The second Cricket ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka (2 of 5) at Buffalo Park, East London. The game started at 10:00 SA Time on 14 January 2012.
This was Live Discussion Article where we chatted about the match in progress and where the scores were updated regularly.
The ODI series follows the Test Series where South Africa won by 2 Tests to 1. The first ODI was a day/nighter in Paarl, and was won by SA by 258 runs.
Sri Lanka 236/6 (50 ov)
South Africa 237/5 (48.4 ov)
South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).
| Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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WU Tharanga | c †de Villiers b M Morkel | 66 | 125 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 77.64 |
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TM Dilshan* | run out (du Plessis) | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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KC Sangakkara† | c †de Villiers b Tsotsobe | 3 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10.71 |
| LD Chandimal | not out | 92 | 179 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 80.00 | |
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DPMD Jayawardene | c Steyn b M Morkel | 19 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 73.07 |
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KMDN Kulasekara | c Peterson b Tsotsobe | 22 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 169.23 |
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AD Mathews | c M Morkel b Steyn | 28 | 47 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 96.55 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 5) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 225 mins) | 236 | (4.72 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat CKB Kulasekara, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, KTGD Prasad |
| Fall of wickets 1-0 (Dilshan, 1.4 ov), 2-21 (Sangakkara, 9.6 ov), 3-105 (Tharanga, 28.3 ov), 4-140 (Jayawardene, 37.2 ov),5-164 (KMDN Kulasekara, 39.5 ov), 6-236 (Mathews, 49.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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DW Steyn | 9 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 6.00 | ||
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LL Tsotsobe | 10 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | ||
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M Morkel | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 4.33 | (3w) | |
| JA Morkel | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 | |||
| JP Duminy | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4.33 | (1w) | ||
| RJ Peterson | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 | (1w) |
| South Africa innings (target: 237 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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GC Smith | c Tharanga b Prasad | 28 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
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HM Amla | b Prasad | 55 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 94.82 | |
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JH Kallis | c Chandimal b Prasad | 37 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 72.54 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 66 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 75.86 | ||
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AB de Villiers*† | run out (KMDN Kulasekara) | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 130.76 | |
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F du Plessis | c & b Malinga | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| JA Morkel | not out | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 | ||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 48.4 overs) | 237 | (4.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe |
| Fall of wickets 1-76 (Smith, 16.3 ov), 2-94 (Amla, 20.5 ov), 3-152 (Kallis, 35.1 ov), 4-193 (de Villiers, 40.4 ov),5-224 (du Plessis, 46.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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SL Malinga | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | ||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.87 | |||
| AD Mathews | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | (1w) | ||
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KTGD Prasad | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 4.60 | ||
| TM Dilshan | 8.4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5.07 | |||
| CKB Kulasekara | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| HMRKB Herath | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Match details |
| Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series South Africa led the 5-match series 2-0 |
| Player of the match tba |
| Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and S George TV umpire NJ Llong (England) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire M Erasmus |
| Match notes |
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January 14th, 2012 at 17:39 SAST
Duminy’s had enough, time to open up with a big six, over the roof and out the park!
January 14th, 2012 at 17:40 SAST
47@ Just For Kicks:
Yeah I spoke too soon JFK, looks live AB is upping the tempo, had also looked at the RR of 6.00 at the time which was of the last 5 overs and confused that with the RR that was required run rate still, see they only need just over 4.5 per over now.
January 14th, 2012 at 17:42 SAST
52@ Bullscot:Yup, got very slow in the middle there. Good to see JP get to his 50
January 14th, 2012 at 17:43 SAST
meant to say looks like not looks live
oh well do have the wee one with me so only paying half attention is my excuse.
January 14th, 2012 at 17:46 SAST
54@ Bullscot:Yeah, blame the little ones!
January 14th, 2012 at 17:47 SAST
Ab gone, run out for 17 off 13 runs
January 14th, 2012 at 17:52 SAST
55@ Just For Kicks:
no not blaming them just me and my inability to multitask properly being a male and all
January 14th, 2012 at 18:09 SAST
Well, he had to give women something, I suppose!
January 14th, 2012 at 18:12 SAST
The drudgery is nearly over 15 needed off 28 balls. Faf has been smacking it around a bit. I always wonder though, we do we make such a meal of it when batting second to a low score. We do it every time. It makes for very boring cricket
January 14th, 2012 at 18:16 SAST
Cheap wicket, Faf caught and bowled by Malinga for 18 off 16 balls. Looked like a slower ball, and he just chipped it back to the bowler.SA 224/5. 13 required off 22 balls, and Albie strides to the crease
January 14th, 2012 at 18:21 SAST
I read Malinga dropped Morkel, that could have made it more interesting…
January 14th, 2012 at 18:28 SAST
Yup, if he hadn’t dropped it, he would have taken 2 catches off 2 balls off his own bowling
January 14th, 2012 at 18:30 SAST
Well done Proteas! cheers vir eers.
