Live Cricket Score: Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 2nd ODI at Colombo

Sri lanka will look to assert their dominance once again after a confidence-boosting victory in the first ODI against South Africa at Colombo. The Lankans are bating first in the second ODI.

South Africa will be keen to stop Kumar Sangakkara who struck a fluent 169 in the first ODI © AFP

Jul 23, 2013

Sri Lanka will look to assert their dominance once again after a confidence-boosting victory in the first ODI against South Africa at Colombo. The Lankans are bating first in the second ODI.

With a formidable team line-up South Africa will work hard to push Sri Lanka.

The South Africans were blown away by a master-class innings from Kumar Sangakkara (169 from 137 balls) and were never really in the running during their chase. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Jehan Mubarak, Rangana Herath, Shaminda Eranga, Lasith Malinga

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Alviro Petersen, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers (c&wk), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Robin Peterson, Ryan McLaren, Chris Morris, Morne Morkel, Aaron Phangiso

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