Match 1: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy 2009

Sri Lanka Played excellent game and Dilshan is at his best. Fantastic knock of dilshan of 106 runs on just 92 balls. Jayawardene also played well with his 77 runs on just 61 balls.

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Dilshan	c Morkel b Steyn	106	116	92	16	1	115.21
29.1 Another bowling change works! Terrible delivery but Steyn won't mind that one bit, bangs it in really short and wide outside off, Dilshan goes for the bait and upper cuts it straight to Morkel at third man, poor shot from the batsman but he's done his bit and the crowd will be disappointed to see him depart 181/3
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Steyn	10	11	9	2	0	111.11
2.2 first blood to Steyn, looked quite straightforward, lands on middle and leg just short of a good length, the ball doesn't bounce as much and holds its line before thudding onto the pads, Jayasuriya tries to hit across the line but the ball skids and hits him plumb in front 16/1
KC Sangakkara	c & b Duminy	54	99	74	5	0	72.97
27.6 the bowling change does the trick! Comes round the wicket, Sangakkara is a little too early on the shot, he lobs a full delivery tamely back to Duminy, Sanga flings his bat away in frustration 174/2
DPMD Jayawardene	c Duminy b Parnell	77	92	61	8	1	126.22
46.3 fires it on a fullish length on middle and off, Mahela makes a bit of room to deposit it over cover but he doesn't get the timing right and Duminy runs to his left at extra cover and takes the catch 297/4
TT Samaraweera	c van der Merwe b Parnell	37	87	47	1	0	78.72
46.4 he's on a hat-trick! Samaraweera goes across his stumps and tries to whip him over square leg but he gets a leading edge which swirls in the air for quite a few agonising seconds, van der Merwe sprints from third man and judges the catch well 297/5
AD Mathews	b Steyn	15	18	14	0	0	107.14
49.6 Mathews makes room to squeeze out a yorker but the ball screeches through and pegs back the leg stump 319/8
SHT Kandamby	c Duminy b Parnell	6	12	5	1	0	120.00
48.6 catching practice, Parnell pitches it up on middle and leg and Kandamby flicks his wrists and clips it straight to Duminy at midwicket, didn't get the required elevation 314/6
KMDN Kulasekara	run out (van der Merwe/Steyn)	1	4	1	0	0	100.00
49.4 Steyn to Mathews, makes room and slaps it down to long-on, the ball reaches van der Merwe on the first bounce and he hurls the throw back to Steyn who whips off the bails, Kulasekara dives in vain and the 3rd umpire takes a look 317/7
M Muralitharan	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 5, w 5, nb 3)	13

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	319	(6.38 runs per over)

Did not bat SL Malinga, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets1-16 (Jayasuriya, 2.2 ov), 2-174 (Sangakkara, 27.6 ov), 3-181 (Dilshan, 29.1 ov), 4-297 (Jayawardene, 46.3 ov), 5-297 (Samaraweera, 46.4 ov), 6-314 (Kandamby, 48.6 ov), 7-317 (Kulasekara, 49.4 ov), 8-319 (Mathews, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	9	2	47	3	5.22	(1w)
2.2 to Jayasuriya, first blood to Steyn, looked quite straightforward, lands on middle and leg just short of a good length, the ball doesn't bounce as much and holds its line before thudding onto the pads, Jayasuriya tries to hit across the line but the ball skids and hits him plumb in front 16/1 29.1 to Dilshan, Another bowling change works! Terrible delivery but Steyn won't mind that one bit, bangs it in really short and wide outside off, Dilshan goes for the bait and upper cuts it straight to Morkel at third man, poor shot from the batsman but he's done his bit and the crowd will be disappointed to see him depart 181/3 49.6 to Mathews, Mathews makes room to squeeze out a yorker but the ball screeches through and pegs back the leg stump 319/8
WD Parnell	10	0	79	3	7.90	(1nb, 3w)
46.3 to Jayawardene, fires it on a fullish length on middle and off, Mahela makes a bit of room to deposit it over cover but he doesn't get the timing right and Duminy runs to his left at extra cover and takes the catch 297/4 46.4 to Samaraweera, he's on a hat-trick! Samaraweera goes across his stumps and tries to whip him over square leg but he gets a leading edge which swirls in the air for quite a few agonising seconds, van der Merwe sprints from third man and judges the catch well 297/5 48.6 to Kandamby, catching practice, Parnell pitches it up on middle and leg and Kandamby flicks his wrists and clips it straight to Duminy at midwicket, didn't get the required elevation 314/6
JH Kallis	7	0	43	0	6.14

