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.
Result
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
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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 |