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 6.1Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Danushka Gunathilaka, gets forward and defends it towards point.No runs

Over 6.2Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Danushka Gunathilaka, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

Over 6.3Tabraiz Shamsi bowls short of length delivery to Danushka Gunathilaka, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionNo runs

Over 6.4Tabraiz Shamsi bowls pitched up delivery to Danushka Gunathilaka, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it past the fielder at point.Single

Over 6.5Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegSingle

Over 6.6Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flatter trajectory delivery to Danushka Gunathilaka, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 22.1Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, plays a sweep shot through squareleg.Single

Over 22.2Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 22.3Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flatter trajectory delivery to AD Mathews, flicks it off his pads towards the backward squareleg regionNo runs

Over 22.4Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.No runs

Over 22.5Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 22.6Tabraiz Shamsi bowls short of length delivery to AD Mathews, gets back into the crease and punches it back to the bowlerNo runs

Over 24.1Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionNo runs

Over 24.2Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 24.3Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegSingle

Over 24.4Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to covers.No runs

Over 24.5Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and drives it straight to mid off.No runs

Over 24.6Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards point.No runs

Over 26.1Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 26.2Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Two runs

Over 26.3Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and drives it wide of mid off.Single

Over 26.4Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionNo runs

Over 26.5Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flatter trajectory delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and drives it straight to mid onNo runs

Over 26.6Tabraiz Shamsi bowls quicker and flatter in the air to AD Mathews, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 28.1Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, lofts it in the air over covers.Boundary!

Over 28.2Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegNo runs

Over 28.3Tabraiz Shamsi bowls short of length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Single

Over 28.4Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and drives it straight to extra covers.No runs

Over 28.5Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets onto the frontfoot and works it towards short fine legNo runs

Over 28.6Tabraiz Shamsi bowls flighted delivery to AD Mathews, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

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