South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2019 Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Date & Time: Feb 21-Feb 25, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Dimuth Karunaratne 17(42)
11.4
Rabada to Karunaratne, out Caught by de Kock!! Edged and taken! South Africa have got their first wicket and it's their ace pacer who has given them the breakthrough. Bowls a back of a length delivery from round the wicket and the ball deviates away from the batsman to some extent. Karunaratne pokes at it, playing down the wrong line and nicks it behind in the process. The ball was dipping in front of de Kock but he manages to gather it cleanly by getting his gloves underneath in time. Karunaratne c de Kock b Rabada 17(42) [4s-4]
11.3
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, gets behind the line of this short ball and defends it into the off side
11.2
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, fires in a length delivery at a shorter length from round the wicket, it swings in a touch and strikes the batsman right on his abdomen after breaching his onside flick
11.1
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, bangs this short around middle and leg, Karunaratne is forced to duck for cover
10.6
Olivier to Thirimanne, no run, in the channel outside off, on a good length and it's been left alone by Thirimanne
9.5
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, comes from round the wicket and bowls an inseaming delivery in the channel outside off, Karunaratne keeps his head steady and leaves it alone this time around
9.4
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, another skiddy back of a length delivery, keeps low than expected and Karunaratne is equal to the task, keeps it away to mid-wicket
9.3
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, that kept a touch low outside off, Karunaratne was looking to defend it but due to the lack of bounce he can't middle his defensive shot
9.2
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, around off, back of a length and it's been dabbed into the off side by Karunaratne
9.1
Rabada to Karunaratne, FOUR, successive boundaries for Sri Lanka! Thirimanne got it previously, Karunaratne this time around. This was a well controlled shot though, unlike the previous one. The southpaw eyes the deep square leg fence and puts it away with a gentle flick of his wrists
8.6
Steyn to Thirimanne, FOUR, edged away! Short of a length outside off, Thirimanne tries to defend this one off his back foot but the ball keeps straight, catches the outside edge and flies past the fielder at third slip. Two edges out have been found in this innings so far, none have carried to the fielders in the cordon
6.5
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, touch full in the channel outside off, Karunaratne leaves it alone
6.4
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length around off, Karunaratne knocks it off his back foot to mid-on
6.3
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, pitched full and hint of away swing too, Karunaratne leans ahead and drives it to the fielder at mid-off
6.2
Steyn to Thirimanne, 1 run, plays this with a closed bat face to fine leg for a run
5.5
Rabada to Karunaratne, FOUR, on a back of a length in the channel, seaming away slightly further, Karunaratne chases after it and gets a thick outside edge but it falls short of Amla at first slip and runs away to the third man fence for four
5.4
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Karunaratne hops and drops it back to the bowler off the backfoot
5.3
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, skids through on middle, nudged off the backfoot in front of square leg
5.2
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length on off, angling away rather wide, and that's left alone by Karunaratne
5.1
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, angling away but at the head of the batsman, who ducks, but it was closer than he thought. QdK dives to his left to stop that.
4.6
Steyn to Thirimanne, no run, short of length delivery just marginally wide of off-stump, Thirimanne shoulders arms
3.5
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length delivery in the channel outside off, keeps going straight, no movement, Karunaratne gets the backfoot across and leaves it alone
3.4
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, on a good length on off-stump, pushed to mid-off after a walk
3.3
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, fuller length delivery on the stumps, an attempted drive down the ground, turns in his hands, as he miscues it towards mid-on
3.2
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery angling in to the channel outside off, Karunaratne shuffles across to shoulder arms
3.1
Rabada to Thirimanne, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle, attempted defence off the backfoot, thick inside edge towards backward square leg for a single
2.5
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery skidding through on middle and leg, Karunaratne blocks it hastily off the backfoot - scrambled seam, so he's not really looking for swing
2.4
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, angling away from a back of a length on middle, straightens off the seam, and beats the inside edge on the backfoot defence to strike him on the groin
2.3
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, short of length delivery angling marginally wide outside off, Karunaratne wants nothing to do with that, shoulders arms
2.2
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length delivery on the hip, tucked into the on-side, just a drop
2.1
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, dropped with an angled bat into the off-side
1.6
Rabada to Thirimanne, no run, good length delivery angling away outside off, left alone by Thirimanne after a shuffle across
1.4
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, a third one that's angled down leg, hasn't quite gotten into his groove, and Karunaratne misses the glance once again
1.3
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length delivery hurrying through, good bounce, Karunaratne gets on top of it to drop it into the wicket off the backfoot
1.2
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, another one straying down leg-side, seaming further away, and Karunaratne wants nothing to do with that
1.1
Rabada to Karunaratne, no run, scrambled seam delivery but straight down leg-side, Karunaratne gets across away from the line and shoulders arms
0.6
Steyn to Karunaratne, 1 run, straying on the pads, missed glance, and off the legs towards the fine leg fence for a single
0.5
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery angling outside off, Karunaratne gets forward to drive through cover, miscues it off the inside half towards midwicket
0.4
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, back of a length delivery skidding through on leg-stump, nudged off the backfoot into the on-side
0.3
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery in the channel outside off, seams back in, and a well-judged leave by Karunaratne
0.2
Steyn to Karunaratne, no run, banged in on a short of length, seams in towards leg, Karunaratne defends off the backfoot into the wicket
0.1
Steyn to Karunaratne, FOUR, back of a length delivery angling across, seaming away, Karunaratne tries closing the face off the backfoot, gets a leading edge through the gully area for a streaky boundary
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