DAMBULLA (Srilanka): Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi claimed four wickets each to help South Africa dismiss Sri Lanka for 193 in 34.3 overs in the first one-day international in Dambulla today.
Batsman Kusal Perera hit an attacking 81 to lift Sri Lanka from a precarious 36-5 after putting on a crucial 92-run stand with Thisara Perera, who made 49. The hosts elected to bat first.
Rabada, South Africa’s pace spearhead, rattled the Sri Lankan top-order with his first three strikes while Shamsi returned career-best ODI figures of 4-33.
Sri Lanka v South Africa ODI scoreboard
Scoreboard after Sri Lanka’s innings in the first one-day international against South Africa in Dambulla on Sunday:
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: F. du Plessis, H. Amla, Q. de Kock, A. Markram, JP Duminy, D. Miller, W. Mulder, A. Phehlukwayo, K. Rabada, T. Shamsi,, L. Ngidi
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
TV umpire: Paul Reiffel (AUS)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
