A maiden test century from Ryan Rickelton helped South Africa (Proteas) reach 269-7 in their first innings against Sri Lanka at the end of the first day of the second test match at St George's Park.
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 George’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. Aiden Markram and Rickelton combined for a 32-run second-wicket stand, but after looking good in hitting a few boundaries, Markram tried to drive Kumara down the ground, only to miss the ball and be bowled off his legs leaving them on 32-2.
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.Rickelton soon followed suit, driving a single off Jayasuriya to get to his maiden test half century, with them taking the Proteas past the 150-run mark a few overs later.
But that brought Verreynne in and along with Rickelton they looked to put the Proteas into strong position by the close.
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