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Rain after Malinga thunderbolts by Ranjan Anandappa South Africa, facing the difficult proposition of scoring 493 runs to win in a minimum of 128 overs, were 21 for 2 in 8 overs and found their survival chances gradually receding at the end of the rain hit penultimate day of the second Janashakthi Cricket Test at the SSC grounds yesterday. South Africa will have to anticipate more rain if they are to escape from an ignominous defeat. The manner in which it rained yesterday one would leave doubts whether play could start on time on Sunday the last day of the Test match and one would wonder whether Marvan Atapattu would regret not having enforced the follow on or declaring early. The South African second innings began amidst overcast skies giving pacemen Malinga and Vaas ideal conditions. Their innings began in a distinctly uneasy note when both Malinga and Vaas made early inroads with some express deliveries against some weak- willow batting. Both Gibbs and Vanjaarsveld struggled against the pace of Malinga and the swing of Vaas. Vanjaarsveld, who faced seventeen deliveries for his 2 runs, was hit on his helmet off Malinga and took a considerable amount of time to get back his composure before he was bowled by Vaas. Pacemen Lasith Malinga nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' for his pace, and Chaminda Vaas bowled with venom and fire with a six over burst to completely rattle the South Arican openers delivering telling blows and having them running for cover. Malinga in particular, made the dead looking SSC track look livelier and picked up Gibbs' wicket with an absolute snorter as he hung his bat to be caught by Smaraweera at short square leg.' Then Vaas had his share when Martin Vanjaarsveld was bowled off his pads. Overnight rain delayed the start till 4.00 p.m. after umpires Steve Bucknor and Billy Bowden inspected the pitch around 2.45 pm. Out of the 38 overs scheduled to be bowled only eight was possible with an absolute deluge preventing any play thereafter. Sri Lanka declared their innings at their overnight score of 211 for 4. Setting South Africa a victory target of 493 off 128 overs. SRI LANKA - 2ND INNINGS
(overnight 211-4):
M. Atapattu b Ruldolph 72
S. Jayasuriya b Boje 19
K. Sangakkara c Ntini b Kallis 64
M. Jayawardene c Boucher b Kallis 3
T. Samaraweera not out 21
T. Dilshan not out 23
EXTRAS (b-6, lb-1, nb-1, w-1) 9
TOTAL (four wickets declared, 55 overs) 211
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-46 2-142 3-149 4-179
DID NOT BAT: C. Vaas, R. Kaluwitharana, U. Chandana,
R. Herath,L. Malinga
BOWLING: Pollock 8-0-46-0, Ntini 4-0-19-0 (nb-1),
Boje23-6-81-1, Hayward 3-1-15-0,
Smith 4-0-15-0 (w-1), Kallis6-2-6-2,
Rudolph 7-2-22-1
SOUTH AFRICA - 2ND INNINGS
G. Smith not out 9
H. Gibbs c Samaraweera b Malinga 4
M. Van Jaarsveld b Vaas 2
J. Kallis not out 1
EXTRAS (b-2, nb-3) 5
TOTAL (two wickets, eight overs) 21
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-4, 2-18
STILL TO BAT: N. Boje, J. Rudolph, B. Dippenaar,
M. Boucher, S.Pollock, M. Ntini
BOWLING (to date): Vaas 4-0-3-1, Malinga 3-0-13-1 (3nb),
Jayasuriya 1-0-3-0
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