full and wide outside off again, and Sanga half-heartedly wafts at it, misses, and South Africa have completed an incredible comeback
Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Colombo, Aug 02 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), August 02, 2013, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
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end of over 208 runs
SL: 103/9CRR: 5.15
Kumar Sangakkara59 (53b 9x4)
Ajantha Mendis0 (0b)
Morne Morkel 4-0-28-2
Wayne Parnell 3-1-8-2
That is all for this game, and that is all from Colombo. Over to Hambantota now. Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers
Du Plessis: "Very chuffed, so proud of the boys, we were under pressure after the ODIs, great character. We are playing a world class team excellent in their skills, we have some outstanding fielders, that is our way of creating pressure. I thought it was a good score on this wicket, I told them if we keep fighting, we will pull it through."
Chandimal: "We did well in the first half, Sachithra bowled really well. We lost early wickets, then we hit a few rash shots. Sanga is in good form, but others hit a few rash shots. We have two more games and are looking forward to them."
JP Duminy is the Man of the Match. Duminy: "Went well with the bat and exceptionally with the ball. Little bit of consistency for me with the bat, pretty happy. Facing the Sri Lankan spinners is something we have to look at. We are going to celebrate this win, it has been far and few for us on this tour."
Faf du Plessis is all smiles, South Africa needed this after the ODI series. They managed 115, which Duminy admitted at the break was not enough at all. But the Sri Lanka top order let them in through some needlessly aggressive shots, Duminy tied them down after that, and even as the asking-rate rose, Sri Lanka's response was to collapse. Absolutely nothing on that scorecard apart from Sanga's unbeaten fifty. Have a look at these - 11, 9, 8, 4, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0. Epic meltdown. Sri Lanka have now lost six out of seven T20s at the Premadasa
19.6
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Morkel to Sangakkara, no run
19.5
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Morkel to Sangakkara, no run
Sanga backs to leg and Morkel goes wide outside off, just inside the marker, and Sanga has no way of reaching that
19.4
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Morkel to Sangakkara, no run
tries the ramp again, but this is wider outside off, and he gets it along the ground to deep backward square leg, refuses the single
19.3
4
Morkel to Sangakkara, FOUR runs
and again, he's really taken to these ramp shots of late, walks across and lifts it comfortably over out of the reach of short fine leg, took it from outside off, what execution
19.2
4
Morkel to Sangakkara, FOUR runs
Sanga gets one away, slogs over midwicket, from outside off, for a one-bouncer four
19.1
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Morkel to Sangakkara, no run
moves across and swings at a full ball, cannot beat midwicket
What a collapse
end of over 19Wicket maiden
SL: 95/9CRR: 5.00 • RRR: 21.00
Kumar Sangakkara51 (47b 7x4)
Wayne Parnell 3-1-8-2
Morne Morkel 3-0-20-2
18.6
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Parnell to Malinga, OUT
one more wicket, Malinga slices a high full toss to point, and Parnell can't stop smiling
Lasith Malinga c du Plessis b Parnell 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
18.5
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Parnell to Malinga, no run
backs away and has a go at a short of a length ball, but misses
18.4
W
Parnell to Senanayake, OUT
another one falls, Parnell bowls a slower length ball outside off, Senanayake moves across, looking for the ramp shot probably, tries to swat it away, and ends up edging it weakly to the keeper
Sachithra Senanayake c †de Kock b Parnell 0 (4b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
18.3
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Parnell to Senanayake, no run
a short ball now, Senanayake tries to pull, is hit on the glove and the ball drops onto the pitch
18.2
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Parnell to Senanayake, no run
a dab and a miss outside off now to a length ball
18.1
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Parnell to Senanayake, no run
hits a length ball straight to mid on
end of over 185 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 95/7CRR: 5.27 • RRR: 10.50
Kumar Sangakkara51 (47b 7x4)
Sachithra Senanayake0 (0b)
Morne Morkel 3-0-20-2
Imran Tahir 4-0-22-1
17.6
4
Morkel to Sangakkara, FOUR runs
Sanga, meanwhile, shows some nerve to walk across, and ramp a full delivery on the stumps over short fine leg, took it from off and middle, was gone had he missed
Mazher Arshad: "JP Duminy has become the first South African to score 50 and take 3 wickets in a Twenty20 International."
17.5
W
Morkel to Perera, OUT
Sri Lanka has sunk deeper, and there is little time left to make it ashore now, Thisara has had a go at a length delivery, and skied it to extra cover
Thisara Perera c du Plessis b Morkel 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
17.4
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Morkel to Perera, no run
good length, on the pad, Thisara nudges it to midwicket
17.3
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Morkel to Perera, no run
beaten, 142 kph short of a length ball on the stumps, bounces over as Perera swings and misses
17.2
1
Morkel to Sangakkara, 1 run
back of a length, on off, dropped behind point for one
Daniel Alexander: "Stage set for a Thisara Perera assault!"
17.1
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Morkel to Sangakkara, no run
mid off is up and Sanga has cleared front leg and mowed this length ball, to the man on the bounce
Down to Thisara now, could be over in a few hits, could hole out. Morne Morkel comes back
end of over 177 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 90/6CRR: 5.29 • RRR: 8.66
Kumar Sangakkara46 (44b 6x4)
Imran Tahir 4-0-22-1
Jean-Paul Duminy 4-0-18-3
16.6
W
Tahir to Thirimanne, OUT
Thirimanne tries to clear him, but there is no getting past AB at long off, takes the ball with a short jump, and even though he is close to the rope, his balance is so good there is no danger of him falling back on it
Lahiru Thirimanne c de Villiers b Imran Tahir 5 (9b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 55.55
16.5
1
Tahir to Sangakkara, 1 run
a full toss, Sanga winds up and sweeps hard but straight to deep square leg
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