Sri Lanka Sets Huge Target for Host-SA

Thursday, December 29th, 2011 at 12:45 pm , filed under Tests by Victor Mavis

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"SA vs SL" Sri Lanka were all-out for 279 in the second innings giving the hosts, South Africa a huge target of 450 in the second test of three match series, which is being held in Kingsmead, Durban in South Africa on Thursday, December 29, 2011.

Former skipper, Kumara Sangakkara brilliant knock of 108 has helped the tourists have to set an overall target of 450 runs for the hosts with two days still to end the test.

Star batsman Kumar Sangakkara scored a fabulous century in the second innings, top scoring with 108. He was given a life when he was batting on three, but capitalized on the chance and went to score century.

Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Chandimal, the debutant has shown a commanding performance to score 54-runs in the second innings. Thilan Samaraweera was the only other batsman to make an impression in the Sri Lankan second innings, as he contributed 43 runs to the total. He has silenced his critics by performing well on this tour.
South African in replaying of chasing huge target of 450 has lost already lost their top-4 batsmen scoring 116.

Jacques Rudolph (20) and Hashim Amla (37) took South Africa to 86 for one at lunch on the fourth day of the second test. However, after Lunch wickets started to topple as Dilhara Fernando took 2/12 with Thissara Perera and Rangana Herath took one wicket each.

Tags: Dilhara Fernando, Kumar Sangakkara, SA vs SL, South Africa, Sri Lanka