World Cup 2019: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets
World Cup 2019 live: South Africa win toss, bowl against Sri Lanka.
CHESTER-LE-STREET (Dunya News) – South Africa s captain Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla built a 175 run partnership as they helped their side to a massive 9-run win over Sri Lanka in their World Cup match at Chester-le-Street on Friday.
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Faf remained unbeaten on 96, while Amla scored an unbeaten 80. Lasith Malinga knocked down Quinton de Kock’s with a beautiful yorker which remained Proteas’ only loss. Earlier, Dwaine Pretorius and Chris Morris struck thrice, Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada took two while JP Duminy and Andile Phehlukwayo got one wicket each as Sri Lanka were all out for 203 against South Africa.
Sri Lanka, put in to bat, had a disastrous start to their innings when captain Dimuth Karunaratne was caught at slip by Du Plessis off the first ball of the match, delivered by paceman Kagiso Rabada.
Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando batted positively to take the score to 67 for one in the 10th over before Fernando (30) mistimed a shot, sending the ball steepling into the air before it was taken by Du Plessis.
Perera was next to go, chopping a Pretorius delivery onto his stumps as Sri Lanka slipped to 72-3 in the 12th over.
Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews had taken the score to 92-3 by the end of the 20th over as they looked to re-build the innings.
South Africa made two changes, bringing in Pretorius and JP Duminy for Lungi Ngidi and David Miller.
Sri Lanka brought in seamer Suranga Lakmal for Nuwan Pradeep.
Squads
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis (capt), Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal
