Pumped-up South Africa end knockout hoodoo

South Africa bowled out Sri Lanka for 133 in a show of pumped-up skill, hostility and aggression to seal their first win in a knockout match in a World Cup

SA minister pleased with end to knockout jinx

"Bunch of semi-finalists heading for a World Cup win." is how South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula labelled the team after their historic, first-ever knockout win at a World Cup

Sangakkara rues being undone by spin

Kumar Sangakkara was unhappy with Sri Lanka's capitulation to South Africa's spinners in the quarter-final at the SCG

Sri Lankan defeat defies basic arithmetic

Just how did Sri Lanka manage to lose? They ticked nearly every box required for victory, and put up all the right numbers

We're not going to show any weakness - de Villiers

South Africa captain AB de Villiers has said his side had prepared for a show of strength against Sri Lanka in their quarter-final in Sydney, which they won comprehensively by nine wickets

De Villiers wears the face of a winner

AB de Villiers and Angelo Mathews. One captaining a must-win game of cricket, the other captaining a past awash with disappointments. For AB de Villiers, the disappointment was banished

'Challenge has been to evolve' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said that he had no regrets about hanging up his blue Sri Lanka shirt for the final time after their World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa

Clinical South Africa send Sri Lanka home

The scream and the screamer

Plays of the day from the first quarter-final between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the SCG

A disappointing result, and a solemn farewell

The quarter-final match between Sri Lanka and South Africa promised plenty of electric contests but turned out to be tepid. It was the last chance, however, to see two Sri Lankan greats in action

Sri Lanka v South Africa - #BendTheRules Moments

#BendTheRules Moments from the first Quarter-final between South Africa and Sri Lanka

The sadness of Mahela's unscripted farewell

Cricket does not seem ready to give up Mahela Jayawardene - but the game rarely does perfect endings

Relief all round as South Africa are freed from suffocation

It was relief, rather than raucous, rampant celebration for South Africa because relief has to be the leveller for a side who have made history but still have more history to make

Uncapped offspinner Tharindu Kaushal replaces Herath, could play SA

In a late move Sri Lanka have sought to replace injured left-arm spinner Rangana Herath with 22-year old offspinner Tharindu Kaushal, ahead of the quarter-final against South Africa on Wednesday

Lifetime of grace trumps one stinging night

The years of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene making millions happy together were more fulfilling than a final piece of silverware could ever have been

South Africa's biggest win against Sri Lanka

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic victory at the SCG

SA must heed lessons of old trials by Sri Lanka

The tour of Sri Lanka in 2013 was a chance to see how much South Africa needed to do in their World Cup preparations, but it's the learnings of the 2014 visit that will be more important ahead of the quarter-final

'We're not going to choke' - de Villiers

Faced with the history of having never won a knockout game in the World Cup, South Africa captain AB de Villiers said he wanted his side to play good cricket and come out on top against Sri Lanka in Sydney

'Two legends of the modern game'

ESPNcricinfo presents the key match-ups ahead of the quarter-final match between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Sydney

SL's top order v SA's middle order

A stats preview to the first quarter-final of the World Cup, between South Africa and Sri Lanka

Imran Tahir helps Proteas register first knockout win in WC

Unfazed Sri Lanka target South Africa's history

Is South Africa's batting exceptionally good, or is it brittle? Is Sri Lanka's bowling wily or weak? The first quarter-final features two of the more schizophrenic teams of the tournament