South Africa vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758: Proteas post a humongous total – Match Update
Splendid piece of batting display from the batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 post a humongous total of 302 runs against Sri Lanka, in the first ODI of five match series being played at Boland Park, Paarl.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887, who was playing his first match as South Africa’s limited over skipper, won the toss and decided to bat first.
The hosts suffered an early blow when former captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 (6) than a wicket taking delivery that
cost him the wicket.
There was a brief moment of silence in the stadium, but the crowd felt alive again when South Africa’s favourite son, Kallis, was seen making his way to the centre. The charismatic all-rounder enthralled his fans by being in the
best of his form.
Kallis, along with his partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368, made the Lankan bowlers regret. The duo adopted an attacking approach and put a solid reply to whatever Lankan bowlers threw their way.
Kallis got to his 85th ODI fifty by nudging a single of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CRD-Fernando-c1292 on the penultimate delivery of 20th over, while the 100-run stand between the two batters came in the 21st. A couple of overs
later, Amla raised his bat to celebrate his half-century.
Prior to the match between the two sides, De Villiers said that the team would make a bold decision and they did just that. Proteas took the batting powerplay in the 27th over, which was much earlier than anyone would
have expected them to.
A mix-up between Amla and Kallis gifted Sri Lanka their second wicket of the innings. De Villiers came in next to fillthe vacant spot left by Kallis. The skipper of Proteas did not let the momentum slip and along with Amla, who
got to his 9th ODI century in 41st over, put on 91 runs for the third wicket.
The stage was set for the South African batsmen to go berserk in the death overs, but Lankan bowlers pulled things back drastically to restrict the Proteas to 302. Lankans took six wickets within a span of 10 overs with Malinga
being the major contributor claiming four scalps to complete his fifth five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
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