South Africa 358 (Verreynne 105*, Rickelton 101, Bavuma 78, Kumara 4-79, Asitha 3-102) vs Sri Lanka
In the long run, South Africa motored to a complete of 358. Rabada contributed 23 of these runs, and Dane Paterson 9. Verreynne, in the meantime, bludgeoned 57 runs off the 50 balls he confronted on the second morning, and remained not out on 105 off 133 balls by innings finish.
Sri Lanka’s frontline seamers every took a wicket on day two, with Vishwa Fernando having Keshav Maharaj caught at slip, earlier than Asitha Fernando ended Rabada’s innings, and Lahiru Kumara had Paterson holing out. Kumara claimed the innings’ greatest figures, taking 4 for 79.
It was a triple-boundary over in opposition to Asitha that basically obtained Verreynne’s engine roaring. This being the 99th over of the innings, Sri Lanka had lengthy since determined that the second new ball had stopped swinging, and turned nearly solely to bouncers and brief deliveries to blast the ultimate two wickets out. That they had a deep sq. leg and a deep midwicket out for Verreynne, however he set himself up for the bouncer by altering his stance to a barely front-on one, and saved thumping the ball previous the deep fielders.
Rabada, who had been shielded from the strike in most overs, however had however confronted greater than 30 deliveries now, chipped in with boundaries of his personal, a few of them fortuitous ones off the sting.
