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Sri Lanka [191 & 304/9] defeat South Africa [235 & 259] by 1 wicket in the 1st Test, lead series 1-0

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

South Africa: Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Duanne Olivier

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Oshada Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Ambuldeniya
 
SL would consider themselves lucky if they don't get injured by SA's brutal pacers.
 
Fernando with a beauty to get rid of Makram.

This guy is pretty good in swinging conditions.
 
Sri Lanka are going to win this series. Gut feeling for no apparent cricketing reasons.
 
SRL should lose this Test comprehensively, because it's a two innings game and this is Durban - track can only get faster on day 2, but I have to say their opening pacers have used the new ball exceptionally well here - SAF could have been 4-5 down by now. SRL needs SAF 6 down by lunch to make a genuine case of winning possibility here.
 
Decent start with the ball from SRL.

Shame Lahiru Kumara is injured as he'd be a threat on these pitches.
 
Sick and tired of match threads being derailed. No further discussion about India or Pakistan in this thread please.

If you want to compare performances, go to some other relevant thread or create a new one.
 
End of the contest :( SAF now will post at least 250 here (a 300+ might avail them a position to enforce the follow-on!!!!). SRL should have batted here first, but they could have gone to lunch at 89/7 ........
 
nice movement . If hosts were bowling , i would think a 2 1/2 day Test would be on offer .
Seems heavy showers forecast today & tomorrow .
 
If SA get 200 should be a decent total here, i can See SA bowlers having a field day with SL batsmen on this surface.
 
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] srilankan pacers have surprised me.Looks like they have bowled and used new ball better than pakistani pacers.
 
Vishwa cramping in his 17th over.

That's a product of Sri Lankan domestic cricket being played on excessively spin friendly wickets. Seamers aren't used to bowling long spells.
 
QDK has saved SA here. This is probably already too many runs for this mediocre Sri Lanka team. Remember in the 2nd Test vs NZ the position that SL got the Kiwi's in and how they let that slip!
 
hadi123 said:
QDK has saved SA here. This is probably already too many runs for this mediocre Sri Lanka team. Remember in the 2nd Test vs NZ the position that SL got the Kiwi's in and how they let that slip!
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dont write sri lankans off so quickly, so far their bowlers have performed much better than both Pakistani and Indians in their last series against South Africa.
 
Lanka should comfortably win this match now...great bowling performance by them..they did what India and Pakistan could not do.
 
Shoaib88 said:
dont write sri lankans off so quickly, so far their bowlers have performed much better than both Pakistani and Indians in their last series against South Africa.
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It's their batting that isn't great. 1 down already.
 
SL still has fresh scars from short balls fro Aussies. They have to go through Olivier test.
 
Shoaib88 said:
dont write sri lankans off so quickly, so far their bowlers have performed much better than both Pakistani and Indians in their last series against South Africa.
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India shot SA out under 200 runs thrice in six times. The team that had ABDV. India’s batting let them
Down in the first test
 
Saffers just need to take out karunaratne and these blokes will collapse . Lanka are just too weak.
 
There’s gonna be a lot of schadenfreude in this thread over the next couple of days.
I am rooting for Sri Lanka
 
235 batting first is a par score in south africa.
people jumping up and down for nothing.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah. If Olivier bowls at full pace, I expect a couple to get retired hurt again just like at the manuka .
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Sri Lankan players have guts unlike a particular asian country so I dont think we will be seeing much retired hurts
 
Asian teams have to build innings here brick by brick. You can have fun scoring quickly for a while with attacking field set and fast outfield. But you are never in here.
 
Just now switched on TV & bad light stops play . SL seem to have done well . Has the pitch quietened down ?
 
Good day for Sri Lanka but still a long way to go for them, they are not a great team so a collapse could always be around the corner.
 
CSA MEDIA RELEASE_2018

KARUNARATNE TICKS THE BOXES AS SRI LANKA TAKE FIRST DAY HONOURS

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

DIMUTH KARUNARATNE could hardly have asked for a best start to his career as Sri Lanka Test match captain than the events that unfolded on the opening day of the Castle Lager Test Series against the Standard Bank Proteas at Kingsmead on Wednesday.

