Jansen seven-for blows SL away to record low as SA take command at Kingsmead
SL were bowled out for 42, their lowest Test total, as SA gained a 149-run first-innings lead
Marco Jansen ran through the Sri Lankan batting order, South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, 2nd day, Durban, November 28, 2024
South Africa 191 (Bavuma 70, Maharaj 24, Asitha 3-44) and 132 for 3 (Markram 47, Bavuma 24*, Jayasuriya 2-48) lead Sri Lanka 42 (Kamindu 13, Jansen 7-13, Coetzee 2-18) by 281 runs
South Africa are in control at Kingsmead after a fast-forward second day in which 19 wickets fell, and records tumbled. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 42, their lowest Test total, which was also the lowest Test score against South Africa, and the second-shortest in terms of number of balls faced: 83.
Marco Jansen’s 7 for 13 headlined South Africa’s pace pack. He bowled 41 balls in the innings – the joint-fewest in history to take seven wickets – and gave South Africa a 149-run first-innings lead. By the end of the day, that had grown to 281, and the partnership between Temba Bavuma and Tristan Stubbs to 43, the second-highest of the match.
Under blue skies and in sunshine, there was still significant movement on offer, and batting conditions remained tough. South Africa had started day two by resuming their first innings on 80 for 4, and found themselves in trouble 15 overs into the day on 117 for 7. They were in danger of being shot out for their lowest score against Sri Lanka – 128 – but three handy lower-order partnerships, and Bavuma’s knock of 70 took them to 191, their third-lowest against Sri Lanka. And it was made to look like a much bigger total when South Africa got the ball in hand.
Only two Sri Lanka batters got into double figures, and their misfortunes were a combination of incisive bowling and poor shot selection. Of the top seven, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva all played at deliveries they could have left.
Kagiso Rabada started the slide when Dimuth Karunatratne hung his bat out to a length ball outside off. and edged to David Bedingham at first slip. Four balls later, Jansen drew Nissanka forward, as the latter reached out for a wide-ish ball. As a result, he was caught at third slip.
Dinesh Chandimal is done in by Marco Jansen, South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, 2nd day, Durban, November 28, 2024
Two overs after that, Dinesh Chandimal displayed questionable defense when he left a gap between bat and pad, as a delivery from Jansen nipped through to bowl him. Mathews’ experience also let him down when he wafted at a ball that angled away, and edged to Bedingham. Sri Lanka were 16 for 4 in the eighth over.
South Africa’s first, and as it turned out only, bowling change was to bring on Gerald Coetzee in place of Rabada. He started with a full toss that Kamindu drove for four. Coetzee soon had reward when Kamindu played a big shot, attempting to whack him through the covers, but edged to first slip.
Jansen’s two wickets in his sixth over brought him his second Test five-for. The first of those two wickets was came when Dhananjaya missed an attempted drive and was bowled. The second wicket in the over was of Prabath Jayasuriya’s, as he was kept on the back foot and prodded to Stubbs in the slips.
Coetzee took the eighth off the next ball, an lbw that was confirmed on review, before Jansen did another double in his last over to end Sri Lanka’s innings 78 minutes after it began.
Their bowling effort eclipsed a strong Sri Lanka performance earlier in the day, led by good pace from Lahiru Kumara, and well supported by Asitha and Vishwa Fernando. They shared five wickets between them, seamed and swung the ball, and enjoyed operating on a surface with good bounce and carry. Add to that Sri Lanka’s good catching in breezy conditions, and they would have been fairly satisfied with their first session’s work.
Wiaan Mulder gets treatment after taking a knock to his finger – he eventually went off retired hurt, South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, 2nd day, Durban, November 28, 2024
Vishwa appealed for an lbw against Kyle Verreynne second ball, but replays showed an inside edge. Verreynne only faced three more deliveries, before Kumara fired in a 141kph ball that beat him and rapped him on the front pad.
