Series – South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2018
Toss – South Africa won the toss and opt to bat
Player of the Match – Dhananjaya de Silva
Umpires – Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
TV Umpire – Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire –Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath (India)
Hello everyone and welcome to coverage of only T20 match played between South Africa and Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2018. South Africa will play Two test match, Five ODI and only T20 match with host Sri Lanka team. In 5th ODI match Sri Lanka Won By 178 Runs.
In T20 match Spinner Lakshan Sandakan starred in Sri Lanka’s hard fought three-wicket win over South Africa in the only Twenty20 international after bowling out the visitors for their lowest total in the game’s shortest format. Electing to bat in the only T20I match of the tour, South Africa were bowled out for 98, a total the hosts surpassed with four overs to spare. The Proteas, who lost the two-Test series 2-0 and then came back to clinch the one-day internationals 3-2, were two runs less than their previous low score of 100 against Pakistan in 2013.
Chasing 99 to win, Sri Lanka were cruising at one stage, with Dhananjaya De Silva and Chandimal putting on 53 for the 3rd wicket. De Silva played the aggressor, playing some sublime drives off both the front and the back foot against the pacies.
With just 40 to win in close to 13 overs, however, Junior Dala drew the false shot off the bat of De Silva, to give South Africa the opening they wanted. A brilliant catch from Heinrich Klaasen at short leg saw the back of the dangerous Angelo Mathews for a duck but Dasun Shanaka hit a hattrick of boundaries off the bowling of Tabraiz Shamsi to put Sri Lanka back on top.
It was this sort of see-saw battle that went on during the latter part of Sri Lanka’s innings as just when it seemed like they would run away with things, South Africa clawed back to pick up a wicket or two and pull them back. The dismissal of Thisara Perera and then Akila Dananjaya made things tense in the middle, as Chandimal struggled to get on strike. However, it was always going to be Sri Lanka’s game to lose and they held their nerve to ultimately claim a 3-wicket victory, unconvincing but a win nonetheless.
Earlier in the day South African skipper JP Duminy won the toss and surprisingly decided to bat first despite the threat of intermittent showers. His decision seemed to pay off when opener Quinto De Kock took 13 runs off the 1st over bowled by Kasun Rajitha. Rajitha’s poor luck continued as De Kock inside edged the 1st ball of the game to the boundary, to get going. It was in the 2nd over, bowled by Dhananjaya De Silva, the rut started for South Africa as Hashim Amla chipped one straight to extra cover and was gone for a duck. De Kock, who had looked good in the limited overs leg of the tour was caught short of his crease by a Lakshan Sandakan throw and it was all downhill from there for the men in green as they were dismissed for their lowest total in T20Is.
Birthday boy Reeza Hendricks was the next to go and skipper Duminy soon followed, given out LBW on review off the bowling of Dhananjaya De Silva. Sandakan, who has looked largely out of sorts of late, got his act together to see the back of Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phelukwayo and Kagiso Rabada in the 11th over of the Protea innings and when Akila Dananjaya picked up David Miller in the next over, it was all but over for the visitors. Kasun Rajitha and Isuru Udana picked up the last two wickets, ending South Africa’s innings with just over 3 overs to spare. It was nightmare outing for the Proteas against spin with as many as 5 batsmen falling attempting sweeps or reverse sweeps.
Congratulations to the winning team on his 1st victory against South Africa, On his wonderful and outstanding performance of Dhananjaya de Silva declared as player of the match in presentation ceremony. Sri Lanka now hosts England for a full series in October-November while South Africa travel to Australia for three ODI matches and one T20I during the same period.
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