He started by winning an important toss under conditions that assisted both swing and seam and was rewarded by his largely rookie bowling attack that dismissed the Proteas inside 60 overs.

He then played an important role in blunting the Proteas new ball attack before bad light forced Faf du Plessis to switch to an all-spin attack but still resulted in a slightly early finish. In the process he reached the landmark of 4 000 Test match runs.

The result was that the visitors finished on 49/1 in reply to the Proteas 235 all out to take the advantage into day two.

The only thing that could slightly have disappointed him was the rate at which they allowed the Proteas to score their runs (between 3.5 and 4 to the over) with 27 boundaries being struck in addition to a six for nearly half of the total.

It was to be expected to some extent by the inexperience of the attack with the three main bowlers supporting the experienced Suranga Lakmal coming into the game with only 7 international caps between them.

Lakmal, in spite of only getting one wicket, led the attack superbly with his best support coming from the left-arm swing of Vishwa Fernando who finished with career best figures of 4/62 in 17 overs.

It just wasn’t to be the Proteas day and they looked off the pace most of the time. They got off to a bad start, losing Dean Elgar without a run on the ball and suddenly finding themselves 17/3 with Fernando taking two of them including probably the ball of the day to bowl Aiden Markram.

In addition to his four wickets, Fernando was also indirectly responsible for the run out of Temba Bavuma when he deflected a straight drive from Quinton de Kock back on to the non-striker’s wicket with the batsman just short of his ground.

This was probably the critical moment of the day as Bavuma had once again looked the man for the crisis, combining in a 72-run fourth-wicket stand with Du Plessis. Bavuma (47 off 66 balls, 7 fours) had batted with composure and assurance up to that stage and looked set for another major partnership with De Kock.

But it was not to be and De Kock once again had to marshal the lower order, being last man out for 80 (94 balls, 8 fours and a six). In the process he managed to get a total of 104 runs out of the support he got from the lower order for the last four wickets.

It is an issue that the Proteas need to address as De Kock, being left without a specialist batting partner, is leaving a lot of runs out there that his team needs.

Dale Steyn struck the one blow for the Proteas with the ball, moving joint level with Indian legend, Kapil Dev, on the list of all-time wicket-takers into joint eighth place.
 
ILcricket said:
Any stats you can post for say last 10 Tests in SA or 5 in Kingsmead ?
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i do not know for kingsmead.
i am basing my estimate on the india and pakistan tours to south africa. (though none of them toured durban)
post 250 batting first, and win.
 
SA will probably get a 60 to 70 run lead here and will score around 250 in the 2nd innings. Game should be done within 4 days
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
Your username is out of date. 66 wickets Steyn can get in about 13 Tests.
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That is almost 5 wickets per match. Not gonna happen at his current rate which is 4 on this helpful pitches. My calculation would be around 20 tests. Not sure he is gonna play that much. He is almost done. Not got that old zip and late swing.
 
'They caught us off guard' – Quinton de Kock on Sri Lanka’s rookies

Quinton de Kock admitted that South Africa were caught off guard by the unknown fresh faces in the Sri Lankan bowling attack, after the home team rolled over for 235 on the opening day of the Test series in Durban.

Sri Lanka’s day was highlighted by the fast-bowling duo of Vishwa Fernando and Kasun Rajitha, who have played nine Tests between them, and took seven of the 10 South African first-innings wickets.

The duo’s incision rocked the South African top order, leaving them at 89/4, and but for de Kock’s 94-ball 80 at No. 6, things could have gone further downhill for the home team.

"I think they caught us off guard," de Kock said. "Going forward, we'll be much more alert to the bowling upfront. We've understood that Suranga Lakmal is a serious opening bowler that we have seen a lot of, and have good plans for, but were a bit unaware of the new guys."

