Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma said the win in the second Test against Sri Lanka was a step forward for an inexperienced group of players.
“For a lot of the guys it was a proper taste of what Test cricket is about,” said Bavuma of a hard-fought match which went into the fifth day.
Bavuma was named player of the series after scoring 327 runs in four innings, with a century and three fifties, but said other individuals in the team were making major contributions. Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva said his team had improved on their performance in Durban, where they were beaten by 233 runs after being blown away for 42 in the first innings.“The bowling attack that South Africa had kept asking questions.”“We’re getting better but we need to be 100 percent better in every department,” he said.Their hopes of an upset win were extinguished when overnight batsmen De Silva and Kusal Mendis were dismissed inside the first 10 overs of the day.
Chad le Clos will head the medal charge as a youthful SA team head to the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest this week.
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