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Beat South Africa in D/L system:

Sri Lanka clear first hurdle

Sri Lanka cleared its first hurdle in advancing towards the semi-final stage of the ICC Champions Trophy beating host South Africa who had a worst possible start on the Duckworth Lewis system when rain brought the match to an abrupt halt with South Africa chasing a victory target of 320 to win were precariously placed at 206 for 7 in 37.4 overs.

According to the D’L calculations South Africa needed to get 261 runs in 37 overs and Sri Lanka were declared winners by 55 runs. It was a day of records for the Islanders. Their 319 for 8 surpassed their previous one-day total against South Africa of 308 for 8 in Colombo in 2004, while skipper Kumar Sangakkara (54) and Dilshan’s second wicket stand of 158 eclipsed the record of 129 set in 2000 by left hander Avishka Gunawardena and Marvan Atapattu against the Proteas. Sri Lanka outplayed the South Africans in all departments of the game and emerged winners and will now meet England on Friday at Wanderers in another day/night game.

Skipper Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla began the run chase but Mathews shattered the stumps of Amla and Smith joined by Kallis dominated the bowling with a brief stand of 81 off 67 deliveries for the 2nd wicket. However, with the introduction of Ajantha Mendis who has never bowled on South African wickets before, the match took a dramatic change with Mendis clean bowling Smith for 58. He further went on to claim the wickets of Jacques Kallis and Duminy in successive balls and the South African innings began to decline. Smith top scored with a valuable 58 off 44 balls with nine fours and a six.

Left hander Albie Morkel and Johan Botha gamely lifted the rate with some lusty blows after taking the batting power play, but it was just only a matter of time when the heavens opened.

In a post match interview Sangakkara said that they are still only firing at 75 percent and can still improve, but the important thing is we are winning.

The South African captain Graeme Smith said that the loss was a wake up call for his side. We had a plan, but we just couldn’t execute it. We are in a must win situation now when we meet New Zealand on Thursday. Centurion Park, Wednesday

SCORECARD
	Sri Lanka
T. Dilshanc Morkel b Steyn 		106 
S. Jayasuriyalbw b Steyn 10
K. Sangakkarac and b Duminy 54
M. Jayawardenec Duminy b Parnell 77
T. Samaraweerac Van der Merwe b Parnell 37
A. Mathewsb Steyn 15
T. Kandambyc Duminy b Parnell 06
N. Kulasekararun out 01
M. Muralitharannot out 00
EXTRAS (lb5, w5, nb3) 13
TOTAL(8 wkts, 50 overs) 319
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-16 (Jayasuriya), 2-174 (Sangakkara), 3-181 (Dilshan), 4-297 (Jayawardene)5-297 (Samaraweera), 6-314 (Kandamby), 7-317 (Kulasekara), 8-319 (Mathews)
BOWLING: Steyn 9-2-47-3 (1w), Parnell 10-0-79-3 (1nb, 3w), Kallis 7-0-43-0, Morkel 4-0-39-0 (1nb) Botha 9-0-53-0 (1nb, 1w), Van der Merwe 10-0-42-0, Duminy 1-0-11-1

South Africa
G. Smithb Mendis 			 58 
H. Amlab Mathews 02
J. Kallisc Mathews b Mendis 41
AB de Villiersc Jayawardne b Malinga 24
JP Duminyb Mendis 00
M. Boucherlbw b Mathews 26
A. Morkel not out 29
J. Botha c Mathews b Malinga 21
R. Vander Merwe not out 03
EXTRAS (w2) 02
TOTAL (7wkts, 37.4 overs) 206
FALL OF WICKETS:1-9 (Amla), 2-90 (Smith), 3-113 (Kallis), 4-113 (Duminy), 5-142 (De Villiers) 6-163 (Boucher), 7-198 (Botha)
BOWLING: Malinga 7.4-0-43-2 (1w), Kulasekara 7-0-44-0, Mathews 8-1-43-2, Muralitharan 8-0-46-0, Mendis 7-0-30-3 (1w)

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