Series – South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2018
Toss – Sri Lanka won the toss and opt to bat
Player of the Match – Akila Dananjaya
Player of the Series – Jean-Paul Duminy
Umpires – Nigel Llong (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
TV Umpire – Paul Reiffel (Australian)
Reserve Umpire – Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath (India)
Hello everyone and welcome to coverage of 5th ODI 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 4th ODI match, Sri Lanka Won By 3 Runs (DLS Method).
Angelo Matthews won the toss and chose to bat first in the 5th and final ODI of this series. With the series already claimed by Proteas by 3-1, this match was more of a confidence booster for Sri Lanka, if they managed to win it. The pitch appeared to have ample amount of dead grass, which was an indicator of good batting conditions. Sri Lankan openers, Dickwella and Tharanga came out to bat. For South Africa, Rabada and Dala shared the new ball from each end.A decent start was made by the pair as they reached 32 runs in 6 overs. The partnership reached fifty but Proteas strategy to persist with their fast bowlers worked, as Dala got the wicket of Tharanga.
Kusal Perera joined Dickwella. Now, Mulder was brought into the attack and he struck straight away by claiming the wicket of Kusal Perera. Kusal Mendis joined Dickwella. The pair added 30 more runs as the first drinks break of the innings was taken. At this point, Sri Lanka were 2 wickets down with 94 runs on the board. Post drinks, this partnership stretched to 50 runs, however this is when Phehlukwayo struck and Dickwella fell 7 runs short of a half century. Now, the Sri Lankan captain, Angelo Matthews joined Kusal Mendis.
The pair added a further 28 runs, after which Maharaj’s consistent lengths finally got him his first wicket of the match. De Silva joined Matthews. Another 50+ partnership was shared between the pair, as Sri Lanka closed on 200 runs. This is when Mulder was brought into the attack, and he struck straightaway as he claimed the wicket of De Silva. Now, with Thisara Perera and Angelo Matthews on the crease, Sri Lanka were 5 wickets down with 195 runs on the board. Matthews was the aggressor, as Thisara Perera supported his captain from the other end to bring up another 50 run partnership.
But, in the very same over Phehlukwayo struck back and claimed the wicket of Thisara Perera. Shanaka joined Matthews. As expected, Shanaka added some quick runs and lost his wicket in the last over to Rabada followed by Dananjaya who also lost his wicket. Sri Lanka finished on 299 runs with Matthews finishing on 97 runs.
With 300 runs required to win this match, the South African openers, Hashim Amla and Quinton De Kock came out to bat. Suranga Lakmal bowled the first over, and snuffed the wicket of Amla to give Sri Lanka an early breakthrough.Aiden Markram joined Quinton De Kock. The pair added 30 runs in 5 overs and were looking solid until Dananjaya claimed the wicket of Markram in the next over.Hendricks came out to bat, but he bagged a golden duck as Dananjaya shattered his stumps with a googly.
With South Africa 3 wickets down and 31 runs on the board, Klaasen joined Quinton De Kock. However, the pair could only add 8 more runs as Danajaya struck again, this time getting the wicket of dangerous Klaseen with yet another googly.JP Duminy joined De Kock. And, finally the spin threat was averted from both ends as the pair notched up a 46 run partnership. This partnership was broken by De Silva and now Mulder joined De Kock with South Africa 5 down for 85 runs.De Kock reached his half century, however he was getting no support from the other end as Mulder lost his wicket to Kumara.
Phehlukwayo joined De Kock who lost his wicket in the very next over to Dananjaya, and Sri Lanka were now confirmed of their win.In the very next over, Phehlukwayo lost his wicket of Dananjaya, who completed his 5 wicket haul of the match.Maharaj joined Rabada. The pair added a meaningful partnership of 20 runs, after which Dananjaya claimed the wicket of Maharaj.Dala joined Rabada, but lost his wicket in the next over to Kumara and Sri Lanka won by 178 runs.
Congratulations to the winning team on his 2nd victory against South Africa, On his wonderful and outstanding performance of Akila Dananjaya declared as player of the match & Jean-Paul Duminy declared as player of the series in presentation ceremony.
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