Durban. Sri Lanka recorded its lowest score in Test cricket after being bowled out for just 42 runs by South Africa in the first match of the ongoing series at Kingsmead on Thursday. Sri Lanka were all out for 42 runs in just 13.5 overs, easily surpassing their previous lowest Test score of 71, which came against Pakistan in Kandy in 1994. This is also the ninth lowest test score overall. Fast bowling allrounder Marco Jensen took the most wickets with a careerbest performance of 713 in 6.5 overs.
Fellow fast bowlers Gerald Coetzee (218) and Kagiso Rabada (110) provided him good support. Only two Sri Lankan players were able to reach double figures, with Kamindu Mendis having the best score of 13 runs and four players were out for a duck. Sri Lanka's all out for 42 is also the lowest score made by any team against South Africa since New Zealand were bowled out for 45 by the Proteas in Cape Town in 2013. The visiting team's innings lasted just 83 balls, eight balls more than the overall record of 75 balls played by South Africa against England in Birmingham in 1924.
Among the lowest Test scores since the early 2000s, Sri Lanka's all out for 42 is now the third lowest, after India were all out for 36 in 2020 and Ireland for 38 in 2019. Was out. Being bowled out for 42 and giving South Africa a lead of 149 runs is a major blow to Sri Lanka's chances of reaching next year's World Test Championship final.
In the morning, after the first day's play was affected by rain, South Africa scored 111 runs in the extended morning session and then were bowled out for 191, with captain Temba Bavuma topscoring with 70.
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