SA vs SL Live Cricket Score

1.1 OUT! THAT WAS PLUMB! Angling in from a length, Dickwella shuffles across and goes to defend. But he is totally beaten for pace and the ball stays low as it hits the pads. The moment they appealed the umpire has his finger up in the air. Wayne Parnell draws first blood. 1/1

3.1 EDGED AND TAKEN! The debutant's stay in the middle comes to an end. Good length delivery outside off, Weerakkody tries to cut it but the ball finds the outside edge. The ball flies away towards the second slip fielder. Amla doesn't miss those. Brilliant start for the hosts. 14/2

28 OUT! Kusal falls despite the review! Flatter on middle, pitches and turns away ever so slightly, Kusal Mendis looks to work it through mid-wicket but is struck on his pads on his back foot. The players appeal and the umpire upholds it. Tahir is up and celebrating again. Kusal is not sure of the review but takes it anyway after a talk with his skipper at the other end. Replays show that it pitched in line, impact was in line and was hitting the stumps. So Kusal Mendis has to go and Tahir can celebrate his wicket. He has been superb today. Big wicket for South Africa, this! 99/4

24 OUT! Chandimal departs! Tahir bowls the googly around off, Chandimal plays for the turn, away from his body but to his horror, the ball spins back in. It slips through the huge gap between his bat and pad to disturb the timber. There is no review needed for this and Tahir is off and running. A vital 72-run stand comes to an end for Sri Lanka. 86/3

29.2 OUT! And it works instantly! Tahir bowls it outside off on a fuller length, Tharanga is lazy as he aims to drive it through covers without quite getting to the ball. The ball goes quickly to Duminy at short extra cover who leaps up to complete a good catch. That is a soft dismissal for any batsman, let alone a captain! Tahir has taken three and he is enjoying his time out there. 102/5

45.1 OUT! Number 9 down and Sri Lanka's chances of reaching 200 go down the drain. Full and outside off, de Silva looked to go over the top, as mid on and mid off were inside the circle but the ball hit the top half of the bat. As a result, the ball went high in the air but did not have enough distance. Faf du Plessis ran to his right from mid off, kept his eyes on the ball and took a decent catch. 170/9

35 OUT! Not out given initially but then the right call is made in the end. Clean take by Parnell. Full and wide outside off, de Silva flays hard and the ball goes off the outside edge over point. Chris Morris covers good ground to his left and there should have been two runs. De Silva certainly thinks so and hares back but Gunaratne is ball-watching and sets off late. The throw comes in to de Kock who is aware of the situation and fires it to Parnell. Gunaratne is just halfway through and Parnell completes the run out, throwing the ball down in disgust and anger. It is referred upstairs and replays confirm that Parnell has collected the ball cleanly but then the third umpire presses the wrong button. He signals NOT OUT but quickly changes the decision. De Silva running out of partners now. 126/6

41 OUT! That is a superb catch! Every match that de Kock plays, more often than not, one sees such spectacular catches from him. Full and outside off, Kulasekara looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge. The ball goes low towards the keeper behind but de Kock flies to his right and takes it inches above the surface. 7 down now, still 9 overs left. 155/7

44.4 OUT! LBW! That looked dead plumb. Full and straight, Vandersay got across to flick but missed and was hit flush on the pads. Morris appealed, the umpire took his time but then raised his finger. Vandersay seemed to be disappointed with the decision, did he get bat on that? Nothing from the replays indicate any wood. He was hit across the line, so the ball seemed to be crashing into the stumps. Must have been disappointed on not getting that ball away then. 170/8

48.3 OUT! BOWLED! On a length and straight, Lakmal swings hard but misses. The ball hits the middle stump and pegs it back. SRI LANKA HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR 181! 181/10

13.1 OUT! Sandakan strikes! Bowls this wider outside off, de Kock looks to go aerial but does not get the placement right and finds the fielder at extra cover. That is superbly held by the debutant, Weerakkody. End of a vital stand for SA. De Kock is not happy as he walks off the field. 71/1

25.5 OUT! Caught and bowled! Gunaratne gets Amla. Nothing on the ball, nothing in the shot and that is a no result, for South Africa. Gunaratne bowls this outside off, fuller in length, but takes pace off the ball. Amla looks to hit it straight back but does not bother to keep it down. The elevation is not that great either to get it over the bowler and Asela leaps to take the catch. Amla departs to a loose shot but he played a much, much better innings today. Just 51 MORE NEEDED from 145 balls. 131/2