South Africa vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I at Cape Town, 25 Jan, 2017

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
South Africa 169/5 (20)
Sri Lanka 170/5 (19.5)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Niroshan Dickwella
  • Asela Gunaratne 11 * (6)
  • Seekkuge Prasanna 37 * (16)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, 1 run, gets forward and guides it away down to third-man.

Over 0.2 Lungi Ngidi bowls a pitched up delivery to WU Tharanga, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it to mid-off and gets off the mark with the single.

Over 0.3 Lungi Ngidi bowls it short of length to DPDN Dickwella, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and pulls it behind square on the on-side and picks up couple of runs.

Over 0.4 Lungi Ngidi bowls a pitched up delivery to DPDN Dickwella, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slices it over point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 0.5 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 0.6 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it pass point for a single.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, gets forward and pushes it towards mid-off.

Over 1.2 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to DPDN Dickwella, 1 run, gets across the line and whips it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 1.3 Dane Paterson bowls a good length delivery to WU Tharanga, no runs, gets forward and defends it to short-cover.

Over 1.4 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to WU Tharanga, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 1.5 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to WU Tharanga, Boundary! Gets forward and lofts it over mid-off and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 1.6 Dane Paterson bowls a good length delivery to WU Tharanga, Boundary! Opens up on the back foot and hacks a shortish length over square leg for four.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defend it down the pitch.

Over 2.2 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, 1 bye, gets forward and let it go through to the keeper.The ball beats the keeper and they picks up a leg bye.

Over 2.3 Lungi Ngidi bowls it short of length to WU Tharanga, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulls it to deep square-leg.

Over 2.4 Lungi Ngidi bowls a pitched up delivery to DPDN Dickwella, Boundary! Gets forward and went hard on the drive, the ball takes the inside edge pass the stumps and the ball raced away to the fence.

Over 2.5 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, gets forward and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 2.6 Lungi Ngidi bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to bowler.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 Dane Paterson bowls a good length delivery to WU Tharanga, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it through cover for a single.

Over 3.2 Dane Paterson bowls a good length delivery to DPDN Dickwella, no runs, gets forward and defends it towards point.

Over 3.3 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to DPDN Dickwella, 1 run, gets across the line and clips it down to fine-leg for a single.

Over 3.4 Dane Paterson bowls it short of length to WU Tharanga, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 3.5 Dane Paterson bowls a good length delivery to WU Tharanga, Boundary! Makes room and slices it behind point. Went hard at it, got the height and rendered the point fielder into a spectator.

Over 3.6 Dane Paterson bowls a pitched up delivery to WU Tharanga, 1 run, gets forward and drives it pass point for a single.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 WD Parnell bowls a good length delivery to WU Tharanga, out Caught by Behardien!!  Tharanga was early into the pull and embarrassingly popped it up.

Over 4.2 WD Parnell bowls a good length delivery to LD Chandimal, no runs, comes on to the front foot and pushes it straight to the man at cover.

Over 4.3 WD Parnell bowls a good length delivery to LD Chandimal, 2 runs, gets forward and slogged across the line, got a top-edge that jetted into the sky. Just took off,

Over 4.4 WD Parnell bowls it short of length to LD Chandimal, 2 runs, gets on top of the bounce and cuts it through point and picks up another couple.

Over 4.5 WD Parnell bowls a pitched up delivery to LD Chandimal, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it through mid-off and picks up one more.

Over 4.6 WD Parnell bowls it short of length to DPDN Dickwella, Boundary! Backs away and frees arms over point. A boundary. Picked it from right in front of off-stump and carved it away,

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