Sri Lanka thrashes South Africa to level the series – Cricket News Update
The Sri Lankan cricket team created history when they beat South Africa by 208 runs, in the second game of the three Test match series played at Kingsmead, Durban.
The visitors showed great resilience in this game and bounced back strongly to level the series, after the hosts easily defeated them in the opening fixture by an innings and 81 runs.
The Asian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 a target of 450 runs to win in the second innings. The Proteas batting collapsed for the second time in the match, as they were dismissed for 241 runs in 87.3 overs.
Though, South Africa started their innings in a positive manner but losing the services of their skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 inside the first 10-overs forced them on the back foot. The top six Proteas batters did not fare any better, and were back in the pavilion
with just 133 runs on the board.
It seemed, as if the match would end soon but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers and Dale Styen were not going to lose without a fight. The duo refused to go down easily and put on a 99-run stand. However, despite all their efforts the hosts still came out second best.
The victory at Durban was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559. The left-arm spinner rose to the occasion and showed the world that the Asian Lions can be a threat to any team, even without
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864.
Herath notched up a total of nine wickets in the match, as Sri Lanka register their first Test win of 2011. The left-arm orthodox spinner was unanimously declared the Man of the Match.
After receiving the award, Herath said, “Very happy with the way we played. A great moment for Sri Lankan cricket. So happy, this is unbelievable to win in South Africa! There was something in it for the spinners, so I knew I would get a lot of overs. The
fielding was great, Sanga (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779) and Thilan (Samaraweera) made great centuries, and that's what made this possible.”
The series is now wide open and it is all to play for in the third and final Test match of the series. It is going to be a winner takes all at Cape Town. The Test commences from Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
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