SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2018

Live Cricket Score - Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 4th ODI

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South Africa 187-9 (21 Ovs)
Junior Dala  3 (3)
Sri Lanka 306-7
Thisara Perera  4-0-32-2
Sri Lanka won by 3 runs - DLS Method
Sri Lanka ended their 11-match losing streak against South Africa with a tight three-run win on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka ended their 11-match losing streak against South Africa with a tight three-run win on Wednesday. © AFP

It's very difficult to digest the fact that South Africa have lost yet another game which should have been easily pocketed by them. They had the asking rate under control for most parts of the chase and with at least one top batsman in the middle throughout, they should have finished the job at hand. However, those two wickets in the 13th over seemed to have a big impact on the chase. Although, Miller was there at the crease, he too seemed a little reliant on those three fours off Maharaj's bat. With a three-run win, Sri Lanka finally ended their 11-match losing streak against South Africa. Can Sri Lanka make the scoreline look better with a win in the final game? We shall know soon. Until then, take care and goodnight.

With five needed off the final ball, Dala could manage only one run. Sri Lanka win by three runs to pick up their first victory of the five-match ODI series.

Two slogs, two wickets

Maharaj goes across the line and misses it. Miller is still in there though, eight off the final over should not be difficult

Miller attempts the slog and misses it. Nine down, eight more to go, Sri Lanka, one believes, have made it.

24 off 18 needed now...

What's with this sudden spike in fielding standards, Sri Lanka?

That's an outstanding catch as Dhananjaya de Silva flies to his left to intercept a well-struck pull. Lands hard on the ground but doesn't let go off the ball. Mulder is gone, South Africa are making it tough for themselves.

Miller running out of partners...

What troubled Phehlukwayo there? Straight and on the stumps, he missed it and is castled. Terrible stuff...

Twin blow, South Africa are cho....?

Again, that inside out shot attempted and hit straight to cover. Mathews won't make a mistake and Klaasen is gone. Sri Lanka finally getting their fielding together. Or too early to claim?

Second wicket of the over as Duminy is found short of his crease. Cuts it towards cover, yes and no situation and he finally decides to go for the single. Direct hit from Shanaka with just one stump to take a shy at. This is the blow of the evening, body blow to South Africa. 61 needed with 8 overs remaining.

Wickets, runs, everything...

Ohh! Amla looks good for a fifty, in fact even more. He was looking to heave it inside out over covers but spliced it to backward point. Akila Dananjaya strikes, imagine had Duminy been caught too, what pressure South Africa would have been in. Nonetheless, Amla is out for 40 off just 23 balls. Superb knock this evening!

How can you drop Duminy in this form?

Duminy plays the reverse sweep and hits it straight to cover where Lakmal puts down a straightforward chance. 26 off 13, how many will he add tonight? Required run-rate anyway is down to 7.5. Sri Lanka are in trouble...

Duminy in top flight

Three fours and a six in less than two overs' time. First, he takes on Kumara and then Shanaka is being punished. Shanaka wouldn't like his evening being spoilt here. 24 off ten already for the left-hander.

No hundred for Hendricks this time

Expansive drive but hit in the air and can you believe it? It is taken. Dhananjaya de Silva at cover leaps up and kind of taps it up in the air, takes it on the second attempt. This is a big wicket and South Africa would feel the sting. Two down in no time!

Pristine Amla on display

How quickly can the mood change? Watch Amla play those wristy clips off the toes and your day is made. Beautifully worked Thisara away through the onside field for four. Next ball is on the stumps and he sheds his elegance for some brute power now, muscles it through the onside field for four.

Early wicket for the Lankans

Quinton de Kock cannot believe it. Juicy full toss from round the wicket and de Kock, who was looking to make room outside leg and thump it over covers, misses it. Utter disbelief! Neither a no-ball, so he has to give his wicket away on a delivery that did not quite deserve the wicket.

We are two minutes from the resumption of play. The players are out in the middle again. Hopefully, there's no more rain...

