Tristan Stubbs and Temba Bavuma hit centuries to place South Africa in an impregnable place earlier than their bowlers dismissed 5 Sri Lankan batsmen on the third day of the primary Check at Kingsmead on Friday. Stubbs (122) and Bavuma (113) floor down the Sri Lankan bowlers in a fourth wicket stand of 249 earlier than South Africa declared their second innings at tea after scoring 366 for 5. Set an enormous 516 to win, Sri Lanka had been 103 for 5 on the shut.
Though it was an enchancment on their file low of 42 all out within the first innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen once more struggled towards South Africa’s quick bowlers.
Kagiso Rabada and first innings destroyer Marco Jansen took two wickets apiece and Gerald Coetzee claimed one.
Resuming at 132 for 2 on Friday morning, Stubbs and Bavuma eliminated any hopes the vacationers could have had of taking part in their means again into the match.
They performed largely risk-free cricket in including 101 in 33 overs earlier than lunch.
The left-armed Vishwa Fernando was the very best of the Sri Lankan bowlers and created the one probability of the morning, when Stubbs was dropped on 33 by Angelo Mathews at slip.
On a second successive day of vibrant sunshine, the pitch performed simpler than on the primary two days, though there remained some help for the seam bowlers.
There was extra toil for the bowlers after lunch because the batsmen moved methodically to their centuries – Stubbs’ third in six Assessments and Bavuma’s third in 60 matches.
Stubbs was finally dismissed 20 minutes earlier than tea when he was bowled by Vishwa Fernando, exposing his leg stump as he tried a flick to leg.
With tea due, Bavuma declared the innings closed when he was leg earlier than wicket to Asitha Fernando.
The skilled Dimuth Karunaratne fell early to Rabada for the second time within the match, once more edging a drive at a ball bowled from across the wicket. He was caught at third slip by Stubbs for 4.
Pathum Nissanka confirmed constructive intent in scoring 23 off 31 balls earlier than falling leg earlier than wicket to Coetzee nearly instantly after gloving a catch to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne off what proved to be a Rabada no-ball.
Jansen, who took seven for 13 within the first innings, adopted up with the wickets of Angelo Mathews (25) and Kamindu Mendis (10) earlier than nightwatchman Prabath Jayasuriya fell to a reflex catch at quick leg off Rabada after scoring a single.
Dinesh Chandimal was unbeaten on 29.
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