South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
** 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006.
**In the first test match, the Srilankan made a dhuli huwi murgi of Saffies, I wonder if they will bounce back and at least give a fightback, considering the home ground advantage and Murli bowling at his best and with Vaas returning back in the 2nd test match, Saffies will need nerves of steel to counter Murli and Co, but then again stopping the profilic batting lead by Jaysuria and Sangakara…etc will surely give them nightmares.
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Let the game begin!!!
**South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first…
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55th fiver for 650-wicket Murali
Friday August 04 2006 End of day one
South Africa were bowled out for an impressive 361 on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.
Legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan bagged his 55th Test five-wicket haul and went to his 650th Test wicket as the tourists were all out one ball before the end of the day’s play.
Ashwell Prince (86) and AB De Villiers (94) made up the bulk of the South African runs while veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock chipped in with a brisk 57 toward the end of the innings.
Lasith Malinga also played his part as he finished with three wickets to his name.
earlier SA fought back at lunch after a particularly sad start to their effort.
After winning the toss, the tourists ended the session on 113 for four, a recovery of sorts after both openers were dismissed without scoring.
Stand-in captain Prince and De Villiers stood defiant at the crease as the injury-hit Proteas looked to better the 169 first-innings tally that cost them so dear in the first Test.
They went on to lose that match by an innings and 153 runs after Sri Lanka declared their first innings on 756 for five, the sixth highest total in Test history.
This time, they were undone by the returning Chaminda Vaas and unconventional seam partner Malinga, with Muralitharan also claiming a customary pre-lunch wicket.
Injured for the first Test, Vaas struck with the second ball of the day, trapping Herschelle Gibbs lbw.
But it was Malinga who proved most destructive with the new ball, his second over yielding the wicket of Andrew Hall, who edged behind to Tillakaratne Dilshan in the slips.
Reeling on four for two, Jacques Rudolph and Hashim Amla tried to take the game to the hosts, but Malinga proved too hot to handle and bowled Rudolph for 13.
Undeterred, Amla continued to play his shots but the introduction of spin wizard Murali proved his undoing.
After an entertaining 40 from just 47 balls he misread an off-break and was given out lbw.
Source:- http://www.cricket365.com/news/story_20918.shtml