Marco Jansen stepped up in a dominant display South Africa to a comprehensive victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test match at Kingsmead, Durban. The match was concluded on the 4th day South Africa secure victory by an impressive 233 runsthey scored an important victory in their home season.
SA vs SL 2024, 1st Test: Match Highlights
- Marco Jansen’s Bowling Skills: Marco Jansen was the standout performer with the ball, delivering an exceptional performance that included match figures of 11 wickets for 86 runs. His remarkable bowling helped dismantle the Sri Lankan batting, which struggled throughout the match.
- South Africa’s first innings: South Africa batted first and managed to post a total of 191 runs. Despite the low score, it was enough given Sri Lanka’s disastrous batting performance.
- Sri Lanka’s all-time low: In their first innings, Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 42 runs, setting a new record for the lowest total in Test history. This dismal performance came in just 13.5 overs Jansen claimed 7 wickets for 13 runs during this innings. The previous record minimum for Sri Lanka was 71 runs against Pakistan in 1994.
- Twin centuries for South Africa in the second innings: Tristan Stubbs and Temba Bavuma smashed impressive tons to guide the Proteas side to a mammoth total of 366/6.
- Collapse of Sri Lanka in the second innings: In their second innings, Sri Lanka did a bit better but still failed to score 282. Jansen continued to wreak havoc, scoring four wickets to give South Africa a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
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Here’s Twitter’s reaction:
What a comeback for Marko Jansen, who finished with 11 goals in the match 💪 #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/DmC3Hae7Pg
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) November 30, 2024
Here it is!🥳
Jansen takes his 10th wicket in a test match, excellent bowling from him.
Well done Marco!👏💥#Come with me#BeHisSide #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/TRu7aCTMU2
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen took 11 Test wickets as he made history in South Africa. They beat sri lanka in their first test match at Kingsmead Durban. Well played by Lord Bavuma and his men#SAvSL pic.twitter.com/ulIgBixwQO
— Mustafa (@mustafamasood0) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen’s 11/86 in the match is South Africa’s first 10 since Duanne Olivier’s 11/96 against Pakistan in Centurion in 2018.#SAvSL
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit) November 30, 2024
Good to see Marco Jansen picking up the bulk of the wickets. Takes some pressure off KG #SAvSL
— Halsey Nim (@nimalen316) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen won the man of the match award for his brilliant bowling performance 🥇
– He is the first left-arm seamer to score ten wickets for South Africa 🏏#cricket #SAvSL #MarcoJansen #South Africa pic.twitter.com/aUi8d0czdw
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) November 30, 2024
Marco Jansen is the biggest thing to happen to the South African team in recent times!#SAvSL
— Aqdas Rehman (@AqdasRehman) November 30, 2024
A better show from Sri Lanka in the second innings, but it didn’t last long after Chandimal was dismissed and bowled out for 282.
South Africa won by 233 runs and moved one step closer to the WTC Final
11 wickets for Marco Jensen #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/zDacIdZDYP
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) November 30, 2024
For the first time in SA history, Kingsmead beat SL in Durban #SAvSL #Bavumaday#SLvSA
— iffi Raza (@Rizzvi73) November 30, 2024
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 in Test cricket outside Asia in 2024. #SAvSL
– England lost the series.
– We lost to South Africa in the first match. pic.twitter.com/sT69dlRSvT— Thurunu Jayasiri (@ThurunuJ) November 30, 2024
South Africa win by 233 runs and take another big step towards the World Test Championship Final. Strong win led by Bavuma and Jansen.#SAvSL
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) November 30, 2024