SL vs SA Second Test at an exciting turn: Sri Lanka 143 runs away from the target, South Africa needs 5 wickets on the last day

Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets in the second innings.

The second test between South Africa and Sri Lanka has reached an exciting turn. On the fifth day, Sri Lanka needs 143 runs, while South Africa needs 5 wickets. The pitch at St George’s Park Stadium in Kebera is not completely dilapidated. Therefore, both the teams have equal chances to win.

At stumps on the fourth day, Sri Lanka scored 205 runs for 5 wickets. The team has got the target of 348 runs. South Africa scored 358 runs in its first innings and 317 runs in the second innings. Whereas Sri Lanka had scored 328 runs in its first innings.

Bavuma scored fifty On the fourth day, South Africa started playing its second innings with a score of 191/3. Tristan Stubbs led his innings with 36 runs and captain Temba Bavuma with 48 runs. Bavuma scored a fifty and was out after scoring 66 runs, while Stubbs scored 47 runs.

David Bedingham contributed 35 runs. 5 tailenders also played innings of 8 to 14 runs and took the score to 317 runs. South Africa had taken a lead of 30 runs in the first innings, hence Sri Lanka got the target of 348 runs.

Temba Bavuma scored fifties in all four innings of the series.

5 wickets for Jayasuriya Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets in the second innings for Sri Lanka. Vishwa Fernando got 2 wickets, while Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara got 1 wicket each. A batter runout also occurred.

Bad start for Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the target of 348 runs, had a bad start. Dimuth Karunaratne was out after scoring 1 and Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring 18 runs. The middle order batsmen took charge of the innings, but 3 batsmen were out after being set. Dinesh Chandimal scored 29, Angelo Mathews scored 32 and Kamindu Mendis scored 35 runs.

Kamindu Mendis could not score a single fifty in the series.

Captain Dhananjay de Silva then took charge of the team along with Kusal Mendis. Both of them made a fifty partnership and took the score beyond 200 runs. The team scored 205 runs till stumps, both Kusal and Dhananjay returned not out after scoring 39-39 runs. Keshav Maharaj and Dan Patterson have taken 2-2 wickets from South Africa. Kagiso Rabada also got one wicket.

South Africa led by 221 runs on the third day

Tristan Stubbs scored 47 runs.

On the third day of the match on Saturday, South Africa has taken a lead of 221 runs. The team’s score till stumps was 191/3. Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Varian scored centuries from South Africa. Pathum Nissanka from Sri Lanka scored the highest score of 89 runs. Read the full news…