January 14th, 2012 at 18:31 SAST
So SA win by 5 wickets and go 2 up in the series. One of the most dour games I have seen in a long time. No on deserves MOM in my opinion, All SA played well in the field, both fielding and bowling, but pretty boring, but clinical with the bat
January 14th, 2012 at 18:39 SAST
So Amla wings it back to his wife, opening up a spot in the team. Will know who tomorrow when the squad will be announced
January 14th, 2012 at 19:24 SAST
65@ Just For Kicks:whispers very quietly so Superbul doesn’t hear…….isn’t Graeme Smith’s wife also expecting (I am sure she’s just hiding it well), if per chance she is, Graeme, you are welcome to catch the taxi to the airport with Hashim for the plane home!
January 14th, 2012 at 19:36 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
hey i just saw on FB that GBS was in a motor accident, will keep you posted as soon as i get the real story.
January 14th, 2012 at 19:42 SAST
@ superBul:Sh1t, ok thanks
January 14th, 2012 at 19:43 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
This game was a bit more even.
You enjoyed it?
I only watched the last 15 overs , it was a good win.
January 14th, 2012 at 19:49 SAST
@ superBul:SL played a lot better today, but it was as if they were just determined to bat out the 50 overs come hell, or high water. they never pushed the run rate until the last few overs, when it was too late. I think they fell 40-50 runs short on a slow pitch that really wasn’t doing much. We batted very methodically – read boringly – and just closed the game out. We could have finished the game off 10 overs earlier if we’d wanted, at least it would have been a bit more exciting. But well done SL, a much better performance today
January 14th, 2012 at 19:56 SAST
Just For Kicks wrote:
That is our problem, when we have the chances to PRACTICE the killing blow , we turn to be conservative. Gary Player said that you must practice , practice , to get lucky.
Look at Australia, they demolish you, they do it whenever they can and funny enough they do it in crucial games , because they have practice it.
January 14th, 2012 at 19:58 SAST
71@ superBul:We lack that Warner factor in the team
January 14th, 2012 at 20:02 SAST
Warner is a real yo-yo. Smith used to blaze away like that in one day games. We must release him , free him to play that role, almost like Sehwag. He was there , done it.
January 14th, 2012 at 20:07 SAST
73@ superBul:I thought you wanted Smith to drop down the order?
January 14th, 2012 at 20:16 SAST
Bonzaai GBS, pa is reg. Dad is fine. Sy kar was heeltamal afgeskryf maar dis net belangrik dat hy veilig is. Car is totally written off. Damn!
January 14th, 2012 at 20:18 SAST
@ superBul:As long as he’s safe, thats the main thing. Was he alone, are any passengers ok too?
January 14th, 2012 at 20:26 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
small messages from his son on FB, will try and find out what happened. Might just phone him myself.
January 14th, 2012 at 20:29 SAST
@ superBul
o so, and please keep me updated. Thanks
January 14th, 2012 at 20:53 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
was just now on the phone with him , he sounds OK , car written off though. He is currently released from hospital so he cant talk much. He was alone, and he was driving in rain, hit a pool and car slid of the road into a tree. According to him he have a few cuts , stiches and bruises. Sounds OK to me. He will let us know as soon as he is released from Hospital.
January 14th, 2012 at 20:58 SAST
79@ superBul:Well done, thanks a ton
January 15th, 2012 at 08:20 SAST
@ superBul:
The rain in Hb over the last few weeks has been horrendous.
The “new” highways are death traps with the water often just not running away and sitting in large and very dangerous pools that are often difficult to see.
Glad to hear the Webmonster is ok.
I’ll drop him an e-mail lamenting his lack of driving prowess and the inability of a Blik Met Wiele to stay on the tarmac.
January 15th, 2012 at 08:21 SAST
@ Scrumdown:
Should read the rain in JHB.
January 15th, 2012 at 08:32 SAST
So, the selectors have sat down, discussed, thought long and hard, and the upshot is a few changes to the squad. Out go Amla – paternity reasons, Kallis – rest. And in come Vernon Philander, Colin Ingram and Alviro Petersen
January 15th, 2012 at 11:37 SAST
79 @ superBul:Sorry to hear that Super.
Pleased to hear he is okay though. Pity about the car being a right off.
January 15th, 2012 at 12:08 SAST
Super, Have you read the Rapport? See Meyer could still be Bok Coach. Rassie, Nienaber and Treu to work with the Boks as well. If Meyer gets the job just hope that Gert gets the Forward Coaching job.
January 15th, 2012 at 12:23 SAST
Here is a copy from the Rapport
Rassie Erasmus gaan in ’n heeltydse pos by die Suid-Afrikaanse Rugby-unie (Saru) deel wees van die Springbokke se nuwe kern-afrigtingspan.
