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South Africa scamper to a one-wicket win
Guyana | March 29, 2007 8:15:05 AM IST
South Africa scampered to a one-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a Super Eight match of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium here Wednesday. For Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga picked up his maiden hat-trick -- he scalped four wickets in four consecutive deliveries -- and ended up with four wickets for 54 runs. SCOREBOARD Match No. 26, South Africa vs. Sri Lanka, Super Eight, Providence Stadium, Guyana, March 28 Sri Lanka:Upul Tharanga c Kemp b Ntini 12Sanath Jayasuriya c Kallis b Langeveldt 26Mahela Jayawardene c de Villiers b Langeveldt 12Kumar Sangakkara c Boucher b Hall 28Chamara Silva run out (Gibbs) 9Tillekeratne Dilshan c Kemp b Ntini 58Russel Arnold c Boucher b Langeveldt 50Farveez Maharoof c Ntini b Langeveldt 5Chaminda Vaas c Gibbs b Langeveldt 0Lasith Malinga not out 0Muttiah Muralitharan run out (Pollock) 1Extras: (lb 3, w 4, nb 1) 8Total: (all out in 49.3 overs) 209 Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tharanga, 3.1 overs), 2-45 (Jayasuriya, 10.1), 3-65 (Jayawardene, 14.4), 4-90 (Sangakkara, 21.3), 5-98 (Silva, 24.1), 6-195 (Dilshan, 45.5), 7-208 (Arnold, 48.2), 8-208 (Maharoof, 48.5), 9-208 (Vaas, 48.6) Bowling:Shaun Pollock 8-0-46-0Makhaya Ntini 8-0-26-2Charles Langeveldt 10-1-39-5 (1nb)Andrew Hall 9.3-0-33-1 (3w)Jacques Kallis 6-0-24-0Robin Peterson 5-0-22-0 (1w)Graeme Smith 3-0-16-0 South Africa: Graeme Smith st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 59Abraham de Villiers b Vaas 0Jacques Kallis c Sangakkara b Malinga 86Herschelle Gibbs c & b Muralitharan 31Mark Boucher lbw b Muralitharan 0Justin Kemp st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 5Shaun Pollock b Malinga 13Andrew Hall c Tharanga b Malinga 0Robin Peterson not out 4Makhaya Ntini b Malinga 0Charl Langeveldt not out 1Extras: (b 5, lb 4, w 3, nb 1) 13Total: (for nine wickets in 48.2 overs) 212 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.6 overs), 2-95 (Smith, 17.2), 3-160 (Gibbs, 32.1), 4-160 (Boucher, 32.2), 5-182 (Kemp, 37.6), 6-206 (Pollock, 44.5), 7-206 (Hall, 44.6), 8-207 (Kallis, 46.1), 9-207 (Ntini, 46.2) Bowling: Chamnda Vaas 10-1-31-1Lasith Malinga 9.2-0-54-4 (1nb, 1w)Farveez Maharoof 7-0-41-0Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-34-3 (1w) Sanath Jayasuriya 10-0-34-1 (1w) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2-0-9-0 Result: South Africa won by 1 wicketMan of the Match: Charl Langeveldt (South Africa)Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Daryl Harper (Australia)TV umpire: Mark Benson (England)Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand) (IANS)
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