Jean-Paul Duminy hit an unbeaten 53 as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Sunday.
Chasing 194 for victory, the visitors rode on a 86-run third-wicket partnership between Quinton de Kock (47) and skipper Faf du Plessis (47) to achieve their target in 31 overs and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Sri Lanka’s off spinner Akila Dananjaya took three wickets in a match dominated by bowlers. South Afrcia’s Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi claimed four wickets each in the Sri Lanka innings.
Scorecard:
Sri Lanka
N. Dickwella c Shamsi b Rabada 2
U. Tharanga run out (Duminy) 10
K. Mendis c de Kock b Rabada 3
K. Perera c Miller b Shamsi 81
A. Mathews c Amla b Ngidi 5
S. Jayasuriya c de Kock b Rabada 0
T. Perera c de Kock b Shamsi 49
A. Dananjaya b Shamsi 11
S. Lakmal c de Kock b Rabada 5
L. Sandakan not out 5
L. Kumara st de Kock b Shamsi 3
Extras (lb4, nb2, w13) 19
Total (all out, 34.3 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dickwella), 2-11 (Mendis), 3-22 (Tharanga), 4-35 (Mathews), 5-36 (Jayasuriya), 6-128 (T. Perera), 7-166 (Dananjaya), 8-179 (K. Perera), 9-189 (Lakmal), 10-193 (Kumara)
Bowling: Rabada 8-0-41-4 (w7), Ngidi 8-1-29-1 (w4), Mulder 3-0-34-0 (nb2, w1), Phehlukwayo 3-0-30-0 (w1), Shamsi 8.3-0-33-4, JP Duminy 4-0-22-0
South Africa (target 194)
H. Amla b Dananjaya 19
Q. de Kock c Lakmal b Dananjaya 47
A. Markram lbw b Dananjaya 0
F. du Plessis c Mathews b Sandakan 47
JP Duminy not out 53
D. Miller lbw b Lakmal 10
W. Mulder not out 14
Extras (lb1, w5) 6
Total (5 wickets, 31 overs) 196
Did not bat: A. Phehlukwayo, K. Rabada, T. Shamsi, L. Ngidi
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Amla), 2-31 (Markram), 3-117 (de Kock), 4-129 (du Plessis), 5-172 (Miller)
Bowling: Dananjaya 10-0-50-3, Lakmal 6-0-37-1 (w2), Jayasuriya 4-0-23-0 (w1), Kumara 3-0-11-0 (w1), Sandakan 8-0-74-1 (w1)