Final verdict is out

9.38 PM IST: For a 20-over contest, the restart should happen by 10 PM approximately. "If South Africa gets to bat just 20 overs. The target is 184. SA has already made 21/0 in 2 overs. That is 163 runs required in 18 remaining overs." says Mohandas Menon on Twitter.

Good news has arrived

Another spell of showers

The groundstaff don't seem too prepared as the heavens open up. Players go off and out come the covers. Not sure how cloudy it is.

South Africa get off to a quick start and a milestone straightaway. Quinton de Kock brings up 4000 ODI runs through an inside edge past the stumps. Hashim Amla from the other end is looking in good touch too, plays a paddle sweep for four off the first ball of the over.

*****

We'll be back shortly with the run-chase. We will pull out our innings report shortly, here. Watch out for this space...

Sri Lanka finish with 306 for 7. Revised target will be 308

Fifties for the awesome twosome

Shanaka brings up his fifty off just 30 balls. An over later - in the final over, Thisara Perera too gets there, albeit slower, off just 44 balls. Partnership has gone beyond the 100-run mark as well.

Okay, some counter-attack now

On 195 for 6, when Shanaka and Thisara Perera got together, very few would have given them a chance to see Sri Lanka go past the 300-run mark. However, as the frontline pacers in Dala and Ngidi returned for their final stints, both the batsmen went after their bowling to hit four sixes and four fours, providing the perfect final flourish.

Lives by the sword, dies by it

Perera fails to get good hold of this one, miscues a flighted ball from Duminy to Miller at long on. Good ground covered and a superb catch diving forward. That wicket could have just turned things completely in favour of South Africa.

"There's a difference between being positive and being reckless," says Roshan Abeysinghe on air. Sums up my thoughts too.

Five fours, one six and a fifty for Perera

Other Sri Lankan batsmen have been on one wicket, this powerful left-hander has been on a different wicket. With wickets going down from one end, Perera's counter-attacking skills has got him a fifty, off just 28 balls. This has been a terrific knock, but that partnership coming to an end with Mathews would be hurting him. He needs support if Sri Lanka are eyeing a big total

De Kock takes a flier, Mathews is gone

Mathews looks to slay it through the off-side field, gets a thick edge which goes flying to the right of De Kock. He stretches his right hand out, both feet off the ground, wonderful take. Absolute stunner. Opposite numbers get involved.

Kusal Perera getting into the act now

Mulder has now conceded three boundaries to Perera in the last two overs. First, a six as Perera pulls it over the square leg fence. Next ball, smashed through the covers for four. Also brings up his 2000 ODI runs.

Dropped! Could have been three quick wickets...

Angelo Mathews, playing his 200th ODI, could have been out for 1. Unleashes a punchy drive straight down the pitch, Mulder gets a hand on it on the follow through but fails to cling onto it. Sri Lanka would have been four down now.

Now, Kusal Mendis goes back too...

Keshav Maharaj fires it in as Mendis misses the sweep. Too full for that shot anyway, he misreads the pace too and is trapped right in front of the stumps. Two quick wickets...

And Tharanga is gone...

Good comeback by Mulder as he bends the ball back in from a length, Tharanga leaves a big gap between the bat and pad, misses the line and the stumps have been rattled. This after hitting a six off the previous ball.

Tharanga gets a move on

Tharanga has always preferred going against the offspinners and with Duminy coming in to bowl, he has started to open up here. Nice swing of the bat to lift one over mid off for four. Another inside-out heave got him a couple too. That confidence is showing now in his batting against Phehlukwayo, two boundaries off his over. Distinct spike in his strike-rate right now - from 10 off 28 to 29 off 37

First blood

Poor shot from Dickwella to get out, rather poor execution. Looked to paddle it fine, got a top edge and a simple catch for the skipper-'keeper. The move to bring in the offie with the left-handers out there, has worked.

The players are back on the field. It will be 39-overs-a-side affair now, can be curtailed further given how the weather has been today. Quinton De Kock, by the way, is starting with spin. Duminy will bowl his offbreaks with two left-handers in the middle.

Getting ready again...

