Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander took four wickets each as South Africa bowled out Sri Lanka for 110 and took total control on the second day of the second Test at Newlands
Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada celebrates after claiming a Sri Lankan wicket in Cape Town yesterday. Pics/Getty Images
Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander took four wickets each as South Africa bowled out Sri Lanka for 110 and took total control on the second day of the second Test at Newlands yesterday. Rabada took four for 37 and Philander four for 27. South Africa built on a first innings lead of 282 and reached 35 for no wicket by the close for an overall lead of 317 runs.
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Vernon Philander
With three days remaining, Sri Lanka faced a seemingly impossible task if they were to prevent the hosts from securing a series-clinching win.
The Sri Lankan batting crumbled after Rabada broke a stubborn opening partnership. Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne defied South Africa’s new ball attack for 73 minutes, putting on 31 runs before Rabada made the breakthrough in the 16th over when Silva was forced to play a lifting delivery on to his stumps.