01/02Result

2nd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 1 2017

South Africa won by 121 runs

Player of the Match

8.40pm: A comprehensive win, South Africa's eighth in a row in ODIs, which puts them 2-0 up in the five-match series. Sri Lanka won the toss and took early wickets but the 117-run stand between Faf du Plessis and David Miller set the game up. Once again the SL top order failed to put up big runs and SA's six bowlers shared the wickets around. If he had his time again, Upul Tharanga might have opted to put runs on the board and hope his spinners could defend a target on a wearing pitch... As it is, they've been handed another spanking after the morale-boosting win in the T20s. Anyway, that's your lot this evening, Fidel's report will be in shortly and we'll be back for the third ODI on Saturday. Until then, it's cheerio from Gnasher and me. Bye!

37.5

Imran Tahir to Sandakan, OUT, not for long, though! George's finger goes up immediately but Sandakan reviews this time... He went back to cut but the ball clearly brushed the pad flap first, right in front of middle and that is going to be out! Tahir finishes it off to give South Africa a 121-run victory

PADLR Sandakan lbw b Imran Tahir 0 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

37.4

Imran Tahir to Sandakan, no run, struck on the pads, done by the googly... Not given by umpire Shaun George but South Africa call for the review. Looks like he played his front pad with his bat, which meant a little gap opened up for the ball to slide through and hit the thigh. Definitely no bat involved but could be a touch leg side... Yep, bouncing high and wide of leg stump, so Sandakan survives

37.3

Imran Tahir to Lakmal, 1 run, flighted, spinning away and chopped into a gap off the back foot for a single

37.2

Imran Tahir to Lakmal, no run, tossed up and Lakmal gets on to the front foot to play a studious defensive shot

37.1

Imran Tahir to Lakmal, no run, back of a length, goes across and taps a cut towards point

37.1

Imran Tahir to Lakmal, 1 wide, pushed through down the leg side

Imran Tahir returns

END OF OVER:
37 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 184/9 (124 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.97, RRR: 9.53)

Lakshan Sandakan0 (2b)
Suranga Lakmal1 (2b)

Kagiso Rabada8-0-47-1
Jean-Paul Duminy5-0-30-2

36.6

Rabada to Sandakan, no run, fullish outside off, moves across and pokes it away

Match Coverage

All Match News

Self-belief drives Miller's adaptable new game
The South Africa batsman, who hit a century in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, said that being dropped from the side after a run of poor form helped him turn his game around
Du Plessis thrilled with SA fielding displays
Faf du Plessis struck a match-winning 117, and pulled off a superb catch for South Africa as they beat Sri Lanka by 121 runs in Durban
Ford 'excited' by batting talent despite Sri Lanka collapse
Despite their not posting a 200-plus total yet in the ODI series, Graham Ford has said he is 'excited' by the way some of Sri Lanka's young batsmen batted while getting starts in the second ODI
Sri Lanka's missing octopus
Plays of the day from the second one-day international between South Africa and Sri Lanka
Miller and du Plessis hundreds set up thumping victory
Faf du Plessis' velvet-smooth 105, and David Miller's mature, unbeaten 117 - replete with finishing fireworks - sent South Africa to an imposing 307 that Sri Lanka would always struggle to chase

Sri Lanka INNINGS		R	B
N Dickwella	caught	25	22
WU Tharanga	caught	26	30
BKG Mendis	caught	20	22
LD Chandimal	caught wk	36	46
DM de Silva	stumped	1	5
DAS Gunaratne	run out	18	24
PC de Silva	caught	14	14
SS Pathirana	caught	26	35
KMDN Kulasekara	caught	12	20
RAS Lakmal	not out	2	5
PADLR Sandakan	lbw	0	4
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 5)
TOTAL	186 (all out; 37.5 ovs)

South Africa BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	8.0	0	47	1	5.87	(3w)
WD Parnell	6.0	0	34	2	5.66
CH Morris	6.0	0	27	1	4.50
Imran Tahir	8.5	1	26	2	2.94	(1w)
AL Phehlukwayo	4.0	0	21	1	5.25	(1w)
JP Duminy	5.0	0	30	2	6.00

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	45	WU Tharanga	N Dickwella
2nd	7	WU Tharanga	BKG Mendis
3rd	22	LD Chandimal	BKG Mendis
4th	1	LD Chandimal	DM de Silva
5th	44	LD Chandimal	DAS Gunaratne
6th	13	LD Chandimal	PC de Silva
7th	20	SS Pathirana	PC de Silva
8th	29	KMDN Kulasekara	SS Pathirana
9th	3	KMDN Kulasekara	RAS Lakmal
10th	2	RAS Lakmal	PADLR Sandakan

END OF OVER:37 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 184/9 (124 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.97, RRR: 9.53)

Self-belief drives Miller's adaptable new game

Du Plessis thrilled with SA fielding displays

Ford 'excited' by batting talent despite Sri Lanka collapse

Sri Lanka's missing octopus

Miller and du Plessis hundreds set up thumping victory

END OF OVER:
37 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 184/9 (124 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.97, RRR: 9.53)