Sri Lanka scored their ninth Test match win outside the sub-continent and most likely the most significant ever, when they outclassed South Africa by 208 runs with a full day to spare in the second Test on Thursday. It was a dramatic fightback by the tourists, who lost the first Test by an innings, and they now go to the third Test match starting at Sahara Park Newlands on Tuesday with everything to play for. Having broken their Test match losing streak in South Africa, they will now believe they can go one better and win their first series here.
“Sri Lanka outplayed us in every department on a pitch that suited their style of play,” South African captain Graeme Smith said. “We were poor from day one and we now need to find a way to bounce back in the third Test.” South Africa, set a victory target of 450, again produced a unsatisfactory top order performance and at one stage it looked as though they might be bowled out for less than their first innings record low-score of 168.AB de Villiers (69 off 141 balls) and Dale Steyn (43 off 125 balls) delayed the predictable with a seventh wicket stand of 99 before the end came quickly against the second new ball.
The fading light caused Sri Lanka to bowl with their spinners but man of the match Rangana Herath would most likely have bowled in any event. The harder ball gave him a bit more pace and bounces off the pitch and he completed with an innings return of 5/79 and a match return of 9/128. Sri Lanka produced nearly all the stand-out cricket in the match with Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara both scoring centuries, debutant Dinesh Chandimal getting half-centuries in both innings and both Chanaka Welegedara and Herath claiming five-wicket hauls.
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“Sri Lanka outplayed us in every department on a pitch that suited their style of play,” South African captain Graeme Smith said. “We were poor from day one and we now need to find a way to bounce back in the third Test.” South Africa, set a victory target of 450, again produced a unsatisfactory top order performance and at one stage it looked as though they might be bowled out for less than their first innings record low-score of 168.AB de Villiers (69 off 141 balls) and Dale Steyn (43 off 125 balls) delayed the predictable with a seventh wicket stand of 99 before the end came quickly against the second new ball.
The fading light caused Sri Lanka to bowl with their spinners but man of the match Rangana Herath would most likely have bowled in any event. The harder ball gave him a bit more pace and bounces off the pitch and he completed with an innings return of 5/79 and a match return of 9/128. Sri Lanka produced nearly all the stand-out cricket in the match with Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara both scoring centuries, debutant Dinesh Chandimal getting half-centuries in both innings and both Chanaka Welegedara and Herath claiming five-wicket hauls.
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