Sri Lanka build advantage on truncated day

Jul 27, 2014

Leading by 150 at the start of the day, Sri Lanka began briskly before Dale Steyn dismissed Upul Tharanga to go past Waqar Younis with 374 Test scalps•AFP

Rain came down during the lunch break, and the start of the second session was delayed by more than an hour•AFP

Wickets continued to fall at the other end and play was interrupted for bad light, but Angelo Mathews carried on batting and moved to 63 before declaring to set South Africa a target of 369•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara was at his fluent best in scoring 72 at a strike rate of 80, to quickly extend Sri Lanka's lead•AFP

Sri Lanka lost wickets in their quest for quick runs, with Faf du Plessis running from point to take a diving catch to dismiss Kithuruwan Vithanage•AFP

As expected, Sri Lanka began with spin from both ends, and South Africa lost Alviro Petersen in the ninth over, caught at silly point off Rangana Herath•AFP

That wicket was Morne Morkel's 200th in Test cricket•AFP

They were 38 for 1 when bad light stopped play once again. Conditions didn't improve enough for play to resume, and 22 overs were lost as a result•AFP