Sri Lanka posts an historic victory

Sri Lanka took the final three wickets in four balls to complete an historic 208-run win over South Africa on the fourth day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Thursday.

It was Sri Lanka's first win in South Africa on four Test tours and the first win of a previously bleak 2011. The team's first win under Tillekeratne Dilshan's captaincy helped level the three-match series at 1-1.

Herath's five-for

Set to make 450 to win, South Africa was bowled out for 241. Left-arm spinner Herath, who took five for 79 for match figures of nine for 128, was named Man of the Match.

Sri Lanka seemed set for an early victory when South Africa lost five wickets between lunch and tea to be reeling at 133 for six shortly before the interval. continuereading

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Batting failure led to downfall

Indian captain M.S. Dhoni said the team's fifth consecutive defeat abroad — four in England and one here — was a consequence of the batting flopping.

“Our batting flopped in both innings,” said Dhoni. “If you see, we had a partnership going in the first innings, but we couldn't really capitalise on that. To some extent you can say that the collapse in the first innings was the turning point. The bowlers were getting tired, and if we could have seen off the new ball, it could have been different.” continuereading

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