The fourth Cricket ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka (4 of 5) at Kimberley. The game started at 14:30 SA Time on 20 January 2012.
This was the Live Discussion Article where we chatted about the match in progress and where the scores were updated regularly.
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South Africa: 299/7 (50 overs)
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Sri Lanka: 304 / 5 (48.4 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AN Petersen | c Tharanga b Herath | 37 | 55 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 94.87 | |
| GC Smith | c Dilshan b Malinga | 68 | 106 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 98.55 | |
| AB de Villiers*† | b Perera | 96 | 116 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 126.31 | |
| CA Ingram | lbw b Kulasekara | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| JP Duminy | c †Sangakkara b Perera | 36 | 50 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 76.59 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Sangakkara b Herath | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| WD Parnell | run out (Tharanga) | 21 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 123.52 | |
| RJ Peterson | not out | 23 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 74.19 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, w 6) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs; 214 mins) | 299 | (5.98 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe |
| Fall of wickets 1-84 (Petersen, 13.1 ov), 2-171 (Smith, 23.5 ov), 3-172 (Ingram, 24.3 ov), 4-242 (Duminy, 38.4 ov), 5-250 (de Villiers, 40.5 ov), 6-252 (du Plessis, 41.3 ov), 7-289 (Parnell, 47.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 5.70 | (4w) | ||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 5.00 | |||
| SMSM Senanayake | 10 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 5.30 | |||
| NLTC Perera | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 8.50 | (1w) | ||
| AD Mathews | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| TM Dilshan | 8 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| HMRKB Herath | 9 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 300 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WU Tharanga | c †de Villiers b Tsotsobe | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| TM Dilshan* | c Duminy b Tsotsobe | 87 | 122 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 100.00 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c Petersen b Peterson | 32 | 56 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 103.22 | |
| LD Chandimal | b Tsotsobe | 59 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 72.83 | ||
| HDRL Thirimanne | c Duminy b Philander | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 86.66 | ||
| NLTC Perera | not out | 65 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 147.72 | ||
| AD Mathews | not out | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 84.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 6, nb 2) | 21 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 48.4 overs) | 304 | (6.24 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, SMSM Senanayake |
| Fall of wickets 1-17 (Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-100 (Sangakkara, 16.2 ov), 3-168 (Dilshan, 28.5 ov), 4-194 (Thirimanne, 34.4 ov), 5-246 (Chandimal, 40.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Morkel | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 5.37 | (2w) | ||
| LL Tsotsobe | 10 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 5.10 | (1w) | ||
| VD Philander | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 6.50 | (2w) | ||
| WD Parnell | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5.33 | (1nb) | ||
| JP Duminy | 4.4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 7.92 | |||
| RJ Peterson | 6 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 7.83 | |||
| F du Plessis | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | (1w) |
| Match details |
| Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series South Africa led the 5-match series 3-1 |
| ODI debut SMSM Senanayake (Sri Lanka) Player of the match tba |
| Umpires JD Cloete and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire NJ Llong (England) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire S George |
| Match notes |
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January 20th, 2012 at 22:24 SAST
Sri Lanka nees 14 from 3 overs (18 balls).
The fat lady is getting up…
January 20th, 2012 at 22:24 SAST
94@ Blue Bird:Thanks. He needs to get his head out of that damn coffin first!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:26 SAST
9 needed from 16 balls… it’s all over bar the shouting
January 20th, 2012 at 22:27 SAST
5 needed from 15… easy peasy
January 20th, 2012 at 22:28 SAST
102 @ Just For Kicks:
It’s not MY head I want in a coffin… hehehe
January 20th, 2012 at 22:28 SAST
4 Needed of 13 balls…
3 to tie, almost impossible for Sri Lanka to lose this.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:29 SAST
2 Overs left… 4 runs needed.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:30 SAST
How they will rue that batting performance. On a flat, slow surface, that slow down was inexcusable. They let the SL slow bowlers get the upper hand, after having carted them around earlier on. Young team, they will learn from this.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:30 SAST
Oh well… the Series will be 3 / 1 after this.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:31 SAST
Perera finishes with a massive straight 6!
Sri Lanka win.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:32 SAST
HUUUUGE 6 to finish, well done SL, well deserved.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:32 SAST
That last 6 went out of the ground… far out!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:33 SAST
Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets, with 8 balls to spare.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:34 SAST
105@ grootblousmile:Got given a jigsaw for Xmas, if you need a coffin builder, I’m available!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:39 SAST
114 @ Just For Kicks:
Hehehe
I’m a very conservative businessman, so I will be careful how I go about things and which businesses I get involved with.
So, you’re an aspiring carpenter… who gave you the jigsaw… I sense that it was a subtle hint….
January 20th, 2012 at 22:42 SAST
AB is a simple minded fellow, so keeping his batting simple isn’t hard to do!!!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:45 SAST
116 @ Just For Kicks:
AB’s not bad… goo old Affies boy from Pretoria!
If you’re lokking for simple-minded, look no further than Biffie!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:47 SAST
Perera gets man of the match.
2 wickets for 34 runs when bowling and 69 runs off 44 balls when batting.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:50 SAST
115@ grootblousmile: The wife gave me the jigsaw, bed was falling apart – threatened to divorce me if it wasn’t fixed. Looks like a coffin now, thats where I got the idea!
January 20th, 2012 at 22:54 SAST
117@ grootblousmile:Have to disagree there, definitely one candle short of a birthday cake. Nice guy though. Smith has an IQ, unfortunately, and it has tuned him into a doos. AB will always be a nice guy.
January 20th, 2012 at 22:57 SAST
Right, time to hit the sack. Will check in tomorrow. Stormers season starts tomorrow with a massive derby against the mighty Boland. Match being shown live on SS6 tomorrow afternoon. Beware the mighty Drizzlers, I say
January 20th, 2012 at 23:18 SAST
OK, I’m outa here too… have placed 4 or so new Articles on for us…
See you in the morning.