While Fernando dismissed both the openers, Rajitha chipped away at the middle order, accounting for Faf du Plessis, Vernon Philander and de Kock.

"The two new guys, we hadn't seen much," de Kock said. "We've only played one of them [Rajitha] in white-ball cricket once.

"To understand and change our gameplan can be quite tough, especially with the pitch. They bowled really well, they didn't miss their lengths often. We had work hard to get what we did."

Having had a feel for their skillset now, de Kock hoped South Africa could learn from their experience, but implored caution.

"I think what surprised us was just the angle of their bowling and the skills they had. They had different actions, some skiddiness, and some bounce," he said.

"But with those new guys, the batsmen have had a feel of them now, and we'll come back and see how we are going to go about it. We've got to keep our eyes open for them."

As for the home team’s own bowling attack, de Kock pinned Keshav Maharaj as their MVP as the game wears on. "I think early on, in the first hour or two, there definitely will be some movement in the wicket. But I think as the day goes on, it will get better," he said.

"I also think Keshav Maharaj will come into play a little bit more. As you see, the wicket is spinning quite a bit."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1055071
 
51/1 & visitors ahead at this stage . Unlikely we will get full days play today .
 
somehow since last Test series Rabada has not looked the bowler he is . Steyn definitely past it . Nightwatchman goes after a useful knock .51/2 .
 
80/4 & effectively 3 down . Would be interesting if hosts do not get a 1st innings lead .
 
This is the most courageous batting that i have ever seen. Getting hot repeatedly but still stringing out a partnership
 
PROTEAS TAKE CRUCIAL LEAD BUT SRI LANKA KEEP CHIPPING AWAY

Thursday, 14 February 2019

DALE STEYN led the way with four wickets as the Standard Bank Proteas continued their run throughout the summer of bowling their opponents out in the first innings inside 60 overs.

Sri Lanka only batted two balls fewer than the Proteas had done in their first innings but it was sufficient to give the Proteas a crucial lead of 44 runs in what is turning out to be a low-scoring Test match.

Steyn took 4/48 in 20 overs to move at least temporarily ahead of England’s Stuart Broad into seventh place on the all-time wicket-taking rankings with the other three seamers providing five wickets while Aiden Markram contributed a run out from a smart piece of fielding at short leg.

The Proteas top-order, however, failed to bolt the back door when they batted a second down as Sri Lanka kept chipping away with wickets to leave the opening Castle Lager Test match at Kingsmead reasonably balanced at the close of play on day two with the Proteas leading by 170 runs with 6 wickets in hand.

The pitch was a lot more docile than it had been on the first day but there were nevertheless 13 wickets that fell compared with the 11 on day one.

While the Sri Lanka batsmen struggled to cope with the Proteas pace, the big change in Sri Lanka’s second innings bowling effort came from the debutant left-arm spinner, Lasith Embuldeniya. His control had been poor in the first innings but this time he bowled with accuracy and guile and captured important wickets in Temba Bavuma and Dean Elgar.

He contributed a good all-round performance by holding up his end with the bat as did some of the other tail-enders to enable Sri Lanka to score 49 runs for their last three wickets in 20 overs to turn what looked like being a three-figure deficit into something a lot more manageable.

The top score for the visitors came from Kusal Perera (51 off 63 balls, 7 fours and a six) and he would probably have been less inclined to throw his wicket away if he had known how the tail was going to buckle down and play their part.

The Proteas are in the comfortable position of still having Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock at the crease and the latter will relish the opportunity to bat with a fellow specialist instead of having to shepherd the tail and curb his natural instincts.
 
Game is beyond Srilanka's reach now. But good fight back by noob SL fast bowlers. They won 3 sessions in a row on day 1. Rare for an Asian side.
 
rhony said:
SA will probably get a 60 to 70 run lead here and will score around 250 in the 2nd innings. Game should be done within 4 days
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So SL performed better than I'd guessed. I was off by 15 to 20 runs. Winning session after session is beyond their capability. They can surprise here and there
 
'I'm not on 430-odd wickets, I'm on 20' – Steyn enjoys 'starting over'

Dale Steyn is enjoying being able to bowl long spells at good speeds, and it showed in the 4/48 he took against Sri Lanka in their first innings of the first Test in Durban.

