2nd ODI: South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Winner: SA)
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South Africa won by 5 wickets with 8 balls remaining (Dominance : SA 93% | SL 6% | Equal 1%)
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| Man of the Match: JP Duminy | Buffalo Park, East London (14 Jan 2012) |
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This was a chance for Sri Lankan team to save some face after the Paarl debacle. Put in to bat first, things didn’t look too good at 21/2 with Dilshan and Sangakkara back in hut. But Tharanga and Chandimal put together a partnership as the wicket didn’t offer much help to the bowlers. As Sri Lanka went past 100 there were hopes of them putting up a good score but Tharanga fell for 66. Chandimal continued on but middle order failed to convert their starts in to something substantial. They lacked the momentum in the final stretch as Sri Lanka ended at 236/6 with Chandimal at 92*. Smith and Amla gave South Africa a steady start but Smith again failed to make a good score as he perished for 28. Amla fell soon after his fifty but Kallis and Duminy took South Africa past 150 mark in the 35thover. With 87 runs needed in 15 overs the result seemed inevitable but Kallis fell for 37. Duminy continued to bat and the cameos from AbD and du Plessis kept the RRR in check as South Africa won by 5 wickets with 8 balls to spare. |
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10 overs: SL 21/2 | SL 38% | Looking to put up a fight, SL did | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| not start as well as they would have liked as they lost Dilshan and Sangakkara while putting up 21 runs in this period. Their COW dropped by 9% to 38%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 overs: SL 82/2 | SL 35% | Tharanga and Chandimal resurrect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| the innings with a low yet steady partnership as they accumulated 61 runs in these 15 overs. Due to the slow run rate Sri Lanka’s COW went down by 3% to 35%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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40 overs: SL 166/5 | SL 38% | Sri Lanka tried to gain momentum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| for the final push for a 250+ score but lost 3 wickets as 84 runs came in this session. The increase in RR pushed their COW up a little by 3% to 38%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 overs: SL 236/6 | SL 44% | Chandimal and Mathews tried hard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to push for 250 but clever bowling restricted them to just 70 runs as Chandimal remained 92*. The late onslaught jumped SL’s COW by 6% to 44%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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