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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
looped up on off, dead-batted again
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
pushed through much fuller outside off, de Bryun employs his reach to good effect and drives through the line, through the covers, for three
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
flat on middle and leg, worked away to square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.66 innings wickets is 0
lobbed up on middle, swatted away... but short leg is in the way and stops the ball
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
flighted on off, bends forward in defence
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play type description is out batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.4 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Two in two overs for Dananjaya</strong>. Nicked off. This was the straighter one outside off from Dananjaya, de Bruyn searches for turn and plays inside the line of it. The outside edge is found. This is the challenge for the visiting batsmen in the subcontinent. Which one will turn? Which will not? Which will ...
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.28 innings wickets is 0
full on off, Amla shuffles forward and across in defence
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.45 innings wickets is 0
fired just a shade outside off, jabbed through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.34 innings wickets is 0
tossed on a fourth-stump line, Markram stretches well forward and blocks it back down the pitch
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.25 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, defended to short leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.16 innings wickets is 0
biting offbreak, on off, Amla ventures across off and defends it solidly
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.07 innings wickets is 0
nice and full on off, stretches forward and blocks it carefully
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
Amla plonks his front leg across off, plays outside the line of this offbreak, and wears it on the pad
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.14 innings wickets is 0
full and straight, clipped through midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.06 innings wickets is 0
tossed on middle, played back
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.2 innings wickets is 0
much fuller and outside off, driven firmly to the left of mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.12 innings wickets is 0
flat and spins in from outside off, a back-foot defence ensues
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.06 innings wickets is 0
slower through the air on off, shuffles across and defends to the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
looped up on off, forward and played back to Akila
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.94 innings wickets is 0
full on off, googly? defended to midwicket off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.88 innings wickets is 0
flat and spins in on off, jammed back to Akila off the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.83 innings wickets is 0
tossed slower and higher on middle, belted to mid-on
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.78 innings wickets is 0
slower through the air and dips on middle, Amla blocks off the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.73 innings wickets is 0
shorter on the hips, Amla goes back and whips it with the angle to short midwicket
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play type description is no ball batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.89 innings wickets is 0
full and just a shade outside off, defended off the front foot. Ooooh, Herath's front foot has strayed
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.84 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, defended
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.8 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on middle, defended from the crease
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.75 innings wickets is 0
arm ball on off, full, Amla judges the length early. Forward and played back
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.85 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Dropped by Danushka at short cover, and Amla gets to 9000 Test runs</strong>. Dangled up outside off, full, Amla catches the bait and scoops a drive in the air, Danushka dives to his left but the ball bursts out
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.95 innings wickets is 0
shorter and outside off, stabbed to the covers off the back foot
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.04 innings wickets is 0
slides in with the arm, the batsman plays for turn, and pokes it away
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
sharp turn and bounce from outside off, but does not threaten off, left alone
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.95 innings wickets is 0
full and spins in from wide of the crease, inside-edged onto the front pad
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.91 innings wickets is 0
tossed on off, shuffles across and blocks it
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.87 innings wickets is 0
Amla stretches out to defend this full delivery on off stump to short leg
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play type description is out batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Aiden Markram over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 1.83 innings wickets is 0
Herath wins an lbw appeal from umpire Llong. This is the arm ball from Herath, nice and full, slides into the opener. Markram, however, plays for turn, and is pinned plumb in front of middle
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.8 innings wickets is 0
drifts in on leg stump, defended back. 'Good bowling Rangaiyya,' is the cry from behind the stumps
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.76 innings wickets is 0
full on off, opens the face and dabs to point
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.73 innings wickets is 0
tossed on off, bends forward in defence
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.69 innings wickets is 0
sliding into the pads, defended to short leg on the bounce
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.66 innings wickets is 0
closes out the over with a straighter one that is defended to short leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.63 innings wickets is 0
shuffles across and dead-bats a full ball on middle
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.6 innings wickets is 0
Akila rolls out the legbreak, but the length is shorter, allowing the batsman to punch it to the covers
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.78 innings wickets is 0
full and outside off, and Amla plays a flowing drive through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.75 innings wickets is 0
lobbed up on middle, breaks down the leg side, Amla, having shuffled across off, is beaten, as is the keeper
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.72 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on off stump, Amla deploys a solid stride and defends it back to Akila
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.7 innings wickets is 0
Another appeal for lbw, but this is missing off stump. Not given. Tossed up, angling in, and spinning away. Amla plays for the offbreak but this goes the other way and fools him
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.67 innings wickets is 0
skids on off stump, jabbed to the covers from the crease
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.64 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, presses forward and defends the ball to short leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.61 innings wickets is 0
flighted on off, Faf stretches out and smothers any spin
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.68 innings wickets is 0
