4th ODI: South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Winner: SL)
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South Africa won by 5 wickets (8 balls remaining) (Dominance : SL 38% | SA 60% | Equal 2%) |
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| Man of the Match: T Perera | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley (20 Jan 2012) |
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Having lost the series, this was Sri Lanka’s chance to save some face. South Africa chose to bat first and got off to a good start as Smith and Petersen put up a fifty partnership. Once Petersen was out AbD walked out and played brilliantly along with Smith who was finally looking to regain his confidence. They took the score past 150 and just when Smith was looking dangerous he was out for 68. Ingram followed right away but Duminy and AbD kept up the pressure as SA looked set to post a 330+ score. However once these two were out Saffers were just weren’t able to accelerate as they ended at 299/7 with 57% COW. SL lost Tharanga early but Dilshan and Sangakkara kept up with the pressure with a rapid fifty stand before Sangakkara was out. Chandimal and Dilshan took the score to past 150 when Dilshan fell. Thirimane didn’t stick around too long but when Perera walked in and started laying his shots, the momentum shifted. He took apart the South African bowling attack to smash a fifty and fittingly closed the match with a huge six. |
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10 overs: SA 63/0 | SA 54% | South Africa got off to a good start with Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| and Petersen batting fluently and collecting 63 runs in the first 10 overs without any pressure. This session saw SA’s COW go up by 2% to 54%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 overs: SA 173/3 | SA 59% | Smith finally found some form and looked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| good for much more than the 68 he scored. South Africa scored 110 runs in this period while losing 2 wickets as their COW went up by 5% to 59%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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40 overs: SA 247/4 | SA 58% | AbD’s brilliant knock was hampered by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duminy’s slow paced innings as South Africa collected just 74 runs in these 15 overs. This drop is scoring saw their COW drop by 1% to 58%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 overs: SA 299/7 | SA 57% | Once AbD fell South Africa were just not able to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| produce the big shots often enough to raise the tempo as just 52 runs came in the last stretch and 3 wickets fell. Their COW dropped by 1% to 57%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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