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 1.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and trying to drive it away, inside edges the ball away into the on-side for a single

Over 2.1 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 2.2 Dilruwan Perera bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run,  camps back and tucks the ball away off the pads into the mid-wicket region for a single.

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 3.5 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, goes across his sticks and pushes the ball into the 22 yards.

Over 3.6 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and nudged away to leg slip off the closed face of the bat.

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 5.1 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the onside.

Over 5.2 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 5.3 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets a big stride forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 5.4 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, goes back and across to defend it.

Over 5.5 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, no runs, gets forward and driven straight back to the bowler.

Over 5.6 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and whips the clip away and the man at mid-on makes a tumbling stop. 

Over 7.2 Akila Dananjaya bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, 1 run, gets forward and defends it to mid-off and gets a single.

Over 8.1 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to Aiden Markram, out Lbw!!  Markram missed the line of the ball as he ended up playing across it. The ball was going on to hit the sticks and Markram looked up at his partner and knew he could not have reviewed that. Herath has struck now.