Faf forays down the track, meets the pitch of this full one outside off and drills it to the left of mid-off, where Lakmal misfields and allows Faf to get off the mark
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.66 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and angling in, defended to short leg
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.72 innings wickets is 0
straighter one on middle, Amla jabs his bat down and watches an inside edge trickle away to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.7 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, flatter, and spins back into a defensive push to short leg
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.76 innings wickets is 0
much fuller and on the pads, whipped with the wrists to deep midwicket for one
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.73 innings wickets is 0
good length and breaks back in to beat the inside edge and lob to leg gully off the thigh pad
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.05 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on off, Faf stretches out, takes on this full ball and nails a sweep over backward square
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.36 innings wickets is 0
here comes the legbreak but shorter and wider outside off, allowing Faf to slam it through the covers off the back foot. Strong punch
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.66 innings wickets is 0
tossed-up offbreak, three fours in a row for Faf. He stretches out again, meets the pitch of this full ball, and cracks it over square leg with another sweep
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.63 innings wickets is 0
slower through the air on off stump, dead-batted back to the bowler
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.67 innings wickets is 0
Amla ventures down the track, takes a full ball from middle and drives to mid-on. He chances a quick single and makes it. <strong>The throw hits him on the grille of the helmet</strong>
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.96 innings wickets is 0
hang up the defence, everyone. Faf has struck four fours off his last four balls. He forays down the track and hoists it straight of mid-on
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.92 innings wickets is 0
flat and attacking the stumps, blocked away now
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play type description is six batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
Five boundaries in six balls for Faf. This is the pick of the lot. Herath tosses it on off, Faf steps out, makes some room, collapses his back leg and launches it inside out over extra cover. Such a smooth swing
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.3 innings wickets is 0
flat on middle stump, this straighter one is defensively played back to Herath
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.26 innings wickets is 0
fuller than a good length and spins in, defended to short leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.22 innings wickets is 0
good length and angling in at off, blocked off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.18 innings wickets is 0
on a length, starts outside off and spins back, Amla manages an inside edge onto the pad
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.14 innings wickets is 0
darted on leg stump, defended to short leg off the back foot
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.18 innings wickets is 0
this offbreak is whipped with the turn to deep square leg off the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.14 innings wickets is 0
Akila and Dickwella launch a strong appeal for caught behind, not given. Lakmal decides against a review. <strong>Biting offbreak</strong>, starts outside off, bounces and spins down the leg side as Faf falls over the leg-side flick
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.24 innings wickets is 0
short on middle and leg, Amla responds with a back-foot whip through midwicket
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full and angling into middle, dead-batted away
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.24 innings wickets is 0
Amla uses his feet and secures a single to the right of Lakmal at mid-on
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tossed up and drifts in on middle, blocked back down the pitch
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.16 innings wickets is 0
Faf uses his feet, adjusts to the length, and works it away to the left of short leg
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.13 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on off, defended to the covers
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.23 innings wickets is 0
floated full and outside off, Amla wafts a drive to the left of mid-off for a brace
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.19 innings wickets is 0
full and spins in on off, Amla presses forward and inside-edges to short leg
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.22 innings wickets is 0
full and turns in on off, he <strong>chips a leading edge</strong> to the right of the diving bowler
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.19 innings wickets is 0
shorter and spins into a back-foot block to short leg
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
Faf brings out another flat, hard sweep and splits the two men in the deep on the leg side. He stretches out to meet the pitch and smites it away
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
full on the pads from around the stumps, clipped to deep midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
straighter one on off, prodded into the covers
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
dangled up full and wide outside off, slugged across to deep midwicket. Another flat, hard sweep from Faf
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tossed up and spins in as Amla shuffles across and blocks to short leg
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shorter and spins into the hips, tucked off the back foot to square leg
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<strong>It nearly spins back onto the stumps</strong>. Good length and breaks in on off, Amla jabs off the back foot and gets away
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dangled up on off, not much turn, forward and blocked to the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.26 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and curving in at off stump, solidly played back to Herath
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
lobbed up on middle, Faf stretches out again and tickles a sweep fine this time. Nice roll of the wrists from the SA captain
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full on middle stump, dead-batted away to the leg side
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play type description is four batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
clunked away to the midwicket boundary. Dangled up just a shade outside off, Faf drops down to one knee and sweeps it to the fence
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<strong>oh boy, what a ball from Herath.</strong> Looped up, slower through the air, the flight draws the batsman forward, the dip creates distance between the bat and the pitch, the turn then takes it past the outside edge. I want to take this ball to dinner tonight
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
Herath shortens his length as Faf runs down the track and stabs a single down the ground
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and breaks in to beat the inside edge and lob to first slip off the thigh
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on off stump, dead-batted away to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
on a length and outside off, Faf attacks it with a sweep and sends the ball to deep midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, defended to the leg side off the front foot
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shorter and spins back into a defensive push to the left of the bowler off the back foot
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