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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside off, driven to cover with the turn
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, neatly flicked to deep square with a big stride
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length ball turns away, Beats the outside edge of the bat and the off stump
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Dean Elgar over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
nicely timed. Length ball on off stump, big stride for the sweep and a clean swing to get it in front of square. No one in the deep
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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, tickled through square leg 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
full on off stump, blocked on 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 Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
length on middle stump, dead-batted into 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 Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.49 innings wickets is 0
follows with his hands as this length ball spins away from him. Can't connect
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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
length on middle stump, pushed through midwicket 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside off, gets to the pitch and pushes against the turn to mid-off's left
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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
length on middle stump, defended 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 Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, blocked 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.44 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, tapped into the leg side 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
short of a length at leg stump, steps out and tickles to short fine 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Dean Elgar over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.48 innings wickets is 0
full on middle stump, flicked to mid-on's left
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
full and slanted across off stump. Past the outside edge of his forward 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
<b>is that dropped?</b> Appears to have been pushed into the square leg region by a leaping leg gully. Before that, De Bruyn appears to have got an inside edge onto pad on the 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, looks to sweep, caught on the back leg which outside the line of off stump
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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.38 innings wickets is 0
length on off stump, blocked on the front 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 5 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Dean Elgar over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, stabbed to cover's right for a quick single. The throw comes in and ricochets off De Bruyn's sliding bat. Dilruwan, running to his right to back up at square leg is forced to change direction, but he won't be able to stop that
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
length ball on leg stump, defended into the leg side 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, big stride to defend on 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
length on off stump, solidly defended on 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
<b>falls short of leg slip.</b> Another sweep that he's gone through too quickly with. Pings of the <strike>back of the bat</strike> forearm, with maybe some help from the pad first. Dies in front of the fielder
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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 Dean Elgar over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
length on off stump, blocked on 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Dean Elgar over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
jumps past the outside edge as he's stuck halfway between forward and back when looking to defend
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Dean Elgar over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
<B>trapped deep in the crease</b> and struck on the back leg as he goes back to this arm ball. Looks on first glance like that might have been sliding down leg. But Elgar shakes the head and won't even consider it. Does he feel a sense of justice in not reviewing? It's a very close call - but Elgar's right. On replay, ...
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.38 innings wickets is 0
length on off stump, shuffles on the back foot to defend
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
length ball down leg side, 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
short of a length on off stump, dead-batted into the pitch off the back foot
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
lovely shot. Steps out against this loopy length ball outside off and picks up with the turn, launching it high and wide over 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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, struck on the front pad, well outside off stump
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
<b>legbreak</b> from Akila. He picks it. Length ball turning away from off and he defends with the turn
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length ball outside off, smothers it into the pad outside off
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
<b>leading edge</b> as he looks to whip through miidwicket off the back foot with the turn. Closes the face too early. Amla inadvertently parries it towards mid-off as he looks to get back in the crease at the other end
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
<b>googly</b> that Amla hasn't picked. But it's full enough to not misbehave as he gets forward and defends off the inside half
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, turned into the leg side 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
short of a length on leg stump, whipped into short leg's shin 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, inside edge onto pad as he looks to drive
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, nudges it to leg slip with the turn
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.36 innings wickets is 0
shot. Gets to the pitch to drive against the turn and squeezes it through cover
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.34 innings wickets is 0
<b>inside half</b> as he looks to force another one against the turn. Not even close to the pitch of the ball outside off this time
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.32 innings wickets is 0
length ball wide outside off, shuffles to sweep, cops it on the front pad. He's outside the line
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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 Hashim Amla over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
<b>beautiful.</b> Authoritative from Amla. Jumps up at the right time, meets this offbreak at the pitch wide outside off and jams it wide 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 Hashim Amla over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
<b>lbw appeal turned down</b> as Amla looks to sweep. Sri Lanka will review it. Amla is caught on the pad looking to sweep. He's shuffled a long way first. Has he done enough to get outside the line of off? This decision hinges on that...<b>yes he has. Just outside.</b> The decision stands and the review will be retain...
