10/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Centurion, Feb 10 2017
South Africa won by 88 runs
Player of the Match
Hashim Amla
Hashim AmlaSouth Africa
10/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Centurion, Feb 10 2017
South Africa won by 88 runs
Player of the Match
Hashim Amla
Hashim AmlaSouth Africa
1876dThe Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Amla, de Kock tons lead SA to 5-0 and No. 1

South Africa rode a roaring 187-run first-wicket stand and two effortless centuries from their openers to a monumental 384 for 6 and, eventually, the No. 1 ODI ranking

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HM Amla
HM Amla
154(134) 15x4 - 5x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 28 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
14 6 9 32 32 12 15 34
DAS Gunaratne
DAS Gunaratne
114(117) 14x4 - 2x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
14 7 16 21 17 1 4 34

Best performances - Bowlers

CH Morris
CH Morris
O10
M1
R31
W4
Eco3.10
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
RAS Lakmal
RAS Lakmal
O10
M0
R71
W3
Eco7.10
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W

Match Details

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Series

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

South AfricaHashim Amla

Player Of The Series

South AfricaFaf du Plessis

Series result

South Africa won the 5-match series 5-0

Match number

ODI no. 3834

Season

2016/17

Hours of play (local time)

13.30 start, First Session 13.30-17.00 Interval 17.00-17.45, Second Session 17.45-21.15

Match days

10 February 2017 - day/night match (50-over match)

Umpires

South AfricaShaun GeorgeEnglandRichard Kettleborough

TV Umpires

EnglandRichard Illingworth

Reserve Umpire

South AfricaAdrian Holdstock

Match Referee

West IndiesRichie Richardson

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
50 | 7 Runs | SL: 296/8 (89 runs required, RR: 5.92)

  • Asela Gunaratne114 (117b)
  • Suranga Lakmal20 (28b)
  • Andile Phehlukwayo7-1-44-0
  • Kagiso Rabada10-0-55-0

9.30pm: Something of an anticlimactic ending at Centurion - but let's given those [Tony Greig voice] "little Sri Lankans" a pat on the back for scrapping through until the end. Asela Gunaratne's hundred may not quite have been the equal of either Quinton de Kock's or Hashim Amla's but it gave a measure of respectability to the final result. I wouldn't be surprised if that ninth-wicket stand was up among the best... but, small SL victories aside, this has been a series of South African dominance. They were set up by a 187-run opening stand here, after SL had asked them to bat, and never looked like slipping up in pursuit of a 14th win in a row at home. They are No. 1 in the world, deposing Australia... and that's where we'll leave them. Thanks for your comments, cheerio!

49.6
1
Phehlukwayo to Gunaratne, 1 run, rocks back and pulls a slower ball to the leg-side sweeper - and that's it, South Africa win by 88 runs and complete a 5-0 whitewash that takes them to No. 1 in the ODI rankings

"This is the first 100 by a Sri Lankan batsman batting at No.6," reports Nirosh Fernando "#welldeserved." The plaudits keep coming...

49.5
4
Phehlukwayo to Gunaratne, FOUR, short and swatted, set himself in the crease and powered a pull in front of deep midwicket for one more boundary
49.4
0
Phehlukwayo to Gunaratne, no run, full outside off, slower ball and Gunaratne swings at it and misses
49.3
1
Phehlukwayo to Lakmal, 1 run, slightly full outside off and Lakmal pokes it into the covers and lumbers off diligently for one more
49.2
0
Phehlukwayo to Lakmal, no run, slips in the yorker, Lakmal manages to get some bat on it

Here's LankanBeya: "More than 25% of Lakmal's career runs have come in this game...and this is his 58th game. What an innings!!" Another reason to love him

49.1
1
Phehlukwayo to Gunaratne, 1 run, pitched u on the stumps, comes down and drive through mid-on

Hot Streak

11

Consecutive ODI wins for SA. There are only 3 instances of teams winning more games in a row – Aus (21, in 2003), SA (12, in 2005) and Pak 12 (in 2007-08).

Another 350-plus total

24

Number of 350-plus totals for South Africa in ODIs, the most by any team. India are next with 23

The Centurion

5

ODI hundreds for Amla in Centurion, in just 12 innings. At no other venue does he have more than two ODI hundreds

Quick De Kock

3000

Runs for Quinton De Kock in ODIs - 3rd quickest for South Africa behind Hashim Amla and Gary Kirsten.

Batting Paradise

316

Average runs scored by SA in the last 5 ODIs played at this venue. They won 4 of those games with one game washed out.

Deadly Duo

3

Consecutive 100's for Amla in Centurion His last 3 scores here are 133,124 and 127.His partner De Kock also has scores of 135 and 178 in the last 2 ODIs here.