Marco Jansen's career-best 7/13 dismantled Sri Lanka for a record-low 42 runs, giving South Africa a dominant position in the Durban Test. The Proteas' fiery bowling and solid batting combined to crush Sri Lanka's hopes of a comeback.

South Africa’s lanky speedster Marco Jansen took the last two wickets as the hosts won the first Test against Sri Lanka by 233 runs yesterday but had to toil hard to break

South Africa have now won four tests in a row and remain on course for a place in the World Test Championship final. They must win at least two of their three remaining tests in the 2024-25 cycle against Sri Lanka next week in Gqeberha and Pakistan shortly afterwards in Pretoria and Cape Town.