CAPE TOWN: Kagiso Rabada’s match figures of 10-92 helped South Africa to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three Test series against Sri Lanka in Cape Town.
Home claimed the last six wickets before lunch on the fourth morning at Newlands to score massive 282 runs victory over Sri Lanka as visitors continued their ill-disciplined ways, a Test side irredeemably trapped in limited-overs mode.
It is South Africa's third straight Test series win since losing their number one ranking at the start of 2016.
The chief beneficiary of Sri Lanka's faulty mind-set was fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who took four more wickets to finish with 6 for 55 and ten in the match for next to nothing. With Sri Lanka resuming on day four at 130-4, chasing a theoretical 507 to win, paceman Rabada took 6-55 as the tourists were dismissed for 224.
Sri Lanka lost their final six wickets for 80 runs with Vernon Philander (3-48) claiming the match-winning wicket.
After centuries from Dean Elgar (129) and Quinton de Kock (101) had helped the Proteas amass 392 in their first innings, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 110 on day two.
South Africa then declared at 224-7 before tea on day three at Newlands, leaving themselves more than seven sessions to bowl Sri Lanka out.
The tourists had reached 144-4 in their second innings but when 21-year-old Rabada removed wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal (30) and captain Angelo Mathews (49), victory soon followed.
The third and final Test starts on 12 January in Johannesburg.
BRIEF SCORES
South Africa 392 (Elgar 129, de Kock 101, Kumara 6 for 122) and 224 for 7 decl (Elgar 55, Lakmal 4-69) beat Sri Lanka 110 (Philander 4-27, Rabada 4-37) and 224 (Rabada 6-55, Philander 3-48) by 282 runs.
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