Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st Test at Galle, 12 Jul, 2018

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 287/10 (78.4)  &  190/10 (57.4)
South Africa 126/10 (54.3)  &  73/10 (28.5)
Sri Lanka won by 278 runs
Man of the Match: Dimuth Karunaratne
  • Vernon Philander 22 * (39)

Over 36.1RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 36.2RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 36.3RAS Lakmal bowls short of length delivery to Vernon Philander, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 36.4RAS Lakmal bowls short of length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets back into the crease and punches it past coversSingle

Over 36.5RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets forward and defends it towards covers.Single

Over 36.6RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it past covers.Single

Over 48.1RAS Lakmal bowls short of length delivery to Vernon Philander, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Boundary!

Over 48.2RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets forward and defends it towards mid off.No runs

Over 48.3RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 48.4RAS Lakmal bowls short of length delivery to Vernon Philander, goes back and cuts it away towards the thirdman region.Boundary!

Over 48.5RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Vernon Philander, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegSingle

Over 48.6RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, gets forward and defends it towards mid off.No runs

Over 50.1RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, and that’s the end of his stay in the middle, clean bowled! .Bowled him!

Over 50.2RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Dale Steyn, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Boundary!

Over 50.3RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Dale Steyn, gets forward and defends it towards mid on.No runs

Over 50.4RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Dale Steyn, moves back into the crease and punches it straight to mid onNo runs

Over 50.5RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Dale Steyn, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

Over 50.6RAS Lakmal bowls flighted delivery to Dale Steyn, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionSingle

Over 52.1RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, flicks it off his pads towards the deep backward squareleg regionTwo runs

Over 52.2RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 52.3RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

Over 52.4RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 52.5RAS Lakmal bowls pitched up delivery to Kagiso Rabada, pushes it back to the bowler.No runs

Over 52.6RAS Lakmal bowls bangs it short to Kagiso Rabada, sways away from the line of that and leave it to the keeperNoball + No runs off the bat

Over 52.6RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Kagiso Rabada, and that’s the end of his stay in the middle, clean bowled! .Bowled him!

Over 54.1RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Dale Steyn, gets forward and defends it towards mid off.No runs

Over 54.2RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Dale Steyn, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 54.3RAS Lakmal bowls good length delivery to Dale Steyn, gets an outside edge and is caught in the slips.He is Caught