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Tough day at work for SL Emerging in South Africa

SL-E team tour of South Africa 2019 | 1st Unofficial Test

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The first unofficial Test of Sri Lanka Emerging team’s tour of South Africa got underway today, 18th July, against their South African counterparts at Potchefstroom.

Hasitha Boyagoda, Lahiru Udara, Pramod Maduwantha, Jehan Daniel, Mohammad Shiraz, Lasith Embuldeniya and Nishan Peiris flew in for the Test squad from Sri Lanka. Boyagoda, Shiraz, Embuldeniya and Peiris all made it to the playing XI in the game. 

The day saw a late start due to a wet patch in the pitch. The hosts won the toss and elected to take the crease first. Janneman Malan who had a stellar one-day series, joined Mathew Breetzke to open the innings for South Africa. 

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It was a tough grinding day for the fast bowlers as the opening pair kept milking runs with ease right from the start. Sri Lanka had decided to go with 3 seamers for the game, whilst the specialist Embuldeniya and Peiris slotted in alongside Kamindu Mendis, Ashen Bandara and the captain himself as the spinners. None of them managed to build enough pressure on the Proteas as they raced to an opening stand of 145 runs in 33 overs. 

The track too was an absolute belter to bat on early in the game but seems likely to slow down as the game progresses. Making the maximum out of the conditions, the pair kept the scoring rate steady. 

Lankan Skipper, Charith Asalanka tried out all his ace bowlers including Lasith Embuldeniya, who has a famous fifer on South African soil, but couldn’t break the partnership. It was the seamer Mohammad Shiraz who finally gave Sri Lanka the breakthrough by castling the dangerous Janneman Malan. Malan departed with 75 runs to his name. 

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In came the skipper. The roasting was not yet over for the Lankans as Raynard van Tonder, the South African skipper, along with Breetzke decided to delay the second wicket by 114 runs. 

Just as he reached his ton, Breetzke edged one off Chamika Karunaratne. Breetzke walked back with a well-made 114 runs after putting his team in a commanding position. 

As the day closed the visitors managed to instate a bit of pressure into the game and got rewarded with another quick wicket. Jason Smith managed only 1 run. Smith who struggled to ignite his innings, was caught at long-off while trying to get out of jail with a loft over long-off off Embuldeniya.

Van Tonder remained calm on one end with 67 runs to his name by the close of play. South Africa Emerging’s scoreboard read 281 runs for 3 wickets by stumps. 

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Result


Sri Lanka Emerging Team
241/10 (60.5) & 302/10 (94.1)

South Africa Emerging Team
382/10 (99.2) & 189/10 (39.4)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Janneman Malan b Mohamed Shiraz 75 93 12 1 80.65
Matthew Breetzke c Minod Bhanuka b Chamika Karunarathne 114 187 10 0 60.96
Raynard van Tonder c Kamindu Mendis b Asitha Fernando 69 117 6 0 58.97
Jason Smith c Mohamed Shiraz b Lasith Embuldeniya 1 12 0 0 8.33
Sibonelo Makhanya c Minod Bhanuka b Nishan Peiris 22 42 2 0 52.38
Sinethemba Qeshile b Lasith Embuldeniya 20 34 3 0 58.82
Dayyaan Galiem lbw b Mohamed Shiraz 28 43 4 0 65.12
Kyle Simmonds lbw b Nishan Peiris 4 17 0 0 23.53
M Jansen c Charith Asalanka b Lasith Embuldeniya 3 8 0 0 37.50
Nandre Burger c Pathum Nissanka b Asitha Fernando 9 42 1 0 21.43
Tladi Bokako not out 14 6 2 1 233.33


Extras 23 (b 10 , lb 8 , nb 5, w 0, pen 0)
Total 382/10 (99.2 Overs, RR: 3.85)
Fall of Wickets 1-145 (33.1) Janneman Malan, 2-259 (61.6) Matthew Breetzke, 3-266 (64.5) Jason Smith, 4-288 (69.6) Raynard van Tonder, 5-318 (78.2) Sibonelo Makhanya, 6-328 (81.1) Sinethemba Qeshile, 7-339 (86.2) Kyle Simmonds, 8-348 (89.3) M Jansen, 9-368 (96.6) Dayyaan Galiem, 10-382 (99.2) Nandre Burger,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 18.2 3 63 2 3.46
Mohamed Shiraz 15 4 63 2 4.20
Lasith Embuldeniya 31 2 120 3 3.87
Chamika Karunarathne 11 1 40 1 3.64
Nishan Peiris 24 1 82 2 3.42
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Minod Bhanuka c Raynard van Tonder b Kyle Simmonds 0 1 0 0 0.00
Hasitha Boyagoda lbw b Kyle Simmonds 40 52 7 0 76.92
Pathum Nissanka lbw b Tladi Bokako 7 5 1 0 140.00
Charith Asalanka b Kyle Simmonds 56 84 6 2 66.67
Ashen Bandara c Nandre Burger b Kyle Simmonds 10 14 1 0 71.43
Kamindu Mendis lbw b M Jansen 33 54 5 0 61.11
Chamika Karunarathne b Nandre Burger 27 49 5 0 55.10
Nishan Peiris not out 52 56 8 2 92.86
Lasith Embuldeniya lbw b M Jansen 0 2 0 0 0.00
Asitha Fernando b Nandre Burger 0 11 0 0 0.00
Mohamed Shiraz c & b Nandre Burger 12 37 2 0 32.43


