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- Updated: December 28, 2016
Lunch South Africa 286 and 39 for 0 (Elgar 26*, Cook 12*) lead Sri Lanka 205 (De Silva 43, Philander 5-45) by 120 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Bad light and impending rain forced an early lunch on day three after South Africa took control of the first Test at St George’s Park. It only took them 7.5 overs to wrap up Sri Lanka’s lower order and gain an 81-run first-innings lead, which their openers stretched to 120 before the umpires called the players off the field half an hour from the scheduled lunch break.
Vernon Philander took two of the last three Sri Lankan wickets to finish with figures of 5 for 45, while Kyle Abbott broke a frustrating last-wicket stand between Dushmantha Chameera and Nuwan Pradeep to end with 3 for 63. Dean Elgar and Stephen Cook then saw out …
