Sri Lanka won by 55 runs vs South Africa at Centurion
Sri Lanka vs South Africa
ODI at Centurion, Tshwane, SA, 22 Sep 2009
South Africa won the toss & elected to field
Sri Lanka won by 55 runs
Man of the match:
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL: 319/8 (50) RR: 6.38
SA: 206/7 (37.4) RR: 5.47
Tillakaratne Dilshan has credited his move to the top order as the spark for his outstanding run of form this year, which continued with his match-winning 106 against South Africa. Dilshan closed out 2008 batting at No. 6 in the ODI side but began this year as one of Sri Lanka's preferred openers.
"Tilla and Ajantha were outstanding but this victory is history now and we must capitalise on it otherwise it will be worthless," Sangakkara said. "As a side, I feel we are still firing at 75% maybe. So we have a lot of areas to improve, but the good thing is that we're still winning. But the sky is the limit if we can work harder, make sure we keep to our basics and not get too carried away with wins like this."
"South Africa have been hammered in this match. Their fielding was lazy, they bowled pooly, and their batting was even worse. They need to make some changes. First of all, Ntini should replace Parnell. He is South Africa's most experienced bowler and he deserves a chance. Robin Peterson should come in for Botha because he adds some stability to the batting line up, and hopefully Gibbs will be fit to replace Amla."
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