Amla and Duminy steady the ship for SA
In his 100th Test‚ Hashim Amla remains unbeaten while JP Duminy predictably takes the initiative with his stylish batting
Hashim Amla and JP Duminy steadied SA’s batting ship after two early blips threatened to derail their sound start in the first morning of the third Test against Sri Lanka. SA meandered to 75/2 after Dean Elgar and Stephen Cook failed to see out the first session in what was a difficult morning for batting. In his 100th Test‚ Amla was unbeaten on six while Duminy predictably took the initiative with his stylish batting and was unbeaten on 23. Amla was gifted a life on five when he was dropped by Dhananjaya da Silva at third slip off the luckless Suranga Lakmal in the last over before lunch. Cook’s first home-ground Test was a difficult one and it came as no surprise when Angelo Mathews trapped him in front for a laborious 41-ball 10. It was a constipated effort by the junior opening partner but also highlighted the struggles he and Elgar encountered on the spongy surface that had a tinge of green. At no stage did Cook look comfortable as the ball tended to rear off a good length at t...
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