On Thursday, 14 February, Steyn led the South African pace attack in bundling out the Sri Lankan batsmen for 191, securing a lead of 44 on the second day of the Test. That included a special spell after lunch, where he bowled 10 overs on the trot, maintaining speeds in the mid-140kph, and getting close to a five-wicket haul.

Bowling such a long spell is not something the 35-year-old has done often in his long career, especially given South Africa's profusion of pace options, and he admitted in rather colourful language that he was tired at the end of the day. But feeling in the zone, he badgered his captain to keep him on and got what he wanted.

"Today was a period where I felt there was a wicket there all the time. I just felt like it was there for me, so I just kept going," he told reporters after the day's play. "When they were eight down, I didn't want Vern (Vernon Philander) to come on and bowl a loosener and go for four, or Kesh (Keshav Maharaj) to bowl a loosener and go for six.

"I felt, 'I'm not going for any runs, I'm going to carry on bowling here until the captain says he's had enough.' He had had enough after I had my sixth [over], but I kept begging, and got what I wanted."

Steyn might have had his 27th five-wicket haul if Dean Elgar had held on to a catch in his 17th over of the day. But the bowler wasn't complaining. "Test cricket is hard. Nothing should come easy," he said. "Fifers shouldn't come easy, and no catch is easy, either.

"After not playing for two years [through injury], I feel like it's a blessing to just be playing again. I've almost had to start over. I'm not on 430-odd wickets, I'm on 20 since breaking Polly's (Shaun Pollock's) record. It's nice to finish a three-Test series against Pakistan and not have someone write: 'He's an injury away from retiring.' It's nice to contribute again. It feels like I've started over."

The pacer, who on the day went past Kapil Dev's record on the all-time wicket-takers' list, is keen to keep going. His motivation is that he is enjoying what he's doing and doesn't want to let coach Ottis Gibson, who welcomed him "with open arms" after his many injury lay-offs, down.

"If you had asked me two years ago where the full stop would be, I would have been able to give you an answer. But when you take two years out of it you realise that you don't know what you've got until it's gone," he said.

"When I'm bowling 10-over spells, it shows I'm enjoying what I do. I could take the easy option, take 4/30 and go and stand at fine leg and say someone else do it. But it's fun. It's fun taking wickets. It's fun hitting guys on the head. As long as nothing serious happens.

"The moment I can't bowl 140-145 kph, and on a good day touch 150kph like in Australia on fast wickets, then you've got to ask yourself the question: How effective am I? I have some skill – I've got to be honest, I don't have all the skill in the world – [but] I can bowl the ball at the right place consistently for a long period for high speed, and with a little bit of skill, I can shape it away, and I can bring it back in.

"You've got to be smart about when to bowl a bouncer, when to bowl a yorker, and when to bowl a slower ball, and that's what experience is. After 15 years, I've got some of that."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1055589
 
Faf :14:

He's shown some amazing character. I hope CSA is grateful for his leadership.
 
SA have enough runs to defend here, but guess its now a case of how big a total SL will have to go at. Not that they will get anywhere close to it.
 
Unbelievable - Lankan's are still in the game on Day 3 and they will make a match of it!!! If they end the day less than 3 down, Faf will have a sleepless night. SAF probably underestimated SRL and played 5 bowlers with very little batting depth - Kock saved them in both innings but still SRL is indeed in the game; Karuna needs to get a hundred here.
 
SL have completely exposed our horrible Test team. Bunch of newbies competing far better than we did. Imagine if they win this. Almost impossible but....
 
