QF1: SA bowl out SL for 133
JP Duminy took a hat-trick while Imran Tahir picked up four wickets as South Africans bowled out the 1996 World Champions for 133 runs in 37.2 overs.
Angelo Mathews (19), Nuwan Kulasekara (1) and Tharindu Kaushal (0) were all dismissed by Duminy as he registered the second hat-trick of the tournament.
Kumar Sangakkara (45) and Lahiru Thirimanne (41) tried to put up some resistance with their 65 runs third wicket partnership. Tahir dismissed Thirimanne to break the partnership and the rest of the batting line-up crumbled like pack of cards.
In the heavy-weight clash, Tahir bowled brilliantly and took four wickets by giving away only 26 runs for the side who have been often termed as 'chokers' for their poor show in crucial matches of the World Cup.
Sangakkara, who has already created a record of hitting centuries in the ongoing World Cup, was slow in his approach and played 96 balls to score his 45 runs. He hit three boundaries in his knock.
A win on Wednesday will ensure a place for the semi-final next week.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
