Wisden's review of the first ODI, Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2014

Sri Lanka Cricket's attempts to cut operational costs has affected the cricket in the first ODI, as Sri Lanka lost wickets chasing a Duckworth-Lewis equation, when light faded quickly in the late afternoon

Hashim Amla has admitted that "playing a bit of cricket in the county stint" with Surrey had helped him prepare for the ongoing series against Sri Lanka

Plays of the day from the first ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo