Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera, who took his side to a one-wicket victory in the first Test against South Africa with a wonderful 153 not out under testing circumstances, recognised the effort of No. 11 batman Vishwa Fernando, saying that he found inspiration from the words of his batting partner at the other end. When Fernando came in to bat, Sri Lanka were 226 for 9 and together with Perera, the duo put up the highest last-wicket partnership in a successful run chase in first-class cricket.