bruyn and his tryst with sweep shot continues. He goes for it once again but the ball reaches him late. It gets the glove on its way towards leg slip. It lands safely once again luckily for him. 80/1
22.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Lunges forward and keeps this one out. 80/1
22.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Faster on middle, defended. 80/1
22.3 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. 80/1
22.2 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Five Runs! A gentle push to the point region by Elgar and they set off for a quick run. The fielder there has a shy at the stumps but it was poor throw at the keeper's end. The ball deflects off the de Bruyn's bat and beats Perera who is backing up there. The ball rolls to the boundary. Handy runs for South Africa. 80/1
22.1 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Elgar has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 75/1
21.6 D Perera to Bruyn, De Bruyn looks to sweep once again but fails to do so. The ball lobs in the air off his pad towards left of the leg slip. Some oohs and aahs from the Lankan again. 75/1
21.5 D Perera to de Bruyn, That ball has taken the inside edge of the batsman and thudded into his pads. 75/1
21.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Goes straight. Phew! De Bruyn has no idea where it'll spin and he just plays the line but it goes whizzes past the outside edge into the gloves of keeper. 75/1
21.3 D Perera to Elgar, Full, driven through mid on for another single. 75/1
21.2 D Perera to Bruyn, Does well here. First he comes down the track to play the big shot perhaps but seeing the shot length, he tucked it gently in the corner on the on side and changes strike. 74/1
21.1 D Perera to Bruyn, De Bruyn uses his wrist to work this one to the on side. 73/1
20.6 A Dananjaya to Elgar, A tad shorter around on off, cut to point for no run. 73/1
20.5 A Dananjaya to Elgar, In the line of this delivery and blocks it. 73/1
20.4 A Dananjaya to de Bruyn, Pushes the full ball through mid off for a run. 73/1
20.3 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Elgar flicks it away with a wristy shot. They take only one. 72/1
20.2 A Dananjaya to Elgar, It hit a crack or something here. Pitched around off, it lands and grips or hits the crack and turns sharply from the left-hander who was looking to play the line. Another lack for him. 71/1
20.1 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Hangs back and bunts it out. 71/1
19.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Defends the ball in front of his eyes. 71/1
19.5 D Perera to Elgar, The batsman works it down the leg side. They take only one. 71/1
19.4 D Perera to Elgar, FOUR! Gets the conventional scan and connects it well this time. He should feel better after this one as the ball runs towards the square leg fence. 70/1
19.3 D Perera to Elgar, Beaten all ends up! This is a Perera jaffa. He is pitching around and getting up from there. Elgar plays for the line as he should but is beaten. He survives again! 66/1
19.2 D Perera to Bruyn, On the pads, tucked to square leg for a single. 66/1
19.1 D Perera to Elgar, Shortish, pushed to covers for a single. 65/1
18.6 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Full and on the pads, swept through square leg. Silva in the depth moves to his right and dives to keep the ball in the rope. Two runs taken. 64/1
18.5 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Landed short and turning in from around off, de Bruyn is on the back foot as he rocks back and works it down just in front of short leg. 62/1
18.4 A Dananjaya to Bruyn, Plays with the spin and turns it away on the leg side. 62/1
18.3 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Works it off the pads and gets to the other end for a single. 62/1
18.2 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Ripper! Play this, Dean Elgar! Kicked on the bridge and turns heavily. The southpaw can only evade it barely. 61/1
18.1 A Dananjaya to Elgar, Shouts for a leg before but it's turned down, rightly so too. Sliding on the leg, he continues to descend with the angle, Elgar is caught on the pads and a strong call goes up. 61/1
First change for Sri Lanka. Akila Dananjaya is on with two slips and a short leg.
