Colombo: Scoreboard after Sri Lanka finished at 11/0 in their second innings after dismissing South Africa at 282 in first innings, taking a lead of 139 runs. The hosts now lead by 150 runs till the end of the play of Day 3 of the second test at Sinhalese Sports Club here Saturday.
For South Africa Hashim Amla finished unbeaten on 139, but lack of support from teammates resulted in conceding a big lead to Sri Lanka. Off spinner Dilruwan Perera took a career-best 5-69. Sri Lanka ended the day with a 150 run lead with Upul Tharanga on 6 and Kaushal Silva on 5.
Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 421 all out
South Africa 1st° Innings:282
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
| Upul Tharanga | Not Out | 6 |
| Kaushal Silva | Not Out | 5 |
| TOTAL | 11 | |
| Overs | 5 |
BOWLING
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wkts |
| D.Steyn | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| V.Philander | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Inning
| Alviro Petersen | c and b Herath | 2 |
| Dean Elgar | c Kaushal b Perera | 1 |
| Francois du Plessis | c Dickwella b Lakmal | 36 |
| Hashim Amla | not out | 139 |
| A.B. de Villiers | lbw b Perera | 37 |
| Quinton de Kock b Perera 0 | b Perera | 0 |
| J.P. Duminy | st. Dickwella b Herath | 3 |
| Vernon Philander b Perera 9 | b Perera | 9 |
| Dale Steyn | c Sangakkara b Steyn | 30 |
| Imran Tahir | c Tharanga b Herath | 13 |
| Morne Morkel | c Kaushal b Perera | 0 |
| Extras: (3lb, 5nb, 1w) 9 | 3lb, 1w, 6nb | 10 |
| TOTAL: (for 7 wickets) 234 | All Out | 282 |
| Overs | 134.5 | |
| Fall of wickets: | 1-3, 2-13, 3-71, 4-150, 5-150, 6-175, 7-204, 8-251, 9-279. |
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | maidens | Runs | Wkts |
| S.Lakmal | 23 | 7 | 54 | 1 |
| R.Herath | 45 | 17 | 71 | 4 |
| D.Perera | 41.5 | 11 | 69 | 5 |
| A.Mendis | 21 | 1 | 68 | 0 |
| K.Vithanage | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
