South Africa vs Sri Lanka 35th Match at Chester-le-Street, 28 Jun, 2019

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bowl
Sri Lanka 203/10 (49.3)
South Africa 206/1 (37.2)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Dwaine Pretorius
  • Faf du Plessis 96 * (103)
  • Hashim Amla 80 * (105)

Over 0.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets back in the crease and pushes it straight to the man at point.

Over 0.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Avishka Fernando, 3 runs, gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up three runs.

Over 1.1 Chris Morris bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 1.2 Chris Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, 3 runs, gets across the line and flicks it beautifully along the ground to deep mid-wicket and picks up three runs.

Over 2.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, 2 runs, gets back in the crease and punches it through cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 2.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets forward and went for a drive through the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 2.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Avishka Fernando, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches crisply in the gap between backward point and cover. No-one's stopping that.

Over 2.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler with the straight bat.

Over 2.5 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 2.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side with soft hands.

Over 3.3 Chris Morris bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the man at mid-on.

Over 3.4 Chris Morris bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run, gets forward and plays the ball late and does so with a soft-handed clip backwards of square leg

Over 4.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets on top of the bounce and punches it to extra cover on the back foot.

Over 4.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the man at mid-on.

Over 4.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, 4 byes, gets forward and misses the drive and the ball beats the keeper and raced away to the fence for four.

Over 4.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run,  opens the bat face and taps this wide of point.

Over 4.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and punches it hard past the bowler and gets a boundary.

Over 5.4 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets forward and misses the flick down the leg side.

Over 5.5 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at mid-on.

Over 5.6 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets right behind the line on the back foot and blocks it to cover watchfully.

Over 6.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run, gets forward and pushes it on the off-side with soft hands and picks up a single.

Over 6.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets on top of the bounce and chops it towards point.

Over 7.5 Dwaine Pretorius bowls it short of length to Avishka Fernando, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and pulls it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 7.6 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 8.2 Andile Phehlukwayo bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run, gets across the line on the back foot and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 8.5 Andile Phehlukwayo bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run, comes across and flicks it wide of backward square leg and picks up a single.

Over 9.4 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a pitched up delivery to Avishka Fernando, Boundary! Gets across the line and chips it beautifully over mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 9.5 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by du Plessis! Fails to pick the slower ball and blindly swings his bat hoping to clear mid-on, wasn't to be; it loops up high off the toe-end and Faf settles under it with a tumbling catch.