Best performances - Batsmen
FDM Karunaratne
158(222) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 29 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
FDM Karunaratne
60(80) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- off drive
- 13 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
12/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jul 12-14 2018
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
287 & 190 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
126 & 73 (28.5 ov)
Player of the Match
12/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jul 12-14 2018
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
287 & 190 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
126 & 73 (28.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- SL - 1st
- SA - 1st
- SL - 2nd
- SA - 2nd
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
South Africa - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
South Africa - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKarunaratne wants '20 to 25 Test hundreds'
The opener currently has eight, after his Player-of-the-Series performance against South Africa
Dimuth Karunaratne 218, South Africa 199
South Africa's second-innings 73 was their lowest total since readmission, while Dilruwan Perera picked up his career-best innings and match figures
'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
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
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