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
full on off stump, goes deep in the crease to defend
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
offbreak pitches on leg and spins down. He can't get bat on the flick and the keeper can't stop cleanly
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
short of a length on off, defended 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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length on middle stump, loud appeal as leg slip catches this deflection off the front pad. It's not out on both lbw and caught - spinning down 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
short of a length on off, tapped into the extra cover region 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length ball on leg stump, catches him on the thigh as he looks to 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 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
nicely done. Down the pitch to meet this at the pitch and flick 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, dead-batted on 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
arm ball on off stump, defended 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, blocked on 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 Hashim Amla over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
hard-spun offbreak, on a length, starts outside off and breaks down 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 Hashim Amla over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
Amla ventures down the track and drives a full ball from off back to Akila's left
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play type description is bye batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Hashim Amla over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and breaking down the leg side, and beating the keeper, as Amla lets it go. Byes
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
Amla steps out again and whips it with the break to deep square leg. Met the pitch of the ball and rolled his wrists over 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
loopier on off, forward and smothered
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.44 innings wickets is 0
very full on middle, the batsmen goes deep in the crease and drives a single to deepish 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and breaks in at off, 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
turns and bounces to graze the pad and roll behind square
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.38 innings wickets is 0
looped up and holds its line on off, the batsman bends forward and dead-bats 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, de Bruyn answers with the dead bat again
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
pushed through outside off and Dilruwan finds a hint of turn to hit the front pad outside 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on off stump, de Bruyn shuffles across off and jams it out
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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 Hashim Amla over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
<strong>cracker of a ball from Herath</strong>. He knocks out Amla's off stump. Fuller than a good length, drifts into middle stump, Amla goes on the back foot and prods at it, the ball breaks away just enough to beat the outside edge and hit the off stump. Whoa, what a sumptuous delivery from Herath. Just too good for...
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.29 innings wickets is 0
full and outside off, laced to the covers
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
pushed through outside off, Faf drops to one knee and smokes a sweep to 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 Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
full and drifts in 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 Faf du Plessis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, dead-batted again
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
uses his feet and pushes a full ball to 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
short of a length at leg stump, pushed 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
full on leg stump, pushed to midwicket 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.3 innings wickets is 0
good length outside off, stretches out to sweep to backward square
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.28 innings wickets is 0
length on middle stump, dead-bats 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.26 innings wickets is 0
legbreak slides straight on off the pitch. He watches closely to block on 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.25 innings wickets is 0
length ball on off stump, dead-batted on the front 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 Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.26 innings wickets is 0
length ball into the pads, inside edge onto pad and into 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.24 innings wickets is 0
full on middle stump, blocked on the front foot
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play type description is bye batting team is South Africa bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.35 innings wickets is 0
short an wide outside off. Looks to cut but it spins a long long way away. Past the keeper too and between him and slip
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
nicely played, albeit a little too early. Sweeps from outside off, and gets a bit of a leading edge on this. Between deep square and 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 Rangana Herath batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.38 innings wickets is 0
length on off stump, blocked into the covers on 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.36 innings wickets is 0
tossed up wide outside off, driven 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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.34 innings wickets is 0
length ball turning into the pads as he looks to make room to punch through cover
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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 3.33 innings wickets is 0
rips back in sharply at middle stump as he looks to make room again. Just gets bat to keep it 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 Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.34 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, sweeps to deep square
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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 3.32 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, pushed down the pitch 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
full on middle stump, driven back to the 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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.29 innings wickets is 0
length on leg stump, blocked on 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 Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.27 innings wickets is 0
full, curving in towards off, Faf plays for the angle but the ball spins sharply past the outside edge
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.26 innings wickets is 0
<strong>turn and bounce</strong> outside off, Faf is beaten in the corridor 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 1 bowler name is Rangana Herath batsman name is Faf du Plessis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.27 innings wickets is 0
shorter and wider outside off, forced away to the right of short cover
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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 Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.25 innings wickets is 0
De Bruyn opens the face and dabs a turning ball to 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 Rangana Herath batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.24 innings wickets is 0
the batsman shapes for a sweep, adjusts to a straighter one on off, and pokes it out to 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 Rangana Herath batsman name is Theunis de Bruyn over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.22 innings wickets is 0
fast skidder outside off, leans back and chops hard to backward point
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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 Faf du Plessis over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.21 innings wickets is 0
Dananjaya belts out a big appeal for caught behind, umpire Tucker shakes his head. Lakmal calls for a review of the not-out decision. Sharp wrong'un from Dananjaya, spins in from a fuller length, as Faf plays around his front pad and the inside edge lobs off the pad to Mathews at first slip. Ultra Edge detects a spike
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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 Keshav Maharaj over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 3.19 innings wickets is 0
<strong>back-to-back wrong'uns</strong>, Maharaj has been pinned in front this time. Given out by Tucker this time. Maharaj chooses to challenge the decision now. Full and the googly breaks in to catch the front pad as Maharaj has a short stride and plays outside the line of it. Impact in line with off stump. Did Mahar...
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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 Temba Bavuma over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.18 innings wickets is 0
topspinner on off, stretches out and solidly drives it back to the bowler
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