South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI 2019 Overview

Admin March 12, 2019

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI 2019, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI match 2019

The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI was played on Super Sunday 10 Mar 2019 in Kingsmead Durban. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to ball first.

South Africa's Inning of 3rd ODI match

The opener came bat but Handricks couldn't score more than 4 runs of 11 balls.Du Plessis came to bat and built a partnership of 97 runs along with de Kock. But du Plessis departed after scoring 36 of 27 balls with 7 fours. De Kock completed his 4th ODI century and built another partnership of 66 runs with van der Dussen.

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Quinton de Kock scored magnificent 121 runs of 108 balls with 16 fours and 2 sixes and departs. Van der Dussen looked good but couldn't take his innings of 50 runs of 67 balls with 3 fours ahead. David Miller played some good shots but unfortunately got out on 41 of 46 balls with 3 fours. Prestorius scored 31 of 26 balls with 2 fours and a six. Phehlukwayo's quick 38 runs of 15 balls with 5 fours and a six helped South to reach 331-5 in 50 overs.

Udana picked 2 wickets, whereas Malinga, kamidu Mendis and Rajitha got 1 wicket each.

Sri Lankan Inning of 3rd ODI match 2019

Sri Lanka started the chase with there opener Avishka Fernando and Dickwella but the opener failed to give a good start. As Dickwella got out scoring 2 runs of 7 balls and Fernando scored 23 of 26 balls with 4 fours. But when the partnership between Oshada Fernando and Kushal Mendis of 39 runs looking good.

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But it started raining and washed off almost 2 hours of play. So the referee reduced the overs to 24 and got a new target 193 to win. whereas the lankan were 76-2 runs in 16 overs and had to score 118 more runs 8 overs. In the very first ball after the rain stops Oshada Fernando got out who was playing on 25 of 44 balls with 3 fours. Thisara Perera scored 12 runs of 14 balls. Kushal Mendis played some brilliant shots but couldn't score more of 41 runs of 34 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Kamindu Mendis scored 8 of 13 balls. Sri Lanka scored 121-5 in 24 overs and lost the match by 71 runs.

Tahir picked 2 wickets, along with Shamsi, Rabada and Ngidi who got one wicket each.