JA Morkel	4	0	39	0	9.75	(1nb)

J Botha	9	0	53	0	5.88	(1nb, 1w)

RE van der Merwe	10	0	42	0	4.20

JP Duminy	1	0	11	1	11.00
27.6 to Sangakkara, the bowling change does the trick! Comes round the wicket, Sangakkara is a little too early on the shot, he lobs a full delivery tamely back to Duminy, Sanga flings his bat away in frustration 174/2


South Africa innings (target: 262 runs from 37.4 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b Mendis	58	67	44	9	1	131.81
14.1 hits the timber first ball! Smith is still puzzled, it's the legbreak which pitches on leg and skids through, Smith gets forward but leaves a gap between bat and pad, the ball clips his pad and takes out the leg stump 90/2
HM Amla	b Mathews	2	13	10	0	0	20.00
2.6 played on! Mathews bowls it outside off and gives the batsman a fraction of width, Amla slashes away from his body and chops it onto his stumps, the leg stump goes for a tumble 9/1
JH Kallis	c Mathews b Mendis	41	74	48	4	0	85.41
20.3 sharp catch! Mendis floats it outside off and Kallis lunges forward to drive, he spoons it in the air low towards mid-off and Mathews moves to his right, times his dive perfectly and takes it airborne, throws his arms up in celebration 113/3
AB de Villiers	c Jayawardene b Malinga	24	44	38	0	0	63.15
26.2 Malinga bangs it in short and de Villiers decides to slam him across the line, he swings too early and gets a thick top edge, Jayawardene pedals backwards at midwicket and takes the skier 142/5
JP Duminy	b Mendis	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
20.4 he's on a hat-trick! Mendis bowls the flipper on off and middle, Duminy comes forward to block it but like Smith leaves a gap between bat and pad, the inside edge cannons onto the leg stump which tumbles backwards 113/4
MV Boucher	lbw b Mathews	26	46	29	2	0	89.65
31.2 Boucher takes the risk of shuffling too far across his stumps, he tries to nudge it down to fine leg but the ball lands just outside the line of the off stump, moves in and clips his pads, replays showed that it would have hit the stumps, Taufel thinks for a few seconds and raises the finger 163/6
JA Morkel	not out	29	59	32	3	0	90.62

J Botha	c Mathews b Malinga	21	25	20	4	0	105.00
35.6 that extra ball has yielded a wicket, Malinga lands it on a fullish length outside off, Botha shapes to scoop it over mid-off but the ball dips and lands down to Marthews' throat at mid-off 198/7
RE van der Merwe	not out	3	8	4	0	0	75.00

Extras	(w 2)	2

Total	(7 wickets; 37.4 overs)	206	(5.46 runs per over)

Did not bat DW Steyn, WD Parnell

Fall of wickets1-9 (Amla, 2.6 ov), 2-90 (Smith, 14.1 ov), 3-113 (Kallis, 20.3 ov), 4-113 (Duminy, 20.4 ov), 5-142 (de Villiers, 26.2 ov), 6-163 (Boucher, 31.2 ov), 7-198 (Botha, 35.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	7.4	0	43	2	5.60	(1w)
26.2 to de Villiers, Malinga bangs it in short and de Villiers decides to slam him across the line, he swings too early and gets a thick top edge, Jayawardene pedals backwards at midwicket and takes the skier 142/5 35.6 to Botha, that extra ball has yielded a wicket, Malinga lands it on a fullish length outside off, Botha shapes to scoop it over mid-off but the ball dips and lands down to Marthews' throat at mid-off 198/7
KMDN Kulasekara	7	0	44	0	6.28

AD Mathews	8	1	43	2	5.37
2.6 to Amla, played on! Mathews bowls it outside off and gives the batsman a fraction of width, Amla slashes away from his body and chops it onto his stumps, the leg stump goes for a tumble 9/1 31.2 to Boucher, Boucher takes the risk of shuffling too far across his stumps, he tries to nudge it down to fine leg but the ball lands just outside the line of the off stump, moves in and clips his pads, replays showed that it would have hit the stumps, Taufel thinks for a few seconds and raises the finger 163/6
M Muralitharan	8	0	46	0	5.75

BAW Mendis	7	0	30	3	4.28	(1w)

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Points Sri Lanka 2, South Africa 0

Player of the match TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire AL Hill (New Zealand)