Men's ODI · Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series · Match 3

South Africa v Sri Lanka

17 Jan 2012 · Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

South Africa won by 4 runs (D/L method)

D/L

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: F du Plessis
Scheduled overs: 50 a side

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka	266/9	50.0
South AfricaTarget 176 from 34 overs	179/5	34.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

South Africa179/5 (34 ov)

South Africa batting, innings 2
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smithb SL Malinga	b SL Malinga	2	13	0	0	15.4
AN Petersenlbw b TM Dilshan	lbw b TM Dilshan	17	27	1	0	63.0
CA Ingramb SL Malinga	b SL Malinga	13	8	3	0	162.5
F du Plessisrun out	run out	72	74	7	0	97.3
JP Duminyrun out	run out	25	34	2	0	73.5
AB de Villiers*not out	not out	39	36	3	0	108.3
JA Morkel*not out	not out	7	12	0	0	58.3
Extras	4 (lb 2, w 2)
Total	179/5 (34 ov)

Did not bat: RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (GC Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-29 (CA Ingram, 6.2 ov), 3-52 (AN Petersen, 12.1 ov), 4-113 (JP Duminy, 23.3 ov), 5-147 (F du Plessis, 28.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 2
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
SL Malinga	5	1	20	2	4.00	2
KMDN Kulasekara	6	0	31	0	5.17	0
KTGD Prasad	5	0	38	0	7.60	0
HMRKB Herath	6	0	24	0	4.00	0
TM Dilshan	5	0	22	1	4.40	0
CKB Kulasekara	3	0	21	0	7.00	0
AD Mathews	4	0	21	0	5.25	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Worm

Runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

View as table

Runs and wickets after each over
Overs	Sri Lanka	South Africa
0	0/0	0/0
1	6/0	0/0
2	13/0	5/0
3	18/0	9/0
4	21/0	12/0
5	27/0	14/1
6	30/0	24/1
7	32/0	30/2
8	33/0	34/2
9	34/0	36/2
10	41/0	41/2
11	54/0	49/2
12	56/0	52/2
13	59/0	55/3
14	66/0	59/3
15	69/0	64/3
16	77/0	71/3
17	82/0	78/3
18	93/0	90/3
19	100/1	93/3
20	102/1	97/3
21	103/2	101/3
22	119/2	104/3
23	123/2	109/3
24	125/2	115/4
25	130/2	120/4
26	138/2	129/4
27	142/2	134/4
28	150/2	143/4
29	154/2	147/5
30	155/3	151/5
31	162/3	153/5
32	170/3	166/5
33	173/3	171/5
34	175/3	179/5
35	180/3	–
36	183/4	–
37	190/4	–
38	192/4	–
39	199/5	–
40	210/5	–
41	211/5	–
42	213/5	–
43	217/5	–
44	223/6	–
45	233/6	–
46	237/6	–
47	247/6	–
48	256/6	–
49	261/7	–
50	266/9	–

Win probability

This match was decided by the D/L method after rain, so its target does not mean what the model assumes. Win probability, projected score and par are hidden.