The second day of the South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st Take a look at match threw up loads of newsworthy moments with the Proteas wiping out Sri Lanka’s first innings for simply 42 runs in addition to Marco Jansen’s career-best figures of seven/13.
One other incident which is able to keep within the minds of the followers might be South Africa captain Temba Bavuma’s leaping uppercut shot within the first innings that went for a six. The super shot was excecated off the forty second over bowled by Asitha Fernando who tried to catch the Proteas skipper off guard with a brief ball.
Bavuma moved to his leg aspect to information the supply in direction of the off-side area however with the ball nonetheless rising, he leaped within the air and smashed the ball over the third man boundary. It was one of many pictures of South Africa’s first innings, one thing that the commentators mentioned would make an amazing image.
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Bavuma would go on to top-score with 70 runs, returning after lacking final month’s two-test sequence victory in Bangladesh with an elbow damage, and was 24 not out at stumps in South Africa’s 2nd innings together with Tristan Stubbs on 17.
Aiden Markram scored 47 in South Africa’s second innings earlier than being bowled by Vishwa Fernando whereas Prabath Jayasuriya took two wickets to succeed in 100 in his check profession in solely 17 assessments and grow to be the joint second-quickest to a ton of wickets.
Earlier, Sri Lanka could be shot out of their first innings for simply 42 runs which is the tied-ninth lowest innings in check historical past and their very own worse whole by 29 runs after their earlier low of 71 towards Pakistan in Kandy 30 years in the past.
It was additionally the bottom check innings whole on the Durban venue, eclipsing the 53 scored by Bangladesh in March 2022.