Sri Lanka Tour To South Africa 2011
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Atleast this time srilankans showed some resistance.
Welegedera and Herath send South Africa crashing
Left-arm opening bowler Chanaka Welegedera produced a career-best performance to put Sri Lanka in the ascendancy on the second day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Tuesday.
Welegedera took five for 52 as South Africa was bowled out for 168 on a good batting pitch, giving Sri Lanka a first innings lead of 170.
It also gave Sri Lanka hope of gaining its first Test win of the year, in a complete turnaround from the first Test at Centurion, which South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs.
Sri Lanka was seven for one in its second innings at the close, with captain Tillekeratne Dilshan falling to Dale Steyn before bad light stopped play.
Welegedera, whose previous best Test figures were five for 87 against Pakistan in Sharjah last month, bowled an impeccable line, slanting the ball across the right-handed batsmen, with all of his victims caught behind or in the slips.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took four for 49 as South Africa crashed to its lowest total against Sri Lanka.
Newspaper:The Hindu, 28th Dec
Left-arm opening bowler Chanaka Welegedera produced a career-best performance to put Sri Lanka in the ascendancy on the second day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Tuesday.
Welegedera took five for 52 as South Africa was bowled out for 168 on a good batting pitch, giving Sri Lanka a first innings lead of 170.
It also gave Sri Lanka hope of gaining its first Test win of the year, in a complete turnaround from the first Test at Centurion, which South Africa won by an innings and 81 runs.
Sri Lanka was seven for one in its second innings at the close, with captain Tillekeratne Dilshan falling to Dale Steyn before bad light stopped play.
Welegedera, whose previous best Test figures were five for 87 against Pakistan in Sharjah last month, bowled an impeccable line, slanting the ball across the right-handed batsmen, with all of his victims caught behind or in the slips.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took four for 49 as South Africa crashed to its lowest total against Sri Lanka.
Newspaper:The Hindu, 28th Dec
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