The visiting Sri Lankans were defeated by an innings and 45 runs by South Africa at the SuperSport Park Stadium, Centurion in the first Test match of the 2-match series.
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The Proteas seamers wasted no time, picking 5 wickets in the morning session to reduce the islanders to 148/7 and eventually roll them out for 180 runs to register a commanding victory.
The Sri Lankan defeat was inevitable with them carrying quite a few injuries in the playing XI and as the South African batsmen milked them for runs on day 3, setting a lead of 225 in the first innings. Sri Lanka lost Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis on the 3rd day evening.
Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Perera looked promising in the morning on day 04, but Chandimal eventually fell for a snorter of a delivery from Wiaan Mulder for 25. However Kusal Perera went on his usual attacking game against the South African pacers and reached 1000 Test runs plus another half-century century in the rainbow nation.
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Apart from Perera, no other specialized batsmen contributed to the Sri Lankan total much, as Sri Lanka lost wickets in regular intervals. Perera raced to 64 before he nicked one to Quinton de Kock off Anrich Nortje’s bowling.
The only other commendable batting effort was delivered by the debutant Wanindu Hasaranga, who smashed 59 off 53 balls, but it still was not enough to save Sri Lanka from an innings defeat. Hasaranga became the second Sri Lankan to score a fifty and pick up a 4-fer in a Test debut after Chamani Seneviratne.
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South African fast bowling quartet Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Wiaan Mulder and Lutho Sipamla shared two wickets a piece as they reduced Sri Lanka to 180/9 to stamp their victory (Dhananjaya de Silva did not bat). Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara returned for batting in the lost cause, even though they did not bowl due to injuries.
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunarathne | b Lungi Ngidi | 22 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 110.00 |
| Kusal Perera | c Quinton de Kock b Wiaan Mulder | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 55.17 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Lungi Ngidi b Anrich Nortje | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | c Faf du Plessis b Wiaan Mulder | 85 | 161 | 11 | 0 | 52.80 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | retired | 79 | 105 | 11 | 1 | 75.24 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | lbw b Wiaan Mulder | 49 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 56.98 |
| Dasun Shanaka | not out | 66 | 87 | 3 | 5 | 75.86 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | b Lutho Sipamla | 18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 90.00 |
| Kasun Rajitha | c Dean Elgar b Lutho Sipamla | 12 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 24.49 |
| Vishwa Fernando | b Lutho Sipamla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lahiru Kumara | c Rassie van der Dussen b Lutho Sipamla | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 37 (b 16 , lb 9 , nb 6, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 396/10 (96 Overs, RR: 4.12) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-28 (4.5) Dimuth Karunarathne, 2-54 (9.5) Kusal Mendis, 3-54 (10.5) Kusal Perera, 4-284 (65.4) Dinesh Chandimal, 5-296 (70.3) Niroshan Dickwella, 6-320 (76.3) Wanindu Hasaranga, 7-387 (93.2) Kasun Rajitha, 8-387 (93.3) Vishwa Fernando, 9-396 (95.6) Lahiru Kumara, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lungi Ngidi | 19 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 3.37 | |
| Lutho Sipamla | 16 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 4.75 | |
| Anrich Nortje | 22 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| Wiaan Mulder | 20 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 3.45 | |
| Keshav Maharaj | 19 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 3.89 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Elgar | c & b Dasun Shanaka | 95 | 130 | 16 | 0 | 73.08 |
| Aiden Markram | c Dasun Shanaka b Vishwa Fernando | 68 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 72.34 |
| Rassie van der Dussen | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 15 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Faf du Plessis | c & b | 199 | 276 | 24 | 0 | 72.10 |
| Quinton de Kock | c Lahiru Thirimanne b Wanindu Hasaranga | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 163.64 |
| Temba Bavuma | c Niroshan Dickwella b Dasun Shanaka | 71 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 56.80 |
| Wiaan Mulder | c Niroshan Dickwella b Wanindu Hasaranga | 36 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 57.14 |
| Keshav Maharaj | c Wanindu Hasaranga b Vishwa Fernando | 73 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 68.87 |
| Anrich Nortje | c Niroshan Dickwella b Vishwa Fernando | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lutho Sipamla | lbw b Wanindu Hasaranga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lungi Ngidi | not out | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Extras | 44 (b 9 , lb 18 , nb 7, w 10, pen 0) |
| Total | 621/10 (142.1 Overs, RR: 4.37) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-141 (28.4) Aiden Markram, 2-200 (42.6) Rassie van der Dussen, 3-200 (43.4) Dean Elgar, 4-220 (47.1) Quinton de Kock, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 31.1 | 2 | 130 | 2 | 4.18 | |
| Kasun Rajitha | 2.1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7.62 | |
| Dasun Shanaka | 28.5 | 2 | 98 | 2 | 3.44 | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 45 | 5 | 171 | 4 | 3.80 | |
| Lahiru Kumara | 21.1 | 0 | 103 | 1 | 4.88 | |
| Dimuth Karunarathne | 6.5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.54 | |
| Kusal Mendis | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.86 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunarathne | b Lungi Ngidi | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Kusal Perera | c Quinton de Kock b Anrich Nortje | 64 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 73.56 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Rassie van der Dussen b Lungi Ngidi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | b Wiaan Mulder | 25 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 55.56 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Quinton de Kock b Wiaan Mulder | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Dasun Shanaka | c Quinton de Kock b Lutho Sipamla | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.14 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | c Temba Bavuma b Lutho Sipamla | 59 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 111.32 |
| Vishwa Fernando | run out (Wiaan Mulder) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kasun Rajitha | c Keshav Maharaj b Anrich Nortje | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | retired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 10 (b 4 , lb 2 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 180/10 (46.1 Overs, RR: 3.9) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-10 (2.6) Dimuth Karunarathne, 2-22 (4.5) Kusal Mendis, 3-85 (19.5) Dinesh Chandimal, 4-99 (23.6) Niroshan Dickwella, 5-114 (28.4) Kusal Perera, 6-142 (35.5) Dasun Shanaka, 7-148 (36.6) Vishwa Fernando, 8-179 (45.2) Wanindu Hasaranga, 9-180 (46.1) Kasun Rajitha, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lungi Ngidi | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | |
| Anrich Nortje | 10.1 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 4.65 | |
| Wiaan Mulder | 12 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.25 | |
| Lutho Sipamla | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| Keshav Maharaj | 6 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Aiden Markram | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |
