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    "editor1": "<p>Dec. 26 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;South Africa captain Faf&nbsp;du Plessis&nbsp;won the toss and elected to bat in the first test against Sri Lanka at St George&#39;s Park, Port Elizabeth, on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Teams (Playing XI)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>South Africa -&nbsp;F du Plessis (capt), KJ Abbott, HM Amla, T Bavuma, SC Cook, Q de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, D Elgar, KA Maharaj, VD Philander, K Rabada<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka -&nbsp;AD Mathews (capt), PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal (wk), DM de Silva, HMRKB Herath, FDM Karunaratne, RAS Lakmal, BKG Mendis, MDKJ Perera, N Pradeep, JK Silva<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Check the Live Scorecard <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2020\/1st-Test---South-Africa-v-Sri-Lanka-1\">Here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Saurabh Sharma<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Photo Source - South Africa Cricket Board Twitter Account<\/p>\r\n",
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