• Tourists put on 78 for final wicket in dramatic finale
Sri Lanka pulled off a stunning against-the-odds run chase to beat South Africa by one wicket in the first Test on Saturday as Kusal Perera almost single-handedly won the game with his unbeaten 153.
Chasing an unlikely 304, Sri Lanka were 226 for nine and seemingly out of it. But a last-wicket partnership of 78 between Perera and Vishwa Fernando took the tourists to a thrilling victory on the fourth day. Perera scored 68 of those runs, but Fernando hung in and faced 27 balls for his six not out to allow Perera to guide the tourists home.
Written by Associated Press
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