Sri Lanka might have not had the best Test match in Cape Town but ThePapare’s very own photographer boarded the flight to South Africa to capture the most exciting moments in Newlands.
Here are our top 8 moments from Cape Town
1 Dream wicket for Lahiru Kumara
Playing his third Test match and his first in South Africa 19 year old Lahiru Kumara lived out every fast bowler’s dream as he had Hashim Amla clean bowled.
2 Dean Elgar’s fighting 100
Coming in as an opening batsman, Dean Elgar fought his way to an invaluable 129 runs off 362 balls to take South Africa to 392 in their 1st innings.
3 A maiden 5 wicket haul for Lahiru Kumara
Vernon Philander was Lahiru Kumara’s fifth victim as the new kid on the block got his maiden five-wicket haul. He dismissed Kagiso Rabada next to register innings figures of 6/122.
4 Rangana Herath stood up with the bat
After Sri Lanka were given a total of 507 runs to chase in the second innings, Herath scored an unbeaten 35 runs and was also the second highest run scorer for the side.
5 Dhananjaya De Silva’s run out
Temba Bavuma was a little too late to cross the crease as Dhananjaya De Silva’s strike at the wickets saw Bavuma walking back to the dressing room for a duck in the second innings.
6 Start 2017 with a series win – Done ✔
All smiles in the South African camp as they seal the three match series 2-0 as the man of the moment Kagiso Rabada (middle left) claims a ten wicket match bag to cherish.
7 And of course the Hashim Army
If you watched the match live on television, you would have surely noticed a bunch of home fans with their fake beards and white floppies on in support of none other than Hashim Amla.
8 Abbott goes wicket-less in his final Test.
Kyle Abbott did not manage to pick up a single wicket in what is likely to be his last Test for the Proteas after he signed a Kolpak deal with English county side Hampshire.
