De Kock misreads a beauty

Jul 13, 2018

Sri Lanka's trial by spin continued on the second day of the Galle Test•AFP

Neither did Dean Elgar as South Africa crumbled to 13 for 3•AFP

Faf du Plessis made a fighting 49 but could not build a partnership with his team-mates•AFP

The hosts used only 4.3 overs of pace, and in that time, Suranga Lakmal cleaned up the tail to bowl South Africa for 126•AFP

Dimuth Karunaratne, however, struck his second fifty-plus score of the game to take Sri Lanka 272 runs ahead at stumps•AFP

The nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj didn't hang around too long•AFP

Hashim Amla made only 15...•AFP

Quinton de Kock misread a Perera snorter...•AFP

South Africa fought back with the ball•AFP

...as Dilruwan Perera joined in the act, taking 4 wickets for 46•AFP

...and Sri Lanka continued to attack as the wickets tumbled•AFP

It was the spinner Keshav Maharaj who found the wickets; his three-for reduced Sri Lanka to 64 for 3•AFP