The first test match of the Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour to South Africa started today (27).
In this match which started in Durban, South Africa, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first.
Thus, the pair of Asitha and Vishwa Fernando managed to remove the South African opening batsman pair from the field within 14 runs.
After that, Sri Lanka had the opportunity to send the South African captain Temba Bavuma to the stadium very quickly, but the catch he gave was lost by Dimuth Karunaratne, so that valuable opportunity was lost.
However, Lahiru Kumara, who picked up the ball, managed to take 2 more wickets by engaging in excellent bowling, recording the South African scoreboard as 4 wickets for 54 runs.
Here, Lahiru had another chance to take down Bavuma, but that chance was lost as the ball was out.
In the meantime, the match had to be stopped for today because of the rain, and by that time the South African batsmen had managed to score 80 runs by losing 4 wickets in 4 overs of 20 overs.
The second day of the competition is scheduled to start tomorrow (28).
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