South Africa vs Sri Lanka
The first match of the Test series will be played in Durban between hosts South Africa and Sri Lanka. The first Test match began on December 27 in which the South African team, which batted first, was bowled out for just 191 runs in the first innings. In response, Sri Lanka’s batting was very poor and the entire team scored 42 runs in just 13.5 overs. Except 2 batsmen, no one could reach a double-digit score, while 5 batsmen couldn’t even open their account. In this way, the Sri Lankan team achieved an embarrassing record by registering its lowest score in the history of Test cricket. Not only this, an unwanted registration was also registered in the name of Lanka in the last 100 years.
In fact, Sri Lanka has recorded an embarrassing record of facing the fewest number of balls in the history of Test cricket in the last 100 years. Early in the year 1924, the South African team was limited to a score of only 30 runs in the Edgbaston test match against England in which they faced 75 balls. Now Sri Lanka has broken this record.
South African bowler made history
South African bowler Marco Janson played an important role in bowling out Sri Lanka for 42 runs, who single-handedly showed the way to the pavilion to 7 batsmen. He took 7 wickets and gave away 13 runs in just 6.5 overs and equaled the great 100-year-old record of Test cricket. Yanson dismissed 7 Sri Lanka batsmen in just 41 balls. With this, he became the second bowler in the world to jointly take 7 wickets in the fewest number of balls in an innings of a Test match. He equaled Australian bowler Hugh Trumble. In the year 1904, Hugh Trumbull had shown the way to the pavilion to 7 English batsmen in a Test innings in 41 balls.
Bowlers who took more than 7 wickets in the fewest number of balls in a Test match innings
- 41 – Hugh Trumbull (AUS) v England, 1904
- 41 – Marco Jensen (SA) v Sri Lanka, 2024
- 46 – Monty Noble (AUS) v England, 1902
Notably, Marco Jansson will be seen playing for Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. Janson was bought by Punjab Kings for 7 crores in the mega auction of IPL 2025. In such a situation, the Punjab Kings team would not be very happy after watch Yanson’s performance.
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