Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 1st Test at Galle, Jul 12 2018 - Match Highlights

RESULT

1st Test, Galle, July 12 - 14, 2018, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka

287 & 190

(T:352) 126 & 73

Sri Lanka won by 278 runs

Player Of The Match

Dimuth Karunaratne

, SL

158* & 60

No toss will add more balance to Test cricket - Du Plessis

No toss will add more balance to Test cricket - Du Plessis

Match Coverage

Karunaratne wants '20 to 25 Test hundreds'

The opener currently has eight, after his Player-of-the-Series performance against South Africa

Karunaratne wants '20 to 25 Test hundreds'

Did overthinking Sri Lanka's spin tricks hurt South Africa?

The Galle pitch might not have been as bad as South Africa feared - it has happened before - and in such a situation they did not seem to know how to respond

Did overthinking Sri Lanka's spin tricks hurt South Africa?

Karunaratne reveals strategy to tackle spinners

Karunaratne scored 218 runs on a Galle surface in which no other batsman could manage so much as a half-century, and this is not even his most impressive hundred in tough conditions

Karunaratne reveals strategy to tackle spinners

'I'm a big fan of taking away the toss' - Du Plessis

The South Africa captain thinks allowing the visiting team to always decide on whether they want to bat or bowl will bring back some balance to Test cricket

'I'm a big fan of taking away the toss' - Du Plessis

South Africa's attempt to put pressure back on spinners backfired - du Plessis

The South Africa captain explains what else went wrong for his team in Galle, such as the absence of reverse swing

South Africa's attempt to put pressure back on spinners backfired - du Plessis

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
AK Markram	stumped	19	46
D Elgar	stumped	4	12
HM Amla	caught	0	2
T Bavuma	caught	2	17
F du Plessis	caught	1	3
Q de Kock	lbw	10	9
VD Philander	not out	22	38
KA Maharaj	caught	9	9
K Rabada	bowled	0	10
DW Steyn	caught	2	6
T Shamsi	lbw	2	21
Extras	(b 2)
Total	73(10 wkts; 28.5 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	Dean Elgar	Aiden Markram
2nd	4	Hashim Amla	Aiden Markram
3rd	8	Temba Bavuma	Aiden Markram
4th	1	Faf du Plessis	Aiden Markram
5th	7	Quinton de Kock	Aiden Markram
6th	4	Vernon Philander	Quinton de Kock
7th	22	Vernon Philander	Keshav Maharaj
8th	0	Vernon Philander	Kagiso Rabada
9th	9	Vernon Philander	Dale Steyn
10th	6	Vernon Philander	Tabraiz Shamsi

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