Sri Lanka beat South Africa in 1st ODI of series,2013

South Africa was scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day International in Sri Lanka in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 3 and 4. The 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 20th July 2013. South Africa holds the upper hand as they are more experienced team and playing very well as well.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how South Africa team and 11 was looking like in this 1st ONE DAY international match: Jean-Paul Duminy, Robin Peterson, AB de Villiers (c & wk), Alviro Petersen,Morne Morkel, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Aaron Phangiso, Colin Ingram,Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris

And Sri Lankan team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st ONE DAY international Match: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Jehan Mubarak, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera,Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Shaminda Eranga

Sri Lanka batted well and was able to post total of only 320 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of K Sanga who made 169 runs in 137 balls with 18 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 123 runs in 100 balls and Upal T who made 43 runs in 64 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 67 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa was needed to score 321 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

South Africa batted well but was unable to chase the target of 321 runs and was able to make only 140 runs in 31.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and lost the game by 180 runs and with top contributions from A Peterson who made 29 runs in 31 balls with 4 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 94 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka won the match by 180 runs and takes lead of 1-0.

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