Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd Test at Colombo, 20 Jul, 2018

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 338/10 (104.1)  &  275/5 (81)
South Africa 124/10 (34.5)  &  290/10 (86.5)
Sri Lanka won by 199 runs
Man of the Match: Dimuth Karunaratne
  • Lungi Ngidi 4 * (4)

Over 0.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and blocked into the off-side.

Over 0.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and misses the tuck and gets hit high on the pads. Lots of noise made by the keeper seeing the purchase available for the spinner.

Over 0.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 3 runs, gets forward and pushes it along the ground through cover and picks up three runs.

Over 0.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, pushes forward and the ball sliding on has been pushed back off the inner half of the bat.

Over 0.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and nudged away to the man at FSL.

Over 0.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Dean Elgar, no runs, gets forward and manages to handle it well as the ball never bounced much after landing. No turn on it either

Over 2.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, stays back and nudges the ball away behind square.

Over 2.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and whips the clip away only to find the man at FSL blocking it.

Over 4.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets inside the line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 4.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets well forward and bends down to defend it.

Over 4.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets forward and looking defence and the ball takes the pad on its way into the off-side.

Over 4.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, 1 run, gets forward and clips it away through square leg and picks up an easy single.

Over 4.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and  soft leading edge takes it back to the bowler as the batsman was trying to clip the ball away with the turn

Over 4.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and playing it close to his body, manages to push drive the ball away from mid-off for a single

Over 16.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

Over 16.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, 1 run, gets forward and sweeps it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 16.3 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets forward and defends it to FSL.

Over 16.4 Dilruwan Perera bowls it flat in the air to Hashim Amla, no runs, moves across in the crease and whips it to square leg.

Over 16.5 Dilruwan Perera bowls a quicker arm ball to Hashim Amla, no runs, gets inside the line and defends it on the back foot.

Over 16.6 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Hashim Amla, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 18.1Dilruwan Perera to Faf du Plessis No runs ...

Over 18.2Dilruwan Perera to Faf du Plessis No runs ...

Over 18.3Dilruwan Perera to Faf du Plessis Single ...

Over 18.4Dilruwan Perera to Hashim Amla No runs ...

Over 18.5Dilruwan Perera to Hashim Amla No runs ...

Over 18.6Dilruwan Perera to Hashim Amla Single ...

Over 20.1Dilruwan Perera bowls flighted delivery to Faf du Plessis, gets forward and defends it towards forward shortleg.No runs

Over 20.2Dilruwan Perera bowls flighted delivery to Faf du Plessis, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 20.3Dilruwan Perera bowls flighted delivery to Faf du Plessis, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 20.4Dilruwan Perera bowls quicker and flatter in the air to Faf du Plessis, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

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