Sri Lanka complete 2-0 series clean sweep over South Africa as Theunis de Bruyn's ton goes in vain

Sport360 staff 13:16 23/07/2018
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  • Herath picked up 6-98 in the second innings.

    Theunis de Bruyn’s maiden century was not enough for South Africa to prevent a 2-0 series defeat as Sri Lanka notched up a 199-run win in the second and final Test at Colombo on Monday.

    The Proteas faced an uphill task on the fourth day as they resumed their chase of a mammoth 490 in the second innings with just five wickets in hand.

    Temba Bavuma and De Bruyn frustrated the hosts in the first session on Monday as they stitched together a 123-run stand for the sixth wicket. That stubborn stand was ended by Sri Lanka’s veteran spinner Rangana Herath at the stroke of lunch when he had Bavuma caught behind by Niroshan Dickwella after the South African had scored 63 runs.

    The visitors would be dealt another big blow before lunch could be taken when Quinton de Kock was adjudged lbw to Herath.

    With just three wickets in hand in the second session, South Africa’s tail wagged enough to allow de Bruyn to register his maiden Test century before the batsman became Herath’s fifth victim of the innings.

    Theunis de Bruyn battled hard for the visitors with a maiden Test ton.

    Theunis de Bruyn battled hard for the visitors with a maiden Test ton.

    From there on, the end was near for Faf du Plessis’ men as Herath went on to complete a six-wicket haul to bring up another fine victory for the Sri Lankans.

    This is Sri Lanka’s first Test win over the South Africans since 2006. Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne was awarded the man of the match as well as the series for his two half-centuries in Colombo as well as a ton and fifty in the first Test at Galle.

    BRIEF SCORES:

    Sri Lanka 1st innings: 338 all out

    South Africa 1st innings: 124 all out

    Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 275/5 declared

    South Africa 2nd innings: 290 all out

    Theunis de Bruyn: 101

    Rangana Herath: 6-98

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