Marco Jansen took 11 wickets in the match as South Africa comfortably beat Sri Lanka in the first Test in Durban. Jansen's figures were the third best ever at the venue - and the best in almost a quarter of a century - as South Africa took the victory by 233 runs. Jansen achieved double figures in a Test match for the first time, including the final two wickets in Sri Lanka's second innings to follow up the seven the 24-year-old claimed as South Africa skittled the tourists in the first innings for their lowest test score of 42.
That came in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 191 and second-inning centuries from skipper Temba Bavuma and Tristan Stubbs put the hosts in command and they declared on 366. That left Sri Lanka a gargantuan winning target of 516 and South Africa then made the task pretty much impossible by taking five wickets before stumps on Friday. Trending Sri Lanka did offer stubborn resistance in the opening 90 minutes of the play on day four with Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya da Silva both scoring half-centuries to hold off the home bowlers.
The pair took the overnight tally from 103-5 to 196 in a display of confident batting before captain Da Silva chipped a slower delivery from spinner Keshav Maharaj to Stubbs at mid-wicket. Also See: Scorecard: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, first Test Latest cricket videos and highlights Listen to the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast Download the Sky Sports app Da Silva scored a brisk 59 off 81 balls to frustrate home .
