Mahela’s century powers SL in second Test against South Africa
An unbeaten century by Mahela Jayawardene powered Sri Lanka to a score of 305 for the loss of 5 wickets on Day 1 of the second Test against South Africa on July 24.
The game is being worked off at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.
Winning the toss and batting first, Sri Lanka lost Upul Tharanga cheaply as he was undone by Dale Steyn for 11 runs.
Kumar Sangakkara returned to the pavilion without troubling the scores in the very next delivery.
Kaushal Silva chipped in with 44 runs while skipped Anjelo Mathews scored 63 before he was undone. However, the highlight was Mahela Jayawardene recording his 34th test hundred and ending the day unbeaten on 140.
At stumps, Sri Lanka were 305 for the loss of 5 wickets.
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