The First Cricket ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka (1 of 5) took place at Boland Park, Paarl. The game started at 14:30 SA Time on 11 January 2012.
This was the Live Discussion Article where we chatted about the match in progress and where the scores were updated regularly.
The ODI series follows the Test Series where South Africa won by 2 Tests to 1.
South Africa: 301 / 8 (50 overs)
Sri Lanka: 43 all out (20.1 overs)
South Africa win by 258 runs
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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HM Amla | c †Sangakkara b Malinga | 112 | 210 | 128 | 8 | 0 | 87.50 |
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GC Smith | c †Sangakkara b Malinga | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
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JH Kallis | run out (Jayawardene) | 72 | 115 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 90.00 |
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AB de Villiers*† | b KMDN Kulasekara | 52 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 130.00 |
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JA Morkel | c Mathews b Malinga | 25 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 147.05 |
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JP Duminy | c & b Mendis | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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F du Plessis | b Malinga | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 76.92 |
| RJ Peterson | not out | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
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DW Steyn | b Malinga | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| M Morkel | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 15) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs; 332 mins) | 301 | (6.02 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat LL Tsotsobe |
| Fall of wickets 1-9 (Smith, 2.4 ov), 2-153 (Kallis, 28.3 ov), 3-244 (de Villiers, 40.3 ov), 4-279 (JA Morkel, 45.2 ov), 5-279 (Amla, 45.3 ov), 6-283 (Duminy, 46.4 ov), 7-298 (du Plessis, 49.2 ov), 8-300 (Steyn, 49.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 5.30 | (1w) | |
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KMDN Kulasekara | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | (1w) | |
| CRD Fernando | 9 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 7.22 | (2w) | ||
| AD Mathews | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | (1w) | ||
| CKB Kulasekara | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) | ||
| TM Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | |||
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BAW Mendis | 8 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 6.75 | (1w) |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 302 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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WU Tharanga | c Duminy b M Morkel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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TM Dilshan* | c †de Villiers b Tsotsobe | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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KC Sangakkara† | c †de Villiers b M Morkel | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 |
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LD Chandimal | b Tsotsobe | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
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DPMD Jayawardene | c du Plessis b Tsotsobe | 2 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
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AD Mathews | c Peterson b M Morkel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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CKB Kulasekara | c Peterson b M Morkel | 19 | 74 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 41.30 |
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KMDN Kulasekara | c du Plessis b Steyn | 6 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 |
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SL Malinga | b Peterson | 1 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| BAW Mendis | not out | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
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CRD Fernando | lbw b Peterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (w 2, nb 2) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (All out; 20.1 overs) | 43 | (2.13 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-0 (Tharanga, 0.2 ov), 2-4 (Dilshan, 1.2 ov), 3-8 (Chandimal, 3.3 ov), 4-9 (Sangakkara, 4.4 ov), 5-9 (Mathews, 4.6 ov), 6-13 (Jayawardene, 7.5 ov), 7-24 (KMDN Kulasekara, 10.4 ov), 8-33 (Malinga, 14.4 ov), 9-43 (CKB Kulasekara, 19.5 ov), 10-43 (Fernando, 20.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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M Morkel | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1.66 | ||
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LL Tsotsobe | 6 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3.16 | (1nb, 1w) | |
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DW Steyn | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2.33 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| JA Morkel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
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RJ Peterson | 3.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1.57 |
| Match details |
| Toss South Africa, who chose to bat |
| Player of the match tba |
| Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and M Erasmus TV umpire RA Kettleborough (England) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
| Match notes |
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Morne Morkel is the Man of the Match. “Slow start for me this summer, but it was important to work through the tough periods. Luckily, I had the help of our support staff and could work through that. Lopsy has been unbelievable in the last couple of years and it was great to have him at the other end. Lots of energy from Steyn too, coming in first change.”
superBul wrote:
i obviously did not follow the comments here , but what was the feel amongst the bloggers, is Morne forgiven.
149@ superBul:Will do, ta
I loved this comment in a article on s24
Robin Peterson grabbed two while Dale Steyn and Albie Morkel took a wicket each in what looked more like a highlights package than an innings.
152@ superBul:Yes, Supers, I bow down to your greater foresight! In all seriousness though, He feeds off confidence, what a different player he is when his confidence is high. Kudos to him, and lets hope he carries it through. Still believe the test arena is very different though, and time will tell there.
@ Just For Kicks:
i dont claim to be right , but in cricket the best players can be thrown out of their stride. The whole game lends itself to player confidence. Take a bowler away from his position as strike bowler seldom succeeds. Morne needs that new shinning ball. The fact that he struggles when it is a few overs old just underlines that he is still far from a world best, but dammit he is fast and good.
