70, 113 and 78 and 48*—these are Temba Bavuma's runs in four consecutive innings. Panchashordva played the first two innings in the Durban Test against Sri Lanka. 50+ runs in the first innings of the Port Elizabeth Test against the Sri Lankans as well – the South African captain is returning from injury with a flood of runs.
Bavuma will see the 23rd fifty of his Test career if he scores 2 runs tomorrow. You will see 50+ runs in four consecutive innings. Bavuma (48) and Tristan Stubbs (36) put on 82 runs for the fourth wicket as the hosts got through the second day of the second Test of the series comfortably. The lead is 221 runs.
In the second session today, the Proteas started the second innings with 191 runs for 3 wickets. Among them 55 runs by opener Aiden Markram. 2 wicket spinner Prabat Jayasuriyar.
Earlier, the Lankans, who started the day at 242 for 3, stopped at 328 in the first innings. Angelo Mathews 40 and Kamindu Mendis went into bat for 30 runs. The duo broke up at the beginning of the day. Mendis returned to Dan Patterson for 48 runs. Mathews also left after scoring 4 runs with the previous day. Earlier in the day, he became the third Lankan batsman to reach the milestone of 8000 runs in Tests.
After lunch, the tour ends. Pacer Patterson is the successful bowler of the Proteas with 5 wickets in one innings in the first Test. Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets each.
