Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    42.2 Shamsi shakes Avishka's hand after dismissing him. Length ball around leg stump. He skips down the ground to smack one over deep midwicket. The wrong'un turns across him instead, and takes the edge instead. Pops up in the air for point to run in and take a simple one. Out for 118 234/4
    11.5 bowled him, the sixth bowler has given South Africa their breakthrough! A bit of inward drift in the air, I think, and then it keeps going with the angle. Bhanuka looks to slog-sweep, pulling his front leg away from the line of the ball to create swinging room, and the lack of turn does him in. Past the inside edge to knock back off stump 57/1
    12.3 gone, holes out! Looked to attack the left-arm spinner too early here. Steps out and Maharaj sees him coming and shifts his line wider. Doesn't reach the pitch of it either, and looks to whip it over the on side, but he doesn't get hold of it at all, and fails to clear the man at deep midwicket. This ground has big boundaries, so spinners can get rewards for clever changes of pace or trajectory 58/2
    30.3 appeal for a stumping, and it's gone upstairs... Another superb bit of flight and guile from Maharaj. Dangles this up outside off, and it dips and turns sharply to beat the attempted sweep from Dhananjaya. Has he stretched out too far? Looks close. The back foot did drag itself out... Yup, it's still just outside the crease when Klaasen flicks the bails off. The third umpire's just having another look to make sure. He's taking a long time over this decision, is Lyndon Hannibal... And finally the red light flashes. Old-fashioned, not the large screen saying OUT 137/3
    49.2 sliced in the air and this time Klaasen gets under it. Short ball, tries to pull, but the rising delivery is sliced. Simple for the wicketkeeper but Asalanka is out after getting a career-best 72 291/7
    45.5 back of a length, slower ball. Spongy bounce. Asalanka rides the bounce and defends with soft hands. Rabada runs in, collects, and throws down the stumps at the non-striker's end since Shanaka was looking for a single briefly. And the direct hit will remove Shanaka, since the batter is a few inches out! That's against the run of play... 255/5
    47.6 finally gets a wicket and this is with a conventional yorker. Not the short ball, not the wide yorker, not the ball that follows the batter. Full, on leg, and Hasaranga can't dig it out. Takes the edge of the bat before crashing into leg stump 272/6
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    49.5 full on middle, and drilled to long on. Dushmantha, the non-striker, tries his best to help complete the second run by running hard, but the throw is flat, and Rabada is on top of the stumps to whip the bails off 299/8
    49.6 back of a length, just outside off. Comes down the wicket and drags a shot to long on for one. The second is mere formalities since they will never complete it. Flat throw again, Rabada whipping the bail again. Run out and Sri Lanka finish on 300 for 9 300/9
    Extras
    23 (b 5, lb 5, nb 2, w 11)
    TOTAL
    300/9 (50 Overs, RR: 6)
    Did not bat: P Jayawickrama
    Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Minod Bhanuka, 11.5 ov), 2-58 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 12.3 ov), 3-137 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 30.3 ov), 4-234 (Avishka Fernando, 42.2 ov), 5-255 (Dasun Shanaka, 45.5 ov), 6-272 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 47.6 ov), 7-291 (Charith Asalanka, 49.2 ov), 8-299 (Dushmantha Chameera, 49.5 ov), 9-300 (Akila Dananjaya, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    K Rabada906627.33287122
    A Nortje1006906.90256100
    KA Maharaj1013023.00350010
    AK Markram603315.50161100
    AL Phehlukwayo503707.40104030
    T Shamsi1005515.50317010
  • BATSMEN
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    9.4 gone, the googly's got the breakthrough! It was coming. Malan goes on the back foot to one that isn't short enough, and I'm not sure he picked it, but at any rate he was trying desperately to adjust to the turn and whip it into the leg side. Spins past the inside edge and hits the back pad, plumb in front. A genuine misjudgment of length from the opener 49/1
    30.5 tossed up wide outside off, and that's a terrific catch to deny Markram his hundred! That wider line does the trick for Jayawickrama, plus I think he slowed it down. Markram was looking to free his arms and hit over extra-cover, but he wasn't as close to the pitch of the ball as he must have thought. Ends up slicing it squarer than he'd like, and Hasaranga sprints in from deep cover point and throws himself forward to grab it in both hands, inches off the ground 166/2
    27.6 full on leg stump. Nudged off his pads to square leg 155/1
    45.5 he's gone! He yorks himself by looking to play the reverse sweep. Misses the shot, ball goes under the bat, and he's out for 59! Got a lot of runs trying to sweep and reverse sweep this evening, but an overpitched ball is his demise. 260/4
    39.3 big appeal for lbw, and that's surely out. Yes, the finger is up immediately. Verreye reviews, but it looks a bit dire for him, he was sweeping from a stump-to-stump line. Stepped across, swivelled round, and seemed to be struck right in front on the front pad.Struck in front of middle stump by an offbreak that didn't turn all that much. Just a terrible shot, really. It's hitting middle and leg stumps, and Verreyne has to go. A wicket at a critical time for Sri Lanka 209/3
    49.5 yorker length just outside off. Backs away and digs it out. Ball rolls down to long off. Klaasen tries to take an extra run, but the throw from the deep is strong, and Bhanuka collects, and throws the stumps down to send Klaasen back 286/6
    48.1 Slower ball outside leg stump. In the slot to slog it to the leg side. But he's through the shot way too early, and the ball sneaks under the bat instead. Leg stump knocked back with Phehlukwayo awfully out of position 269/5
    not out
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    Extras
    4 (w 4)
    TOTAL
    286/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.72)
    Did not bat: T Shamsi, A Nortje
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Janneman Malan, 9.4 ov), 1-155* (Temba Bavuma, retired not out ), 2-166 (Aiden Markram, 30.5 ov), 3-209 (Kyle Verreynne, 39.3 ov), 4-260 (Rassie van der Dussen, 45.5 ov), 5-269 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 48.1 ov), 6-286 (Heinrich Klaasen, 49.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    PVD Chameera705507.85176110
    C Karunaratne301816.00102010
    PW Hasaranga1015215.20263000
    P Jayawickrama1004714.70261100
    A Dananjaya1006526.50225100
    MD Shanaka201407.0040110
    DM de Silva803504.37232010

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.15, Second Session 19.15-22.45

Match days

2 September 2021 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 10, South Africa 0

Match Notes

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49AK MarkramJN Malan
2nd106T BavumaAK Markram
2nd11HE van der DussenAK Markram
3rd43HE van der DussenK Verreynne
4th51HE van der DussenH Klaasen
5th9H KlaasenAL Phehlukwayo
6th17H KlaasenK Rabada
7th0KA MaharajK Rabada