Three balls later, Sri Lanka wasted a review as Wiaan Mulder inside-edged onto his pad, but Mulder’s troubles were only just beginning. In Kumara’s next over, he was hit on the middle finger of his right hand as he tried to defend a ball that nipped back in. He received treatment on field and tried to continue despite struggling to grip the bat.
Mulder kept out the next ball he faced and immediately wrung his hand in pain, left the last ball of the over, and then retired hurt. He returned to bat for the final partnership and also in the second innings, though X-rays confirmed he had fractured the finger and would not be able to bowl or field in the match.
After Kumara’s opening spell, which had started on day one, ended with an analysis of 8-1-51-3, Sri Lanka went for a double change. Asitha replaced Kumara, while Jayasuriya’s spin came on for Vishwa. Jayasuriya had success with his tenth ball, when Jansen missed a tossed-up delivery, and was rapped on the pads.
Coetzee was also drawn in by one that was tossed up, and recklessly hit Jayasuriya to deep midwicket, where Kamindu ran forward to take a good catch. South Africa had lost 3 for 34 in 9.1 overs at that stage, with no real batting to come.
Keshav Maharaj joined Bavuma on the back of four successive Test ducks, and made his highest Test score in nine innings. He showed some fight against Jayasuriya, whose fourth over he hit for 15 runs, including a stunning six straight down the ground. When Jayasuriya was replaced by Vishwa, Maharaj did not rein his instincts in, and reached for a wide ball to drive it aerially to Dhananjaya at mid-off.
Bavuma had only just reached fifty but was running out of partners, and took matters into his own hands. He left his feet to ramp Kumara for six, and drove him through extra cover and then back past him. The fun didn’t last long, and when Kumara was replaced by Asitha, Bavuma swiped across the line and top-edged to midwicket, where Kumara judged the catch well in the wind. That brought the first stanza of Mulder’s bravery, and he ended on 9 not out.
Later, Mulder came in at No. 3 in South Africa’s second innings, after Tony de Zorzi and Aiden Markram’s 47-run opening stand ended when de Zorzi skied Jayasuriya to deep-backward square to become his 100th Test wicket. Jayasuriya, in his 17th Test, became the joint-fastest bowler in 74 years to the landmark.
Meanwhile, Mulder scored 16 off 31 balls and looked in increasing levels of discomfort before being given out lbw. Markram, who’s last five Test innings have not yielded a single half-century, looked convincing until he inside-edged Vishwa on to his stumps. Bavuma and Stubbs bedded in for the rest of the session, and will resume on what is expected to be an easier day for batting on Friday.
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Stats – Sri Lanka’s lowest-ever Test total, and the second-shortest Test innings ever
Injured Mulder to not bowl or field any further in the Durban Test
A decision on whether he will bat will be made as the match continues after he suffered a fractured finger
Injured Mulder to not bowl or field any further in the Durban Test
Jansen seven-for blows SL away to record low as SA take command at Kingsmead
SL were bowled out for 42, their lowest Test total, as SA gained a 149-run first-innings lead
Jansen seven-for blows SL away to record low as SA take command at Kingsmead,Durham
South Africa 1st Innings
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR
Aiden Markram
c Mathews b AM Fernando
