CENTURION, March 28: A sensational last ball of the day by off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan gave Sri Lanka a slight advantage at the end of the second day of the second cricket Test against South Africa at Centurion Park here today. When the umpires halted play for bad light , South Africa were 75 for three in reply to Sri Lanka's 303 all out.SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka (1st innings; overnight 165-3): S Jayasuriya c Boucher b Ntini 51, M Attapattu run out 12, R Mahanama c Kallis b Cronje 50, A de Silva c Adams b Ntini 1, A Ranatunga lbw b Donald 73, H Tillekeratne c Kirsten b Cronje 55, R Kaluwitharana c Boucher b Donald 9, G Wickramasinghe c Adams b Donald 10, N Zoysa lbw b Kallis 0, M Muralitharan c Boucher b Cronje 11, K Pushpakumara not out 0. Extras (b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8): 31. Total:(all out in 118.3 overs) 303
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-66, 3-68, 4-186, 5-228, 6-240, 7-254, 8-255, 9-290.
Bowling: Donald 33-10-73-3, Pollock 7.1-3-9-0, Kallis 19-7-42-1, Adams 22-6-77-0, Ntini 22.5-7-61-2, Cronje14.3-3-21-3.
South Africa (1st innings): G Liebenberg lbw b Pushpakumara 0, Gary Kirsten b Muralitharan 13, HD Ackerman b Zoysa 7, Darryll Cullinan batting 42, Hansie Cronje batting 0; Extras (b1, lb2, nb4, w6) 13. Total (for three wickets) 75
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-11, 3-75
Bowling: Pushpakumara 9-2-32-1, Zoysa 7-2-17-1, Wickremasinghe 3-1-15-0, Muralitharan 5.4-2-8-1
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