South Africa Complete Clean Sweep Over Sri Lanka, Reclaim No.1 ODI Ranking Friday Feb 10,2017

Openers Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla both smashed centuries as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 88 runs in the fifth and final one-day international at SuperSport Park on Friday Feb 10,2017 to complete a 5-0 series sweep. 

Quinton de Kock continued his good run of form, smashing 109 off 87 balls while man of the match Hashim Amla scored 154 off 134 deliveries as South Africa piled up 384/6  after being sent in to bat in Centurion.

The match was quickly over as a contest as Sri Lanka slumped to 82 for five.

But Asela Gunaratne hit 114 not out, his maiden ODI century, to enable Sri Lanka to recover some pride at the end of a one-sided series, finishing with 296/8

The win also allowed the Proteas to move above Australia and into top spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for teams, an important boost ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy which takes place in England in June 2017

South Africa had entered the series against Sri Lanka, trailing number-one ranked Australia by four points.

 However, Australia's 0-2 defeat against New Zealand and South Africa's own 5-0 win over Sri Lanka means the Proteas have now moved ahead of the world champions.

Note

South Africa last sat on top of the tree in November 2014 before India moved to the number-one position after defeating Sri Lanka by 5-0. Later that month, Australia claimed the coveted top spot after defeating South Africa 4-1.

This is the fifth time South Africa has surged to the top since the current rankings system was introduced in 2002. It enjoyed top positions in February 2007, March-May 2008, January-August 2009 and October-November 2014.