South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2016: 1st Test, Day 2 - 5 talking points

#4 De Kock falls to a beauty after running out Abbott

Pradeep produced the perfect yorker to clean up De Kock's stumps

Quinton de Kock was South Africa's trump card heading into Day 2. Along with Philander, he was expected to put on a counter-attacking partnership to counter the Lankan seamers and their veteran spinner.

South Africa lost Philander early on Day 2 as Pradeep invited him to pull with a bouncer, which he gleefully skied to deep mid-wicket. Maharaj fell for a duck and De Kock was starting to get frustrated with lack of strike. He wanted to be on strike so bad that he smashed a cut to deep third man and after running a single called for a second, only to realise the throw was already on. Abbott was stranded and completely sold by De Kock.

However, the run-out was acceptable because De Kock was the key man and he could still dig into the bowlers with a capable Rabada for company. However, all such hopes were washed out as Pradeep produced the perfect yorker to clean up De Kock's stumps.