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
Dhananjaya de Silva 3-36(11 ov)
43.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, no run, yorker on middle. Jammed out with half a drive
43.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, FOUR, too straight. And some bonus runs being thrown about. Drifts into middle, spins further in and Olivier gets the inside edge on the tickle, which actually works in his favour of taking it a lot finer than what he'd planned for
43.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, dropped a tad short. Punched away through the covers
43.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, 1 run, adjusts well to the across-drift, with an educated opened face wdge past second slip
43.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, thinks of stepping out, but quickly goes back instead and whips it away into square leg. He's still not denying the singles yet
43.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, LBW Review: Big ungainly slog across the line. Once again, Faf doesn't connect, playing all around it as it strikes him on a huge forward stride in front of leg. And the spin is sure to take it further down. Does, well down
41.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, deliberately thrown well down leg to deny Faf the single, the strike. So much so that Dickwella needs to dive as well
41.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no ball, that's it .. 27 runs | 7 wickets. Yes, it's been THAT bad. Faf wants a slog downtown, which he runs down the pitch to, hoicks all over and the ball just sleeps along the pitch, sneaking well under the bat. Nothing that back leg stretching back can do to help either, Dickwella's quick enough. Now, now. Wait. Dhananjaya's front leg is clearly over the line
41.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, 1 run, forward in defending for the turn, which once again straightens, this time taking the outside edge and running past second slip
41.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, no run, drawn forward again, closes out the dip well with the smother
41.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Olivier, no run, full, tossed outside off, driven through the line to cover
41.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Steyn, out Caught by Thirimanne!! We're officially reliving Durban's third evening all over again. Plessis clearly doesn't believe in shielding his number ten, and Steyn clearly doesn't believe in hanging around. Gets a big turner in, which Steyn reaches forward to away from his body to glance. Runs off the inside face, with Thirimanne staying so damn alert at short leg, diving to his right and taking it on the rebound. Steyn c Thirimanne b Dhananjaya de Silva 0(4)
41.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, scooting low off a length, inside-edges the flick behind square
39.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Rabada, no run, his bat out on an aimless cut. It hurries on, bouncing extra, past
39.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Rabada, no run, leans, opens his steer, point
39.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Rabada, no run, big stride, turning it away with the angle rather to leg
39.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Rabada, no run, yorker on middle. Rabada does well to his credit as he gets hsi front leg out and jams his bat down in time
39.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Rabada, no run, quick arm ball, and then it skids low as well. Rabada crouches, blocking it out
39.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, riding the bounce, getting well inside the crease and wristing it away behind square
37.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, flights it up on middle. Bunted down
37.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, 3 runs, realizes he's about to fall into the Amla/Mulder trap, but then quickly opens his bat face and very cheekily runs it away wide of slip. It eventually needed a dive at third man's ropes to pull it back in
37.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, a hint of away-drift, but too full to be causing troubles. Smothered out
37.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, swept away with the spin, picking out square leg
37.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, shuffles backwards, hurrying into a defence
37.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, slower through the air, testing Maharaj's patience, which for now is in a defence
35.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, across, full-facing the defensive knock to mid-on
35.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, 1 run, taps it wide of mid-on this time, some non-straight running again, but safe enough
35.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, dropped short. Back, away, making width to cut it away through sweeper
35.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, tossed up on the stumps. Close to it in keeping it out
35.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, 1 run, there are bad times to run yourself out. And then there's this. Maharaj pushes one out to mid-off, and then just keeps watching the ball as he runs across for the quick single. He runs at an angle, doesn't stretch and is followed by the direct hit, which he tries to avoid and drags his bat in further away from the shortest path. Just, just in, millimeters
35.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, drifting into middle. Wristed with the spin, through mid-wicket
33.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, thick inside edge, ricocheting onto the front pad
33.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, shuffles behind the line, crouching low as he keeps it out
33.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Maharaj, no run, floated up outside off, defended back
33.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Wiaan Mulder, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Remember the Amla dismissal? Yes, precisely that. Drift going away at first, then dipping quickly with Mulder sitting in on the defence, playing inside the line eventually and tickling it off the thick outside edge - low, soft, slip. Wiaan Mulder c Kusal Mendis b Dhananjaya de Silva 5(8) [4s-1]
33.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Wiaan Mulder, no run, steps down, too close for comfort in the end as he ends up yorking himself and squeezing it out
33.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Wiaan Mulder, no run, back, across, defensive
31.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, clipped off the pads to mid-wicket
31.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, pushed back to the bowler \n
31.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, flatter ball and has been barricaded out
31.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, FOUR, gets squared up and the ball takes the edge to run away past the man at first slip for a four
31.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, floated up, clipped away towards short mid
31.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, tossed up on off, gets well forward in blocking it out
29.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, rocks behind, makes the length a lot shorter and chops it away in front of cover
29.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, floated up further, big forward stretch this time
29.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, forward, into the line in defence
29.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! No, all his staying in the crease and playing out balls isn't turning into a big one this time either for Amla. He's foxed by the dip, with the toss up getting down much quicker and then it doesn't turn either, with Amla looking to play for that as well on his forward defence. The result - a thick outside edge, straight to slip, where Mendis does really well to get his palms really low and soft. Amla c Kusal Mendis b Dhananjaya de Silva 32(72) [4s-3]
29.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, a touch quicker, which Faf does well to ride along with the quicker bounce and turn it through mid-wicket
29.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, nudged away with the spin to leg
27.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, turns in from outside off, dead batted away to short leg
27.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, walks well across, sits right where it pitches and blocks it out
27.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, wristy on-drive, straight down the pitch
27.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, back inside the crease again, tucking it away to leg
27.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, FOUR, proper nick. Dhananjaya drifts one on off, and it doesn't turn much either as Faf is forward in looking to defend -- only to get the thick outside edge, flying right in between the keeper and the only slip - who for some reason is almost a second slip
27.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, FOUR, rank drag down. Too much width as well. Faf makes a lot of room, and punches, nailing it through extra cover
25.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, 1 run, shuffles across, using the drift to wrist it through mid-wicket
25.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, tosses it up a touch, drawing Amla forward. Nothing fancy though
25.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, leading-edge. Drifts in with the arm and Amla's a touch too closed up as he looks to nudge it with the spin that's not there. Hence, back to cover
25.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, softly wrists it with the spin to short leg on the bounce
25.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, loopier, fuller, Amla defence too is sterner
25.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, way back in the crease, across and solidly in defence
23.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, wristing it away with the turn, all in defence though
23.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, on-drive, getting to the pitch of it to stroke it down to long-on
23.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, spins in off the rough, but equally well dealt with off the back foot, nudging it away to square leg
23.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, the straight-batted block, down the ground
23.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, 1 run, more of a drive now, wristing it down to long-on
23.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Amla, no run, forward flick away, short mid-wicket
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