South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2013 3rd ODI Live Scores: Sri Lanka vs South Africa at Pallekele, Jul 23, 2013.
Match scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (09:00 GMT, 02:30 PM IST
Teams : Sri Lanka Vs South Africa
Venue: Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Time: 14:30 local time (09:00 GMT, 02:30 PM IST)
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
South Africa 223/7 (50 Ov)
Sri Lanka 167/10 (43.2 Ov)
South Africa won by 56 runs
David Miller is the Man of the Match for a half-century that transformed South Africa's innings.
South Africa stay alive in this series and the scoreline is now 2-1 in Sri Lanka's favour with two to play. This is only the second time South Africa have beaten Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, after their maiden victory in 1993.
Last five completed matches results:
Sri Lanka: W W L L W
South Africa: L L L T W
Match Stats:
1. The last three ODIs played in Pallekele were decided by the Duckworth-Lewis method and the previous match was abandoned altogether, due to poor weather.
2. Kumar Sangakkara averages 71.40 in 2013, and is the second-highest runscorer so far in the year, behind Misbah-ul-Haq.
Match Squads
Sri Lanka team: WU Tharanga, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, J Mubarak, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, HMRKB Herath, RAS Lakmal, NLTC Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, LD Chandimal, Shaminda Eranga,Sachithra Senanayake, AK Perera
South Africa team: AB de Villiers, M Morkel, HM Amla, JP Duminy, RJ Peterson, LL Tsotsobe, R McLaren, RK Kleinveldt, AN Petersen, DA Miller, CA Ingram, AM Phangiso, Faf du Plessis, Farhaan Behardien, CH Morris,Quinton de Kock