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Sri Lanka 287 (Karunaratne 158*, Rabada 4-50, Shamsi 3-91) and 190 (Karunaratne 60, Maharaj 4-58, Rabada 3-44) beat South Africa 126 (du Plessis 49, Perera 4-46, Lakmal 3-21) and 73 (Perera 6-32, Herath 3-37) by 278 runs
Galle: Sri Lanka off-spinner Dilruwan Perera took six wickets in the second innings for a match-haul of 10, as the hosts registered a thumping 278-run win over South Africa inside three days of the opening test on Saturday.
South Africa were all out for 73 in their second innings, the worst for them in Sri Lanka. They were bundled out for 126 in the first innings on Friday, their previous lowest total in the island nation.
Perera followed up his first-innings figures of 4-46 with six for 32 in the second, his best bowling figures in tests, with veteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath picking up three.
Earlier, a disciplined South Africa attack blasted out the last six Sri Lanka wickets for 79 runs Saturday on the third morning of the first Test, leaving them with 352 runs for victory on a crumbling Galle track.
Kagiso Rabada struck twice in one over after earlier running out Roshen Silva, before spinners Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Dale Steyn took one wicket apiece to finish the innings off.
Angelo Mathews resisted for Sri Lanka early in the day, making 35, before stand-in captain Suranga Lakmal's stroke-filled 33 not out pushed the home side's lead beyond 350.
Steyn's wicket of No. 11 batsman Lakshan Sandakan saw him equal the South Africa record for most Test wickets, drawing him level with Shaun Pollock at 420 dismissals.
