South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, out Caught by Tristan Stubbs!! That is such a soft dismissal. Dhananjaya can't quite believe that he has chipped one straight to the fielder at mid-wicket. Was a length delivery on middle, bowled with a round-arm action, Dhananjaya goes on the back foot and flicks, a dolly to Stubbs. Did Dhananjaya not spot that fielder there? Was it an oversight? Anyway South Africa are thrilled that they have broken this stubborn stand. Dhananjaya c Tristan Stubbs b Maharaj 59(81) [4s-9 6s-1]

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, slower and tossed up full on the stumps, Dhananjaya gets forward to dead-bat

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, short of length just outside off, Dhananjaya does well as he defends with soft hands and that's why the outside-edge does not carry to 2nd slip

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, short of length and jags back to middle, Dhananjaya is surprised but nudges it away to the short mid-wicket fielder, took the bottom-hand away to soften the impact

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, drifts into middle, Dhananjaya gets forward to defend

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full on leg-stump, flicked wide of legslip for one

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, rising back of a length delivery in the fifth-stump channel, Dhananjaya fiddles as he pushes out at it, the ball seams away to beat the outside-edge

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, down leg, short of length and Dhananjaya flicks and misses

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, short of length and width outside off, Dhananjaya reaches for it to cut, mistimes it to mid-off and he is audibly disappointed at missing out

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, good length on leg-stump, again a hard length, Dhananjaya nudges and does not time it, bit of a thick inside-edge on to pad and then rolls to legslip

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, good length and hits the bat hard, turned to mid-wicket

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, SIX, there's the response from Dhananjaya. He is quick to come down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes the loft flat over long-off

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, wide of the crease and so nicely bowled, slower and tossed up on off, Dhananjaya gets forward to defend, thick inside-edge goes to legslip, nearly snuck past the forward defence, oohs and aahs from the South Africans

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, 1 run, drifts into leg-stump, flicked to deep backward square-leg

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up full on off, Dhananjaya gets forward to push it to mid-on

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, FOUR, now 50 for Dhananjaya. It's full and down leg, Dhananjaya sweeps and it's very fine, runs away to the fine-leg fence. The Sri Lanka captain has stood up when his side needed it

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, quicker and skids on, length and on the middle and leg line, Dhananjaya goes on the back foot to defend it back

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, beautiful comeback. Maharaj still tosses it up, lands on off, gets Dhananjaya forward and the ball pitches and turns away to beat the defence, lovely delivery

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, FOUR, slower and tossed up on off, Dhananjaya gets forward, reaches for it and smashes the sweep through the vacant square-leg area, hit that very hard

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, 2 runs, full on middle, Dhananjaya gets low and paddles to fine-leg for a couple, dangerous if he had missed it but he did not

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up on middle, Dhananjaya gets forward to drive to short cover

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full on off, played back down the pitch

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, slower on off, played back to the bowler

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up on the stumps, nudged away to the right of mid-wicket

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, FOUR, quicker and sliding in just outside off, Dhananjaya is quick to jump on the back foot and crunch it to the left of the fielder at extra cover

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up on off, forward and blocked

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, FOUR, "Such a good sign that Keshavs" chirps the keeper. Floaty delivery on the stumps, Dhananjaya uses his supple wrists to flick it along the ground wide of mid-wicket to his right

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, 3 runs, overpitched yet again, Dhananjaya drives along the ground in the gap wide of cover. Rabada gives chase and manages to pull the ball back inches inside the rope...

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, slower and attacking the stumps, Dhananjaya plays it out solidly. First maiden in the game for Keshav Maharaj

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full on the stumps, played back to the bowler

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, loopy delivery just outside off, Dhananjaya blocks with soft hands to the right of lone slip

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, short on off, Dhananjaya goes on the back foot and punches to the left of the diving bowler

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full on fifth stump, Dhananjaya dabs with an open bat face into the off-side

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up on off, blocked back to the bowler

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full and closer to off at 138ks, Dhananjaya tries to drive once again but gets an inside edge onto pad that dribbles to the right of short mid-wicket

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, FOUR, full and asking to be smashed at 132ks. Dhananjaya says thank you and plays the drive with an air of authority through extra cover. Don't bother running for that!

