Rangana Herath finished with figures of 6-98 off 32.5 overs
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Veteran Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath sliced through South Africa’s batting line-up with a six-wicket haul to not only lead his side to a 199-run win, but also a 2-0 series win.
“JP will be the first guy to say he knows he needs to score runs for this team”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has conceded that all-rounder JP Duminy could lose his place in the Test side due to his poor run of form as of late.
“We haven’t really discarded a player after one Test match or two or three innings”
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South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has confirmed that Theunis de Bruyn will be selected ahead of uncapped batsman Aiden Markram for the first Test against England.
“Faf’s wife gave birth to their first child last week, but the difficult nature of the delivery has delayed his return to the UK”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Lord’s as he wants to stay with his wife following the “difficult” birth of their first child.
“It now becomes a race for the first Test match”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis faces the prospect of missing the first Test against England, which starts on July 6 at Lord’s, due to the birth of his first child.
“We believe he is now 100% fit and fully able to compete for his place in the team”
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South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has been included in the squad for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand, along with uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen.
Behardien will take over the Twenty20 captaincy on an interim basis
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South Africa have appointed middle order batsman Farhaan Behardien as their Twenty20 captain for for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.
Olivier has impressed in the ongoing first-class tournament in South Africa
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Uncapped seamer Duanne Olivier has been included in South Africa’s squad for the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, which begins on January 12.
