1st T20 Match SA vs SL 2018
sa vs sl match
SRI LANKA BEAT THE
SOUTH AFRICA
In
1st T20 Match
Sri Lanka win by 3 wickets
T20 1 of 1 (SL wins 1-0)
Sri Lanka - 99/7 16/20 ov RR: 6.18
South
Africa - 98 16.4/20 ov RR: 5.88
v
Sri Lanka win close low-scoring
match by three wickets
v
Thisara Perera is bowled by
Shamsi for a duck as SA keep fighting back
v
Shanaka cameo calms Sri Lanka
nerves in short chase
v
South Africa fight back, dismiss
Sri Lanka top-order cheaply
v
de Silva/Chandimal half-ton stand
edges Sri Lanka closer
v
Sri Lanka's spinners bowl out
South Africa for their lowest T20I total
South Africa Batting
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R
|
B
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4s
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6s
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S/R
|
|
Quinton de Kock WKTrun
out (Lakshan Sandakan/Dhananjaya de Silva)
|
20
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
181.81
|
|
Hashim Amlac
Dasun Shanaka b Dhananjaya de Silva
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Reeza Hendricks b
Akila Dananjaya
|
19
|
16
|
2
|
1
|
118.75
|
|
JP Duminy CPTlbw
Dhananjaya de Silva
|
3
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
37.50
|
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Heinrich Klaasenc
Kusal Mendis b Lakshan Sandakan
|
18
|
16
|
1
|
1
|
112.50
|
|
David Millerc
Dinesh Chandimal b Akila Dananjaya
|
14
|
16
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2
|
0
|
87.50
|
|
Andile Phehlukwayob
Lakshan Sandakan
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Kagiso Rabadalbw
Lakshan Sandakan
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
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Junior Dala NOT OUT
|
12
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
70.58
|
|
Lungi Ngidic
Dinesh Chandimal b Kasun Rajitha
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
66.66
|
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Tabraiz Shamsic
Dinesh Chandimal b Isuru Udana
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Extras(nb 1, w 1, b 1, lb 5) 8
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||||||
Total(all out, 16.4 overs) 98
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VS
Sri Lanka Batting
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R
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B
|
4s
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6s
|
S/R
|
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Kusal Pererac
Tabraiz Shamsi b Kagiso Rabada
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
100.00
|
|
Kusal Mendis lbw
Kagiso Rabada
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
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33.33
|
|
Dinesh Chandimal WKTNOT OUT
|
36
|
33
|
3
|
1
|
109.09
|
|
Dhananjaya de Silvac
Andile Phehlukwayo b Junior Dala
|
31
|
26
|
4
|
2
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119.23
|
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Angelo Mathews CPTc
Heinrich Klaasen b Tabraiz Shamsi
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
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Dasun Shanakac
Reeza Hendricks b Junior Dala
|
16
|
16
|
3
|
0
|
100.00
|
|
Thisara Perera b
Tabraiz Shamsi
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Akila Dananjaya b JP
Duminy
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
28.57
|
|
Isuru Udana NOT OUT
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
100.00
|
|
Lakshan Sandakan
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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Kasun Rajitha
|
-
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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Extras(nb 2, w 3) 5
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Total(7 wickets, 16 overs) 99
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South Africa were skittled for
their lowest ever T20I total of 98 as a triple-wicket maiden from Lakshan
Sandakan helped Sri Lanka to victory in an absorbing encounter.
Sri Lanka put on a show in front
of a sell-out crowd in Colombo, securing a three-wicket win over the Proteas in
what was a low-scoring but entertaining final match of the tour.
The hosts' spinners were too much
to handle for South Africa, and having won the toss, the visitors might have
regretted batting first or perhaps playing across the line so persistently.
Pride was restored somewhat for the visitors after a commendable resurgence
with the ball, but it was ultimately to no avail as the hosts wheeled away as
deserved victors.