Sy skok-bedanking die afgelope week as die Westelike Provinsie se direkteur van rugby is klaarblyklik op die spits gedryf ná ’n onlangse geskil met die WP se bestuur oor die aanstelling van sy swaer Human Kriek as tegniese raadgewer in sy bestuurspan van die Stormers én die druk van Kaapse rugby-politiek.
Saru sal sy aanstelling waarskynlik binnekort aankondig – moontlik op 27 Januarie, wanneer die nuwe Springbok-afrigter aangestel word.
Uit navrae van Rapport het dit die week geblyk dat die Suid-Afrikaanse rugbybase nog nie eenstemmigheid kon verkry oor wie van Heyneke Meyer of Gert Smal die geskikste afrigter vir die pos as Bok-breier is nie.
Meyer van die Blou Bulle Rugbyunie en Smal, wat Ierland se voorspeler-afrigter is, is die twee kandidate wie se name in die hoed is vir opvolger van Peter de Villiers as nasionale breier.
Rapport se bronne sê Meyer is in hierdie stadium die voorkeur-kandidaat, maar Smal geniet ook heelwat steun onder verskeie rugbybase.
Meyer het die afgelope week aan Rapport gesê hy is gretig om die Bokke te brei sou hy die pos kry. Hy het Donderdag met die Blou Bulle se bestuur vergader oor die moontlikheid om van sy kontrak vrygestel te word, sou hy die einde van die maand as Bok-breier aangewys word.
Saru het reeds gesprekke met albei gevoer en die algemene raad van Saru moet in die volgende twee weke eenstemmigheid oor die geskikte kandidaat bereik alvorens die nuwe afrigter aangewys sal word.
In ’n moontlike wending met die aanstelling van die Springbok-afrigter sal die tydperk van die nuwe afrigter se kontrak tot twee jaar beperk word in stede van die gebruiklike vier jaar wat vantevore gegeld het.
Die nuwe Bok-breier sal ook aan baie streng prestasievoorwaardes moet voldoen en sal baie makliker in die pad gesteek kan word as sy voorgangers, sou hy nie sukses op die veld behaal nie.
Erasmus gaan Saru se tegniese raadgewer wees en sal al die nasionale spanne bystaan en nou saam met die nuwe Springbok-breier werk – soos met die onlangse Wêreldbeker-rugby-toernooi toe hy Peter de Villiers bygestaan het.
In ’n onderhoud met Hanlie Retief wat vandag in Rapport2 verskyn, het Eramus lig gewerp op die onderstrominge in die WP-unie wat deels gemaak het dat hy bedank het.
“Jy vat dit, jy vat dit, maar vier jaar later word jy een oggend wakker en sê: ‘Dis rêrig tough en ek het genoeg gehad.’
“Ek sê nie die politiek moet waai nie, maar dis nou die volgende ou se beurt om dit te hanteer. Ek wys ook nie vinger na die Kaapse opset nie. Dis hoe dit is.”
Erasmus vertrek binnekort oorsee om die rekenaarprogram wat hy vir die ontleding van die spel ontwikkel aan oorsese klubs bekend te stel. Hy is nie van plan om ’n afrigterspos daar te soek nie.
Volgens Rapport se inligting gaan die WP se verdedigingsafrigter, Jacques Nienaber, ook eersdaags by die WP bedank en Erasmus na Saru volg om hom by te staan in sy nuwe rol by die nasionale spanne.
Die Blitsbok-breier, Paul Treu, is glo ook op pad om saam met Erasmus en Nienaber in die Bokke se nuwe afrigtingspan te dien.
January 15th, 2012 at 23:08 SAST
GBS – Glad you are OK. Bonsai gave us a bit of a fright on Facebook!!
The Titanium coating came in handy again!
January 16th, 2012 at 00:14 SAST
83@ Just For Kicks:
Thats interesting first time I see that now, havent been trawling the cricket sites since yesterday’s cricket. So Phillander will come in and try and fill Kallis allrounder role but with the difference that he is the bowling allrounder as opposed to Kallis these days more just a batsmen allrounder. If Amla is the only other one out why are both Colin Ingram and Alviro Peterson there? What are you thoughts on Ingram, haven’t seen much of him but seemed to me that although he was doing really well on the domestic scene that he didn’t quite make the most of the international chances he got, a bit like Miller at the same time, they seemed to me to not be international quality players, hope I’m wrong and that in time they will develop further.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:05 SAST
@ Bullscot:Yup, Ingram has had a pretty iffy start to his international career, although he has scored a couple of centuries, and has an average of 41 or so after 12 matches at the top.He has also got out cheaply on a number of occasions, 6 of those innings being under 20 runs. He is keen to slot in at 3 in Kallis place, so we’ll see. He has done well with his franchise, so hopefully he will be able to bring that confidence back that I think he lost after the world cup. My big problem with bringing these two in is that it guarantees Smith his spot as an opener because of the experience factor – a real shame! I would like to throw a spanner in, and suggest Peterson and Elgar (if fit to open), Ingram at 3, and Philander in instead of JP Dominy. What thoughts?