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Sri Lanka record historic 208-run win against Proteas

DURBAN: Sri Lanka leveled the three-match series defeating South Africa by a huge margin of 208 runs on penultimate day of the second Test match here at Kings Mead on Thursday.

Chasing an improbable target of 450 runs, South Africa were bowled out for 241 before the final session ended on fourth day.

Slow left-arm bowler Rangana Herath captured five wickets for 79 runs and finished with match figures of nine for 128.

The main scorers for South Africa were AB de Villiers (69), Hashim Amla (51) and Dale Steyn (43).

Summarised scores:
Sri Lanka 338 (Thilan Samaraweera 102, Dinesh Chandimal 58; Marchant de Lange 7-81) and 279 (Kumar Sangakkara 108, Dinesh Chandimal 54; Dale Steyn 5-73)
South Africa 168 (Hashim Amla 54; Chanaka Welegedara 5-52, Rangana Herath 4-49) and 241(Hashim Amla 51, AB de Villiers 69; Rangana Herath 5-79).