17.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Was this another chance? According to the Lankans it was. De Bruyn advance again to defend but fails to reach the ball. As a result, it spins in, takes bat-pad and lobs to the left of the diving FSL fielder. 61/1
17.5 D Perera to Bruyn, Half forward is de Bruyn, he works the ball uppishly to the on side. 61/1
17.4 D Perera to Bruyn, Extra bounce and spin into the right-hander. He hit her on her thigh. 61/1
17.3 D Perera to Bruyn, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. 61/1
17.2 D Perera to Bruyn, Comes forward and defends. 61/1
17.1 D Perera to Bruyn, A tad shorter delivery in line of the stumps, defended off the back foot. 61/1
16.6 R Herath to Elgar, Elgar is half forward to play this one and ends up getting an inside edge on to his pads. 61/1
16.5 Herath to Elgar, Not out says the umpire. A full ball around, it looks to defend but misses. The ball hits him on his leggings and the Lankais burst on appeal, but the impact is on the outside. 61/1
16.4 R Herath to Bruyn, Played through mid-wicket by the batsman. They take only one. 61/1
16.3 R Herath to Bruyn, FOUR! Out comes the sweep once again from de Bruyn. It was a practical weapon for him. He sweeps the ball full midway and wins a limit. 60/1
16.2 R Herath to Bruyn, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. 56/1
16.1 R Herath to Bruyn, Rocks back and works it off his back foot. 56/1
15.6 D Perera to Elgar, Around off, played to the point region. What's an over has been. 56/1
15.5 D Perera to Elgar, He fails to connect to the one outside his off stump. 56/1
15.5 D Perera to Elgar, No ball! What a drama! Are you kidding me? It's amazing. How can you, Perera? How can you? Ooh! So let me try to explain what happened. Elgar stepped back to play the shot at the short ball but eventually tapped at Dickwella behind the stumps. The Sri Lankans rejoiced and Hashim Amla was on his way. He came out in the middle too, but hold on … the third referee checked the foot before no ball and guess what! This is again on the line and the line belongs to the referee. This is not a ball! Second of Dilruwan, against the same drummer. As soon as the referee had confirmation, he recalled Elgar. Amla came back and gave Dean a punch in his path. 56/1
15.4 D Perera to Elgar, Flatter on off, defended. 55/1
15.3 D Perera to Elgar, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. 55/1
15.2 D Perera to Elgar, Around off, another miss from Elgar. He should not worry too much about these failures and continue the work for South Africa. 55/1
15.1 D Perera to Elgar, Lunges forward and keeps it out. 55/1
14.6 R Herath to Bruyn, De Bruyn has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 55/1
14.5 R Herath to Bruyn, Sweeps this one but doesn't get it away this time. He lobs next to the field. 55/1
14.4 R Herath to Elgar, Played to the point region by the batsman. The drummers ran for one. 55/1
14.3 R Herath to Elgar, FOUR! Naughty Elgar. It connected well to the full bale and the reverse carried it across the point of coverage. A limit to Elgar. This will frustrate Herath a bit but maybe not too much considering the number of races that he has to play. 54/1
14.2 R Herath to Elgar, Around off, easily defended down the track. 50/1
14.1 R Herath to Elgar, An attempted reserve sweep but gets hit on the arm. Herath vs. Elgar and he has a way to attack it maybe. 50/1
13.6 D Perera to Bruyn, Gets behind the line and blocks it out. 50/1
13.5 D Perera to Bruyn, FOUR! The reverse ramp pulled this from de Bruyn. He did well to guide this one in the region of the third man. He was too full Perera and the drummer took advantage. A limit. 50/1
13.4 D Perera to Elgar, Drives the full ball through cover-point. A result of execution. 46/1
13.3 D Perera to Elgar, The batsman defends it from within the crease. 45/1
13.2 D Perera to D Elgar, Flighted in line of the stumps, pushed to covers. Two runs taken. 45/1
13.1 D Perera to Elgar, Fullish on off, defended. 43/1
Dilruwan Perera to continue from the other end.
