South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2016: 1st Test, Day 1 - 5 talking points

#4 Lakmal's super lunch

Lakmal picked up key wickets after the lunch break

Suranga Lakmal is a useful opening bowler but for a bowler who has played 31 Test matches, a bowling average of 47 something is rarely accepted. While his strike rate and average is rather poor, he has looked like the best Lanka have on hand.

Lakmal was wayward in the opening session, rarely making Elgar and Cook play and the opening duo were more than pleased to leave as many balls as possible. He was least helped by Pradeep who strayed onto the pads and gifted runs to the openers.

However, post the lunch break, Lakmal looked a different bowler and pitched the ball in the right areas while swinging it. He accounted for the top three, dismissing Elgar and Cook in quick succession before returning to dismiss Amla. He added the wicket of Faf to round off his best figures in an innings in Tests.