{"id":6207,"date":"2011-12-17T00:25:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/update-1-cricket-de-villiers-and-prince-foil-sri-lanka-2\/"},"modified":"2011-12-17T00:25:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:25:58","slug":"update-1-cricket-de-villiers-and-prince-foil-sri-lanka-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-cricket-de-villiers-and-prince-foil-sri-lanka-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Cricket-De Villiers and Prince foil Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ken Borland<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CENTURION, South Africa<\/span> Dec 16 (Reuters) &#8211; AB de<br \/>\nVilliers and Ashwell Prince combined in an unbeaten sixth-wicket<br \/>\nstand of 84 to take South Africa into a handy lead at tea on the<br \/>\nsecond day of the first test against Sri Lanka at Centurion on<br \/>\nFriday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the interval, South Africa, replying to Sri Lanka&#8217;s first<br \/>\ninnings of 180, were 257 for five, a lead of 77. De Villiers had<br \/>\ngrafted his way to 56 while Prince had scored 38.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pair rescued the innings against a probing Sri Lankan<br \/>\nattack who had reduced South Africa to 173 for five shortly<br \/>\nafter lunch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedara removed Jacques Kallis<br \/>\nfor 31 in the fourth over after lunch, his first from the<br \/>\nHennops River End. South Africa&#8217;s leading run-scorer drove at a<br \/>\ndelivery that pitched on off stump and was moving further away<br \/>\nfrom him to edge a tumbling catch to Angelo Mathews at third<br \/>\nslip.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>De Villiers batted with great determination, pushing singles<br \/>\nthrough the off side but and any poor deliveries on the leg.<br \/>\nSouth Africa&#8217;s vice-captain had batted for 167 minutes and faced<br \/>\n99 balls.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prince was off to a quick, if streaky, start, collecting<br \/>\nfour fours, all of them to the third man boundary, off 77 balls.<br \/>\nThe left-hander was dropped by Thisara Perera, diving forward in<br \/>\nthe gully, off Dilhara Fernando on 23 and by wicketkeeper<br \/>\nKaushal Silva off left-arm spinner Rangana Herath when he had<br \/>\nscored 26.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A top-class spell of seam bowling by Perera had earlier<br \/>\nallowed Sri Lanka to restore a semblance of parity as South<br \/>\nAfrica reached 168 for four at lunch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa had resumed on 90 for one but made a poor start<br \/>\nto the day when nightwatchman Dale Steyn was run out for a duck<br \/>\nin the second over of the morning.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ken Borland CENTURION, South Africa Dec 16 (Reuters) &#8211; AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince combined in an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 84 to take South Africa into a handy lead at tea on the second day of the first test against Sri Lanka at Centurion on Friday. 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