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Sri Lanka made its lowest score in Test cricket.
In the first test against South Africa, the Sri Lankan team was all out for just 42 runs. 5 batsmen could not even open the account and the team lost 10 wickets in 13.5 overs. Left arm pacer Marco Yanson took 7 wickets from South Africa.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose bowling at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. South Africa started playing on Wednesday, the team was all out after scoring 191 runs. In this way they got a lead of 149 runs in the first innings.
Bavuma scored fifty from South Africa On the first day, South Africa had lost 4 wickets for 80 runs. Then it started raining, due to which the game was stopped. On the second day, team captain Temba Bavuma scored 70 runs. With the help of his innings, South Africa scored 191 runs.
Keshav Maharaj scored 24, Marco Janson scored 13, Kagiso Rabada scored 15 and Tristan Stubbs scored 16 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not score more than 10 runs. Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara took 3 wickets each from Sri Lanka. Vishwa Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya got 2-2 wickets.
Temba Bavuma scored 70 runs.
Sri Lanka could not bat even 14 overs The Sri Lankan team could not bat even 14 overs in the first innings. The team lost the first wicket in the third over and the 10th wicket also fell on the fifth ball of the 14th over. Lahiru Kumara scored 10 runs and Kamindu Mendis scored 13 runs.
Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando could not even open their accounts. Angelo Mathews scored 1, Dimuth Karunaratne scored 2 and Pathum Nissanka scored 3 runs. Marco Janson took 7 wickets from South Africa. Gerald Cooties took 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada took 1 wicket.
Marco Jansson took 7 wickets.
Sri Lanka’s lowest test score This is Sri Lanka’s lowest score in Test cricket, before this the team was all out for 71 runs against Pakistan in 1994. This was also the smallest score of any team against South Africa, before this in 2013 New Zealand team could score only 45 runs in Cape Town. This was the third lowest score in South Africa, before this the home team was limited to 30 and 35 runs.
Important series for WTC final Both Sri Lanka and South Africa still have hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final. Sri Lanka has to win 3 out of 4 remaining Tests, while South Africa has to win all four remaining matches. South Africa has to play 2 more tests each against Pakistan and Sri Lanka against Australia.