South Africa vs Sri Lanka Day-3 Review

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 12:56 pm , filed under Tests by Chalmers Dugan

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"South Africa vs Sri Lanka" South Africa bowlers have taken early wickets on Day 3 morning of the 2nd Test match with Sri Lanka have score 65-3 by the end of first session.

Due to the Wet Conditions at Durban, day-3 has started off late with the bowlers South Africans bowlers have used the conditions to take some quick wickets before Lunch.

They played and miss a lot in the early exchanges as Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel made full use of the cloudy conditions to their advantage. Sangakkara remain shrewd with his stroke play, and ended unbeaten on 28, despite being provided a late Christmas gift by the opponent’s skipper, Graeme Smith who dropped his catch in the first over off Morkel.

But with the tall fast bowler managing to find an ideal rhythm, it was a matter of time when he got his first scalp. Tharanga Paranavitana was the victim, as the left-hander was caught at fourth slip after a nervy innings for 9.

Mahela Jayawardene then walked to the pitch and showed some command to hit a couple of boundaries as the lead crossed the 200-run mark. He however could not withstand Marchant de Lange as the debut struck yet again after the veteran attempted to leave an incutter and was caught lbw.

DRS was called into action but replays showed that the ball marginally held its own to clip the top of off-stump. Sangakkara though collected boundaries, mainly behind the stumps, pouncing on any lose delivery directed at him.

Tags: Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, South Africa, South Africa Vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka