South Africa vs Sri Lanka Live Score Updates 1st Test

SA vs SL Live Updates 1st Test: Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and opted to bowl against South Africa in the 1st in Durban. With the stakes high in the World Test Championship standings, this match is significant for both teams. Sri Lanka are slightly ahead in the WTC race and know that a series win can increase their chances for the WTC Final while South Africa will also keep their slim hopes alive. The visitors came into the series with confidence from an ODI series victory against New Zealand while South Africa is in doubts after their T20I series loss to India on home soil. (Live Scorecard)

No run.

3 runs.

Much fuller but down the leg, Tristan Stubbs can't make any connection and the ball goes to the keeper.

Hard length outside off, Tristan Stubbs lets it go to the keeper.

Vishwa Fernando is bowling in tandem here. Three continuous balls in the channel and Tristan Stubbs can't do anything on them. This time, he goes fuller outside the off stump, Tristan Stubbs gets beaten on the outside edge in trying to drive away.

A repeat of the last ball. Back of a length, on the off stump, Tristan Stubbs tries to defend it but misses the line and the ball past the outside edge.

Uff! Starts from over the wicket and bowls a tempting hard length on the middle stump, Tristan Stubbs plays from the back foot and gets beaten on the outside edge due to the shape away. Lucky for him the ball doesn't take the edge of the bat.

FOUR! TWO IN TWO! Same line and same length from Asitha Fernando outside the off stump and Temba Bavuma takes the front foot out and crunches it through covers for another boundary to end the over.

FOUR! MUCH BETTER! Temba Bavuma gets his first boundary off a good cover drive. Fuller on the off