South Africa’s batting,, however remains a concern. They were fortunate against the Sri Lankans, that so many of their bowlers got injured in the first Test earlier this season, allowing them to score 600 in Centurion. At the Wanderers they lost nine wickets for 84 runs to open the door for Sri Lanka in the second Test.
On Tuesday, in benign conditions, a number of players got starts, but none were able to take advantage thereof. Dean Elgar top scored with 58, but played a loose drive against the 34-year-old debutant left arm spinner Nauman Ali; skipper Quinton de Kock, in his 50th Test, played a poorly judged slog sweep and was caught after scoring 15 and George Linde, who batted calmly in making 35, failed to properly execute a pull shot to an innocuous short ball from Hasan Ali.
The sub-continent demands patience from the batsmen, particularly in the first few days when conditions are good, but South Africa panicked especially after lunch when leg-spinner Yasir Shah got a couple of balls to spin shortly after the interval. Faf du Plessis was undone by a lovely leg break that caught the outside edge, and his dismissal seemed to spook the visitors.
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