Sri Lanka defeat South Africa by 3 wickets (2 balls to spare) in 2nd T20I

[Abdullah719]

South Africa Squad
F Behardien*, TB de Bruyn, RR Hendricks, Imran Tahir, HG Kuhn, DA Miller, M Mosehle, L Ngidi, WD Parnell, D Paterson, AM Phangiso, AL Phehlukwayo, JT Smuts

Sri Lanka Squad
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal†, DM de Silva, ST de Silva, N Dickwella, N Pradeep, DAS Gunaratne, MD Gunathilaka, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, BKG Mendis, SS Pathirana, S Prasanna, PADLR Sandakan, I Udana

South Africa won the toss and opted to bat.

 

[Smbhayi]

South Africa v Sri Lanka | 2nd T20 | Johannesburg | Jan 22, 2017 | Match Thread

South Africa: 1 Jon-Jon Smuts, 2 Heino Kuhn, 3 Theunis de Bruyn, 4 David Miller, 5 Farhaan Behardien (capt), 6 Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), 7 Wayne Parnell, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Aaron Phangiso, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Imran Tahir
Sri Lanka 1 Niroshan Dickwella 2 Dhananjaya de Silva, 3 Angelo Mathews (capt), 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Thikshila de Silva, 6 Kusal Mendis 7 Seekkuge Prasanna, 8 Asela Gunaratne, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Isuru Udana, 11 Lakshan Sandakan

 

[Smbhayi]

SA have brand new new team. farhan captaining SA ahead of Killer Miller

 

[Smbhayi]

South Africa 13/1 (3/20 ov)

 

[Smbhayi]

oh man thought it was an odi match. it's 2nd t20i BTW the side

 

[Dark Magician]

Terrible cricket from South Africa

 

[Dark Magician]

Terrible cricket from South Africa.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

That 10 over game went to their heads.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

South Africa could be bowled out within 20 overs. Currently 109/8 with 2 overs to go.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Make that 109/9.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Well that was abysmal. And what's with Sri Lankan pitch.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

113 all out 19.3 blah. Game not over yet. In the 10 over game SL struggled against the Protea bowlers. So let's see.

 

[jeetu]

Terrible batting by SA , ABD is expected to play in next match i heard.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Terrible batting by SA , ABD is expected to play in next match i heard.

Played in a club game today. Scored 143 not out. So the elbow is good to go.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Ngidi gets the first wicket. He is gonna be the next Rabada.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

And the 2nd.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Game on. SL 15/2.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Nothing better than watching a batsman dumbstruck after being clean bowled.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Phehlukwayo smacked around in his over. Goes for 13.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

And Ngidi pulls off another with genuine pace. Caught behind. SL 35/3.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Well well well. Ngidi showing massive potential.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Tahir in to bowl

 

[Dark Magician]

Ngidi does the basics well enough. There's a lot to like from him.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Ngidi ... remember that name. 4/19. 20 years old.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Game is getting hilarious.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

7 needed off 6 and Mathews struggling to walk.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Dropped on boundary

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Oh well next ball 6

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Need 1 and can't run

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Oh well another 6 does it

 

[JustAnotherFan]

SL wins with 2 runs to go. Surprised it went this far. Behardien dumb captain to bring on spin last over.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Pretty entertaining game at the end. Hope Mathews recovers

 

[spade]

Expertly played by Mathews, wonderful win.

 

[MenInG]

ANGELO MATHEWS played a gallant and heroic innings to lead Sri Lanka to the first victory of their tour when they beat the Standard Bank Proteas by 3 wickets with two balls to spare in the second KFC T20 International match at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.

The series will now go to a decider at PPC Newlands on Wednesday when the Proteas will be strengthened by the return of AB de Villiers.

Mathews finished unbeaten on 54 (54 balls, 1 four and 3 sixes). It was his fifth half-century in this format and took his career total past 1 000 runs.

But the statistics hardly told the story. The key aspect was that Mathews kept his head while most of those around him were losing theirs’. And then In a dramatic finish he twisted his ankle in the penultimate over and stayed at the crease although he could barely run. He did manage to hobble a leg bye off the last ball of the 19th over and then hit two sixes to finish the job.

It was by far the lowest aggregate in a T20 match at this venue with the Proteas failing to assess the pitch properly – it spun prodigiously and always provided low bounce with one delivery bouncing no fewer than four times on its way to the keeper, something unheard of at this venue.

The Proteas total of 113 was a good 20 runs below par with Sri Lanka’s mystery wrist spinner, Lakshan Sandikan, taking 4/23 on debut and precipitating a middle-order collapse before Farhaan Behardien and Aaron Phangiso put on 33 for the 8th wicket, the second highest partnership of the match after the 51 by Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal for the 4th wicket.

The Proteas nevertheless put up a never-say-die performance, spearheaded by Lungi Ngidi who took 3 wickets in his opening spell of 3 overs and finished with 4/19. This was the second best performance at the Wanderers and the joint eighth best for South Africa.

He has now taken 6 wickets in 6 overs in this series for a strike rate of 6 and an average of little more than 5.

There were a few difficult chances put down that in the end made the difference between victory and defeat but nobody can begrudge KFC Man of the Match, Mathews, this victory after what he has been through on the tour to date.

Whether he will be able to play on the remainder of the tour remains in considerable doubt.

 

[deep82]

What a Joke SL has become....even with SA C team , they are huffing and puffing to victory...so sad to see their state...

 

[Cricket World]

Very lucky to survive and could win due to Mathew

 

[Thivagar]

Batsmen looked dumb as ever, all the wickets were thrown away, none of the SA bowlers deserved them. Hope people don't compare Lunhgi Ngidi to Rabada just because he is a black, tall, young and a fast bowler.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Batsmen looked dumb as ever, all the wickets were thrown away, none of the SA bowlers deserved them. Hope people don't compare Lunhgi Ngidi to Rabada just because he is a black, tall, young and a fast bowler.

Is he quick?

 

[Thivagar]

Is he quick?

Hit 140 constantly. SL batsmen made him look legendary.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Hit 140 constantly. SL batsmen made him look legendary.

Doesn't look bad. Pretty good action.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Hope sl will fight hard in ct.