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Sri Lanka A tour of South Africa, 2008/09 / Scorecard

Sri Lanka A in South Africa unofficial ODI Series - 3rd unofficial ODI

South Africa A v Sri Lanka A

Sri Lanka A won by 26 runs

List A match | 2008/09 season
Played at Buffalo Park, East London
24 September 2008 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka A innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	not out	173	194	149	20	4	116.10

NT Paranavitana	b Smit	39	64	46	3	1	84.78
15.1 well flighted delivery is edged back onto the stumps after an attempted drive 91/1
MDK Perera	lbw b Theron	44	47	37	5	3	118.91
26.5 lbw 186/2
SHT Kandamby*	c Theron b Parnell	30	42	35	2	0	85.71
38.4 full delivery hit to the fielder on the deep midwicket boundary 249/3
KD Gunawardene	not out	34	38	34	3	0	100.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 11, nb 1)	15

Total	(3 wickets; 50 overs; 194 mins)	335	(6.70 runs per over)

Did not bat RJMGM Rupasinghe, JK Silva†, HMRKB Herath, RAS Lakmal, UWMBCA Welegedara, MKDI Amerasinghe

Fall of wickets 1-91 (Paranavitana, 15.1 ov), 2-186 (Perera, 26.5 ov), 3-249 (Kandamby, 38.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Louw	10	1	63	0	6.30

YA Abdulla	6	0	48	0	8.00	(4w)

J Theron	9	0	63	1	7.00	(1nb, 2w)
26.5 to Perera, lbw 186/2
H Davids	5	0	49	0	9.80	(2w)

D Smit	6	0	26	1	4.33	(1w)
15.1 to Paranavitana, well flighted delivery is edged back onto the stumps after an attempted drive 91/1
WD Parnell	9	0	54	1	6.00
38.4 to Kandamby, full delivery hit to the fielder on the deep midwicket boundary 249/3
D Elgar	5	0	29	0	5.80


South Africa A innings (target: 336 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Bodi	b Herath	153	216	136	17	2	112.50
45.5 bowled 289/8
AN Petersen*	c sub (HMCM Bandara) b Herath	39	64	52	4	1	75.00
14.2 batsman attempted to hit the ball over long off for six but did not hit it properly and got caught at long off 87/1
H Davids	run out (Herath/†Silva)	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
15.6 Perera to Bodi, run out (Herath/†Silva) 90/1
D Elgar	lbw b Perera	1	10	4	0	0	25.00
17.5 lbw 100/3
HG Kuhn†	run out (Paranavitana)	28	44	28	3	0	100.00
28.3 from Lakmal, run out (Paranavitana) 161/4
VB van Jaarsveld	c Gunawardene b Amerasinghe	41	55	39	2	1	105.12
40.1 full ball hit straight to the fielder at long on 241/5
J Louw	b Amerasinghe	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
40.5 fast yorker beats the batsman and crashes into the stumps 244/6
D Smit	c †Silva b Amerasinghe	3	10	3	0	0	100.00
42.3 caught †Silva 263/7
WD Parnell	b Herath	8	29	12	1	0	66.66
47.5 bowled 309/10
J Theron	c Lakmal b Herath	15	10	9	2	0	166.66
47.4 caught in the deep at long on 309/9
YA Abdulla	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-

Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 4, nb 5)	19

Total	(all out; 47.5 overs; 229 mins)	309	(6.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-87 (Petersen, 14.2 ov), 2-90 (Davids, 15.6 ov), 3-100 (Elgar, 17.5 ov), 4-161 (Kuhn, 28.3 ov), 5-241 (van Jaarsveld, 40.1 ov), 6-244 (Louw, 40.5 ov), 7-263 (Smit, 42.3 ov), 8-289 (Bodi, 45.5 ov), 9-309 (Theron, 47.4 ov), 10-309 (Parnell, 47.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	9	2	61	0	6.77	(3nb)

RAS Lakmal	9	0	55	0	6.11	(2nb, 2w)

MDK Perera	10	0	49	1	4.90	(2w)
17.5 to Elgar, lbw 100/3
HMRKB Herath	6.5	0	48	4	7.02
14.2 to Petersen, batsman attempted to hit the ball over long off for six but did not hit it properly and got caught at long off 87/1 45.5 to Bodi, bowled 289/8 47.4 to Theron, caught in the deep at long on 309/9 47.5 to Parnell, bowled 309/10
MKDI Amerasinghe	10	0	67	3	6.70
40.1 to van Jaarsveld, full ball hit straight to the fielder at long on 241/5 40.5 to Louw, fast yorker beats the batsman and crashes into the stumps 244/6 42.3 to Smit, caught †Silva 263/7
NT Paranavitana	3	0	19	0	6.33

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka A, who chose to bat
Series Sri Lanka A led the 5-match series 2-1

Player of the match WU Tharanga (Sri Lanka A)

Umpires S George and DJ Smith
Match referee EH Mall
Reserve umpire LJ Willemse

Match notes

Sri Lanka A innings
50 runs, 63 balls, 41 mins, 6x4, 1x6
103 runs 116 balls, 80 mins, 14x4, 1x6
150 runs 140 balls, 96 mins, 19x4, 4x6
202 runs, 195 balls, 126 mins, 21x4, 6x6
Tharanga 100 runs, 95 balls, 129 mins, 13x4, 2x6
Tharanga 52 runs 53 balls 80 mins, 10x4
250 runs, 245 balls, 26x6, 6x6
250 runs, 245 balls, 158 mins, 26x4, 6x6
300 runs, 289 balls, 181 mins, 29x4, 7x6
Tharanga 152 runs, 137 balls, 184 mins, 18x4, 3x6

South Africa A innings
50 runs, 43 balls, 31 mins, 7x4, 1x6
100 rns, 108 balls, 80 mins, 11x4, 1x6
Bodi 50 runs, 49 balls, 87 balls, 7x4
150 runs, 167 balls, 121 mins, 16x4, 1x6
200 runs, 221 balls, 162 mins, 17x4, 3x6
Bodi 101 runs, 106 balls, 168 mins, 10x4, 1x6
250 runs, 255 balls, 191 mins, 23x4, 3x6
Bodi 153 runs, 135 balls, 216 mins, 17x4, 2x6
302 runs, 288 balls, 224 mins, 28x4, 4x6

Series Results

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Benoni - Sep 28, 2008
Sri Lanka A won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Bloemfontein - Sep 26, 2008
Sri Lanka A won by 81 runs

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at East London - Sep 24, 2008
Sri Lanka A won by 26 runs

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Pietermaritzburg - Sep 21, 2008
Sth Africa A won by 3 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Sth Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Potchefstroom - Sep 19, 2008
Sri Lanka A won by 3 runs

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