South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 1St Odi

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa - 2016 (2016/17) · St George's Park, Gqeberha · 28 January 2017

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 94 balls remaining). Kusal Mendis top-scored with 62 for Sri Lanka.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa - 2016 (2016/17)
Ground: St George's Park, Gqeberha
Date: 28 January 2017
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir
Captains: Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Debut: Sandun Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: BP Jele and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: RB Richardson

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to field. It was Sandun Weerakkody's first ODI.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 181 all out. Kusal Mendis top-scored with 62 off 94 balls. Imran Tahir took 3 for 26 for South Africa. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at St George's Park, 243 across 10 ODIs.

Chasing 182, South Africa made 185 for 2. Hashim Amla top-scored with 57 off 71 balls, and Faf du Plessis made 55.

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 94 balls remaining).

SRI LANKA: 181 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Niroshan Dickwella	lbw b Wayne Parnell	1	4
Sandun Weerakkody	c Hashim Amla b Wayne Parnell	5	6
Kusal Mendis	lbw b Imran Tahir	62	94
Dinesh Chandimal	b Imran Tahir	22	55
Upul Tharanga	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Imran Tahir	6	16
Dhananjaya de Silva	c Faf du Plessis b Wayne Parnell	28	53
Asela Gunaratne	run out (Quinton de Kock, Wayne Parnell, Chris Morris)	10	9
Nuwan Kulasekara	c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada	17	16
Jeffrey Vandersay	lbw b Chris Morris	8	16
Suranga Lakmal	b Chris Morris	3	12
Lakshan Sandakan	not out	2	10

Extras 17 · Total 181 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	10	1	35	1
Wayne Parnell	10	1	48	3
Chris Morris	9.3	1	29	2
Andile Phehlukwayo	7	0	31	0
Imran Tahir	10	0	26	3
Jean-Paul Duminy	2	0	7	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Niroshan Dickwella, 1.1 ov), 2-14 (Sandun Weerakkody, 3.1 ov), 3-86 (Dinesh Chandimal, 23.6 ov), 4-99 (Kusal Mendis, 27.6 ov), 5-102 (Upul Tharanga, 29.2 ov), 6-126 (Asela Gunaratne, 34.6 ov), 7-155 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 40.6 ov), 8-170 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 44.4 ov), 9-170 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 45.1 ov), 10-181 (Suranga Lakmal, 48.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Niroshan Dickwella (1) and Sandun Weerakkody (0)	1	7
second	Sandun Weerakkody (5) and Kusal Mendis (8)	13	12
third	Dinesh Chandimal (22) and Kusal Mendis (45)	72	125
fourth	Upul Tharanga (4) and Kusal Mendis (9)	13	24
fifth	Upul Tharanga (2) and Dhananjaya de Silva (1)	3	8
sixth	Asela Gunaratne (10) and Dhananjaya de Silva (11)	24	34
seventh	Nuwan Kulasekara (17) and Dhananjaya de Silva (11)	29	36
eighth	Jeffrey Vandersay (8) and Dhananjaya de Silva (5)	15	22
ninth	Suranga Lakmal (0) and Dhananjaya de Silva (0)	0	3
tenth	Suranga Lakmal (3) and Lakshan Sandakan (2)	11	20

SOUTH AFRICA: 185 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Hashim Amla	c & b Asela Gunaratne	57	71
Quinton de Kock	c Sandun Weerakkody b Lakshan Sandakan	34	40
Faf du Plessis	not out	55	68
AB de Villiers	not out	30	27

Did not bat: Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

Extras 9 · Total 185 for 2

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Nuwan Kulasekara	5	0	20	0
Suranga Lakmal	6	1	29	0
Dhananjaya de Silva	2	0	9	0
Jeffrey Vandersay	7	0	51	0
Lakshan Sandakan	8	0	35	1
Asela Gunaratne	5	0	19	1
Kusal Mendis	1.2	0	15	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Quinton de Kock, 13.1 ov), 2-131 (Hashim Amla, 25.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Hashim Amla (35) and Quinton de Kock (34)	71	79
second	Hashim Amla (22) and Faf du Plessis (31)	60	76
third	AB de Villiers (30) and Faf du Plessis (24)	54	51

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