Spin fast becoming the bane of South Africa's ODI game

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Colombo

As South Africa look to improve a dismal record in Sri Lanka, their spinners will have to rethink their strategy and find better ways to utilise the helpful conditions 

Spin fast becoming the bane of SA's ODI game

Injured Hashim Amla in doubt for third ODI

Hashim Amla is in severe doubt for the third ODI against Sri Lanka after sustaining a grade one tear to his left groin muscle while fielding during Sri Lanka's innings

Injured Amla in doubt for third ODI

When Jayawardene and Sangakkara disagree

Plays of the Day from the second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa, in Colombo

Sri Lanka 2-0 up after rainy day

A second, successive sub-standard performance with the bat saw South Africa undo their significantly improved showing with the ball to go 2-0 down in the series

South Africa to stick with two specialist spinners

South Africa's bowlers were largely to blame for the loss in the first ODI, but AB de Villiers was particularly enamoured of the prospect of fielding two frontline spinners

SA to stick with two specialist spinners

Sri Lanka v South Africa: Chandimal focuses on adaptability

With Sri Lanka's seniors still going strong, Dinesh Chandimal will have to get used to batting lower down for some time. He wants the youngsters, including himself, to start contributing more if a crisis hits 

Chandimal focuses on adaptability

South Africa face the heat from conditions and hosts

ESPNcricinfo presents the preview of the second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo

SA face the heat from conditions and hosts

AN Petersen

HMRKB Herath

RJ Peterson

SL Malinga

JP Duminy

NLTC Perera

AB de Villiers

TM Dilshan

F du Plessis

DA Miller

R McLaren

HM Amla

AM Phangiso

CH Morris

M Morkel

RMS Eranga

J Mubarak

South Africa

Sri Lanka

LD Chandimal

Ab de Villiers expressed disappointment at South Africa's second successive poor batting performance, which resulted in them going down to Sri Lanka by 17 runs (D/L method) on Tuesday

De Villiers disappointed with South Africa's batting

South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen has signalled out Sri Lanka bowler Lasith Malinga as the key threat ahead of their second one-day-international match in Colombo

Player Name		R	B
AN Petersen	lbw	24	28
RJ Peterson	bowled	3	3
JP Duminy	caught	15	17
AB de Villiers	lbw	12	18
F du Plessis	caught	8	9
DA Miller	not out	22	34
R McLaren	not out	14	17
Extras	(lb 2, w 4)
Total	104(5 wkts; 21 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	3	0	17	1	5.66
RMS Eranga	4	0	21	0	5.25
NLTC Perera	4	0	23	1	5.75
HMRKB Herath	4	0	16	2	4
TM Dilshan	5	0	20	1	4
J Mubarak	1	0	5	0	5

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	7	Robin Peterson	Alviro Petersen
2nd	32	Alviro Petersen	Jean-Paul Duminy
3rd	16	Alviro Petersen	AB de Villiers
4th	12	AB de Villiers	Faf du Plessis
5th	2	Faf du Plessis	David Miller
6th	35	Ryan McLaren	David Miller

MATCH DAY

PREVIEW

South Africa Innings