South Africa gets target of 450 against Sri Lanka

Day 4 :
South Africa was given a massive target of 450 runs with well over five sessions of play remaining as Sri Lanka stamped their authority at the second Test in Durban today (29).
South Africa lost the wicket of Graeme Smith as paceman Dilhara Fernando got some extra bounce but the host’s main worry was the amount of turn Rangana Herath was extracting from the fourth day. South Africa lost the wickets of Graeme Smith, Jacques Rudolf and Jacques Kallis who continued his failure with the bat in their run-chase which would be record-breaking if achieved.
They were 98 for the loss of three wickets in 31 overs shortly after lunch on the fourth day.
Scores
Sri Lanka
1st innings 338 all out (108.2) (T.M. Dilshan 47, Mahela Jayawardene 31, Thil;an Samaraweera 102, Angelo Mathews 30, Dinesh Chandimal 58, Rangana Herath 30, Marchant de Lange 7/81, Morne Morkel 2/61)
2nd innings 279 all out (78.2) (Kumar Sangakkara 108, Thilan Samaraweera 43, Dinesh Chandimal 54, Dale Steyn 5/73, Morne Morkel 2/46, Imran Tahir 2/64)
South Africa
1st innings 168 all out (54.4) (Hashim Amla 54, AB de Villiers 25, Dale Steyn 29 n.o., Chanaka Welagedara 5/52, Rangana Herath 4/49)
2nd innings 101 for 3 wickets (32) (Jacques Rudolf 22, Graeme Smith 26, Hashim Amla 47 n.o.)
Day 3 Report :
Kumar Sangakkara hit a superbly-crafted century to put Sri Lanka in a strong position to press for their first Test win of the year on the third day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday. 

Sangakkara's 108 enabled Sri Lanka to reach 256 for seven in their second innings - an overall lead of 426, eight runs more than the highest successful run chase in Test history. 

The left-handed former captain shared stands of 94 with Thilan Samaraweera and 104 with rookie wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal as Sri Lanka went in search of their first win in four Test tours of South Africa. 

Sangakkara, whose first three innings in the series were 1, 2 and 0, had not added to his overnight score of three when he edged the fourth ball of the morning, from Morne Morkel, towards Graeme Smith at first slip. Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher dived for the ball, obscuring Smith's vision, and the South African captain put down the chance. 

Sangakkara made the home side pay as he constructed a classy innings in overcast and gloomy conditions. Overnight and morning rain delayed the start by an hour and the floodlights were on during most of the day. 

Sangakkara reached his fifty off 102 balls with four fours and then took command, scoring his second fifty off only 59 deliveries, adding nine more boundaries. It was his 28th Test century.