Lanka is a good team. Unfortunately, they just don't have any experience in the team otherwise talentwise the team is not that bad. I expect their ODI team to surprise a few teams during the world cup esp. while chasing.
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
SL have completely exposed our horrible Test team. Bunch of newbies competing far better than we did. Imagine if they win this. Almost impossible but....
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Difference is they have a rookie spinner that could trouble them even in SA conditions. Even Jaddu first time he played took 6 wickets in one of the innings. May be a thing against left arm spinners?
 
FAF DU PLESSIS shared successive half-century partnerships with Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander to set a tough target for Sri Lanka on the third day of the first Castle Lager Test match at Kingsmead on Friday.

The Standard Bank Proteas were bowled out for 259 in their second innings thanks in the main to Du Plessis’ innings of 90 (182 balls, 11 fours) and 55 from De Kock (62 balls, 6 fours) to set Sri Lanka a target of 304 – it would represent the third highest successful chase at this particular venue.

Sri Lanka reached an early close brought about by bad light on 83/3, needing a further 221 to claim a famous upset victory.

Du Plessis, who shared stands of 96 with De Kock and 60 with Philander, seemed certain to record his 10th career century and his second of the current home season until he totally misjudged the line of a delivery from the Sri Lankan left-arm seamer, Vishwa Fernando, and was trapped leg before wicket without offering a shot.

His dismissal was part of a remarkable Proteas collapse that saw the last 5 wickets fall for just 8 runs against the combined onslaught from Fernando and the debutant left-arm spinner, Lasith Ambuldeniya, who took an outstanding 5/66 in 26 overs.

Remarkably, the latter was only introduced into the attack more than halfway through the morning session by which time Du Plessis and De Kock had scored 59 runs in the first hour’s play. He dismissed De Kock with his 12th delivery of the day and thereafter Sri Lanka were always well in the game.

Their target might have been considerably lower had he been introduced at an earlier stage.

The most pleasing feature to come out of a disappointing Proteas batting performance throughout the match has been the new-found consistency of De Kock who has a century and three half-centuries to his credit from his 5 Test match innings this summer and has pushed his career average close to the benchmark of 40.

He and Du Plessis have excelled in making runs when they are really needed as witnessed by their respective centuries against Pakistan at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium and at PPC Newlands.

The bowlers nevertheless have a reasonable total to defend, particularly as the three Sri Lankan wickets to fall include the key one of their captain, Dimuth Karunaratne, who was dismissed leg before wicket by Philander for the second time in the match.

In addition, Keshav Maharaj can be expected to play a much more dominant role when play gets underway on the fourth day.
 
I expect them to roll over for a total under 200 by tomorrow. WIll be surprised if they cross 200.
 
busy with health issues of a elder & had no time to catch anything . 221 needed . Has the wicket died down & can visitors record a historical win ?
 
ILcricket said:
busy with health issues of a elder & had no time to catch anything . 221 needed . Has the wicket died down & can visitors record a historical win ?
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300 plus chase in 4th innings against Steyn, Rabada? I don't think so. They will implode at some point tomorrow.
 
A message to certain posters, what Sri Lanka are doing right now is what you call competing. Losing in 3 days in 3 games in a row isn't competing.

All I hear is how weak this Sri Lanka team is yet they drew a test in NZ whilst we were beaten black and blue in NZ tests last time we went. And they have already competed better than we did in SA in the tests at least.

At what point does Sarfaraz Pakistan become of 1 of the worst Pakistan sides? Every other team is labbled as weakest in history by this forum. Yet nothing is said about our test team which has regressed at an alarming rate since 2016.
 
SL team is without any doubt better than our test team. That's embarrassing because I thought they were on a downfall.

great to see SL fighting like a top team here.
 
It would Be cool if Lanka can overhaul this 4th innings target unlike India / Pakistan who choked in their attempts.
 
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MRSN said:
SL team is without any doubt better than our test team. That's embarrassing because I thought they were on a downfall.

great to see SL fighting like a top team here.
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It's embarrassing that we are no.7
 
RSA 235, 259
SL 191, 206/7 (63.2 Ovs) CRR: 3.25
Day 4: 2nd Session - Sri Lanka need 98 runs
 
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