what a grand way to seal the win, a powerful six, dead straight, clean as you like, that's out of the ground, and Sri Lanka have picked up their first win of the series
RESULT
4th ODI (D/N), Kimberley, January 20, 2012, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
299/7
(48.4/50 ov, T:300) 304/5
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Match centre
Scores: S Balasubramanian
| Comms: Siddarth Ravindran
Scorecard summary
South Africa • 299/7(50 overs)
96 (76)
2/45 (9)
68 (69)
2/34 (4)
Sri Lanka • 304/5(48.4 overs)
87 (87)
3/51 (10)
69* (44)
1/39 (6)
There were steady improvements from Sri Lanka through the series, after the embarrassment of 43 all out, and they finally get a victory. Perera is the man of the moment - his six-hitting shouldn't obscure the big wickets he got earlier in the day - but there were superb hands from Tillakaratne Dilshan, finally finding form, and the youngster Dinesh Chandimal, who continues to impress at the international level. South Africa's fielding wasn't what it should have been towards the end - there was the Morkel drop, but there were plenty of fumbles in the field, and innumerable run-out chances were spurned.
Baundule sums it up: "Perera turned the match in Sri Lanka's favor with those crucial two wickets. And finished the job extremely well with the bat. It's a pity that he could not get a match before the series was lost."
Post-match presentation:
AB de Villiers: "Very good game, we batted quite well up fornt, could have scored more in the last 10. They batted really well, chased down 300. I'll take responsibility for losing my wicket at a bad time, we could have got perhaps 330 if I stayed till the end. There are other areas for the team to work on. I wasn't too happy with our fielding, it wasn't the best outfield to field on either. Perera played extremely well, he made my job very difficult."
Tillakaratne Dilshan: "Fantastic effort. We tried to keep them to 250-260, but AB batted really well, at one stage I thought they could reach 350, but we came back well in the last 20 overs. We want to finish the series strongly, unfortunately previous game was rained out or we might have had a good decider. I was under pressure, and I am happy to come back to form."
The Man of the Match is Thisara Perera. "This is my first match in the series, I think I've done well. this is my normal batting, I like left-arm spinners. I want to bat well in the next game as well."
Abhishek Purohit is slaving over a match report, which will be updated in a few minutes. And check back in a bit for stories from Firdose Moonda, who has been watching this closely in Kimberley.
Thanks for all the mails today. See you lot on Sunday for the final ODI of the season. G''night!
48.4
6
Duminy to Perera, SIX runs
Field comes in
48.3
1
Duminy to Angelo Mathews, 1 run
powerfully cut by Mathews, well stopped by Morkel at backward point, that spun away from him at the last moment but he managed to control it
48.2
•
Duminy to Angelo Mathews, no run
defended back towards the bowler
48.1
1
Duminy to Perera, 1 run
eases it to long-on for a single
end of over 4810 runs
SL: 296/5CRR: 6.16 • RRR: 2.00
Angelo Mathews20 (23b)
Thisara Perera62 (42b 3x4 4x6)
Wayne Parnell 9-0-52-0
Jean-Paul Duminy 4-0-29-0
47.6
•
Parnell to Angelo Mathews, no run
defended back towards the bowler
47.5
1
Parnell to Perera, 1 run
another muscular hit from Perera, forces the ball towards the bowler, who gets a hand on it to field
47.4
•
Parnell to Perera, no run
a full ball heading for middle, thumped in to the ground and towards the bowler
47.3
4
Parnell to Perera, FOUR runs
full ball between the batsman and leg stump, Perera looks to whip that to the leg side, he gets a thin edge that beats the keeper for four, only five away now
47.2
3
Parnell to Angelo Mathews, 3 runs
smashes it towards deep extra cover to get three this time, Sri Lanka are coasting to victory here
47.1
2
Parnell to Angelo Mathews, 2 runs
short of length ball outside off, slapped towards long-off for two
Parnell to bowl the 48th over
end of over 477 runs
SL: 286/5CRR: 6.08 • RRR: 4.66
Thisara Perera57 (39b 2x4 4x6)
Angelo Mathews15 (20b)
Jean-Paul Duminy 4-0-29-0
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 10-0-51-3
46.6
2
Duminy to Perera, 2 runs
46.5
•
Duminy to Perera, no run
46.4
2
Duminy to Perera, 2 runs
46.3
•
Duminy to Perera, no run
46.2
1
Duminy to Angelo Mathews, 1 run
Technical trouble with Ten Cricket. Lost coverage here.
46.1
2
Duminy to Angelo Mathews, 2 runs
on the pads, worked towards deep midwicket for a couple
Surprise, surprise. JP Duminy is on.
end of over 466 runs
SL: 279/5CRR: 6.06 • RRR: 5.25
Angelo Mathews12 (18b)
Thisara Perera53 (35b 2x4 4x6)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 10-0-51-3
Wayne Parnell 8-0-42-0
45.6
1
Tsotsobe to Angelo Mathews, 1 run
a wide delivery is pushed to point for a single
45.5
•
Tsotsobe to Angelo Mathews, no run
a run-out chance, Tsotsobe makes a shoddy attempt to collect the throw from the deep, Mathews plays that towards deep square leg, and takes a single, Perera belatedly decides there a second, and might have been caught short if Tsotsobe had held the throw from the deep and broken the stumps
45.4
2
Tsotsobe to Angelo Mathews, 2 runs
45.3
2
Tsotsobe to Angelo Mathews, 2 runs
dropped, that was amateurish, certainly not expected from a South African side, Mathews looked to thrash that through the off side, it was a skier towards mid-on, Morkel settled nicely under it, somehow manages to drop that, was a sitter
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
96 runs (76)
8 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
48 runs
6 fours2 sixes
Control
95%
87 runs (87)
9 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot on back foot
22 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
Match details
| De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2011/12 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | South Africa led the 5-match series 3-1 |
| Match number | ODI no. 3228 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15 |
| Match days | 20 January 2012 - daynight (50-over match) |
| ODI debut | |
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