12.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Fuller in line of the stumps, de Bruyn gets an inside edge and it falls wide of FSL. End of the first after the tea break. The bidding rate should be excellent as the spinners will play at both ends. 43/1
12.5 R Herath to Elgar, On the pads, flicked through mid-wicket by Elgar. A race taken. 43/1
12.4 R Herath to Elgar, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 42/1
12.3 R Herath to Elgar, Around off, easily defended by Elgar. 42/1
12.2 R Herath to Elgar, Gets behind the line and bunts it out off the front foot. 42/1
12.1 R Herath to Elgar, On off, blocked to the on side. 42/1
We're back for the last session of the day. Theunis de Bruyn and Dean Elgar are in the middle. Rangana Herath will continue with the ball.
… Day 3, Session 3 …
An eventful session to say the least. After placing a mbadive 490 target in front of the Proteas, the Lankans went out with intent. The arsenal of spin rejected Markram, but they could easily have had one or two more. Elgar has survived a fright, and Bruyn is barely hanging on right now too. It will be a daunting challenge for the visiting team, one of the most difficult to face. They will have everything they have to survive the track by turning. Join us in a very short while for the final session of Day 3.
11.6 D Perera to Bruyn, This one goes the other way. De Bruyn is bamboozled. He arrives at the front foot to play the defensive shot but he hits him on his leggings. The ball lobed to the leg paw taking a dive. Nothing to do, says the referee. THAT'S TEA ON DAY 3. 42/1
11.5 D Perera to Bruyn, And he survives again! What's going on, de Bruyn? There is no idea where the ball will turn. Perera bowls a similar delivery to the last and Bruyn misses the same way. The only change is that he was hit a little lower on his back leg while he was squatting. This time, the bowling player looks confident and Lakmal takes the exam once again. Replays come into play. It describes the same story as the previous ball. He lands on the stretch of the leg, heads out, hits it in line and points to the outside half of the post. The decision of the field referee remains. Theunis is lucky on his side today. 42/1
Another review from Sri Lanka. Same man in question for the LBW decision.
11.4 D Perera to Bruyn, FOUR LEG BYES! He survives. But what a beauty it was from Perera. Il bols ceci de "autour du guichet, et redresse celui-ci du tronçon de jambe. De Bruyn joue pour la ligne, mais manque pour être touché sur son dos. Un appel découle de Dickwella mais le quilleur n'a pas l'air trop intéressé. Il force Lakmal pour la revue qui s'y engage. Les replays entrent en jeu. La balle atterrit sur le tronçon de la jambe, suit l'angle, le frappe en ligne mais ne fait que clipser la moitié extérieure du tronçon. La décision initiale de l'arbitre n'a pas été prise et la décision ne sera pas rendue. Sri Lanka conserve cependant l'examen. 42/1
A review has been taken. Theunis de Bruyn is the man in question for the LBW.
11.3 D Perera to Elgar, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. Les batteurs ont couru pour un seul. 38/1
11.2 D Perera to Elgar, Gets behind the line of this one and keeps it out. 37/1
11.1 D Perera to Elgar, Driven through mid off by El gar. 37/1
10.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Goodness me! Vicious tendril of Herath. He pulls his length back, the ball lands and turns further away from the stump. Good for South Africa though. 37/1
10.5 R Herath to Bruyn, FOUR! Second limit of over. De Bruyn swept Herath through the middle of the wicket. It will not just block, block and block. 37/1
10.4 R Herath to D Elgar, Too full, eased to mid on for a run. 33/1
10.3 R Herath to Elgar, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 32/1
10.2 R Herath to Elgar, FOUR! In the same way that the defensive player was thinner, Elgar performed the reverse scan to perfection. Herath has rolled this one out for a long time, he turns further into the stumps but Elgar has other ideas for playing it. If conventional scanning does not work, reverse scanning should be. And that's it. 32/1
