1st ODI: South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Winner: SA)
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South Africa won by 258 runs (Dominance : SA 85% | SL 13% | Equal 2%) |
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| Man of the Match: M Morkel | Boland Park, Paarl (11 Jan 2012) |
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Batting first on a good batting wicket, South Africa lost Smith early as Malinga had him pouched by Sangakkara for 6. But Amla and Kallis made the most of the flat track and pretty insipid bowling, Malinga apart, as they slowly built a steady platform as SA reached 106/1 after 20 with 52% COW. Kallis looked good for a century before he fell for 72 going for a suicidal single. This brought AbD to the crease and started the best partnership of the match as AbD and Amla batted brilliantly notching up their fifty and century respectively as South Africa was in command at 241/2 after 40 with 56% COW. 320+ seemed on the cards but once AbD fell for 52 and Morkel’s cameo was cut short, Malinga picked up a fifer to keep them down to 301/8 with 56% COW. Sri Lanka needed a steady start to chase it down but instead they found themselves at 9/5 and then at 13/6 after 8 as their COW crashed by 29% to 15%. Morkel and Tsotsobe finished with 4 and 3 wickets each as Kulasekara’s 19 ensured that Sri Lanka managed to cross the lowest ever score before collapsing to 43 all out, a humiliating defeat by 258 runs. |
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10 overs: SA 49/1 | SA 50% | Malinga returned to International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cricket and picked up Smith in his second over. But Kallis and Amla accumulated 49 runs in this period as South Africa’s COW slumped by 3% to 50%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 overs: SA 129/1 | SA 52% | The second wave of bowlers failed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to maintain the pressure as Kallis and Amla milked the bowling for 80 runs in these 15 overs. This period saw South Africa’s COW nudge ahead by 2% to 52%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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40 overs: SA 241/2 | SA 56% | A direct hit from Mahela saw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kallis out for 72, much less than what he was looking good for. But AbD and Amla maintained the momentum with 112 runs in this period, increasing COW by 4% to 56%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 overs: SA 301/8 | SA 56% | Once AbD fell Albie was promoted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| and he hit some big blows but right then Malinga returned to destroy Saffers lower order with a fifer. 60 runs and 6 wickets saw South Africa’s COW unchanged at 56%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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