Three late strikes by South Africa’s quick bowlers on Thursday gave penance for a poor batting execution on the main day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka were 60 for three at the nearby at St George’s Park subsequent to bowling out South Africa for 222.
Prior, Vishwa Fernando and Kasun Rajitha both accepting three wickets as Sri Lanka followed up their unexpected success in the primary Test in Durban with a taught bowling execution on a moderate however very much grassed pitch.
A portion of their great work was fixed after Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave the Sri Lankan innings a sensible begin, putting on 25 for the primary wicket.
Chief Karunaratne was gotten behind off Kagiso Rabada for 17 in the twelfth over. Duanne Olivier at that point bowled Oshada Fernando and had Kusal Mendis gotten behind.
South Africa, requiring a success to share the arrangement, made a poor begin subsequent to winning the hurl, losing three wickets with the aggregate on 15, two of them off progressive balls from Vishwa Fernando.
They never recouped completely regardless of three 50 years stands, two of which included best scorer Quinton de Kock, who made 86.
Aiden Markram and commander Faf du Plessis put on 58 for the fourth wicket however it was 73 for four when skipper Du Plessis was bowled by inverse number, low maintenance bowler Karunaratne, with the last ball before lunch.
The hosts appeared to recoup when Markram and De Kock put on 57 at very nearly a run a ball for the fifth wicket before Kasun Rajitha took three wickets in progressive overs.
Markram was leg before wicket for 60 and Rajitha caught up with the wickets of new top Wiaan Mulder for nine and Keshav Maharaj for nothing.
The left-gave De Kock went to his third 50 years of the arrangement off 51 balls yet was dropped on 55 when Dhananjaya de Silva couldn’t hold a high possibility at gorge off Rajitha.
De Kock and Rabada included 59 for the eighth wicket before De Kock, who was experiencing spasm, was bowled by off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva, who at that point had Rabada gotten behind before Vishwa Fernando completed off the innings by having Olivier gotten behind.
Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya harmed his left thumb attempting to take a sharp return get from Rabada presently before tea and did not come back to the field.
De Kock made his 86 off 87 balls with 12 fours. He was plainly battling not long after in the wake of achieving his 50 years and required treatment on the field. There was worry that he may have disturbed crotch damage which kept him out of an ongoing Twenty20 arrangement against Pakistan yet he kept wicket with no obvious distress and a group representative said he had been treated for spasm.