10.1 R Herath to Elgar, Fails to connect his reverse sweep with the fullish ball. 28/1
9.6 D Perera to Elgar, Too straight on the pads, flicked to the fine leg region for a run. Elgar continues his strike. 28/1
9.5 D Perera to Elgar, Elgar was beaten and missed the line of the delivery. 27/1
9.4 D Perera to Elgar, Comes forward to the flighted ball and defends it. 27/1
9.3 D Perera to Elgar, A touch short this, tucked to the on side by Dean. 27/1
9.2 D Perera to Elgar, Gets forward and bunts it to the on side for no run. 27/1
9.1 D Perera to Elgar, Elgar goes on the back foot and taps it to off side. 27/1
8.6 R Herath to Bruyn, Gets behind the line of this one and blocks it. 27/1
8.5 R Herath to Bruyn, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. 27/1
8.4 R Herath to Bruyn, FOUR! He took this one well. A flying ball aligned with the stumps, de Bruyn sweeps it and crosses it through the region of the gate. A limit to him. 27/1
8.3 R Herath to Bruyn, Comes in with the angle, de Bruyn gets an inside edge onto his pad. No problem. 23/1
8.2 R Herath to Bruyn, De Bruyn lets the ball go outside his off stump. 23/1
8.1 Herath to Markram, OUT! Herath has his man this time. Markram should however be criticized for this loose shot. He played through the full ball to be hit on the pads as he missed him altogether. He looked at his partner who perhaps told him that he could not be more confident than that. So, finally, Sri Lanka has the first wicket after distributing some opportunities. 23/1
In comes Theunis de Bruyn at no.3.
7.6 D Perera to Elgar, Flatter on off, defended. 23/0
7.6 D Perera to Elgar, No Ball! No ball shouts the referee. A balloon length around, cut to the blankets so as not to run. 23/0
7.5 D Perera to Markram, On the pads, tucked to mid-wicket for a run. 22/0
7.4 D Perera to Markram, FOUR! Good use of Markram's feet here. He arrives on the court and directly hits the bowling player. A limit results from the long region. 21/0
7.3 D Perera to Markram, Around off, Markram lunges forward to block it. 17/0
7.2 D Perera to Elgar, Shortish around off, guided to the third man region for a run. 17/0
7.1 D Perera to Elgar, Flatter on middle, defended. 16/0
6.6 R Herath to Markram, FOUR! A bit too full of Rangana Herath, Markram bads him halfway and finds the fence. Eventful has ended. 16/0
6.5 R Herath to Markram, Full and just outside off, blocked. 12/0
6.4 R Herath to A Markram, Flights this well up outside off, draws Markram forward and beats the outside edge. Mathews collects it this time, but to his dismay, there was no limit. 12/0
6.3 R Herath to Markram, Tossed up delivery well outside off, left alone. 12/0
6.2 R Herath to Markram, Quicker and shorter on off, Aiden goes deep inside the crease and guards it out. 12/0
6.1 R Herath to A Markram, Dropped! It's a babysitter. Mathews of all people should have taken this. Now, the two South African openers have a life. Herath throws it nicely around him and he never turns away so lightly. Markram is ahead and takes an advantage. It should have been a regulatory trap for Angelo, but he drops it. 12/0
5.6 D Perera to Elgar, Flicks this through leg slip for no run. 12/0
5.5 D Perera to Elgar, Keeps it out off the inner edge this time. 12/0
5.5 D Perera to Elgar, BOWLED BUT IT'S A NO BALL! Elgar is safe! He will feel lucky. Highligths. On the other side of the wicket, Dilruwan drifts him around, this one does not turn away and keeps coming in with the angle. Elgar kneels and brings out the big warning shot, to the surprise of all, and he pays the price because the strains are shaken. The referee checks only the front of the ball and … to Dean's delight, the player has taken the plunge. Great sigh of relief for the southpaw. He will want to have it count now. 12/0
5.4 D Perera to Elgar, Nicely done. Get right behind the line and keep it out. 11/0
5.3 D Perera to Elgar, Quicker and attacking the stumps, blocked with a straight blade. 11/0
5.2 D Perera to Elgar, Nicely drifting in at first around off before turning away, Elgar covers the line and leaves. 11/0
