ICC World Cup 2015
1st Quarter Final: South Africa vs Sri Lanka | South Africa won by 9 wickets
Match Details
| Toss | Sri Lanka, who chose to bat | Tournament | ICC World Cup 2015 |
| Umpires
|
NJ Llong and RJ Tucker | Match Date | 18 Mar 2015 |
| Match Referee | DC Boon | Ground | Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney |
| TV Umpire | RA Kettleborough | ||
| Player of Match | Imran Tahir (South Africa) |
Sri Lanka Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusal Perera | c Quinton de Kock b Kyle Abbott | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| 2 | TM Dilshan | c Faf du Plessis b Dale Steyn | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Kumar Sangakkara † | c David Miller b Morne Morkel | 45 | 0 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 46.88 |
| 4 | Lahiru Thirimanne | c & b Imran Tahir | 41 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 85.42 |
| 5 | Mahela Jayawardene | c Faf du Plessis b Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 6 | Angelo Mathews * | c Faf du Plessis b Jean-Paul Duminy | 19 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 59.38 |
| 7 | Thisara Perera | c Rilee Rossouw b Imran Tahir | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Nuwan Kulasekara | c Quinton de Kock b Jean-Paul Duminy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 9 | Tharindu Kaushal | lbw Jean-Paul Duminy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Dushmantha Chameera | not out | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| 11 | Lasith Malinga | c David Miller b Imran Tahir | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Extra | b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 2 | 15 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 37.2 overs; 0 mins | 133 | 3.56 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-3 ; 2-4 ; 3-69 ; 4-81 ; 5-114 ; 6-115 ; 7-116 ; 8-116 ; 9-127 ; 10-133
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 7.0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Abbott | 6.0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Morne Morkel | 7.0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 9.0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 8.2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
South Africa Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hashim Amla | c Nuwan Kulasekara b Lasith Malinga | 16 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 69.57 |
| 2 | Quinton de Kock † | not out | 78 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 136.84 |
| 3 | Faf du Plessis | not out | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 67.74 |
| 4 | David Miller | Did not bat | ||||||
| 5 | Dale Steyn | Did not bat | ||||||
| 6 | Jean-Paul Duminy | Did not bat | ||||||
| 7 | Morne Morkel | Did not bat | ||||||
| 8 | Imran Tahir | Did not bat | ||||||
| 9 | Rilee Rossouw | Did not bat | ||||||
| 10 | AB de Villiers * | Did not bat | ||||||
| 11 | Kyle Abbott | Did not bat | ||||||
| Extra | lb 4, w 12, nb 3 | 19 | ||||||
| Total | 1 wickets; 18.0 overs; 0 mins | 134 | 7.44 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-40
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasith Malinga | 6.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| TM Dilshan | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 1.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tharindu Kaushal | 6.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 2.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
