South Africa v Sri Lanka 1st Quarter-Final Match Scorcard, Results, 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup 1st Quarter-Final Match at Sydney Highlights

Sri Lanka 133 (37.2 ov)

South Africa 134/1 (18.0 ov)

Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 192 balls remaining)

• ICC Cricket World Cup - 1st Quarter-Final
• ODI no. 3640 | 2014/15 season
• Played at Sydney Cricket Ground (neutral venue)
• 18 March 2015 - day/night match (50-over match)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MDKJ Perera	c †de Kock b Abbott	3	7	10	0	0	30.00
	TM Dilshan	c du Plessis b Steyn	0	19	7	0	0	0.00
	KC Sangakkara†	c Miller b Morkel	45	153	96	3	0	46.87
	HDRL Thirimanne	c & b Imran Tahir	41	66	48	5	0	85.41
	DPMD Jayawardene	c du Plessis b Imran Tahir	4	14	16	0	0	25.00
	AD Mathews*	c du Plessis b Duminy	19	37	32	1	0	59.37
	NLTC Perera	c Rossouw b Imran Tahir	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	KMDN Kulasekara	c †de Kock b Duminy	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
	PHT Kaushal	lbw b Duminy	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	PVD Chameera	not out	2	17	5	0	0	40.00
	SL Malinga	c Miller b Imran Tahir	3	7	6	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 2)	15
	Total	(all out; 37.2 overs)	133	(3.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-3 (MDKJ Perera, 1.4 ov), 2-4 (Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 3-69 (Thirimanne, 19.1 ov), 4-81 (Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 5-114 (Mathews, 32.6 ov), 6-115 (NLTC Perera, 33.4 ov), 7-116 (Kulasekara, 34.1 ov), 8-116 (Kaushal, 34.2 ov), 9-127 (Sangakkara, 36.2 ov), 10-133 (Malinga, 37.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	DW Steyn	7	2	18	1	2.57	30	1	0	(1w)
	KJ Abbott	6	1	27	1	4.50	26	4	0	(1w)
	M Morkel	7	1	27	1	3.85	30	2	0	(2nb, 1w)
	JP Duminy	9	1	29	3	3.22	29	0	0	(2w)
	Imran Tahir	8.2	0	26	4	3.12	34	2	0	(1w)

	South Africa innings (target: 134 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HM Amla	c Kulasekara b Malinga	16	30	23	1	0	69.56
	Q de Kock†	not out	78	86	57	12	0	136.84
	F du Plessis	not out	21	56	31	0	0	67.74
	Extras	(lb 4, w 12, nb 3)	19
	Total	(1 wicket; 18 overs)	134	(7.44 runs per over)

Did not batRR Rossouw, AB de Villiers*, DA Miller, JP Duminy, DW Steyn, KJ Abbott, M Morkel, Imran Tahir

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Fall of wickets 1-40 (Amla, 6.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	SL Malinga	6	0	43	1	7.16	21	4	0	(2nb, 3w)
	TM Dilshan	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	0	0
	KMDN Kulasekara	1	0	13	0	13.00	2	3	0
	PHT Kaushal	6	0	25	0	4.16	22	1	0
	PVD Chameera	2	0	29	0	14.50	3	3	0	(1nb, 4w)
	NLTC Perera	1	0	10	0	10.00	3	2	0	(1w)

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series - South Africa advanced

ODI debut - PHT Kaushal (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match - Imran Tahir (South Africa)

Umpires - NJ Llong (England) and RJ TuckerTV umpire - RA Kettleborough (England)Match referee - DC BoonReserve umpire - BNJ Oxenford

MATCH NOTES

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• Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 2 wickets)
• Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (91 balls), Extras 9
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 50/2 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 6, HDRL Thirimanne 32)
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (KC Sangakkara 10, HDRL Thirimanne 33, Ex 8)
• Over 21.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
• Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (170 balls), Extras 14
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 114/5 in 33.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 33)
• Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 17 runs, 2 wickets)
• Rain: Sri Lanka - 127/9 in 36.2 overs (PVD Chameera 0)
• Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 133/10 in 37.2 overs (PVD Chameera 2)

• Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
• Dinner: South Africa - 40/1 in 6.4 overs (Q de Kock 22)
• South Africa: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (55 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Q de Kock 26, F du Plessis 12, Ex 14)
• Q de Kock: 50 off 39 balls (9 x 4)
• South Africa: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (86 balls), Extras 17