South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I at Centurion, 20 Jan, 2017

Toss: Sri Lanka,who chose to bowi
South Africa 126/5 (10)
Sri Lanka 107/6 (10)
South Africa won by 19 runs
Man of the Match: Lungi Ngidi
  • Asela Gunaratne 10 * (6)
  • Dinesh Chandimal 6 * (5)

Over 0.1 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, 1 run, gets forward and punches it through cover for a single.

Over 0.4 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and clips it behind square on the on-side and picks up another single.

Over 0.6 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it down to deep cover and keep the strike with the single.

Over 0.6 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it down to deep cover and keep the strike with the single.

Over 1.1 KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, 1 leg bye, gets forward and looks to whip it away without having a clear sight of the leather. Misses by a fair margin and the ball rolls to square leg off the thigh pad

Over 2.1 RAS Lakmal bowls it short of length to JJ Smuts, Boundary! Goes back and across, pulled away to deep square-leg fence for four.

Over 2.2 RAS Lakmal bowls a pitched up delivery to JJ Smuts, no runs, comes on to the front foot and flicks it towards mid-wicket.

Over 2.2 RAS Lakmal bowls a pitched up delivery to JJ Smuts, no runs, comes on to the front foot and flicks it towards mid-wicket.

Over 2.3 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, Six!! Gives himself room outside off and goes thwack over cover, ably helped by Lakmal's length

Over 2.4 RAS Lakmal bowls a good length delivery to JJ Smuts, out Caught by Asela Gunaratne!! Smuts doesn't care, goes full throttle on the loft with out any feet. Ends up chipping it high and into the safe hands of cover. Easy catch.