http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 v Sri Lanka: 2nd Test match – First Session Recap
Sri Lanka finished the first session of day one, of the 2nd Test match against South Africa on 112 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. They Boxing Day Test match started today at Kingsmead Durban.
After winning the toss, the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, the skipper, opened the innings for the visitors. They started well, but the duo failed to make the start count.
Paranavitana was the first to go, when debutant Marchant de Lange got him out on the last ball of the 9th over. The left-handed opener made just 12 runs from 29 deliveries, which included one boundary.
The fall of the first wicket gave confidence to the South African bowler, especially de Lange, who in his very next over, also got the scalp of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779. The stay of the former captain was brief, as he only lasted 3 deliveries and went back to the
pavilion without troubling the scorers. He was dismissed the same way as Paranvitana, both caught by Boucher on the bowling of de Lange.
It was a major breakthrough for the home side, as they got two important scalps.
Dilshan was joined in the middle by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 out of trouble. The pair added another 37 runs to the total, before Dilshan got out to Imran Tahir, three short of his maiden half century against
the Proteas.
On the 3rd delivery of 24th over, the captain was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528, off the bowling of Imran Tahir. The batsman made 47 runs off 69 balls with the help of 6 boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 joined Jayawardene in the middle, and it was an ominous time for the visitors. Samaraweera started in an aggressive manner, hitting 3 scrumptious boundaries, while Jayawardene at the other end, kept the scoreboard ticking.
Both Jayawardene and Samaraweera batted till the end of the session, and their respective individual scores were 27 and 17 runs. The Sri Lankans scored at a healthy run rate of 4.00 runs per over for the session and ended the first session on 112 in 28 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CRD-Fernando-c1292 are the batsmen yet to come.
Lange on his debut was the pick of the bowlers, as he grabbed two wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409, Morkel and Kallis were unable to get a wicket.
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