Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd Test at Colombo, 20 Jul, 2018

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 338/10 (104.1)  &  275/5 (81)
South Africa 124/10 (34.5)  &  290/10 (86.5)
Sri Lanka won by 199 runs
Man of the Match: Dimuth Karunaratne
  • Lungi Ngidi 4 * (4)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and blocked into the off-side.

Over 0.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and misses the tuck and gets hit high on the pads. Lots of noise made by the keeper seeing the purchase available for the spinner.

Over 0.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 3 runs, gets forward and pushes it along the ground through cover and picks up three runs.

Over 0.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, pushes forward and the ball sliding on has been pushed back off the inner half of the bat.

Over 0.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and nudged away to the man at FSL.

Over 0.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and manages to handle it well as the ball never bounced much after landing. No turn on it either

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and trying to drive it away, inside edges the ball away into the on-side for a single

Over 1.2 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, out Caught by de Silva!! The batsman pushes at it with a closed face of the bat. That is self-detonation as the ball took the leading edge and man at second slip dives forward to take it low.

Over 1.3 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Theunis de Bruyn, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defend it on the onside.

Over 1.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dale Steyn, no runs, presses forward and defends it to the onside.

Over 1.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Dale Steyn, no runs, gets inside the line and defends it from the crease.

Over 1.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dale Steyn, no runs, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 2.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run,  camps back and tucks the ball away off the pads into the mid-wicket region for a single.

Over 2.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls a quicker arm ball to Theunis de Bruyn, no runs, gets back in the crease and defends it to the onside.

Over 2.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Theunis de Bruyn, 3 runs, gets reaches out for it and flicks it down to deep mid wicket and picks up three runs.

Over 2.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, stays back and nudges the ball away behind square.

Over 2.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and whips the clip away only to find the man at FSL blocking it.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Theunis de Bruyn, no runs, comes forward and defends it into the off-side.

Over 3.2 Akila Dananjaya bowls a quicker arm ball to Theunis de Bruyn, out Caught by Dickwella!! He restricted his forward movement as he pushed towards the ball which landed outside off. He was falling over at the last moment. The ball did not spin much and caught the outer edge to be pouched by the keeper. 

Over 3.3 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 3.4 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, 1 run,  presents the full face of the bat and pushes the ball away into the off-side for a single.

Over 3.5 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, goes across his sticks and pushes the ball into the 22 yards.

Over 3.6 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and nudged away to leg slip off the closed face of the bat.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets inside the line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 4.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets well forward and bends down to defend it.

Over 4.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets forward and looking defence and the ball takes the pad on its way into the off-side.

Over 4.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, 1 run, gets forward and clips it away through square leg and picks up an easy single.

Over 4.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and  soft leading edge takes it back to the bowler as the batsman was trying to clip the ball away with the turn

Over 4.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and playing it close to his body, manages to push drive the ball away from mid-off for a single

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