Published: Feb 09, 2015, 11:35 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 10, 2015, 06:51 PM (IST)
South Africa managed to win the second warm-up match prior to the ICC World Cup 2015 by five wickets which was played against Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. South Africa’s run chase was reduced to 25 overs.
The opening pair of Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock gave the Proteas an excellent start as they both led the South African innings with an opening partnership of 116 runs. De Kock was the one who went onto to score a half-century but Rangana Herath later removed him. His opening partner Hashim Amla also departed soon after.ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
Wickets crumbled quickly thereafter but the middle-order batsmen made sure that South Africa chased down a revised total of 188 runs by five wickets and three balls to spare.
Sri Lanka finished their innings on 279 for the loss of seven wickets against South Africa in the 3rd warm-up match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Monday. Tillakaratne Dilshan was the highest scorer in the innings scoring a healthy century off 80 deliveries.
Earlier, South Africa skipper, Hashim Amla won the toss and elected to field first. Sri Lanka were off to a shaky start as they lost opener, Lahiru Thirimanne for just a run in the second over of the game. However, Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara took control for the second wicket and put up a healthy 76-run stand, before Sangakkara was dismissed for 31 by Imran Tahir. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: SCHEDULE & MATCH DETAILS
Nevertheless, Dimuth Karunaratne along with Dilshan took the score to 151 before Dilshan departed after scoring his century. It was followed by another healthy partnership of 60 runs between Karunaratne and skipper, Angelo Mathews and it was at the score of 211, when Karunaratne departed for 46. With just 19 more added to the total, Dinesh Chandimal fell for just five after being trapped leg-before by Wayne Parnell. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 279 for 7 in 44.4 overs ( Tillakaratne Dilshan 100; Kyle Abbott 3 for 47) lost to South Africa 188 for 5 (D/L) in 24.3 overs ( Quinton de Kock 66; R Herath 3 for 16 ) by 5 wickets.
