New Delhi: Sri Lanka bowled out for just 42 runs on day two of the first Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban. Marco Jansen took seven wickets and helped his team to take 149 lead. He became only the second player after Australia’s Hugh Trumble to take a seven-wicket haul inside 7 overs of a Test innings.
𝐀𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐞! 🔥
Big Jansen making a 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 against 🇱🇰.#MarcoJansen #SAvsSL #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/5Xu2nht6zF
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) November 28, 2024
Sri Lanka registered their lowest-ever score in a Test innings. Their previous lowest score was 71 against Pakistan in 1994 in Kandy. This is also the lowest-ever total at Kingsmead, as well as the lowest-ever Test score against South Africa beating New Zealand’s 45 all out in 2013 at Cape Town.
The left-arm pacer delivered the third-best bowling figures by a South African fast bowler at home and the best bowling figure by a South African pacer this century. Jansen’s sensational spell came after he was bought by Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 7 crore. He bowled right lengths on a pitch that had enough help for the pacers to make life difficult for the batters.
Lowest score in Test cricket for Sri Lanka
Marco Jansen’s 7/13 helped his team to clean up Sri Lanka in just 13.5 overs. Gerald Coetzee picked up two wickets and Kagiso Rabada also took one wicket. Kamindu Mendis (13) was the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka. A total of five Sri Lanka batters were dismissed for a duck in the first innings.
42 vs SA, Durban, 2024
71 vs PAK, Kandy, 1994
73 vs PAK, Kandy, 2006
81 vs ENG, Colombo, 2001
82 vs IND, Chandigarh, 1990
82 vs ENG, Cardiff, 2011
83 balls played by Sri Lanka for getting all out is the lowest in the last 100 years and the second lowest overall in Test cricket. The first on this list was 75 balls played by South Africa against England in June 1924. Earlier, Sri Lanka bowled South Africa out for 191 runs in the first inning. Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara picked up three wickets each. Temba Bavuma (70) was the highest run scorer for South Africa.
South African all-rounder Marco Jansen picked seven wickets on day two of the opening Test match against Sri Lanka in Durban to bowl the visitors out for 42. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
