A maiden test century from Ryan Rickelton helped power the Proteas to a decent 269/7 in their first innings at stumps on day one of the second test against Sri Lanka at St Geroge’s Park in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) on Thursday.
A maiden test century from Ryan Rickelton helped power the Proteas to a decent 269/7 in their first innings at stumps on day one of the second test against Sri Lanka at St Geroge’s Park in Gqeberha on Thursday.
But two late wickets from Sri Lanka saw them battle back into contention at the end of the day, and if they can clean up the Proteas tail cheaply in the morning on day two they will be right back in the match. After tea the Proteas resumed on 177/4, but soon lost David Bedingham after he struggled massively in his 19 ball stay, as he was dropped twice off the bowling of Asitha Fernando, before coming down the wicket to spinner Prabath Jayasuriya missing the ball and being bowled to reduce them to 186/5.But that brought Verreynne in and along with Rickelton they looked to put the Proteas into s trong position by the close.
Rickelton unfortunately lost concentration in the penultimate over of the day, slashing at a wide ball from Lahiru Kumala and getting a thick edge to Pathum Nissanka at gully with the score 263/6. Bavuma and Rickelton had resumed the Proteas innings after lunch on 82/3, and swiftly took their side past the hundred run mark.The skipper was the aggressor, as he danced down the track twice to spinner Jayasuriya for boundaries to get himself close, before a two off Lahiru Kumara a couple of overs later got him to his 23rd test fifty.
Before lunch the Proteas were in a spot of bother after losing three early wickets, but Bavuma and Rickelton looked confident during an unbeaten 38-run stand to take them to the break.
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