SL vs SA Live Cricket Score

4 OUT! LBW! Flatter and quicker ball on middle and leg, Avishka Fernando looks to work it on the leg side but misses. He gets pinged on the pads. Keshav Maharaj appeals for an LBW but the umpire says no. South Africa opt for a review. UltraEdge shows there is no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows all three reds. The on-field decision will be reversed. Keshav Maharaj draws first blood and Avishka Fernando has to walk back to the pavillion. 22/1

6.2 OUT! LBW! What a review from South Africa! They have been perfect with their reviews so far! Brilliant stuff. Floated on middle and leg, Chandimal looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal made for LBW, but there is no conviction in it. Linde himself is not too sure and is pretty much happy to go back and bowl but Keshav Maharaj, don't know from where, is pretty confident that this is plumb. He takes the review straightaway and voila! Ball Tracker shows all three reds and South Africa have their second! Perhaps Linde thought that was pitching outside leg, but Maharaj was supremely confident. 33/2

14.2 OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! The spinners are doing the work for South Africa. George Linde bags his second now. Sri Lanka in a spot of bother. Linde bowls a tossed up ball, on leg. Kamindu Mendis stays deep and lobs it back to Linde across as he dives to his left to grab the catch. It looked like it fell short but Linde does well to put in a dive and grab the catch. 64/3

19.5 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Aiden Markram gets the breakthrough now! A bit of turn and bounce on that one. Markram bowls a floated ball, on middle and leg. Dhananjaya de Silva lunges forward and tries to defend but the ball bounces a bit extra. He inside-edges it onto the pads and the ball lobs up in the air and Heinrich Klaasen dives ahead to grab the catch. Sri Lanka lose their fourth. 93/4

41.1 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Ho ho ho! Appeal for something, get something else, they say! Not quite sure if the Proteas themselves knew this was out caught. It was a fuller ball, outside off, Charith Asalanka lunged to defend and the ball whizzed past the outside edge. Heinrich Klaasen collected the ball cleanly and whipped the bails off in a flash, and was celebrating the stumping, clearly. He was looking at Asalanka's back foot and then, at the square leg umpire. So clearly, he did not feel that there might have been a nick. The square leg umpire took it upstairs but as is the norm these days, the third umpire checks for everything. So first, the no ball, which is fine. Then, the outside edge. Oh wait. Now, when the ball passes the bat, there is a murmur. It is almost neglectable, but the third umpire seems interested. He checks that to and fro and eventually, is convinced that there was an edge! We don't even get to see whether the foot was dragged out of the crease. End of a fighting knock from Asalanka. 166/8

24.1 OUT! CAUGHT! Another one falls and Maharaj is ecstatic! South Africa well on top! Loopy ball on off, Shanaka looks to sweep but it goes off the top edge to deep mid-wicket where Wiaan Mulder takes the catch. 112/5

26.4 OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust for Sri Lanka. Loopy ball on middle. Wanindu Hasaranga shuffles further on the leg side and plays an inside-out shot. He lifts it towards long on. Gets more height than the distance. Reeza Hendricks runs to his left and pouches the catch with ease. 121/6

37.2 OUT! LBW! That was plumb! Tossed up delivery, on middle. Chamika Karunaratne went across the off side and tried to flick it away. He missed and got hit on the front pad. Tabraiz Shamsi appealed for an LBW and the umpire straightaway raised his finger. Karunaratne, being the last recognized batter, opted for a review. UltraEdge showed no bat involved. Ball Tracker showed all three reds, danger reds and Chamika Karunaratne has to walk back to the pavilion. Last bit of resistance removed. 154/7

48.2 OUT! CAUGHT! Struck firmly but straight to the fielder! Good-length ball on middle, Chameera smacks it but does not get the distance on it. It goes straight to Janneman Malan at deep square leg who takes it. 198/9

