Viswa’s maiden 5-wicket haul after Elgar century
International Test Match Series South Africa Vs Sri Lanka at Imperial Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
South Africa 302 ao off 75.4 ov Elgar 127 off 163, 22 fours, van der Dussen 67 off 127, 12 fours, V Fernando 5-101, Asitha Fernando 2-61, Shanaka 2-42.
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 157 ao off 40.3 ov, K Perera 60 off 67, 11fours, Hasaranga 29 off 27, 5 fours, Nortje 6-56, Mulder 3-25, Sipamla 1-27.
Sri Lanka Second Innings 150-4 off 39ov Thirimanne 31 off 57, 7 fours, D Karunaratne 91 off 116, 17 fours, Ngidi 3-26, Nortje 1-41.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat.
Sri Lanka leads South Africa by 3 runs with 6 wickets remaining.
Vishwas Fernando claimed his career-best figures of 5 for 101, scythed through the lower half of South Africa’s batting line up after lunch to extend a South Africa collapse that saw nine wickets go down for 84 runs. Despite Vishwa claiming his maiden five-wicket haul, Sri Lanka is leading by 5 runs in the second innings thanks to the 184-run stand that centurion Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen had put up as Sri Lanka has lost four-second Innings wickets.