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South Africa Vs Sri Lanka
ODI Series |
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| Match Basics |
| 3rd ODI: South Africa Vs Sri Lanka |
| Date: 5th August, 2018 |
| Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri, Nigel Llong |
| Toss won by: Sri Lanka, elected to field first. |
| Scorecard Summary |
South Africa’s Innings: 363/7 (50 Overs, RR: 7.26)
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| Performers: |
| Batting: Hasim Amla 59 off 59 balls, RR Hendricks 102 from 89 balls, JP Duminy 92 off 70 balls, David Miller 51 off 47 balls, AL Phehlukwayo 24 off 11 balls |
| Bowling: CBRLS Kumara 2/67 in 10 overs, NLTC Perera 4/75 in 10 overs, Akila Dananjaya 1/81 in 10 overs |
| Target: 364 from 50 overs. |
| Sri Lanka’s Innings: |
| Performers: |
| Batting: DM de Silva 84 off 66 balls, Angelo Matthews 32 off 42 balls, Kusal Mendis 31 off 34 balls, Akila Dananjaya 37 off 42 balls, Kusal Perera 27 off 17 balls |
| Bowling: Lungi Ngidi 4/57 in 8.2 overs, AL Phehlukwayo 3/74 in 9 overs, Tabrez Shamsi 2/62 in 10 overs |
| Result: South Africa won by 78 runs |
| Man Of The Match: Reeza Hendricks |
| Highlights & Analysis |
South Africa Vs Sri lanka: Sri Lanka 1st Innings
- Sri Lanka hoped for a change in fortunes, as they won the toss and contrary to their first two ODI’s, chose to bat first.
- The pitch appeared to be a batting surface and a big total from South Africa could help them clinch the series.
- South African openers, Hashim Amla and Quinton De Kock walked out to bat. For Sri Lanka the new ball was given to Lakmal and Kumara from each end.
- A decent start was made by the pair as they scored 29 runs in the first 5 overs.
- Matthews persisted with his bowling pair, and finally Kumara struck in his 3rd over to claim the wicket of De Kock.
- The debutante, Reeza Hendricks joined Hashim Amla. The South African fifty came up and now the off spinner, Akila Dananjaya was introduced into the attack.
- Hashim Amla reached his half century and soon the team total crossed the 100 run mark.
- Now, Thisara Perera was introduced into the attack with Kumara bowling from the other one.
- Both bowlers kept things tight from both ends and finally Thisara got the big wicket of Hashim Amla to break this 59 run partnership.
- Now, the South African captain, Faf du Plessis joined Reeza Hendricks. The debutante soon reached his half century and became the 7th South African to score a fifty on his debut.
- However, after a partnership of 36 runs, Faf du Plessis also gave his wicket to Thisara Perera. At this point, South Africa were 3 wickets down for 137 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
- JP Duminy joined Hendricks. The pair remained strong and soon brought up the fifty run stand between them.
- The debutante, Hendricks continued with his aggressive style of play and broke the record of scoring the fastest century by an ODI debutante.
- However, he departed in the same over to Kumara who got his second wicket of the match.
- Now, David Miller joined JP Duminy. Sri Lanka needed a wicket but the pair defied their bowlers to add a hundred more runs to the total.
- At this point, this match (South Africa vs Sri Lanka) was quickly slipping away from Sri Lanka.
- Duminy came close to a century but fell only 8 runs short of it as Thisara got his 3rd wicket of the match.
- At this point, South Africa had scored 318 runs with 5 wickets in hand and less than 4 overs left in the innings.
- Phehlukwayo joined David Miller. A swift partnership of 22 runs was shared between the two as Miller reached his 11th ODI fifty and departed on the very next ball to Thisara Perera.
- Mulder came at number 8 and helped Phehlukwayo to finish strongly as South Africa ended up with a total of 363 runs from 50 overs.
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
- With 364 runs required off 50 overs, Sri Lankan openers Dickwella and Tharanga walked out to bat. For Sri Lanka, Rabada and Ngidi shared the new ball from both ends.
- A nervous start was seen from Dickwella, who lost his wicket to Ngidi in the 4th over and South Africa got a early breakthrough in the match.
- Kusal Perera joined Tharanga. This partnership lasted only one over, as Nigidi struck in his very next over to get rid of Tharanga.
- Now, Kusal Mendis joined Kusal Perera. The pair continued with their sublime striking as Sri Lanka’s total reached the fifty run mark in 8 overs.
- Du Plessis introduced Phehlukwayo into the attack and the all rounder struck straightway by claiming the wicket of Kusal Perera.
- Thisara Perera joined Kusal Mendis. At this point, Sri Lanka were 3 wickets down for 64 runs.
- The pair could only add 18 runs to the total after which Mulder claimed the wicket of Thisara Perera.
- The Sri Lankan captain, Angelo Matthews joined Kusal Mendis. A significant partnership of 43 runs was shared between the two batsmen after which Ngidi claimed the wicket of Mendis.
- With Sri Lanka 5 wickets down, Dananjaya joined Angelo Matthews. The pair added 31 runs to the total after which Shamsi claimed the wicket of Angelo Matthews.
- At this point, this match (South Africa vs Sri Lanka) was becoming a one sided affair.
- De Silva joined Akila Dananjaya. At this point, Sri Lanka required 207 runs from less than 23 overs.
- The pair added another 43 runs to the total as De Silva reached his half century. Finally, Phehlukwayo broke this 43 run stand by claiming the wicket of Dananjaya.
- Lakmal joined De Silva, but this partnership ended an over later as De Silva departed 16 runs short of his century.
- Jayasuriya joined Lakmal, but he departed in the very next over as Sri Lanka slumped to 9 wickets.
- Kumara joined Lakmal and 2 overs later, Ngidi claimed the wicket of Lakmal to complete his 4 wicket haul as South Africa won the match by 78 runs.
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| Teams |
| Sri Lanka |
South Africa |
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A Dananjaya
AD Mathews (Capt.)
BKG Mendis
CBRLS Kumara
DM de Silva
MDKJ Perera
N Dickwella (Wkt.)
NGRP Jayasuriya
NLTC Perera
RAS Lakmal
WU Tharanga
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AL Phehlukwayo
DA Miller
F du Plessis (Capt.)
HM Amla
JP Duminy
K Rabada
L Ngidi
PWA Mulder
Q de Kock (Wkt.)
RR Hendricks
T Shamsi
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