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South Africa rode on aggressive hundreds from Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers to beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs in the third and final one-day international yesterday. |
Left-hander De Kock smashed a 127-ball 128 while skipper De Villiers hit a fiery 71-ball 108, making a century off just 66 balls, as South Africa posted their highest total against Sri Lanka, 339-5, in windy conditions at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota.
The Proteas then restricted the hosts to 257 in 44.3 overs for their first-ever one-day series win (2-1) over the island nation. South Africa had won the first one-day in Colombo by 75 runs while Sri Lanka claimed the second by 87 runs at Pallekele.
South Africa
H Amla c Senanayake b Herath............ 48
Q de Kock c Mendis b Senanayake...... 128
J Kallis lbw Herath...................................... 4
AB de Villiers c Priyanjan b Mendis....... 108
JP Duminy c and b Mendis....................... 29
D Miller (not out)......................................... 4
R McLaren (not out)................................... 2
Extras (b4, lb3, w9).................................... 16
Total (5 wkts, 50 overs)........................... 339
Fall of wickets: 1-118 (Amla), 2-132 (Kallis), 3-248 (De Kock), 4-328 (De Villiers), 5-328 (Duminy)
Bowling: Malinga 10-0-85-0, Senanayake 10-0-66-1 (2w), Mathews 6-0-43-0 (6w), Mendis 7-0-48-2 (1w), Herath 10-0-48-2, Dilshan 7-0-42-0
Sri Lanka
K Perera c de Villiers b Parnell................ 37
T Dilshan (run out)...................................... 30
K S’kkara c de Kock b McLaren............. 36
M Jayawardene c Steyn b Tahir............ 2
L Thirimanne b Duminy............................ 22
A Mathews c Morkel b McLaren............. 58
A Priyanjan c de Kock b McLaren.......... 30
S Senanayake c Kallis b Morkel............. 13
R Herath c de Kock b Morkel.................. 1
A Mendis (not out)...................................... 0
L Malinga c and b Duminy....................... 0
Extras (b2, lb4, nb2, w20)....................... 28
Total (all out, 44.3 overs)......................... 257
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Perera), 2-107 (Dilshan), 3-113 (Sangakkara), 4-113 (Jayawardene), 5-151 (Thirimanne), 6-234 (Priyanjan), 7-249 (Mathews), 8-257 (Herath), 9-257 (Senanayake)
Bowling: Steyn 7-0-55-0 (7w), Morkel 7-0-49-2 (2w), Parnell 4-0-38-1 (1w), McLaren 8-0-37-3 (2nb), Tahir 10-0-29-1 (1w), Duminy 8.3-0-43-2 (9w)
