Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 42 by South Africa in Durban – the bottom Check whole within the historical past of their males’s workforce.
Replying to South Africa’s first innings 191, Sri Lanka have been all out after 13.5 overs on day two of the primary Check.
Marco Jansen returned career-best Check figures of 7-13 from 6.5 overs, with Gerald Coetzee (2-18) and Kagiso Rabada (1-10) claiming the opposite wickets.
Sri Lanka’s males’s earlier lowest Check innings was 71 in opposition to Pakistan in Kandy in 1994.
On solely eight events has a workforce been bowled out for fewer than 42 runs in males’s Check cricket.
Kamindu Mendis (13) and Lahiru Kumara (10) have been the one batters to succeed in double figures.
Their innings lasted 83 balls, the second shortest in males’s Check historical past when a workforce has been bowled out.
The bottom was by South Africa, who have been bowled out for 30 from 75 balls by England at Edgbaston in 1924.
Sri Lanka have to beat South Africa in each matches of the two-Check collection and likewise defeat Australia in each Assessments within the New Yr to safe their place within the closing of the World Check Championship.
Three wins and a defeat from these closing 4 Assessments of the two-year cycle may very well be sufficient for a spot within the closing.
South Africa also can attain the ultimate and profitable each Assessments in opposition to Sri Lanka and a clear sweep in two Assessments in opposition to Pakistan in December and January will assure their place.
Three wins and a draw from these 4 Assessments is also sufficient for the Proteas.
Sri Lanka sit third within the World Check Championship standings, with South Africa fifth.
