- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.6 Edged and taken! Asitha strikes and roars. This is what he was working on and that shape away from the right-hander comes to his air. He lands it on a length - slightly shorter perhaps - just outside off, Markram feels for it and hangs his bat out. The ball takes the outside edge and goes low to first slip, where Mathews makes no mistake. Markram back with a low score and Sri Lanka draw first blood 14/13.2 Terrific catch from Kamindu and Vishwa is on the board now. Almost a mirror image of the Markram dismissal. He lands it on a length just outside off, forcing de Zorzi to poke at it. He gets squared up and gets a thick outside edge that flies low to the right of second slip. Kamindu dives and pouches it with both hands. Two wickets after opting to bowl, Sri Lanka making the right noises 14/215.1 Kumara makes amends after a 17-run first over. Gets rid of Stubbs. Sharp back of a length ball shaping away from Stubbs just outside off. He pokes at it, gets a thick outside edge to Karunaratne at third slip. The ball bursts through his hands, but he manages to nestle it between his legs. Big, big wicket for SL just as Stubbs and Bavuma were looking to dig in 46/317.1 Cleans him up with a corker! On a length shaping back sharply into Bedingham, who plays all around it and sees his off pole go cartwheeling. That was bowled at 143.2kph and Bedingham was beaten all ends up 54/4Extras10 (b 2, lb 4, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL80/4 (20.4 Overs, RR: 3.87)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)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AM Fernando 8 3 22 1 2.75 0 0 MVT Fernando 6.4 0 17 1 2.55 1 0 AD Mathews 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 CBRLS Kumara 4 0 35 2 8.75 0 3 Sri Lanka Team Dimuth Karunaratne Pathum Nissanka Dinesh Chandimal Angelo Mathews Allrounder Kamindu Mendis Allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva (c) Allrounder Kusal Mendis † Wicketkeeper Prabath Jayasuriya Bowler Asitha Fernando Bowler Lahiru Kumara Bowler Vishwa Fernando Bowler
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.87
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
69.2
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
52/2 (5.2)
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.87
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
69.2
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
52/2 (5.2)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09:30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
27,28,29,30 November, 1 December 2024 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Drinks: South Africa - 29/2 in 12.0 overs (T Stubbs 4, T Bavuma 11)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 6
- Rain: South Africa - 80/4 in 20.4 overs (T Bavuma 28, K Verreynne 9)
- Lunch: South Africa - 80/4 in 20.4 overs (T Bavuma 28, K Verreynne 9)
- Rain: South Africa - 80/4 in 20.4 overs (T Bavuma 28, K Verreynne 9)
- Wet Ground: South Africa - 80/4 in 20.4 overs (T Bavuma 28, K Verreynne 9)
- Rain: South Africa - 80/4 in 20.4 overs (T Bavuma 28, K Verreynne 9)
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