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
SA need 11 runs, 17 Overs gone
Bullscot wrote:
No excuse for no balls
but
wides, 2 considerations:
1. Ball has been swinging & not easy to control, especially early on;
2. Definite strategy of some bowlers to bowl wide yorkers to curtail run scoring – the margin of error with that is small.
60 @ GoBokkeAndIreland:
Nee flok, GB & I, surely even the Blomme cannot choke from here!
Come on, put Sri Lanka out of their misery!
Quinton de Kock on 74 off 54 balls
Where’s Nortie??
SA need 4 runs for the win…
@ grootblousmile:@63
I truly hope not . . . Looks done and dusted though.
Tough luck Sri Lanka, but 2nd best today
Well done, Proteas (& especially QdK)
{Smiling like Cheshire Cat}
NZ at Eden Park going to be tough
Cheers Sanga & Mahela
Thanks proteas and thank you sri lanka for your questionable selections.
Quinton de Kock hits the winning 4 for the Blomme!
South Africa win by 9 Wickets, with 192 balls spare
South Africa through to the semis
Quinton de Kock 78 not out, off 57 balls.
It is the biggest ever Cricket World Cup win in history in play-off’s regarding balls remaining!
QdK. big game player
Well done Springboks
@ MacroBull: @ 31
Thanks MB – only saw the comment now. Had to go get food to help clear up the babelas . . .
@ Angostura: @ 69
Yip – NZ are going to be TOUGH to beat. Hope the Blomme keep it together.
On top of it, the Blomme won, chasing a total… a thing which has not gone their way lately… put to bed!
One would have to think that India, Australia & New Zealand will also win their Quarters…
Gooooooooo Bangladesh, Pakistan & West Indies!!
Kepler Wessels says it was the perfect performance from the Proteas!
A 9-wicket win, inside 18 overs is a drubbing of note!
12 Boundaries by Quinton de Kock alone…
2 Great Sri Lankans have retired…
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara!
76 @ grootblousmile:
It was an easy target with little or no pressure apart from the individual batsmen wanting to get a good stay out in the middle and especially de Kock to get back into form. It’s been closing out the close games where they have struggled so hoping we can continue to romp home to victory or if we get a tough target to chase they do it.
82 @ Bullscot:
SA demolished what was in front of them today, with the ball and in the field and with the bat, for the biggest EVER win in play-off’s (regarding balls remaining – 192 balls [32 Overs]).
It was exactly what we asked for and the Proteas delivered in spades!
2 More games to go for the Proteas (the semi and the final – if they get through the semi)…
Nothing is won yet, but I think we need to celebrate this consumate win and accept how special it was!
SA was set a target of 2.68 runs per over… and batted at 7.44 per over
Why is there an advert for a graphic designer under every post ?!?!?
85 @ gunther:
Why not?
Maybe this site needs a graphic designer? 🙂
It’s very distracting and doesn’t look great tbh!
It also takes much longer to scroll down the page .
#Domination #Protea
well, big bang event and marketing’s advertisements surely does.
can you say 1981
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