Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis maintained Sri Lanka’s hopes to life on the 4th day of the 2nd Test versus South Africa at St George’s Park on Sunday.
Captain De Silva and Mendis, Sri Lanka’s last identified batsmen, shared an unbeaten collaboration of 83 as Sri Lanka, established 348 to win, got to 205 for 5 at the close.
South Africa appeared on target for a very early win to finish a 2-0 collection tidy move when Sri Lanka dropped to 122 for 5, with quick bowler Dane Paterson and left-arm rewriter Keshav Maharaj taking 2 gates each.
But De Silva and Mendis, that both completed on 39 not out, not just blunted the South African bowling strike yet maintained ball game relocating at far better than 4 runs an over.
Earlier, left-arm rewriter Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 for 129– his tenth five-wicket in Tests yet his initial outdoors Sri Lanka, as South Africa were bowled out for 317 in their 2nd innings after returning to on 191 for 3.
Jayasuriya bowled unmodified via the early morning as he took 3 of the 5 gates that dropped prior to lunch, bowling right into the harsh outside the leg stump of right-handed batsmen.
All 3 of his gates on Sunday originated from batsmen dipping into shipments that pitched outdoors leg.
Kagiso Rabada struck early when he caught Dimuth Karunaratne in the 3rd over of the last innings yet South Africa were made to work for their gates on a pitch which stayed great for batting.
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