Durban (South Africa): Sri Lankan cricket team registered their lowest team total in Test cricket as they were bowled out for a meagre total of 42 runs in the first innings by the South African side in the ongoing first Test of the two-match series at the Kingsmead here on Friday, November 28, 2024.
Sri Lanka got all-out in 83 balls, which is the second least balls a team get bowled out after South Africa bowled out for 30 runs in 75 balls against England at Edgbaston in 1924.
Only two batters managed to achieve double digits in the innings. Kamindu Mendis, who scored 13 runs off 20 balls with three fours, was the leading run scorer for the side while number 10 batter Lahiru Kumara emerged as the second highest run-getter in the innings with 10 runs.
South Africa's left-arm pacer Marco Jansen claimed five wickets in his first spell to rip apart visitor's batting lineup. He finished the first innings with 13/7 in 6.5 overs. Marco Jansen's - 7/13 is the third-best bowling figures by a South Africa Pacer at home. Right-arm pacers Kagiso Rabada and Gerald Coetzee picked up one and two wickets each.