Twitter Reactions: South Africa lose top-order on rain-marred opening day
South Africa ended day 1 on a score of 80/4.
South Africa and Sri Lanka kicked off the two-match Test at Kingsmead in Durban on Wednesday, November 27. The day began with South Africa coming in to bat first after losing the toss.
The hosts got off to a horrid start as Aiden Markram and Tony de Zorzi scored nine and four runs, respectively. After the openers failed, Tristan Stubbs followed suit as he only managed to survive 38 deliveries on the pitch. Stubbs was dismissed for 16 runs, falling prey to Lahiru Kumara. Kumara struck once more, dismissing David Bedingham on a score of four runs in six deliveries to push South Africa completely on the backfoot.
Overall, the first day saw the Proteas struggle with the bat in whatever play was possible as rain played spoilsport and the proceedings were stopped after just 20.4 overs of play.
The rain refused to relent with stumps being forced. Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne will resume at a score of 28 and nine runs, respectively, on the second day with South Africa on a score of 80/4.
As for Sri Lanka, Lahiru Kumara was the highest wicket-taker with two wickets to his name. Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando took one wicket each as well. Both sides will hope that the weather will be kind on the second day.
Here is how X reacted to day 1 of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka:
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