1st Test: Mulder, Sipamla star as South Africa rout Sri Lanka

December 29, 2020 19:29 IST

South Africa's Lutho Sipamla celebrates with teammates after taking a Sri Lankan wicket during the first Test in Pretoria on Tuesday

IMAGE: South Africa's Lutho Sipamla celebrates with teammates after taking a Sri Lankan wicket during the first Test in Pretoria on Tuesday. Photograph: Cricket South Africa/Twitter

Seam bowlers Wiaan Mulder and Lutho Sipamla took two wickets each as South Africa bowled injury-hit Sri Lanka out for 180 to complete a handsome victory by an innings and 45 runs on day four of the first Test at Centurion Park on Tuesday.

The tourists resumed their second innings on 65 for two on a wicket that provided plenty of assistance for the seam bowlers and when dangerous opener Kusal Perera was out for 64, their hopes of saving the Test were realistically over.

Sri Lanka had suffered crippling injuries to their bowling attack in the Test and were also without middle-order batsman Dhananjaya de Silva for the second innings, a major concern for their home series against England that starts on January 14.

The tourists posted an impressive 396 in their first innings, but allowed South Africa to amass 621 in reply, and will need to find more potency with the ball ahead of the second Test that starts in Johannesburg on January 3.

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