Best performances - Batsmen
F du Plessis
72(74) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 21 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
WU Tharanga
58(65) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 19 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
17/01Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Jan 17 2012
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
266/9 (50 ov) -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
179/5 (34 ov, target 176)
Player of the Match
17/01Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Jan 17 2012
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
266/9 (50 ov) -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
179/5 (34 ov, target 176)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
SL Malinga
- O5
- M1
- R20
- W2
- Eco4.00
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
M Morkel
- O9
- M0
- R65
- W2
- Eco7.22
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Partnerships
Sri Lanka - Innings
South Africa - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2011-12 News
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AB masters the scoop
Plays of the Day for the fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa
Marsh to be replaced by Ford as coach
Sri Lanka Cricket are set to replace current coach Geoff Marsh with Graham Ford, the former South Africa coach, ESPNcricinfo has learned
Steely Smith silences dissident voices
Graeme Smith has had to prove himself to the public and media on many occasions in the last year. In the final game of the home season, he answered them in the best manner possible
I made a few tactical errors - de Villiers
AB de Villiers' bright start as South Africa's limited-overs captain has hit a speed bump and it did so in embarrassing fashion
