Malinga is down the track trying to smash it over the bowler's head, but mistimes it horribly and sends up a lob. Duminy backtracks from the crease and gets under it. Makes no mistake.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 3rd ODI at Hambantota, Jul 12 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd ODI, Hambantota, July 12, 2014, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
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Matches at Galle are always high value. Will leave you with this from Apoorv: "I think Ranjit summed up AB perfectly,"He is the fusion of old and the modern way of playing cricket". Perfect definition for him"
Well, that's it from us. Join us again for the Test, which starts Wednesday, but in the meantime switch over to the England match, where Joe Root and Anderson are making history of their own.
De Villiers is up again:"It's not a World Cup, but for us it's a huge step in the right direction. Angelo and his boys have been playing a lot of good cricket. I'm exceptionally proud of the boys, there's no one or two guys that stand out. I'm just proud of the team." If you hadn't guessed it, AB is the man of the match as well.
Hashim Amla is the player of the series, having crossed 100 twice and made 48 today. Amla:"I'm grateful to get some runs. I think this wicket is the flattest wicket I've ever played on. We'll take some confidence from this going forward, but tomorrow the Test preparations start. Everyone came here with the desire to make history. We had the baggage of that last series. AB's innings today was special to take us to a big total. On this type of wicket we needed a big total to defend.
De Villiers: "Very happy with the boys. It's our first series win here, so we'll celebrate tonight. I thought we slipped up a little early but we made it up in the end. Sri Lanka bowled well in that Powerplay, but later on I was seeing the ball really well."
Presentation now. Mathews: "We don't deserve to win the way we played today. We were flat on the field, let go of a few catches and didn't play well. It was a depressing performance. Losing to a foreign team is not the end of the world. I'm happy with my own batting, but it doesn't mean anything, since we lost."
Interestingly, Tahir and Herath were the bowlers of the day. They will face off again at Galle, which is sure to take loads of spin. That's a good contest to watch as the teams move to red-ball cricket.
De Villiers was the difference between the sides in this match. What an innings his hundred was. SL looked good in the Powerplay, but then Sanga and Dilshan fell in quick succession, and Mahela's mediocre ODI run continued. Mathews and Priyanjan were shackled by good bowling and excellent fielding, while the wind died down a bit to make things easier for SA.
Imran Tahir, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and Ryan McLaren have been fantastic in this series. Sri Lanka were hot and cold and fell apart in the field when Malinga had a few off days.
Huge wide smiles for South Africa. AB de Villiers in particular. They were not fancied before this series, but they have been focused and intense in game one and game three. The victors get into an ecstatic huddle before they shake hands. It means a lot to them after the 4-1 drubbing last year.
44.3
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Duminy to Malinga, OUT
Lasith Malinga c & b Duminy 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
44.2
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Duminy to Malinga, no run
floated up, straightening on middle, defended
Around the wicket now
44.1
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Duminy to Malinga, no run
wide of off stump, but he turns it back in just enough for it to be legal
Duminy is back
end of over 445 runs • 2 wickets
SL: 257/9CRR: 5.84 • RRR: 13.83
Ajantha Mendis0 (1b)
Lasith Malinga0 (0b)
Morne Morkel 7-0-49-2
Imran Tahir 10-0-29-1
43.6
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Morkel to Mendis, no run
full toss on off stump, Mendis just defends it
Malinga in to face the hat-trick ball.
43.5
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Morkel to Senanayake, OUT
two in two for Morkel. That's a full toss that Senanayake tries to loft over the off side, but he's hitting into the wind and has played the shot too early in any case. Jacques Kallis gets under it at the edge of the circle and pouches it no problem. SA one wicket away from their first ODI series win in the country.
Sachithra Senanayake c Kallis b Morkel 13 (16b 2x4 0x6 22m) SR: 81.25
43.4
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Morkel to Herath, OUT
short and a little wide, Herath tries to heave it away to the leg side, but only gets a top edge. It goes high over the keeper, but QdK runs back to complete a pretty comfortable catch.
Rangana Herath c †de Kock b Morkel 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 25
43.3
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Morkel to Senanayake, 1 run
full on off stump, SS is too early into the shot, but he gets an inside edge and takes a single to the leg side
43.2
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Morkel to Senanayake, no run
another short ball, quicker this time and closer in to the stumps. The batsman tries to repeat the dose and misses
43.1
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Morkel to Senanayake, FOUR runs
short and somewhat wide. SS gets nicely under it and hits it over backward point for four
Morkel is into the attack
end of over 431 run
SL: 252/7CRR: 5.86 • RRR: 12.57
Rangana Herath1 (3b)
Sachithra Senanayake8 (12b 1x4)
Imran Tahir 10-0-29-1
Ryan McLaren 8-0-37-3
42.6
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Tahir to Herath, no run
floated up on off stump, defended by Herath
42.5
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Tahir to Herath, no run
Herath tries the reverse sweep first up, probably picked the googly, Doesn't connect though
42.4
1
Tahir to Senanayake, 1 run
floated in on off stump, driven down to long off
42.3
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Tahir to Senanayake, no run
floated up and turning away sharply, the batsman doesn't even play at that
42.2
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Tahir to Senanayake, no run
another quick leggie, SS is down the pitch and gets pad in the way
42.1
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Tahir to Senanayake, no run
fast leggie, SS tries to chop it, but misses
One more over for Tahir
end of over 424 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 251/7CRR: 5.97 • RRR: 11.12
Sachithra Senanayake7 (8b 1x4)
Rangana Herath1 (1b)
Ryan McLaren 8-0-37-3
Imran Tahir 9-0-28-1
41.6
1
McLaren to Senanayake, 1 run
yorker, dug out toward long on
41.5
1
McLaren to Herath, 1 run
length outside off stump, Herath guides it to third man
Rangana Herath is the new man.
41.4
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McLaren to Angelo Mathews, OUT
super catch, and that may be the game for the hosts! Again the bouncer gets rid of a batsman. Mathews doesn't control the hook shot, and the tallest man on the park is at short fine leg. Morkel sticks his giant paws up and the ball sticks to his left palm like it's a glue trap. South Africa on the brink of making ODI history here. AB plants a big kiss on Morkel's cheek. He knows what that wicket means, and he's not afraid to show it.
Angelo Mathews c Morkel b McLaren 58 (81b 5x4 1x6 127m) SR: 71.6
41.3
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McLaren to Senanayake, 1 run
full delivery outside off stump, SS plays a huge drive, gets an inside edge and squirts it to short fine leg
41.2
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McLaren to Senanayake, no run
slower short of a length ball, Senanayake tries to glide it to third man, but misses
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