Left-arm seamer Marco Jansen of South Africa achieved career-best figures of 7/13 in 6.5 overs, turning the first Test against Sri Lanka into a dominant South African victory. Sri Lanka was bowled out for 42 in just 83 balls, marking the quickest dismissal in the past century.
The 24-year-old Jansen recorded career-best figures of 7/13 in 6.5 overs to turn the first of two Tests against Sri Lanka on its head.
Just 41 legitimate deliveries is all it took for South African left-arm seamer Marco Jansen to destroy Sri Lanka on day two of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Durban yesterday. The Proteas, resuming the day on 80/4, had their backs to the wall as they could only manage 191 in the first innings, after been asked to bat first on Wednesday, but the 2.06m bowler had other ideas.
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