SA vs SL Test Match: One of the toughest conditions in Test cricket for any Asian team is in the host countries, with the Sri Lankan cricket team having a similar situation. While the Sri Lankan team has performed brilliantly on the field in all three formats of cricket in the past few months, no one expected the Durban Test against South Africa to witness something like this, which has not been seen so far. History of Sri Lankan cricket so far. For the first time, a Sri Lankan team failed to cross the 50-run mark in an innings in a Test, setting a new embarrassing record for a Sri Lankan team breaking the record for their lowest score in 30 years. The old test.
In the Durban Test, Sri Lanka’s innings ended on just 42 runs.
The Sri Lankan team is currently on a tour of South Africa where they have come to play a 2-match Test series against the host team. The bowlers of the Sri Lankan team did a brilliant performance and restricted the African team to a score of just 191 runs in the first innings. After this, a better performance was expected from the batsmen, but the picture was completely opposite, with the fast bowlers of the South African team reducing the Sri Lankan team to a score of 42 runs in 13.5 overs in the first innings. Along with this, this is now Sri Lanka’s lowest score in any innings in Test cricket. Earlier in the year 1994, the Sri Lankan team was limited to 71 runs in their first innings in the Kandy Test match against Pakistan.
The lowest score ever by any team in a Test against South Africa
In the Durban Test, the Sri Lankan team set another poor record by being bowled out for just 42, which is now the lowest score of any team in a Test against South Africa. Earlier in the year 2013 in the Cape Town Test match, the New Zealand team was restricted to a score of only 45. Apart from this, the Australian team was also bowled out for 47 runs in the match played at Cape Town in the year 2011.
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