5.24 PM IST: And it is raining again... Sad thing, we've lost overs and will continue to do so...

Dala leaking boundaries now

Dickwella has made great use of the now-predictable length - short-pitched stuff, cuts and pulls for two fours. The altered length has gone for runs too, as he pitches it up and Dickwella whips it over the on-side field for four. Three boundaries in that over...

No wickets so far

Dala and Ngidi have identified the areas to bowl at Dickwella and Tharanga. Short to Dickwella and slanting it across Tharanga. The lengths have worked so far, but no wickets to show for them.

Klaasen at cover makes an improbable chance look possible. Flings himself to his left for a check-drive, gets a good grab of it till the elbow hits the ground. Tharanga is let off on 13.

Revised playing conditions:

3 bowlers can bowl a maximum of 9 overs each, 2 bowlers can bowl a maximum of 8 overs each.

As quickly as the covers came on and off, the dark clouds overhead kept getting replaced by darker ones. Not the best of days for cricket. Got to manage as much cricket they can in between rain breaks.

Junior Dala will begin the proceedings now. All eyes on the debutant...

Latest: It's been further reduced to 43-overs-a-side affair.

Just one over

Yes, that's all we got so far as the rain returns. It's been a frustrating wait for the fans and this 45-over clash is likely to get curtailed again.

Still a lot of dark clouds overhead. Don't be surprised if the heavens open up again. It's going to be that kind of a day at the office today, stop-start-stop!

Elevens:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (w), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara

South Africa (Playing XI): Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (w/c), Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Willem Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Junior Dala

Also, the elevens in a bit...

Team news:

Three changes for South Africa - Junior Dala, Keshav Maharaj, Heinrich Klassen come in for Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi and Faf du Plessis. Hosts Sri Lanka have made only one change - Prabath Jayasuriya has been replaced with Dasun Shanaka.

Update:It will now be a 45-overs-a-side contest and play will start at 4.30 PM.

Toss time, folks

South Africa have won the toss and opted to field first.

Scratch that last update, please

Looks like it is going to be that kind of a day when the clouds will play hide and seek with us at Pallekele. As much Sri Lanka is known for its notorious rains, it is also famous for its terrific groundsmen who seem to ready the field of play in the least amount of time. Not once but they have achieved it over and over again in the past.

Well, that's the only hope that keeps us here. In the meantime, we are told that the toss could take place at 4 PM IST, which is 10 minutes away from now.

Here's the latest now...

3 PM IST:Covers are back on, big dark clouds overhead...

The covers are coming off now. Toss in some time...

And it's sunny now...

2.20 PM IST:Good news coming in from Pallekele - rain has stopped but unfortunately, there's a lot of water that's gathered on the surface of covers. Quite a lot of work to be done by the groundsmen.

The inevitable has happened. Toss has been delayed due to rain.

Weather forecast:

Just a random search on Google would tell you that the percentage of precipitation is really high in Pallekele at the moment, and unfortunately, it shows no reduction over the next few hours. Gosh, Sri Lanka and rains.

Bad news to begin

ICYMI:

Quinton de Kock will be leading the Proteas in today's game and the next as well, after Faf du Plessis hurt his shoulder while attempting a catch in the third ODI.

Do you think Dhananjaya de Silva should bat as low as No. 7 in a batting lineup where the top half is not doing much? Well, the management thinks so. Read about De Silva's new-found role, here

What's been up and what to expect, find all that out in our preview, here

Warming up...

It is time for the penultimate game of the five-match ODI series to kick off. Well, South Africa have turned up for every game but alas, the hosts haven't quite made their presence felt. As a result, the series is lost already and all the remains to be played for is pride and a desperate attempt to avoid a whitewash. The hosts changed routes in the third ODI by bowling first, but ended up conceding South Africa's highest ODI total in Sri Lanka. The bowling has been meek throughout and bar Dhananjaya de Silva, none looked a part in the batting lineup too. While one team has had its foot firmly on the accelerator, Sri Lanka have been driving with their handbrakes pulled. Can there be a reversal of fate? We shall find soon...

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