Cullinan canes Lankan attack

Cullinan was dropped at second slip by Roshan Mahanama off Vaas before he had scored. He took advantage of the let-off by playing some aggressive strokes, particularly against Lankan dangerman, Muttiah Muralitharan 2-88. He hit the off-spinner for a four and a six over mid-wicket off successive balls in the first over after lunch.

Scoreboard:

South Africafirst innings: A Bacher c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe 6, G Kirsten lbw b Vaas 62, H Ackerman c and b Muralitharan 23, D Cullinan b Wickramasinghe 113, H Cronje c Mahanama b Vaas 49, J Kallis c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 3, S Pollock batting 15, M V Boucher batting 12; Extras nb12, lb3 15.

Total for six wickets 298.

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-60, 3-155, 4-251, 5-260, 6-272.

Bowling: Vaas 18-2-60-2, Pushpakumara 14-1-55-0, Wickramasinghe 19-4-50-2, Muralitharan 31-6-88-2, Jayasuriya 4-1-27-0, A De Silva 4-0-15-0.