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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Sri Lanka batters Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews weathered the storm in the final moments before the tea break, steering their side to 60\/2 at tea on day 4 of the second Test against the Proteas in Gqeberha on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Chandimal (29) and Mathews (6) remained unbeaten and still 288 runs behind in their pursuit of the 348-run winning target set by South Africa at St George’s Park.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka returned from the interval and took the last two wickets within the hour to dismiss South Africa for 317 all out with a lead of 347.<\/p>\n

Kagiso Rabada, who hit two boundaries and then got struck on the head, perished off a delivery by Lahiru Kumara that caught the shoulder of his bat on the way to Kusal Mendis behind the stumps.<\/p>\n

Keshav Maharaj and Dane Paterson added a brisk 27 from 20, but Paterson (14) would fall to an Asitha Fernando slower ball that rearranged his stumps to leave Maharaj stranded on 14 not out.<\/p>\n

When the Proteas returned to begin the defence of their total, they would have had designs on picking up a few early wickets and they would have been forgiven for thinking they had exactly that when Pathum Nissanka was given out lbw by umpire Joel Wilson.<\/p>\n

However, the decision was reviewed and changed to not out after it revealed the ball had pitched marginally outside the leg stump.<\/p>\n

Rabada would answer the call for a wicket when ousted Dimuth Karunaratne for a single.<\/p>\n

Nissanka (18) and Dinesh Chandimal combined to add 37 before the latter was dismissed by Paterson, caught behind by Kyle Verreynne, with Sri Lanka on 47\/2, then still 301 runs in arrears.<\/p>\n

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