5.1 D Perera to Elgar, Full and darted on the pads, worked behind square leg for nothing. 11/0
4.6 R Herath to Markram, Defended off the front foot by Aiden presenting the full face of the bat. 11/0
4.5 R Herath to A Markram, Fuller, driven to covers for no run. 11/0
4.4 R Herath to Markram, Goes past the blade again. He sways, hangs and turns away from the right-hander. 11/0
4.3 R Herath to Markram, Hangs back and bunts it out. 11/0
4.2 R Herath to Markram, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. 11/0
4.1 R Herath to Markram, Just short! Markram goes down the track to push him. He gets it to the covers, but a defensive player dives into it. He still could not reach it. Markram escapes! 11/0
3.6 D Perera to Elgar, Wowza! He spun, bounced and beat the outer edge. Vicious of Perera. He kept it just outside, Elgar came but could not connect with the balloon. 11/0
3.5 D Perera to Elgar, Rocks back and bunts it out to the on side. 11/0
3.4 D Perera to Elgar, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 11/0
3.3 D Perera to Elgar, So close to the off pole but it will be considered a very good leave from Elgar. 11/0
3.2 D Perera to Elgar, Shortish around off, cut to point. 11/0
3.1 D Perera to Elgar, Gets behind the line and defends it. 11/0
2.6 R Herath to A Markram, FOUR! Sharp but in the distance! How many more chances are there? At least three. This one was upset further around, slower in the air and got the edge of Markram 's bat. But congratulations to the drummer who played it with sweet hands that eventually saved him. The bullet went through the cord and rushed to the limit. 11/0
2.5 R Herath to Markram, Outside off, left alone. 7/0
2.4 R Herath to Markram, Markram has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. 7/0
2.3 R Herath to Elgar, In the air… and dropped! Perera the culprit. Herath made Elgar play the sweep again. The ball, however, went high in the air towards the square leg. Dilruwan ran from the fine leg to the square leg, reached there in time, put both her hands to it but failed to pick it up. A race taken. 7/0
2.2 R Herath to Elgar, The batsman fails to put bat on ball. 6/0
2.1 R Herath to A Markram, So close! If Lakmal had hit the stumps at the end of the tournament, Markram would have been a loser. A full ball around, Markram pushes him in the middle and leaves for a race. Lakmal reacted quickly, picked it up and is shy. Fortunately, Markram survives to fight another day. 6/0
1.6 D Perera to Elgar, FOUR! Plonked by Elgar. A touch too full of Perera and Elgar makes it pbad on the other side of the line and makes it pbad halfway. First limit of the heats in South Africa. 5/0
1.5 D Perera to Elgar, Flatter outside, goes past the blade. 1/0
1.4 D Perera to Elgar, Dangerous this from Elgar. He seems to play the sweep against the spin. He takes it off his arm behind the guardian. In the end, no harm done. 1/0
1.3 D Perera to Elgar, That ball has taken the inside edge of the batsman and thudded into his pads. 1/0
1.2 D Perera to Elgar, Similar ball on middle, defended. 1/0
1.1 D Perera to Elgar, Floated on leg, Elgar gets back behind the line and blocks it. 1/0
Dilruwan Perera to bowl from the other end.
0.6 R Herath to Markram, Beaten! It's a scintillating bowling of the veteran. Thrown out of the water, he settles for a touch and beats the outer edge of Markram's bat. Dickwella collects the ball and strikes the stumps from his roots. 1/0
0.5 R Herath to Markram, Presses forward and smothers the ball in its tracks. 1/0
0.4 R Herath to Markram, Goes full again, nice and loopy around off, Markram is rock solid in defense. 1/0
0.3 R Herath to Markram, Drags his length back a touch, Markram is forced to go back and block it out. 1/0
0.2 R Herath to Elgar, Tossed up with some nice shape on it, Elgar steps out of the crease and works it away to mid-wicket for a single. Out of the mark with that. 1/0
0.1 R Herath to Elgar, Looped up nicely by Herath, Elgar is well forward in defense. 0/0
First Published: July 23, 2018, 9:51 AM IST
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