Sunday 20 July 2014
Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day
South Africa 455 for 9 dec (Elgar 103, Duminy 100*) and 206 for 6 dec (De Villiers 51, D Perera 4-79) beat Sri Lanka 292 (Mathews 89, Tharanga 83, Steyn 5-54) and 216 (Sangakkara 76, Morkel 4-29, Steyn 4-45) by 153 runs
Pace-duo of Dale Steyn & Morne Morkel bowled South Africa to their 3rd Test win in Sri Lanka taking 16 wickets in Galle, including 7 on the final day.
Sangakkara remained the biggest obstacle in the South Africans' path, and he was dropped off Morkel, but later gave his wicket away to a JP Duminy long hop. Sri Lanka began the day on 110/1, 260 runs short of the target of 370.
Sri Lanka suddenly lost 5 wickets for 40 runs in 18.2 overs, Angelo Mathews left alone again. He put on a fight, like in the 1st innings & Rangana Herath fought with him briefly. The Proteas could not bring down Mathews, but they finally broke through at the other end.
Sri Lankans sent out the injured Eranga to bat for the 2nd time in the match, but Morkel ended the match with 2 wickets in 2 balls.
