Get Ball by Ball Commentary of South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Cardiff 2019

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Faf du Plessis: All the batters got a chance to bat, all the bowlers got a chance to bowl. So a good day for us. Phehlukwayo is a wicket-taker. Fifty overs feel a bit long after the IPL. Quinton de Kock not batting was just a rest.

Dimuth Karunaratne: I think it was a good target but unfortunately we didn't get a good start. South Africa has a good bowling line-up, so we had to bat long. I stuck to my basics and that's why I could get some runs. Once you get set, you can get some runs. They both [Fernando and Udana] are fine. They will be playing the next match.

6.13pm South Africa would be happy with their effort. Amla looked alright during his fifty, while du Plessis scored a breezy 88 before Morris ensured South Africa ended with a flourish. Then Ngidi rocked the chase with two quick wickets. Karunaratne and Mathews scored half-centuries to put the chase back on track but Phehlukwayo's four wickets dashed their hopes. Moreover, Avishka Fernando hurt his ankle while fielding and Isuru Udana was struck on the right wrist. Sri Lanka will be hoping none of the injuries are serious.

42.3

Imran Tahir to Lakmal, OUT, a googly around off, beats the bat and hits the batsman on the pads in front of the stumps. Given out but Lakmal wants to review it. It hit him on the back leg, just above the knee roll, right in front of the middle stump. Replays confirm there was no bat involved and it would have hit the bails, umpire's call there, which means Lakmal has to go

RAS Lakmal lbw b Imran Tahir 1 (7m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

42.2

Imran Tahir to NLTC Perera, 1 run, flatter on the stumps, pushes it towards long-on

42.2

Imran Tahir to NLTC Perera, 1 wide, tossed up wide outside off, left alone

42.1

Imran Tahir to NLTC Perera, no run, fuller and wider outside off, hit hard but straight to extra cover

Tahir

END OF OVER:
42 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 249/9 (90 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 11.25)

Thisara Perera7 (9b)
Suranga Lakmal1 (1b)

Dwaine Pretorius5-0-34-1
Jean-Paul Duminy3-0-27-1

41.6

Pretorius to NLTC Perera, 1 run, bouncer but down the leg side, mistimes the pull towards short fine leg

41.5

Pretorius to NLTC Perera, 2 runs, short of length outside off, goes back and pulls it towards deep midwicket for a couple

41.4

Pretorius to Lakmal, 1 run, fuller outside off, throws his bat at it, beating the extra cover, sweeper cuts it off

Lakmal is the new batsman

Vivek: "Why no Isuru Udana ? He recently smashed all South African bowlers" -- He was hit on the wrist during South Africa's innings

41.3

Pretorius to Vandersay, OUT, a brilliant catch by Duminy at backward point. Length outside off, goes for the cut but cannot keep it down, Duminy dives forward to take it inches off the ground

JDF Vandersay c Duminy b Pretorius 3 (11m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

41.2

Pretorius to NLTC Perera, 1 run, short of length outside off, hits it towards mid-off for one more

41.1

Pretorius to Vandersay, 1 run, fuller around off, driven firmly towards the right of mid-off

Pretorius

END OF OVER:
41 | 7 Runs | SL: 243/8 (96 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 10.66)

Jeffrey Vandersay2 (5b)
Thisara Perera3 (6b)

Jean-Paul Duminy3-0-27-1
Andile Phehlukwayo7-0-36-4

40.6

Duminy to Vandersay, 1 run, length ball around off, forced towards long-on from the back foot

40.5

Duminy to Vandersay, no run, length ball around off, goes back to work it towards the leg side, the ball hurries on to the batsman

40.5

Duminy to Vandersay, 1 wide, length but once again sliding down

40.5

Duminy to Vandersay, 1 wide, length ball but spinning down the leg side and another wide

Sri Lanka INNINGS		R	B
MDKJ Perera	caught	0	2
FDM Karunaratne	caught	87	92
HDRL Thirimanne	caught	10	11
BKG Mendis	lbw	37	31
AD Mathews	caught	64	66
DM de Silva	bowled	5	17
BMAJ Mendis	caught wk	18	12
TAM Siriwardana	caught	5	4
NLTC Perera	not out	8	11
JDF Vandersay	caught	3	7
RAS Lakmal	lbw	1	2
I Udana
SL Malinga
N Pradeep
WIA Fernando
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 10)
TOTAL	251 (all out; 42.3 ovs)

South Africa BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Ngidi	6.0	2	12	2	2.00
K Rabada	7.0	0	40	1	5.71
CH Morris	4.0	0	31	0	7.75	(1w)
AL Phehlukwayo	7.0	0	36	4	5.14	(1w)
Imran Tahir	5.3	0	31	1	5.63	(1w)
D Pretorius	5.0	0	34	1	6.80	(1w)
T Shamsi	5.0	0	37	0	7.40	(1w)
JP Duminy	3.0	0	27	1	9.00	(4w)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	FDM Karunaratne	MDKJ Perera
2nd	10	FDM Karunaratne	HDRL Thirimanne
3rd	62	FDM Karunaratne	BKG Mendis
4th	98	AD Mathews	FDM Karunaratne
5th	29	AD Mathews	DM de Silva
6th	21	BMAJ Mendis	AD Mathews
7th	15	AD Mathews	TAM Siriwardana
8th	1	TAM Siriwardana	NLTC Perera
9th	9	NLTC Perera	JDF Vandersay
10th	6	RAS Lakmal	NLTC Perera

END OF OVER:
42 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 249/9 (90 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 11.25)

END OF OVER:
41 | 7 Runs | SL: 243/8 (96 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 10.66)

Match Coverage

Du Plessis, Phehlukwayo and Ngidi brush aside Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

END OF OVER:42 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 249/9 (90 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 11.25)

END OF OVER:41 | 7 Runs | SL: 243/8 (96 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 10.66)

Du Plessis, Phehlukwayo and Ngidi brush aside Sri Lanka

END OF OVER:
42 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 249/9 (90 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 11.25)

END OF OVER:
41 | 7 Runs | SL: 243/8 (96 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 10.66)