Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
KC Sangakkara
39(35) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 21 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
DA Miller
36(21) 1x4 - 2x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 19 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
04/08Result
2nd T20I (N), South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Aug 4 2013
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
123/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
04/08Result
2nd T20I (N), South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Aug 4 2013
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
123/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
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Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.45
Match days
4 August 2013 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 145/6 (20 OVERS)
- Jean-Paul Duminy30 (23)
- David Miller36 (21)
- Nuwan Kulasekara2/22 (4)
- Sachithra Senanayake2/18 (4)
SRI LANKA 123/7 (20 OVERS)
- Kumar Sangakkara39 (35)
- Thisara Perera*22 (20)
- Morne Morkel2/34 (4)
- Lonwabo Tsotsobe2/17 (4)
END OF OVER:20 | 5 Runs | SL: 123/7 (23 runs required, RR: 6.15)
- Thisara Perera22 (20b)
- Sachithra Senanayake1 (1b)
- Wayne Parnell4-0-25-1
- Morne Morkel4-0-34-2
Big question marks for Sri Lanka over their batting. Are Chandimal and Thirimanne men suited for the T20 format?
SL will remain No. 1 in the rankings if they win the dead rubber on Tuesday. If they lose that as well, Pakistan will officially be the top T20 side.
Uwaisul Karnain: "Once again SL failed to make the best use of Thisara Perera as he seems to be the only Sri Lankan middle order batsman who can clear the ropes. Should have sent ahead of Thirimanne."
Rahul Ranjan: "anybody missing Robin Peterson?"
Presentation ceremony:
Man of the Match is David Miller: "JP batted really well, it was unbelievably good team effort. It was a bit of a gale force, but it was really good out there."
Dinesh Chandimal: "I think it was a gettable score, we just didn't bat well, that's why we lost the game. I think Kusal and Sangakkara batted really well in the first 8-9 overs, after that we hit some rash shots, that's why we lost the game."
Faf du Plessis: "What a feeling, I thought we played a great game of cricket, to get 140 with the wind out there, tactically we were very good with the bowling. Bowlers have clear minds about what they want to do. We haven't been great up top in the batting, we'll be working hard on to. Huge character shown after what happened in the ODI series. Sri Lanka showed no mercy in the ODIs, and we certainly don't want to be showing them any. We want to climb up the Twenty20 rankings."
Bilal Shakir: "@Rahul Ranjan: Perhaps Perera missed Robin Peterson"
That's a wrap from us at ESPNcricinfo. Thanks for the mails, and join us again for the final T20 on Tuesday.
19.6
1
Parnell to NLTC Perera, 1 run, full ball on the stumps is lashed to long-on, South Africa take the series 2-0, Faf du Plessis is overjoyed as is the rest of the South African camp, much-needed relief after a horrid one-day series
19.5
0
Parnell to NLTC Perera, no run, a perfect yorker from Parnell, that was tailing in towards the batsman, Perera looks to hammer that down the ground but misses
19.4
2
Parnell to NLTC Perera, 2 runs, flat bats that over the bowler's head for two more, couldn't get any timing on that, hit low on the bat
19.3
0
Parnell to NLTC Perera, no run, full and well outside off, Perera backed away from the stumps, can't reach the ball, perhaps got a thin bottom edge as the ball bounces through to the keeper
19.2
2
Parnell to NLTC Perera, 2 runs, heaves this away over mid-off, only gets two for his efforts
19.1
0
Parnell to NLTC Perera, no run, 28 needed off 5 balls now as Perera swings and misses a shortish ball outside off stumps
South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2013 News
'Sri Lanka is a hell of a tough place to tour' - Domingo
Sri Lanka was Russell Domingo's fact-finding mission and he seems to have discovered how much South Africa has to do to become contenders for the forthcoming ICC tournaments
Tsotsobe initally not part of SL tour
Russell Domingo admitted that Lonwabo Tsotsobe was not initially in his plans for the Sri Lanka tour, as he had concerns over his form, fitness and work ethic
Faf better than AB, but no third option
While Faf du Plessis' captaincy was more confident than AB de Villiers' in Sri Lanka, South Africa have not invested in grooming a leader during a decade of Graeme Smith and are left with little choice beyond the two
Dilshan keeps faith in young batsmen
Sri Lanka's misfiring middle order has been the cause of most concern in the 2-1 Twenty20 series loss to South Africa, but Tuesday's Man of the match Tillakaratne Dilshan has said the youngsters' failures do not necessarily bode ill for the team's future
Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to consolation win
Sri Lanka's batsmen found fluency for the first time in the Twenty20 series, as the hosts rode a furious start and a fast finish to a conciliatory six-wicket win in Hambantota
