Chandimal to captain Sri Lanka:
Dinesh Chandimal will captain Sri Lanka in place of suspended skipper Angelo Mathews in the first two one-day internationals of the five-match series against South Africa in Colombo.
Mathews misses the games on July 20 and 23 after being given a two-match ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for maintaining a slow over rate in the Tri-Nation series final defeat to India in the West Indies last week.
Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal and opener Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 43 from each one before significant rain terminated the innings with four deliveries still to be bowled.
South Africa regrouped once the significant defeat in the initial match to stay the free-stroking Sri Lankan batsmen in check on the slow wicket.
Rangana Herath took two acute wickets as Sri Lanka defeated South Africa in the rain-affected one-dayer in Colombo on Tuesday, demography a 2-0 advance in the five-match series.
South Africa, set a revised target of 176 from 29 overs, were 104-5 in 21 overs when a heavy downpour at the Premadasa Stadium forced the match to be called off.With 121-5 being the par score at that stage, the Proteas lost by 17 runs to suffer their second defeat in the series following the 180-run loss in the first match last Saturday.South Africa were dealt another blow as star batsman Hashim Amla injured his left knee while fielding and was rushed to hospital for precautionary scans.
SCORES IN SHORT
SRI LANKA: 223 for 9 in 49.2 overs (Dilshan 43, Sangakkara 37, Jayawardene 17, Chandimal 43; Morkel 3-34)
SOUTH AFRICA: 104 for 5 in 21 overs (Petersen 24, Duminy 15, De Villiers 12, Miller 22 not out, McLaren 14 not out; Malinga 1-17, Herath 2-16)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 17 runs (D/L method)
Player-of-the-match: Dinesh Chandimal.
Dinesh Chandimal will captain Sri Lanka in place of suspended skipper Angelo Mathews in the first two one-day internationals of the five-match series against South Africa in Colombo.
Mathews misses the games on July 20 and 23 after being given a two-match ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for maintaining a slow over rate in the Tri-Nation series final defeat to India in the West Indies last week.
Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal and opener Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 43 from each one before significant rain terminated the innings with four deliveries still to be bowled.
South Africa regrouped once the significant defeat in the initial match to stay the free-stroking Sri Lankan batsmen in check on the slow wicket.
Rangana Herath took two acute wickets as Sri Lanka defeated South Africa in the rain-affected one-dayer in Colombo on Tuesday, demography a 2-0 advance in the five-match series.
South Africa, set a revised target of 176 from 29 overs, were 104-5 in 21 overs when a heavy downpour at the Premadasa Stadium forced the match to be called off.With 121-5 being the par score at that stage, the Proteas lost by 17 runs to suffer their second defeat in the series following the 180-run loss in the first match last Saturday.South Africa were dealt another blow as star batsman Hashim Amla injured his left knee while fielding and was rushed to hospital for precautionary scans.
SCORES IN SHORT
SRI LANKA: 223 for 9 in 49.2 overs (Dilshan 43, Sangakkara 37, Jayawardene 17, Chandimal 43; Morkel 3-34)
SOUTH AFRICA: 104 for 5 in 21 overs (Petersen 24, Duminy 15, De Villiers 12, Miller 22 not out, McLaren 14 not out; Malinga 1-17, Herath 2-16)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 17 runs (D/L method)
Player-of-the-match: Dinesh Chandimal.