The tourists won the toss, and
Quinton de Kock got off to a flyer, notching three boundaries in the first four
balls of the mach, albeit one via an inside edge. Hashim Amla then fell without
troubling the scorers in the second over to Dhananjaya de Silva, whose wiley
variations proved too tricky early on for the Proteas veteran, forcing a tame
scoop for Dasun Shanaka to gobble at cover.
de Kock had looked dangerous before his
untimely run out de Kock had looked dangerous before his untimely run out
De Kock looked to be in potent
touch before he was run out, following up a reverse-sweep for four with an
attempted run off his pads and a rather laboured effort in getting to the other
end allowed Lakshan Sandakan to fizz the ball to de Silva who whipped the bails
off with aplomb.
Akila Dananjaya, fresh from his
magnificent 6/29 in the final ODI between these two sides, then made another
breakthrough, birthday boy Reeza Hendricks (19) falling to a wonderful
leg-break as he swept, missed, and had his off-peg clattered.
Stand-in skipper JP Duminy then
also fell to the sweep, this one a reverse, as de Silva (2/22) grabbed his
second scalp and a vitally important one given Duminy's T20 prowess. The umpire
wasn't having the lbw, but upon review it was hitting leg, and South Africa
were swiftly losing momentum as Sri Lanka's spinners looked to be doing the job
once again.
Heinrich Klaasen (19) felt his
way in with a couple of big hits before he was deceived by turn, this time to
left-arm leg-spinner Sandakan, the third and final point of the home side's
spin trident getting one to turn away sharply, forcing the batsman into a
skewed aerial drive that flew into the safe hands of Kusal Mendis. An inspired
Sandakan then proceeded to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo and Kagiso Rabada both
for ducks in the same over. Phehlukwayo was the next victim of a failed sweep,
subsequently getting cleaned up, while Rabada was trapped in front as Sandakan
got another googly to rip. A stunning triple-wicket maiden had left the Proteas
gasping for breath on 73/7, with no signs of the spin-threat subsiding.
Dananjaya (2/15) concluded his
virtually faultless spell with a wicket as a desperate David Miller (14) skied
one in search of a boundary, and Dinesh Chandimal, returning to the side as
wicket-keeper, did the rest. The seamers then cleaned up the tail leaving South
Africa 98 all out inside 17 overs, Chandimal snaffling edges from both Lungo
Ngidi (4) and Tabriaiz Shamsi (0), with Kasun Rajitha and Isuru Udana picking
up a wicket apiece.
Having recorded their lowest ever
score in a T20I and being outclassed by the home tweakers, South Africa needed
a big performance in the second innings from premier spinner Shamsi and his
supporting bowlers if they were to turn the game around.
Sri Lanka's reply began awfully,
and it was pace that undid the openers this time, rather than spin. Rabada
(2/24) picked up two wickets in the first over as the visitors started to
believe, Kusal Perera (3) being cramped up by a shorter one and stabbing it to
Shamsi at mid-on, before Mendis was trapped in front by a hooping in-swinger
that was given out upon referral to the third umpire.
Chandimal and de Silva looked to
restore some calm to the innings and did so with relative ease until the latter
was dismissed for a useful 31, awkwardly pulling a short Junior Dala delivery
into Phehlukwayo's hands at mid-wicket. A marvellous reaction catch diving to
the left at short-leg from Klaasen then had captain Angelo Mathews out for a
duck as Shamsi (2/26) picked up his first scalp.
Shanaka fell for 16 as Dala
(2/22) notched his second wicket, and then Thisara Perera fell for a second
ball-duck as Shamsi got one to turn into the left-hander, hitting middle stump
via the gap between bat and pad and leaving the hosts 83/6 and just 16 short of
the required 99. Dananjaya only provided two runs before Duminy cleaned him up,
getting one to rip, and despite requiring just 11 runs, Sri Lanka were
beginning to sweat having lost seven wickets.
Chandimal's patient approach was rewarded eventually, and he
prevailed unscathed with an unbeaten and vital 36 as Udana's boundary secured
victory for the hosts. The Proteas' comeback with the ball was admirable, but
Chandimal was stoic and unperturbed in his bid to see his side home despite a
late collapse.
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