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 18.1Vernon Philander bowls pitched up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionNo runs

Over 18.2Vernon Philander bowls short of length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.No runs

Over 18.3Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 18.4Vernon Philander bowls pitched up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to backward squarelegSingle

Over 19.1Keshav Maharaj bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 19.2Keshav Maharaj bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it back to the bowler.No runs

Over 19.3Keshav Maharaj bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Two runs

Over 19.4Keshav Maharaj bowls flatter trajectory delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 19.5Keshav Maharaj bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 19.6Keshav Maharaj bowls flighted delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, plays a slog sweep over wide long on.Sixer!

Over 20.6Vernon Philander bowls good length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 21.2Keshav Maharaj bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Dhananjaya de Silva, and that’s the end of his stay in the middle, clean bowled! .Bowled him!