South Africa and Sri Lanka battled each other in a Quarter-Final game of the Cricket World Cup, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia.
The match started at 05:30 SA Time (14:30 Sydney Time).
As expected, the traditionally BIG Cricket Nations, bar England, made the Quarter-Finals.
It was South Africa vs Sri Lanka in the 1st Quarter-Final, and will be Bangladesh vs India in the 2nd Quarter-Final, Australia vs Pakistan in the 3rd Quarter-Final and New Zealand vs West Indies in the 4th Quarter-Final.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first.
South Africa Bowled and fielded with dicipline, aggression and passion, to dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 133, after only 37.2 Overs.
South Africa started their batting innings on a solid footing, only losing the first and only wicket, that of Hashim Amla, with the score already on 40 runs.
The Dinner Break was taken at the fall of the Amla wicket… so it was all to play for, for South Africa after Dinner!
South Africa cruised to victory in 18 Overs, with Quinton de Kock not out on 78 off 57 balls and Faf du Plessis not out on 21 off 31 balls.
South Africa becomes the 1st side to advance to the Semi-Finals.
Sri Lanka: 133 All Out (37.2 Overs)
South Africa: 134 / 1 (18 Overs)
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 192 balls remaining)
| Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDKJ Perera | c †de Kock b Abbott | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| TM Dilshan | c du Plessis b Steyn | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c Miller b Morkel | 45 | 153 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 46.87 | |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c & b Imran Tahir | 41 | 66 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 85.41 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c du Plessis b Imran Tahir | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| AD Mathews* | c du Plessis b Duminy | 19 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 59.37 | |
| NLTC Perera | c Rossouw b Imran Tahir | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c †de Kock b Duminy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| PHT Kaushal | lbw b Duminy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PVD Chameera | not out | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| SL Malinga | c Miller b Imran Tahir | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 2) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 37.2 overs) | 133 | (3.56 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (MDKJ Perera, 1.4 ov), 2-4 (Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 3-69 (Thirimanne, 19.1 ov), 4-81 (Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 5-114 (Mathews, 32.6 ov), 6-115 (NLTC Perera, 33.4 ov), 7-116 (Kulasekara, 34.1 ov), 8-116 (Kaushal, 34.2 ov), 9-127 (Sangakkara, 36.2 ov), 10-133 (Malinga, 37.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 7 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2.57 | 30 | 1 | 0 | (1w) | |
| KJ Abbott | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 | 26 | 4 | 0 | (1w) | |
| M Morkel | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 | 30 | 2 | 0 | (2nb, 1w) | |
| JP Duminy | 9 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3.22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | (2w) | |
| Imran Tahir | 8.2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3.12 | 34 | 2 | 0 | (1w) |
| South Africa innings (target: 134 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Amla | c Kulasekara b Malinga | 16 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 69.56 | |
| Q de Kock† | not out | 78 | 86 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 136.84 | |
| F du Plessis | not out | 21 | 56 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 67.74 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 12, nb 3) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket; 18 overs) | 134 | (7.44 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: RR Rossouw, AB de Villiers*, DA Miller, JP Duminy, DW Steyn, KJ Abbott, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Amla, 6.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL Malinga | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 7.16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | (2nb, 3w) | |
| TM Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PHT Kaushal | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4.16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PVD Chameera | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 14.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | (1nb, 4w) | |
| NLTC Perera | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | (1w) |
Match details
Series – South Africa advanced
Player of the match – Imran Tahir
TV umpire – RA Kettleborough (England)
Match referee – DC Boon
Reserve umpire – BNJ Oxenford
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 35 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (91 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Sri Lanka – 50/2 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 6, HDRL Thirimanne 32)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (KC Sangakkara 10, HDRL Thirimanne 33, Ex 8)
- Over 21.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire – NJ Llong, Batsman – DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (170 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Sri Lanka – 114/5 in 33.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 33)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 – 40.0 (Batting side – 17 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rain: Sri Lanka – 127/9 in 36.2 overs (PVD Chameera 0)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka – 133/10 in 37.2 overs (PVD Chameera 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Dinner: South Africa – 40/1 in 6.4 overs (Q de Kock 22)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (55 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Q de Kock 26, F du Plessis 12, Ex 14)
- Q de Kock: 50 off 39 balls (9 x 4)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (86 balls), Extras 17
@ GoBokkeAndIreland:
How do you say it?
Belated “Merry” st patricks day
Amla out… Here we go 🙁
Phweeeew,
Blomme bowled and fielded well!
Small score to chase, but it is not all done yet!
Amla departs for 16 runs.
Blomme 40 / 1… dinner break is taken now
I still feel qdk is our best hope of winning this. So he needs some form and confidence here.
Maybe not our best hope. But he will be critical tobour chances.
Was good to see we took 6 wickets from spin bowling!!
@ nortie:
not going to help though
😥
@ Charo:
refers to #18
OK, 94 needed, 9 wickets standing!!
Faf du Plessis & Quinton de Kock the batsmen…
Must have felt quite odd for Quinton de Kock to have to go stop batting and go off for a lunch break in limited overs cricket. Hope he takes his time to settle in again after the break and then piles on the runs.
Was listening to the cricket at times through the night on Radio 2000. Have enjoyed listening to their commentary this World Cup, hearing guys like Peter Kirsten and today for the first time hearing Makhaya Ntini – gosh he is a bundle of energy really enthusiastic and full of beans in the commentary quite amusing to listen to.
SA 53 / 1 after 9 overs.
The required rate now less than 2 per over
SA 61 / 1 after 10 overs… batting at a rate of 6.1 per over!
SA need 73 to win
@ nortie:
@ MacroBull:
We were talking here during one of the games this weekend about the Boks being rested and that thought that it had been rather quiet on the topic but as soon as it came to the point when teams would be required to start resting their players that some fans would not be happy. Voila to cue here is an unhappy punter, think this was written yesterday:
http://www.sharksworld.co.za/2015/03/17/momentum-killer/
SA already more than halfway down the run-chase… only 1 wicket down.
SA 77 / 1 after 11 overs
SA batting at 7 runs per over
At this rate the game will be won within 20 overs…
Only 55 needed, 38 overs to do it in… at less than 1.5 runs per overs
@ grootblousmile:
Fat Lady starting to shuffle her feet?
48 @ BrumbiesBoy:
I am still tense!!
Quinton de Kock gets his 50!
No leg-byes given… eish
SA need 38 to win, 13 Overs gone
Quinton de Kock now gets his 50!
Quinton de Kock 50 runs from 39 balls
De Kock – the boy wonder …
100 up for SA in the 14th over
52 @ Angostura:
He was very sharp behind the stumps too!
Took a duzy of a catch for the 1st Sri Lanka wicket to fall!
That’s 13 of the extras that Sri Lanka have given away between wides and no balls, I see SA conceded 9 of the extras through wides and no balls. Don’t know if it is higher than normal but it has for me felt to be a feature of this World Cup that there seem to be a lot of extras conceded.
SA 100 / 1 after 14 Overs
Quinton de Kock becomes the highest scorer in the match… with a superb 4… 57 not out
SA 110 / 1 after 15 Overs
I can start to relax….
SA 118 / 1 after 16 overs
Just 16 runs needed for the win
@ grootblousmile: @ 58
Hey GBS! Moenie te gou praat nie . . .
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