Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2019. 1st Test, Watch SL v SA cricket highlights - First test from Kingsmead, Durban (South Africa), 13th February 2019.
Stumps Sri Lanka 49 for 1 (Karunaratne 28*, Steyn 1-10) trail South Africa 235 hard and fast (de Kock 80, Bavuma 47, Vishwa 4-62) by 186 runs
Sri Lanka touched base in South Africa an ambushed group shorn of their first-decision bowling assault and light on involvement in the center request. South Africa, in the interim, have their best pace bowling group of four out of an age to call upon, just as the certainty of having recently bested Pakistan crosswise over configurations. Be that as it may, after the main day at Kingsmead, there was little to isolate the two groups and, on the off chance that anything, Sri Lanka are simply ahead.
Temba Bavuma and Faf du Plessis added 72 to enduring a wallowing inning, while Quinton de Kock's counter-assaulting 80 papered over a portion of the breaks as South Africa ran in with only six expert batsmen. Vishwa Fernando and Kasun Rajitha, who had a consolidated ordeal of seven Tests, had a hand (or a boot) in eight of the 10 wickets as South Africa were bowled out for 235 simply under an hour into the last session.
Fernando got 4 for 62, while Rajitha had 3 for 68 to shake rest of South Africa's batting. At that point with the bat, Dimuth Karunaratne, the skipper, and Oshada Fernando - one of two Sri Lankan debutants - decreased the deficiency to 186 by taking Sri Lanka to 49 for 1 when terrible light constrained stumps with 15 minutes of play still left.
The hosts dropped Theunis de Bruyn to play five bowlers and bob Sri Lanka out, yet the move put weight on their best request. On either side of Bavuma's remain with du Plessis and a run-a-ball 47-run organization between de Kock and Keshav Maharaj, Sri Lanka made fast advances on a green pitch that didn't offer much pace yet kept the bowlers empowered with sideways development.
Given the new ball, Vishwa evacuated both South African openers inside the initial 10 overs of the day and might have had a third notwithstanding a DRS timing blunder by umpire Aleem Dar. Be that as it may, Amla couldn't underwrite, and was out to an ambivalent jab five overs later as Suranga Lakmal had him gotten at second sneak past Kusal Mendis. The umpiring by and by pursued debate as umpire Richard Kettleborough alluded the catch, giving a 'not out' delicate flag that was toppled by TV umpire Ian Gould.
At the point when V Fernando bowled AK Markram in the following over with a conveyance that bent in through the air to beat within edge and shake the stumps, South Africa were in genuine difficulty. Rajitha was the snappiest bowler of the morning, consistently kicking it into high gear the ball through at more than 140kph, yet he battled a little for consistency and du Plessis raised the fifty remain with a sliced square drive.
Hunting down an achievement, Karunaratne hurled the ball to Rajitha for the last over before lunch, and he stayed with the second ball as du Plessis stimulated one down the leg side. The choice, initially not given, was alluded by Sri Lanka effectively. The greatest blow yet was Bavuma, who looked set for his fourteenth Test fifty when he was run out at the bowler's end. De Kock's shot drive was blocked coincidentally by Vishwa, who diverted it off his boot onto the stumps, with the non-striker simply short. At that point, as the main individual from a protracted tail, Vernon Philander didn't keep going long and South Africa was wallowing at 131 for 6.
Be that as it may, de Kock found, quickly no less than, a capable accomplice in Maharaj, who willingly volunteered lead the counter-assault and struck four limits previously he feathered a jab at Vishwa's shaper to Dickwella for 29. Vishwa then grabbed his fourth scalp when Rabada flicked a plunging full hurl out to Oshada at profound square leg. It looked like South Africa were in threat of not achieving the 200 imprints.
Dale Steyn contributed a few hearty drives to a 33-run association with de Kock that helped them arrive. De Kock raised a 71-ball fifty over the span of their remain, before Lasith Embuldeniya, the 22-year-old left-arm spinner and the other Test debutant for Sri Lanka in the long run represented Steyn by beating with an arm ball that sneaked through.
Skilled an additional life by HSRL Thirimanne's dropped catch at third man to an inclined uppercut, Q de Kock motored into the 80s with a 101-meter six off Rajitha yet then best edged a comparative swipe to fall in the equivalent over, finishing the innings.
Under heavy dark skies, and with DW Steyn, VD Philander, K Rabada and D Olivier to battle with, the test for Sri Lanka's openers was not a simple one and Thirimanne clung on for 15 run-less balls previously he angled at a conveyance calculated crosswise over him by Steyn to exhibit a plunging edge to de Kock. In any case, Karunaratne and Fernando opposed all that South Africa tossed at them from that point.
Karunaratne grabbed two limits against the quicks and the two men hoped to get after South Africa's spinners - with D Elgar given an over in blurring light - before the developing melancholy constrained the players from the field.
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2019. 1st Test, Watch SL v SA 
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