South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2019 Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Date & Time: Mar 13, 01:00 PM LOCAL
Dhananjaya de Silva 3-41(10 ov)
26.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Duminy, FOUR, shortish ball, cut away nicely behind point, the placement is perfect from Duminy and the man sweeping the off-side fence had no chance
26.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, 1 run, punched to the right of the man at cover
26.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, flighted delivery, defended straight back to the bowler
26.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Duminy, 1 run, low full toss, driven to the left of short cover, who pushes the ball to mid-off
26.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Duminy, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Duminy defends off the front foot
26.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, out Caught by Priyamal Perera!! Advances and flicks really hard, but short mid-wicket intervenes. Hit very well but straight to him. Faf is livid with himself that he didn't place that wide of the fielder. du Plessis c Priyamal Perera b Dhananjaya de Silva 43(38) [4s-5 6s-1]
24.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, back deep in the crease, keeping out the quicker arm ball with a jab to mid-on. So just I0$ six, and nothing else
24.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, forward stride, pushing it with the spin to cover
24.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, flat again, stabbed away to point
24.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, quicker in-slide. Miller tries to pull, but there's no height on the ball off the pitch - does it all around it
24.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, flatter, settled-behind-defence
24.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, SIX, absolutely sheer timing to deposit it into the car park. Miller steps forward, gets under it and lofts the cover drive with the wind over long-off's roof
22.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, rocks behind, using the angle to tuck it away through mid-wicket
22.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, full on off, squirted to cover off the outside half
22.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, 1 run, slight width, enough for Miller to carve away through sweeper
22.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, big spin, starting from middle, with Miller adjusting off the back foot to keep it out
22.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, 2 runs, skips, whipping through mid-wicket
22.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, short, sticky. Bunted back down the pitch
20.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, on middle, a straighter bat dished out
20.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Miller, no run, drawn forward, which Miller does to defend
20.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, out Caught by Tharanga!! Oh he couldn't have middled it better. Clears out his front leg, gets under the length to whip it on the up over the on-side in front of square. But doesn't get the elevation, crsiply whacking it straight down short mid-wicket's throat. But take nothing away, it's been all entertainment whilst it lasted. de Kock c Tharanga b Dhananjaya de Silva 51(57) [4s-6]
20.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, a step down, tucking it away with the spin through mid-wicket
20.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, full, drifting into the legs. So much so that it ends up beating Faf's flicking defence to rap the pad
20.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, width, loop, sliced away through sweeper
18.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, more of a conventional nudge this time, through square leg
18.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, steps down, and Dhananjaya spots to drag his length further back. Faf settles, forced to change his approach to tuck it away to leg
18.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, stays behind it in the crease, jabbing it half-heartedly down the pitch
18.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, no run, spinning into the hips, nurdled out, short fine
18.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, grips, spins, making Quinton take a hand off the bat as he strokes it down to long-on
18.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to du Plessis, 1 run, another long hop, Faf has to crouch to the lack of bounce as he adjusts, swatting it away to deep square leg
8.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, floated on off and it's been driven to mid-on by de Kock
8.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, 1 run, drills the loopy delivery down to long-on for a single
8.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, works this one into the gap at mid-wicket for a single
8.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, flighted outside off, short in length and it's been sliced to point
8.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, 1 run, drives the tossed up delivery to long-on for a single
8.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, no run, rocks back and punches the slider to cover
6.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, 1 run, whip-drives the loopy delivery to long-on and keeps strike with a single
6.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, no run, floated outside off, Markram creams it to cover, nicely timed shot
6.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, no run, back in his crease to block the short ball
6.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, flatter on the pads, clipped to square leg by de Kock
6.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, drives this one back to the bowler who throws himself to his right and grabs it
6.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Markram, 1 run, tossed up delivery around middle and leg, eased to long-on by Markram
4.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to Hendricks, out Caught by Perera!! Soft dismissal and Hendricks' poor form continues. He's running out of chances and it's getting difficult for him to book a seat for England. Goes down on his knee to play a sweep shot but the ball comes of the toe-end and lobs towards the fielder at first slip. As easy as it can get for the fielder and South Africa are one down without much on the board. Hendricks c Perera b Dhananjaya de Silva 8(16) [4s-1]
4.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to Hendricks, no run, flatter around off, knocked into the off side
4.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, 1 run, tossed up delivery around off, de Kock drives it down to long-off for a single
4.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, FOUR, a gift of a full toss and de Kock has smashed it. Clobbers it over mid-wicket and the fielder in the deep could do nothing about it
4.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to Hendricks, 1 run, loopy delivery around middle and leg, Hendricks plays it with the turn and gets a single at mid-wicket
4.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to Hendricks, no run, floated around middle and leg, Hendricks defends
2.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, FOUR, openers are dealing in boundaries, with such a paltry total to be chased down. They don't need the singles and twos, do they? de Kock is quick to get on to his knee as he sweeps it over square leg for four more
2.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, fired into the batsman around off, de Kock drives it to the fielder at cover
2.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, eases the flighted delivery down the pitch
2.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, dropped! de Kock had chipped the loopy delivery back to the bowler as it gripped into the surface. de Silva flies to his right, gets his hands to it but fails to cling on to the catch. Superb effort
2.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, FOUR, de Kock's off the mark! Fetches the loopy delivery from the off-stump and sends it to the deep square leg fence with a fine sweep shot
2.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, defends the floated delivery off his front foot
0.6
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, Dhananjaya de Silva starts off with a maiden over! The offie has managed to keep the highest run getter of the series quiet in the opening over. Bowls a short offbreak around off and de Kock gets struck on his back pad as he looks to drag it into the leg side. de Silva appeals for an lbw but the umpire shows no interest. Too much bounce was the reason for it to be turned down, would have missed off
0.5
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, flighted delivery around middle and leg, de Kock eases it towards mid-on
0.4
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, comes on his front foot and drives the loopy delivery to mid-off
0.3
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, strays in line, down the leg side and it's been dragged straight to short fine leg by de Kock
0.2
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, drags back his length on this offbreak, de Kock goes back and cuts it to point
0.1
Dhananjaya de Silva to de Kock, no run, starts off with an offbreak and de Kock defends it off his front foot
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