03/06Result
3rd Match Group B, ICC Champions Trophy at London, Jun 3 2017
South Africa won by 96 runs
Player of the Match
Imran Tahir
Imran TahirSouth Africa
03/06Result
3rd Match Group B, ICC Champions Trophy at London, Jun 3 2017
South Africa won by 96 runs
Player of the Match
Imran Tahir
Imran TahirSouth Africa

END OF OVER:
50 | 12 Runs | SA: 299/6 | RR: 5.98

  • Jean-Paul Duminy38 (20b)
  • Wayne Parnell7 (8b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep10-0-54-2
  • Lasith Malinga10-0-57-0

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2.37pm Stop the press. Yes, you're reading it right. Sri Lanka have actually finished their 50 overs, something I didn't think was possible today. Phew. Strange kind of innings. South Africa looked authoritative only in pockets and yet have 299. All thanks to Hashim Amla's 25th ODI ton and Faf du Plessis' enterprise. That said, Sri Lanka will be mighty pleased with their efforts on the field and with the ball. Short turnaround time. Join us in 20 minutes for the chase. Sri Lanka lost 5-0 the last time both sides met in a series. Now on a big stage, they can erase that disappointment should they bat well. The surface isn't a belter as Pollock mentioned at the toss, but it isn't so tacky either.

49.6
6
Pradeep to Duminy, SIX, walks across, takes it on the full and swings this one over deep midwicket. So Duminy has somewhat made up for the initial struggle. Played a couple of deft strokes and has now finished off in a flurry
49.5
4
Pradeep to Duminy, FOUR, drilled down the ground, bisects long-on and long-off. Missed his yorker by an inch, if not more. Enough for Duminy to generate enough power
49.4
1
Pradeep to Parnell, 1 run, once again full and straight, not allowing Parnell to get underneath the delivery as he backed away to slog, squeezed to mid-off
49.3
0
Pradeep to Parnell, no run, yorker length outside off. Parnell backed too far away and had to stretch to reach that. Well done, Pradeep.
49.2
1
Pradeep to Duminy, 1 run, sees the batsman walking across and spears a yorker on off stump, squeezed to point

faraz: "considering SL bowling performance in the warm ups. This have been a far better performance and that too without their captain"

49.1
0
Pradeep to Duminy, no run, looks to fetch the sweep from outside off, but is beaten

END OF OVER:
49 | 6 Runs | SA: 287/6 | RR: 5.85

  • Wayne Parnell6 (6b)
  • Jean-Paul Duminy27 (16b)
  • Lasith Malinga10-0-57-0
  • Nuwan Pradeep9-0-42-2
48.6
2
Malinga to Parnell, 2 runs, another slower ball, another thick edge that swirls over short third man. Do they have a run-out here? It was a sharp throw from Pradeep but Parnell was just in.
48.5
2
Malinga to Parnell, 2 runs, sliced over point, Seekkugge was running back in an attempt to dive but it kept drifting away from him
48.4
0
Malinga to Parnell, no run, chipped in the air but Malinga does well to slide to his left to stop that on the bounce
48.3
0
Malinga to Parnell, no run, looks to swing this over deep midwicket but got nowhere to the pitch of the ball. Another slow off-cutter from Malinga. Played too early

Tahir's haul

8

No. of four-wkt hauls for Tahir in ODIs, the most by any spinner since his debut. No other South Africa bowler has taken more than 5 such hauls in this period.

Parnell's transformation

9

Runs conceded by Parnell off his last 5 overs. In the first 5 overs he had gone for 45 runs.

losing in middle

23

Runs added by SL's No. 3, 4 and 5 combined, after their openers accumulated 98 runs.

Can SL get it?

2012

Last time SA failed to defend a target of 300 or more in ODIs. Since then, they have won all 23 ODIs defending such a target.

Attacking chase

40

No. of balls taken by Sri Lanka to reach fifty. South Africa had taken 83 balls for the same.

Awesome Amla

25

No. of centuries for Amla in ODIs, in 151 inns. He has taken the least inns to score 25 centuries, beating Kohli who took 162 inns.

Slow start

32

Runs scored by South Africa in the first 10 overs of the innings, is their joint second-lowest in ODIs since World Cup 2015.

SA's streak

7

No. of consecutive ODI wins for South Africa against Sri Lanka, before today's game.

Malinga's return

2015

Last time Malinga appeared in ODIs, before today. Among the players participating in Champions Trophy, he has the most wickets in the tournament's history (22).

ICC Champions Trophy (ICC KnockOut)

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.045
BAN31130
AUS3012-0.992
NZ3021-1.058
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND32141.37
PAK3214-0.68
SA31220.167
SL3122-0.798