Saturday, January 28, 2017

1st ODI : South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets and lead ODI series 1-0

South Africa 185 for 2 (Amla 57, du Plessis 55*) beat Sri Lanka 181 (Mendis 62, Tahir 3-26, Parnell 3-48) by eight wickets

In the First ODI at Port Elizabeth, South Africa won the toss and  choose bowl first against Srilanka.  

Dickwella  and Debutent DS Weerakkody Opened the batting for Sri Lanka. Wayne Parnell troubled Sri Lankan Batsman and dismissed both opener early.


Dickwella scored only 1 run and DS Weerakkody scored 5 runs.  Mendis  and Chandimal added 72 runs in 20.5 overs for third wicket partnership. In Middle Imran Tahir troubled Sri Lankan Batsman and he got Chandimal, Mendis and Tharanga. 




Imran Tahir Dismissed Chandimal when he scored 22 runs. Mendis only batsman scored fifty for Sri Lanka and other batsman did n't score good enough.

Sri Lanka scored 181 Runs and lost all wickets in 48.3 overs.  Imran Tahir and Wayne Parnell took three wicket each.  Morris got two wickets.

South Africa  Opener gave the good start and added 71 runs from 13.1 overs. Sandakan removed opener de Cock  when he scored 34 runs. Then Du Plessis  joined with  Hasim Amla added 60 runs for Sceond wicket partnership.

Gunaratne Removed Hasim Amla when he scored 57 runs . Du Plessis (55) and De Villiers (30) ensure South Africa chase the modest total.

South Africa chased the score 185 runs in 34.2 overs with loss of two wickets. Imran Tahir got Man of the Match.

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