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, 2 runs, short angled into the ribcage, Dhananjaya swivels and manages to drag the pull off the splice wide of the fielder at deep square

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, tossed up on off, Dhananjaya strides across to defend

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, slow and full on off, forward and blocked

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full on off, driven back to the bowler

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, sharp bounce on this tossed up delivery just outside off, Dhananjaya gets on the front foot looking to defend and was beaten all ends up on the outside edge

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full and fast on leg stump, clipped away to Rabada at mid-wicket

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, FOUR, stays on the back foot and whips this with terrific timing in the gap through mid-wicket. Picked the length early and placed it superbly did the Sri Lankan skipper

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, pushed through fuller outside off, driven to the right of cover

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, quicker and drifting in towards off. Was it pad first? They do not look confident and Bavuma decides against the review. Slides on with the arm and may have taken an inside edge onto pad as it hurried Dhananjaya on the back foot. Replays in and there appears to be an inside edge on that. Yes, clear spike on UltraEdge

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, looped up on the stumps, Dhananjaya is happy to lean forward and block

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, full on leg, driven back to the bowler

Maharaj to Dhananjaya, no run, slow and full on the stumps, gently pushed back to the bowler

Rabada to Dhananjaya, FOUR, a bit too full outside off at 131ks, Dhananjaya throws his hands on the drive and places it wide of Bavuma at mid-off to his right

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, good length just outside off at 138ks, Dhananjaya stays on the back foot and blocks to cover

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no ball, 134ks length delivery just outside off, Dhananjaya is happy to nudge into the leg-side

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, 137ks slanting down the leg-side from a length, Dhananjaya misses the flick, but it brushes the front pad and flies to the left of the diving keeper. An air of excitement around the slip cordon and the bowler as they half-appeal for strangle down leg, but nothing from the keeper. UltraEdge reveals it has come off the pad

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, looks to flick a 136ks good length delivery into the leg-side, misses and the ball flies off the pads to the left of gully

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, back of a length skids on sharply into the right-hander, Dhananjaya punches off the splice to cover

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, past the outside edge! 136ks hits the good length and gets it to tail away late ever so slightly just outside off, Dhananjaya gets drawn into a poke and was lucky not to have nicked that

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, 1 run, short outside off at 138ks, Dhananjaya pulls with one leg up in the air. Drags it off the inside half to the right of backward square leg

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, no run, skiddy length delivery outside off at 131ks, once again Dhananjaya plays it late and with soft hands towards backward point

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, no run, good length outside off at 133ks, Dhananjaya dabs late with soft hands towards gully

Marco Jansen to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full on middle at 133ks, Dhananjaya flicks off the inside edge to the right of the fielder at short leg

Rabada to Dhananjaya, 1 run, full and drifting into the pads, helped away to the right of fine leg

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, very full outside off at 143ks, Dhananjaya squeezes the drive off the cue end to cover

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, back of a length on off at 139ks, Dhananjaya hops and blocks to cover

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, good length stays a touch low outside off at 146ks, Dhananjaya taps it off the bottom of the bat into the off-side

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, fullish on off at 137ks, solid push to cover

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, late movement away with extra bounce, Dhananjaya gets lured into a poke and misses the outside edge by a whisker

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, good length stays a touch low on off at 134ks, pushed back to the bowler

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, fuller than the good length just outside off, Dhananjaya prods across to defend

Rabada to Dhananjaya, 1 run, 134ks good length just outside off, drop-and-run single on the off-side

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, 1 run, back of a length on off, Dhananjaya hops and drops it in front of cover for a quick single

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, full and swinging in late outside off, Dhananjaya drives off the inside half back to the bowler

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, FOUR, banged in short outside off, Dhananjaya swivels and powers the pull in the gap through mid-wicket. The Sri Lankan skipper picked the length early and got great control over that shot

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, good length just outside off, Dhananjaya opens the bat face and stabs to slip cordon

Rabada to Dhananjaya, 1 run, skiddy length delivery outside off, Dhananjaya looks to push tentatively and gets a thick inside edge rolling down to fine leg

Rabada to Dhananjaya, FOUR, full and curling into the pads, Dhananjaya brings out the whip and times it sweetly in the air over mid-wicket. The pace of Rabada takes care of the rest

Gerald Coetzee to Dhananjaya, no run, gets it fuller and wider of off, Dhananjaya drives and gets a thick outside edge that drops short of the diving gully fielder (Jansen) to his left

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, skiddy back of a length just outside off, Dhananjaya waits on the back foot and drops it with soft hands into the leg-side

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, ripper! Hits the good length and jags away sharply with extra bounce, DDS looks to poke half-heartedly and gets beaten on the outside edge

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, good length swinging in towards off, bunted back to the bowler

Rabada to Dhananjaya, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, DDS hops and tucks it away to the right of fine leg

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, good length swinging away outside off, left alone to the keeper

Rabada to Dhananjaya, no run, very full outside off, jammed out to backward point