Opener Hashim Amla smashed 109 and Ryan McLaren took two wickets in three balls as South Africa thrashed Sri Lanka by 75 runs in their first one-dayer on Sunday. Amla, 31, hit eight fours in his composed 130-ball knock and shared a 151-run third-wicket stand with skipper AB de Villiers (75), helping the visitors post a formidable 304-5 at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Kumar Sangakkara responded with a fine 88 off just 84 balls but Sri Lanka were still bundled out for 229 off 40.3 overs.
The hosts appeared headed towards victory at one point. But paceman McLaren dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne and Sangakkara in the 38th over to trigger a collapse that saw Sri Lanka lose their last five wickets for just 13 runs.
"We had a bad day at the office. The South Africans played better cricket and we were really rusty," said Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews. "After the start we got, the middle order made some poor shot selection and that cost us the game."
Spinner Imran Tahir was a tad expensive but emerged as the highest wicket taker for the visitors, finishing with 3-50 from seven overs.
The visitors had got off to a steady start after winning the toss, putting on 58 before losing two batsmen in quick succession.
Opener Quinton de Kock was bowled by Mathews (1-30) for 27 which included a mighty six over mid-wicket off spinner Sachithra Senanayake (1-49).
Just two balls later, unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis (3-61) trapped star all-rounder Jacques Kallis leg before wicket with his trademark carrom ball for a duck, to reduce the Proteas to a shaky 60-2. But Amla and de Villiers made light of the twin setbacks and steered the innings to a position of strength with their 141-ball stand. "We fought really well and I am really proud of our first innings here. I thought the guys recovered really well," said de Villiers. The victory Sunday was only South Africa's third in 17 one-dayers against the hosts in Sri Lanka.
The second ODI will be played in Pallekele on Wednesday, followed by the third and final match in Hambantota on Sunday.
Scoreboard
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South Africa:
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H. Amla lbw b Mendis 109
Q. de Kock b Mathews 27
J. Kallis lbw b Mendis 0
AB de Villiers c Kulasekara b Mendis 75
J. P. Duminy c Dilshan b Senanayake 16
D. Miller not out 36
R. McLaren not out 22
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Extras: (lb8, w10, nb1) 19
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Total: (for 5 wkts; 50 overs) 304
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Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-60, 3-211, 4-239, 5-249
Bowling: Malinga 7-0-52-0 (w2), Kulasekara 6-0-26-0 (nb1), Senanayake 10-0-49-1 (w2), Mathews 6-1-30-1 (w2), Mendis 10-0-61-3 (w4), Priyanjan 7-0-47-0, Dilshan 4-0-31-0.
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Sri Lanka:
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K. Perera c Morkel b Philander 34
T. Dilshan c de Kock b Morkel 40
K. Sangakkara c sub (du Plessis) b McLaren 88
M. Jayawardene c de Kock b Tahir 10
A. Priyanjan c Kallis b Tahir 5
A. Mathews c de Kock b Morkel 13
L. Thirimanne b McLaren 15
N. Kulasekara b Steyn 1
S. Senanayake b Tahir 6
A. Mendis c McLaren b Steyn 0
L. Malinga not out 6
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Extras: (lb5, w4, nb2) 11
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Total: (all out, 40.3 overs) 229
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Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-98, 3-122, 4-138, 5-164, 6-216, 7-217, 8-223, 9-223, 10-229
Bowling: Steyn 7.3-0-38-2 (w1), Philander 8-0-40-1 (nb2, w1), Morkel 7-0-39-2 (w2), McLaren 6-0-33-2, Tahir 7-0-50-3, Duminy 5-0-24-0
Result: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 75 runs
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS), Ranmore Martinesz (SRI)
TV umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).
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