Recent Competition Report – Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st Test 2020

South Africa 317 for 4 (Elgar 95, Markram 68, du Plessis 55 *) way Sri Lanka 396 (Chandimal 85, de Silva 79, Sipamla 4-76) with 79 runs

Aiden Markram went to fifty, Dean Elgar secured 95, and then Faf du Plessis joined Temba Bavuma for a 97-run stand late in the day, as South Africa dominated the Test from Sri Lanka’s attack. which had greatly diminished. They finished day two just 79 runs behind him, with six wikis in their hands. In addition to a short time early in the third session, when they lost three wikis for 20 runs, their progress was trouble-free, and usually fast – the runs flowing at 4.4 or more.

Although South Africa made the most of their scoring in the afternoon and afternoon sessions, the day was explained by events that happened before lunch. Prior to playing, it was confirmed that Dhananjaya de Silva had tears of stage two in his left thigh, which meant he could not play an additional part in the series, depriving Sri Lanka not of -only a bat, but also their only spinner with experience in the South African Position.

Early in the South African innings, Sri Lanka suffered a breakdown of forward sailor Kasun Rajitha, who appeared to have injured his groin, and was unable to finish his third, which was it has just begun. He did not return to the field for the rest of the day, meaning Sri Lanka missed a third of their bowling facilities, and are likely to play the rest of the Test that way. Dasun Shanaka, an earlier fourteen unbeaten and heavily batting player, ended up bowling nearly 17 pitches a day, to help the team. Wanindu Hasaranga, who won the 23-yard winning streak despite going at 4.3 or more.

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