U-Keshav Maharaj ugqibezele oothinti bakhe be-11 bephosa iiProteas kwimpumelelo yemitsi eli-109 kusuku lwesihlanu kuvavanyo lwesibini bedlala ne-Sri Lanka e-St George’s Park eGqeberha kusasa ngoMvulo.
Ukuphumelela komdlalo ngo’2-0 kunyuse abantu baseMzantsi Afrika bafikelela phezulu kumdlalo weWorld Test Championships, benyukela phezulu eOstreliya. Iqela likaTemba Bavuma ngoku lidinga uloyiso olunye kuthotho lwalo oluzayo lweemvavanyo ezimbini ngokuchasene nePakistan ukuze likwazile ukungena kumdlalo wokugqibela eLord’s ngoJuni ka-2025.
Umdlalo ubusele ukwi-balance ngentsasa yokugqibela yovavanyo lwesibini, iSri Lanka idinga iSri Lanka idinga imitsi eyi-143 ukuze iphumelele, logama uMzantsi Afrika udinga oothinti abahlanu ukuze uphumelele ngo’2-0 kuthotho lovavanyo. Iseshoni yakusasa, ebone othinti abaninzi bewile kuvavanyo, ibizakuba ngundoqo.
U-Kusal Mendis kunye no-Dhananjaya de Silva babeke inqanaba elibalulekileyo ngexesha leseshoni yokugqibela ngosuku lwesine ukunika iSri Lanka ithemba lokuphindaphinda uchungechunge ngokuphumelela. Ibala lisabonakala lilungele ukubetha ibhola kwaye kwakubonakala ngathi siza kufikelela kuvuthondaba olumangalisayo.
Nangona kunjalo, iProteas, noMaharaj (5/76) ephambili, ithathe nje iyure yonke ukuthatha oothinti abashiyekileyo beSri Lankan abashiyekileyo ukuze baphumelele umdlalo ukuze baphumelele uthotho ngo’2-0 emva kokuphumelela kwabo kuvavanyo lokuqala eThekwini. .
I-Sri Lanka ifumene amanqaku iphulukene noothinti bayo abahlanu abashiyekileyo kwimitsi engamashumi amathathu anesithathu.
U-Mendis (46) uqale wahamba xa ejonge ukutyibilika apho u-Aiden Markram abambe khona kancinci ukuphelisa i-97-runs yesithandathu ye-wicket partnership no-De Silva.