Ten lowest ODI scores ever:
35 – Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka, Harare, 2004
36 – Canada vs. Sri Lanka, Paarl, 2003
38 – Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2001
43 – Sri Lanka vs. South Africa, Paarl, 2011
43 – Pakistan vs. West Indies, Cape Town, 1993
44 – Zimbabwe vs. Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2009
45 – Canada vs. England, Manchester, 1979
45 – Namibia vs. Australia, Potchefstroom, 2003
54 – India vs. Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 2000
54 – West Indies vs. South Africa, Cape Town, 2004
top 4 have Sri Lanka involved, luckily they were not on the relieving end in the first 3
I read this blog and to be honest some good points were made but i dont agree with everything said here.
The approaches of those who select the Protea one day teams are nothing short of old fashioned and stale.
The inability to think out of the box cost the Proteas the previous world cup and could ring the bell for the end of Graeme Smith’s career.
An inform Graeme Smith is a must for the South African test and ODI teams, but and this is a big but, for more than a year he has not contributed as a batter in day games. The reason is obvious; Graeme has problems with the new ball when it swings.
There are many views about Smith, conflicting views, and some are based on his personality; i.e. the cricketing community don’t like him that much. It is difficult to argue with people when emotions dictate, but it is as easy to discard opinions based on likes and dislikes.
There need to be a professional approach; i.e. is Graeme good enough or not.
At the moment he is not good enough, but he is batting out of position.
Yes, Graeme started his career as an opener and he did well but the bowlers sussed him out. Over the years bowlers realised Smith likes deliveries on middle and off and that he punishes balls on those lines, merciless and almost prolific. Now they feed him outside off and he cannot adjust against the new, swinging ball.
It boggles my mind that the same people, who realised that Jacques Rudolph is not an opening bat and subsequently relocated him at 6, cannot understand that the same should be done with Smith. Smith will be a revelation down the order, when the ball is older and the pace men loses their zip.
Put Smith at 5, when the ball is old, not swinging and the bowlers are medium pace or spinners; he will cause havoc. Why won’t they at least experiment with Smith at 5?
With AB de Villiers preferring the number 4 spot there is a vacancy at 5. All that’s needed is a bit of reshuffling.
In the Indian T20 Jacques Kallis established himself as an opener and he will certainly settle in that role for the Protea day team. A fit Dean Elgar or Alviro Petersen should join him with Hashim Amla, AB, Smith, FAF Du Plessis and JP Duminy to follow. Add Johan Botha, Albie Morkel, Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn and there are the makings of a team that could win the next world cup.
Yes, I realise Morne Morkel and Lopsy bowled one of the best opening spells ever in an ODI in Paarl but Lonwabo is clearly not fit and Vernon showed, beyond a doubt, that he can do better and for longer spells. Lopsy loses his zip after 4 overs whilst Vernon remains dangerous whenever he bowls.
One last thing: AB looked the part behind the wicket last night and as wicketkeeper he is miles ahead of Boucher. AB showed no signs of back problems and if that is still his excuse for not keeping in tests, it is a lie.
This game was a varking farce.
Where were the Paki bookmakers? (Or maybe just CSA’s administrators?)
Cricket has lost all credibility. Whenever something like this happens the questions have to be asked.
Oh, and “Good Morning all”.
And with that I bid you all farewell.
Must go and earn my couple of Zim$’s for the day.
I certainly hope that you all are forced to work as hard in the next 2 months as I’ve been forced to do the last 2.
Cheers all.
Oh, got 3 tickets available for England – Ireland on ST PATRICKS DAY at Twickers.
Anyone interested?
158@ superBul:Very good points you make, whether Smith is dropped, or is moved down the order, for me, at this point , make no odds, but agree, something has to be done. You and I will never agree on dropping the player – Morkel debate, I am a believer that to go away and work on your game where there is no pressure can, and I agree, not in all cases, make you a better player, e.g. Jonty Rhodes. So for me, I feel that Smith needs to go away, work on his game, change his technique if he must, and then fight his way back in to the team. Whether he succeeds or not, is in his head. But, if you think dropping him down the order a bit will work, I am also happy with that. We are at the moment just wasting a spot in the batting line-up. and it has to be dealt with.
That’s the end of an utterly humiliatingly day for India. If their fans were wondering how things could get worse after the England whitewash last year, there was the mauling in Sydney. If they thought that was the nadir, Friday the 13th brought on even more embarrassment. Shot out for 161, before Warner bludgeoned a magical century in less than a session. And to think, six months ago India were No. 1. As one reader posted, it was hard to decide whether the Indian bowling was worse or their batting.
At the end of that shellacking, India fans can only resort to humour of this sort. Vij: “Hey! India won the day by 12 runs!”
It’s been a day to savour for Australia, and a day that should prompt deep introspection in Indian cricket circles.
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