Sri Lanka pile up 266 for 9
Two crucial run outs slowed Sri Lanka’s momentum in the third one-day
international against South Africa at Chevrolet Park on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka, trailing 0-2 in the five-match series, made a competitive
266 for nine but it might have been considerably higher if their two
star batsmen, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, had not been run
out, both by direct hits.
Upul Tharanga (58) and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (33) put on 94
for the first wicket. Sangakkara, batting at number three, looked set to
take full advantage of the good start on an easy-paced pitch as he
stroked his way to 38 off 37 balls.
But Sangakkara fell to a superb piece of fielding by Faf du Plessis,
who dived far to his left at backward point to stop a cut by Dinesh
Chandimal, then hit the stumps at the batsman’s end with Sangakkara
stranded after the batsmen hesitated. Jayawardene was run out for 15,
four balls into the batting powerplay in the 36th over, when he was sent
back by Chandimal, slipped as he turned and could not recover to beat an
accurate throw from Colin Ingram at mid-off.
Chandimal was out for 36 three overs later when he mistimed a pull
against Morne Morkel and was caught at mid-off.
With the leading batsmen dismissed, Nuwan Kulasekera survived a
simple chance to captain and wicketkeeper AB de Villiers off Dale Steyn
when he had two. He went on to make a valuable 40. The left-handed
Tharanga dominated the opening stand with Dilshan and reached a stylish
50 when Dilshan, who failed to score in the first two matches, was on
18. Tharanga made his 58 off 65 balls with five fours and two sixes. AFP
SCORECARD
SRI LANKA
U. Tharanga c Ingram b Peterson 58
T. Dilshan c Steyn b Duminy 33
K. Sangakkara run out (Du Plessis) 38
D. Chandimal c Smith b M. Morkel 36
M. Jayawardene run out (Ingram) 15
N. Kulasekara b M. Morkel 40
A. Mathews c Petersen b Tsotsobe 15
K. Kulasekara run out (Tsotsobe) 19
L. Malinga b Steyn 02
R. Herath not out 01
Extras (lb1, nb1, w7) 09
TOTAL (9 wkts, 50 overs) 266
Fall of wickets: 1-94 (Tharanga), 2-102 (Dilshan), 3-154 (Sangakkara),
4-183 (Jayawardene), 5-192 (Chandimal), 6-220 (Mathews), 7-259 (N.
Kulasekera), 8-262 (Malinga), 9-266 (K. Kulasekera).
Bowling: M. Morkel 9-0-65-2, Tsotsobe 10-0-40-1 (2w), Steyn 10-0-55-1
(1w), Duminy 5-0-26-1 (1w), A. Morkel 2-0-9-0 (1w), Peterson 10-0-45-1
(1nb, 1w), Du Plessis 4-0-25-0 (1w). |
