In a dominant display, Marco Jansen powered South Africa to a comprehensive victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test match at Kingsmead, Durban. The match concluded on Day 4, with South Africa securing a win by an impressive 233 runs, marking a significant triumph in their home season.
SA vs SL 2024, 1st Test: Key highlights of the match
- Marco Jansen’s bowling prowess: Marco Jansen was the standout performer with the ball, delivering an exceptional performance that included match figures of 11 wickets for 86 runs. His remarkable bowling helped dismantle the Sri Lankan batting lineup, which struggled throughout the match.
- South Africa’s first innings: South Africa batted first and managed to post a total of 191 runs. Despite a low score, it proved sufficient given Sri Lanka’s catastrophic batting performance.
- Sri Lanka’s historic low: In their first innings, Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 42 runs, setting a new record for the lowest total in their Test history. This dismal performance came in just 13.5 overs, with Jansen claiming 7 wickets for 13 runs during this innings. The previous record low for Sri Lanka was 71 runs against Pakistan in 1994.
- Twin centuries for South Africa in the second innings: Tristan Stubbs and Temba Bavuma smashed impressive tons to guide the Proteas side to a mammoth total of 366/6.
- Sri Lanka’s collapse in the second innings: In their second innings, Sri Lanka fared slightly better but still fell short, scoring 282. Jansen continued to wreak havoc, taking four wickets and ensuring that South Africa take 1-0 in the two-match series.
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Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a comeback for Marco Jansen, finishing with 11 wickets in the match 💪 #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/DmC3Hae7Pg
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) November 30, 2024
There it is!🥳
Jansen gets his 10th wicket of the test match, outstanding bowling from him.
Well done Marco!👏💥#WozaNawe#BePartOfIt #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/TRu7aCTMU2
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen picks up 11 wickets in a test match as south africa makes history. They beat srilanka for the first time in Kingsmead Durban in a test match. Well played Lord Bavuma and his men#SAvSL pic.twitter.com/ulIgBixwQO
— Mustafa (@mustafamasood0) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen’s 11/86 in the match is South Africa’s first 10-for since Duanne Olivier’s 11/96 against Pakistan at Centurion in 2018.#SAvSL
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit) November 30, 2024
Good to see Marco Jansen picking up the bulk of the wickets. It takes a bit of pressure off KG #SAvSL
— Halsey Nim (@nimalen316) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen wins Player of the match award for his brilliant bowling performance 🥇
– He is the first left-arm seamer to take a ten-wicket haul for South Africa 🏏#cricket #SAvSL #MarcoJansen #SouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/aUi8d0czdw
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen is the biggest thing that happened to the South African team in recent times!#SAvSL
— Aqdas Rehman (@AqdasRehman) November 30, 2024
A better show in the second innings from Sri Lanka but didn’t last long after Chandimal was dismissed and bowled out for 282
South Africa won by 233 runs and going one step closer to that WTC Final
11 wickets for Marco Jensen #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/zDacIdZDYP
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) November 30, 2024
For the first time ever SA beat SL in kingsmead Durban #SAvSL #Bavumaday#SLvSA
— iffi Raza (@Rizzvi73) November 30, 2024
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 in Test cricket in 2024 outside Asia results. #SAvSL
– Lost to England series.
– Lost to South Africa in first match. pic.twitter.com/sT69dlRSvT— Thurunu Jayasiri (@ThurunuJ) November 30, 2024
South Africa win by 233 runs and take another big step towards the World Test Championship Final. Thumping win led by Bavuma and Jansen.#SAvSL
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) November 30, 2024