Hall finishes off Sri Lanka as thunder clouds roll in
Sri Lanka 192 & 130 South Africa 386 South Africa win by an innings and 64 runs
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Your support makes all the difference.South Africa yesterday crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 64 runs here in Johannesburg, wrapping up the visitors' second innings for 130 before tea on the third day of the first Test.
Sri Lanka, needing 195 to make South Africa bat a second time, reached 54 for 4 at lunch, and then collapsed before a violent thunderstorm broke over stadium. "We just didn't take our chances on the first day," the Sri Lankan captain, Sanath Jayasuriya, said. "But the South African bowlers bowled well throughout the match." Part of Sri Lanka's downfall lay in the wayward bowling: 62 extras, including 31 no-balls.
"It was very clinical, and to beat Sri Lanka inside three days is spectacular," the South African captain, Shaun Pollock, said. South Africa's determined batting was a key factor, and Jacques Kallis provided evidence of this. "It may not have been my prettiest innings, but it was one of my most satisfying," Kallis, who scored 75, said.
The most successful bowlers for South Africa were Makhaya Ntini, who took 3 for 23, and Andrew Hall, who ran through the tail, and finished with three wickets for one run in two overs. Only Marvan Attapatu, Hashan Tillakaratne and Chaminda Vaas provided any resistance for Sri Lanka.
Earlier, South Africa, 376 for 7 overnight, slumped to 386 all out, as Kallis and Hall failed to add to their overnight scores. Vaas, with 3 for 79, and Mutthiah Muralitharan, with 3 for 83, wrapped up South Africa's tail.
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