9 11 14 2 0 81.81
Tony de Zorzi
c PHKD Mendis b MVT Fernando
4 9 16 1 0 44.44
Tristan Stubbs
c Karunaratne b Kumara
16 38 60 3 0 42.10
Temba Bavuma (c)
c Kumara b AM Fernando
70 117 221 9 1 59.82
David Bedingham
b Kumara
4 6 10 1 0 66.66
Kyle Verreynne †
lbw b Kumara
9 22 32 2 0 40.90
Wiaan Mulder
not out 9 12 135 0 1 75.00
Marco Jansen
lbw b Jayasuriya
13 21 33 2 0 61.90
Gerald Coetzee
c PHKD Mendis b Jayasuriya
1 8 9 0 0 12.50
Keshav Maharaj
c de Silva b MVT Fernando
24 35 29 3 1 68.57
Kagiso Rabada
c Chandimal b AM Fernando
15 23 41 2 0 65.21
Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 4, w 6) 17
Total
49.4 Ov
(RR: 3.84)
191
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Aiden Markram, 2.6 ov), 2-14 (Tony de Zorzi, 3.2 ov), 3-46 (Tristan Stubbs, 15.1 ov), 4-54 (David Bedingham, 17.1 ov), 5-83 (Kyle Verreynne, 23.2 ov), 5-85* (Wiaan Mulder, retired not out), 6-113 (Marco Jansen, 32.4 ov), 7-117 (Gerald Coetzee, 34.3 ov), 8-143 (Keshav Maharaj, 40.6 ov), 9-165 (Temba Bavuma, 45.6 ov), 10-191 (Kagiso Rabada, 49.4 ov) •
DRS
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Asitha Fernando
14.4 3 44
3
3.00 0 0
Vishwa Fernando
15 2 35
2
2.33 2 0
Angelo Mathews
2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0
Lahiru Kumara
12 1 70
3
5.83 0 4
Prabath Jayasuriya
5 1 24
2
4.80 0 0
Dhananjaya de Silva
1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR
Pathum Nissanka
c Stubbs b Jansen
3 12 15 0 0 25.00
Dimuth Karunaratne
c Bedingham b Rabada
2 9 11 0 0 22.22
Dinesh Chandimal
b Jansen
0 4 12 0 0 0.00
Angelo Mathews
c Bedingham b Jansen
1 14 20 0 0 7.14
Kamindu Mendis
c Bedingham b Coetzee
13 20 26 3 0 65.00
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)
b Jansen
7 12 19 1 0 58.33
Kusal Mendis †
lbw b Coetzee
0 3 10 0 0 0.00
Prabath Jayasuriya
c Stubbs b Jansen
0 3 2 0 0 0.00
Vishwa Fernando
b Jansen
0 3 9 0 0 0.00
Lahiru Kumara
not out 10 5 9 2 0 200.00
Asitha Fernando
c & b Jansen
0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 1, nb 4, w 1) 6
Total
13.5 Ov
(RR: 3.03)
42
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 2.6 ov), 2-7 (Pathum Nissanka, 3.2 ov), 3-9 (Dinesh Chandimal, 5.2 ov), 4-16 (Angelo Mathews, 7.1 ov), 5-32 (Kamindu Mendis, 10.4 ov), 6-32 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 11.3 ov), 7-32 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 11.6 ov), 8-32 (Kusal Mendis, 12.1 ov), 9-42 (Vishwa Fernando, 13.3 ov), 10-42 (Asitha Fernando, 13.5 ov) •
DRS
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Kagiso Rabada
4 1 10
1
2.50 0 1
Marco Jansen
6.5 1 13
7
1.90 1 3
Gerald Coetzee
3 0 18
2
6.00 0 0
South Africa 2nd Innings
Batting R B 4s 6s SR
Tony de Zorzi
c AM Fernando b Jayasuriya
17 32 2 0 53.12
Aiden Markram
b MVT Fernando
47 81 4 1 58.02
Wiaan Mulder
lbw b Jayasuriya
15 31 1 0 48.38
Tristan Stubbs
not out 17 51 1 0 33.33
Temba Bavuma (c)
not out 24 45 1 0 53.33
Extras (b 4, lb 8) 12
Total
40 Ov
(RR: 3.30)
132/3
Yet to bat:
David Bedingham,
Kyle Verreynne †,
Marco Jansen,
Gerald Coetzee,
Keshav Maharaj,
Kagiso Rabada
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Tony de Zorzi, 11.5 ov), 2-77 (Wiaan Mulder, 21.4 ov), 3-89 (Aiden Markram, 24.4 ov) •
DRS
Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB
Asitha Fernando
8 1 25 0 3.12 0 0
Vishwa Fernando
10 1 33
1
3.30 0 0
Lahiru Kumara
7 3 14 0 2.00 0 0
Prabath Jayasuriya
15 1 48
2
3.20 0 0
Close of Play
day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 80/4 (Temba Bavuma 28*, Kyle Verreynne 9*, 20.4 ov)
