SA vs SL Test Match: The most difficult conditions for any Asian team in Test cricket are found in SENA countries and a similar situation has arisen for the Sri Lankan cricket team. While the Sri Lankan team has performed well in all three formats of cricket over the past few months, no one expected a situation like this in the Durban Test against South Africa, which in other countries This has never been seen in the team. The history of Sri Lanka Cricket so far. For the first time, the Sri Lankan team failed to break the 50-run mark in a single innings in a Test match, breaking the Sri Lankan team’s lowest scoring record in 30 years and creating a new shameful record – the old Test.
Sri Lanka played only 42 innings in the Durban Test match.
Sri Lanka are currently on tour of South Africa where they will play two Test matches against the host team. Sri Lanka’s bowlers performed well and restricted the African team to just 191 runs in the first innings. Thereafter, people expected a better performance from the batsmen, but it was the complete opposite as South Africa’s fast bowlers reduced Sri Lanka’s deficit to 42 runs in 13.5 overs in the first innings. So far, this is the lowest score in any innings in Sri Lanka’s Test cricket. Earlier in 1994, Sri Lanka scored only 71 runs in the first innings against Pakistan in the Kandy Test match.
Lowest scoring team in Tests against South Africa so far
In the Durban Test match, Sri Lanka once again had a poor record, falling to just 42 points, which is also the lowest score against South Africa in a Test match so far. At the beginning of 2013, New Zealand scored only 45 runs in the Cape Town Test match. In addition, the Australian team also scored a good score of 47 points in the 2011 competition in Cape Town.
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