Maharaj's record 8-fer rattles SL

At Lunch, South Africa looked hapless. The attack of Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Lungisani Ngidi had been blunted - first by the pitch and then the caution of Dimuth Karunartne and Danushka Gunathilaka. There were close leg-before appeals, catches falling short and even a DRS going wasted. The way the game was progressing, even hope of better things to come was crushed. There was, however, signs of turn, in the brief spell bowled by Keshav Maharaj and Aiden Markram in the first session; even if nothing venomous about the pitch. Without any real demons, Sri Lanka somehow