Extras 4 (b 1 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 241/10 (60.5 Overs, RR: 3.96)
Fall of Wickets 1-0 (0.1) Minod Bhanuka, 2-7 (1.2) Pathum Nissanka, 3-89 (16.5) Hasitha Boyagoda, 4-111 (24.1) Ashen Bandara, 5-116 (28.3) Charith Asalanka, 6-176 (42.6) Chamika Karunarathne, 7-176 (43.1) Kamindu Mendis, 8-176 (43.3) Lasith Embuldeniya, 9-185 (46.6) Asitha Fernando, 10-241 (60.5) Mohamed Shiraz,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Kyle Simmonds 19 4 88 4 4.63
Tladi Bokako 5 0 24 1 4.80
Nandre Burger 13.5 3 58 3 4.30
M Jansen 14 8 32 2 2.29
Dayyaan Galiem 8 1 28 0 3.50
Matthew Breetzke 1 0 7 0 7.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Janneman Malan c Nishan Peiris b Asitha Fernando 1 2 0 0 50.00
Matthew Breetzke lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya 14 35 1 0 40.00
Jason Smith b Lasith Embuldeniya 2 11 0 0 18.18
Sibonelo Makhanya c Minod Bhanuka b Lasith Embuldeniya 5 4 1 0 125.00
Sinethemba Qeshile lbw b Chamika Karunarathne 31 38 7 0 81.58
Raynard van Tonder lbw b Nishan Peiris 17 48 1 0 35.42
Dayyaan Galiem lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya 0 3 0 0 0.00
Kyle Simmonds c Minod Bhanuka b Asitha Fernando 50 44 5 2 113.64
M Jansen b Lasith Embuldeniya 49 44 7 2 111.36
Nandre Burger c Hasitha Boyagoda b Asitha Fernando 16 12 2 0 133.33
Tladi Bokako not out 0 0 0 0 0.00


Extras 4 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0)
Total 189/10 (39.4 Overs, RR: 4.76)
Fall of Wickets 1-2 (0.5) Janneman Malan, 2-14 (5.1) Jason Smith, 3-20 (5.6) Sibonelo Makhanya, 4-29 (9.6) Matthew Breetzke, 5-62 (18.4) Sinethemba Qeshile, 6-63 (19.4) Dayyaan Galiem, 7-86 (25.2) Raynard van Tonder, 8-151 (34.6) Kyle Simmonds, 9-183 (38.6) Nandre Burger, 10-189 (39.4) M Jansen,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 9 0 47 3 5.22
Lasith Embuldeniya 15.4 2 74 5 4.81
Chamika Karunarathne 6 2 16 1 2.67
Mohamed Shiraz 3 0 12 0 4.00
Nishan Peiris 6 0 39 1 6.50


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Hasitha Boyagoda c Sibonelo Makhanya b Kyle Simmonds 33 49 7 0 67.35
Minod Bhanuka c Sinethemba Qeshile b Tladi Bokako 89 134 12 0 66.42
Pathum Nissanka c Sinethemba Qeshile b Dayyaan Galiem 47 117 3 1 40.17
Charith Asalanka b M Jansen 9 17 0 0 52.94
Ashen Bandara c Sinethemba Qeshile b Tladi Bokako 1 6 0 0 16.67
Kamindu Mendis lbw b Nandre Burger 17 31 2 0 54.84
Chamika Karunarathne lbw b Nandre Burger 10 22 1 0 45.45
Nishan Peiris b Nandre Burger 25 57 2 0 43.86
Mohamed Shiraz c Sinethemba Qeshile b M Jansen 49 96 7 0 51.04
Lasith Embuldeniya c Sinethemba Qeshile b Tladi Bokako 7 35 1 0 20.00
Asitha Fernando not out 0 4 0 0 0.00


Extras 15 (b 8 , lb 4 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0)
Total 302/10 (94.1 Overs, RR: 3.21)
Fall of Wickets 1-74 (15.6) Hasitha Boyagoda, 2-159 (42.3) Minod Bhanuka, 3-170 (47.1) Charith Asalanka, 4-173 (48.6) Ashen Bandara, 5-201 (57.2) Pathum Nissanka, 6-207 (60.6) Kamindu Mendis, 7-214 (62.5) Chamika Karunarathne, 8-272 (80.6) Nishan Peiris, 9-302 (93.2) Mohamed Shiraz, 10-302 (94.1) Lasith Embuldeniya,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Nandre Burger 16 7 38 3 2.38
Tladi Bokako 21.1 4 70 3 3.32
Dayyaan Galiem 15 2 37 1 2.47
M Jansen 17 2 58 2 3.41
Kyle Simmonds 22 0 74 1 3.36
Sibonelo Makhanya 3 0 13 0 4.33