9.1 OUT! CAUGHT! It is a catch and Malan goes! Theekshana strikes off his first delivery in international cricket. What a moment for him and he will be very happy. Tossed up outside off, Malan looks to drive but it goes off the outside edge to first slip where Dhananjaya de Silva takes the catch. Let's stop here for a moment and describe this in two different parts. First part. Is it a catch? Sri Lanka are celebrating. But Malan is going nowhere. He stands there, thinking that the ball has hit the ground and then gone to the fielder. The two umpires converge and then raise it upstairs, with the soft signal as OUT. Here comes the replay. Pretty straightforward. The bat has hit the ground and the ball has gone off the outside edge. Pretty sure, Malan would have felt the bat hitting the ground as a bump ball, hence, wanted confirmation. Now, the second part. How good a catch was that from Mr. Dhananjaya de Silva? Very, very, very. Magnificently brilliant. We are running short of adjectives. Yes, it was a spinner. Yes, the ball does come slowly as compared to that of a fast bowler. But this one, just flew right at his face. De Silva just showed his reflex action and at the right moment, got his hands in front of his face and the ball went right into those buckets. My word, that is simply sensational. Congratulations, Theekshana, but please honour Dhananjaya for that ripper of a catch. 45/4

1.4 OUT! TAKEN! Praveen Jayawickrama strikes in his first over. Sri Lanka needed early wickets and that's exactly what has happened. Jayawickrama bowls a loopy delivery on off, spinning away. Aiden Markram puts a stride forward and looks to defend. The ball spins enough away to kiss the outside edge. It flies towards the first slip region where Dasun Shanaka dives to his right to complete the catch. 8/1

2.5 OUT! TIMBER! What a delivery from Chameera. Always a great sight for any pacer. Chameera serves a good-length ball on off, angling in. Reeza Hendricks looks to defend but is completely beaten by the pace and angle of the delivery. The ball goes through the gap between the bat and pad and disturbs the furniture behind him. Sri Lanka have struck twice and in a very quick time. What a cracker from Chameera. 9/2

4.1 OUT! TAKEN! What a catch. This is exactly the kind of effort needed when you are defending 203. Chameera bowls a length ball, touch fuller, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen flicks it towards short mid-wicket. Kamindu Mendis keeps his eyes on the ball and dives to his left to take a good low catch just above the turf. A stunning catch from him and Sri Lanka are all over South Africa at the moment. They are all pumped up. Rassie van der Dussen can't believe it but has to depart for a timid score. 19/3

15.2 OUT! LBW! All reds it is and Klaasen departs! Is that the game for Sri Lanka? What a delivery from Maheesh Theekshana. Tossed up on middle, Klaasen looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. Sri Lanka appeal and up goes the finger. Klaasen takes the review. The UltraEdge shows no bat and Klaasen starts walking after watching that. Then the Ball Tracker confirms that he is a goner. What a debut it has been for Theekshana. 54/6

10.4 OUT! BOWLED! Wiaan Mulder misses it this time. Hasaranga bowls another googly, on middle. Wiaan Mulder puts a stride forward to defend but gets all squared up. The ball goes through the gap between the bat and pad and shatters the stumps behind him. South Africa lose half of their side for just 48 runs. They sink further. Sri Lanka bowlers are creating all sorts of trouble now. 48/5

21.1 OUT! TAKEN! Just when the partnership started to bloom for South Africa, Charith Asalanka provides with a breakthrough. What a bowling change from Dasun Shanaka. Gets Charith Asalanka into play and he does not disappoint. Strikes a wicket off the first ball. He bowls a flatter delivery outside off, Andile Phehlukwayo rocks back and looks to cut it but miscues. The ball stays a little low and goes off the bottom edge to the keeper. Dinesh Chandimal does well to grab it behind the sticks. 90/7

24.2 OUT! TAKEN! No third umpire is needed for that. Hasaranga bowls a loopy ball on middle. George Linde gets down on one knee and mistimes his sweep. The ball goes off the top edge towards deep mid-wicket. Kamindu Mendis is stationed there and takes the catch with ease. Sri Lanka one wicket away now. 102/9

23.5 OUT! CAUGHT! Very very good work in the field. South Africa slip further and further away. Maheesh Theekshana bowls a loopy ball, around off. He took the pace off the ball. Kagiso Rabada stays deep and looks to defend but is beaten by the pace. The ball goes off the outside edge and flies towards the first slip fielder where Dhananjaya de Silva dives forward to take the catch. 100/8

30 OUT! TAKEN! Four wickets on debut for Maheesh Theekshana. He bowls a carrom ball, around off. Keshav Maharaj looks to defend it off the front foot. The ball goes off the outside edge back to Dinesh Chandimal who takes the catch behind the stumps. SRI LANKA WIN BY 78 RUNS. 125/10