S Africa posts innings win over Sri Lanka
Seam bowlers Wiaan Mulder and Lutho Sipamla took two wickets each as South Africa bowled injury-hit Sri Lanka out for 180 to complete a handsome victory by an innings and 45 runs on day four of the first Test at Centurion Park on Tuesday.
The tourist resumed its second innings on 65 for two on a wicket that provided plenty of assistance for the seam bowlers and when dangerous opener Kusal Perera was out for 64, its hopes of saving the Test were realistically over.
Sri Lanka had suffered crippling injuries to its bowling attack in the Test and was also
without middle-order batsman Dhananjaya de Silva for the second innings, a major concern for its home series against England that starts on January 14.
BRIEF SCORES: Sri Lanka 396 & 180 in 46.1 overs (K Perera 64, W Hasaranga 59, L Sipamla 2/24) lost to South Africa 621 in 142.1 overs
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