South Africa maintained their winning streak in the fourth of five One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
After winning the toss Francois du Plessis put the visitors to bat first, preferring to chase on a flat track at Port Elizabeth. The Lankan innings was badly hurt by the lack of experience in the batting department. Dale Steyn got the first breakthrough by dismissing Upul Tharanga early in his second over.
The hosts denied Sri Lanka any opportunity to build a decent partnership. The scoreboard read 97/7 at the halfway stage and the innings was heading to an early end. However, returning fast bowler, Isuru Udana batted well and added 78 to the total to get Sri Lanka to 189 before being caught by du Plessis in the 40th over.
In the second innings, Quinton de Kock’s purple patch continued and he scored another half-century. Dhananjaya de Silva bowled exceedingly well to complete his quota of ten overs with career-best figures of 41/3. Despite his efforts, South Africa sailed smoothly to victory in the 33rd over with du Plessis leading the charge in his innings of 43 runs.
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