South Africa moved a step nearer to the Global Take a look at Championship ultimate with a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka in Gqeberha.
The Proteas wanted simply 14.1 overs to whisk the 5 too much Sri Lanka wickets on life 5 within the Jap Cape and hold a 2-0 line win that takes them above Australia to the manage of the WTC desk., exterior
Temba Bavuma’s aspect will contract their park within the Lord’s ultimate in June in the event that they win each Exams of their two-match line in opposition to Pakistan that starts on Boxing Week.
Sri Lanka opened the life on 205-5, wanting some other 143 to win at St George’s Soil, with Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis proceeding a be on one?s feet that had reached 83 on life 4.
Then again, left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj unpriviledged the partnership within the fourth over of the life as Mendis edged to slide.
Kagiso Rabada had Dhananjaya stuck in the back of 14 balls after and the vacationers briefly crumbled to 238 all out – the utmost 5 wickets happening for 19 runs.
Maharaj took 3 of the wickets to fall at the 5th morning to finish his eleventh five-wicket haul in Exams.
Centuries from Kyle Verreyne and Ryan Rickelton helped arrange the victory for South Africa, life 35-year-old seamer Dane Paterson claimed his maiden Take a look at five-to earn them a slender first-innings supremacy.
Bavuma and Aiden Markram nearest made half-centuries within the hosts’ 2d innings to i’m ready a difficult goal of 348 that in the end proved past Sri Lanka.