Nuwan Kulasekara is one scalp short of completing 200 ODI wickets and becoming the fifth Sri Lanka bowler to the milestone
AB de Villiers, who has now played exactly 100 ODIs as captain, averages a monumental 66.33 when leading the team, with a strike rate of 110
When these teams last met in the Champions Trophy, in 2009 at Centurion, Sri Lanka won by 55 runs
South Africa begin their ICC Champions Trophy 2017 campaign at The Oval on Saturday by taking on a Sri Lanka side against whom they have already enjoyed overwhelming one-day international success this year.
The Proteas whitewashed Sri Lanka 5-0 in a bilateral series in South Africa in January
South Africa also boast the world’s number one-ranked ODI batsman and bowler in AB de Villiers and Kagiso Rabada respectively.
Sri Lanka head into the tournament as underdogs and one of the key reasons they’ve struggled in recent months has been the absence of fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who hasn’t played any ODI cricket since November 2015 due to a knee injury.
The return of Malinga, whose unorthodox, slingshot action makes him one of the most difficult bowlers to face in world cricket, would be a massive boost for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s form ahead of the competition has been mediocre, given they have lost warm-up games to Australia, New Zealand and even Scotland.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field
South Africa scored 299/6 in 50 Overs
Quinton de Kock 23(42 Balls 4x2)
Faf du Plesis 75(70 Balls 4x6)
Ab de Villiers 04(4 Balls)
David Miller 18(22 Balls 4x1 and 6x1)
Hasim Amla 103(115 Balls 4x5 and 6x2) -Run-Out
Chris Morris 20(19 Balls 4x3)b -Run-Out
J P Duminy 38*(20 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Wayne Parnell 07*(8 Balls)
Wicket Takers(Sri Lanka)
Nuwan Pradeep 2/54(10 Overs)
Suranga Lakmal 1/51(10 Overs)
Seekkuge Prasanna 1/72(10 Overs)
South Africa scored 299/6 in 50 Overs
Quinton de Kock 23(42 Balls 4x2)
Faf du Plesis 75(70 Balls 4x6)
Ab de Villiers 04(4 Balls)
David Miller 18(22 Balls 4x1 and 6x1)
Hasim Amla 103(115 Balls 4x5 and 6x2) -Run-Out
Chris Morris 20(19 Balls 4x3)b -Run-Out
J P Duminy 38*(20 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Wayne Parnell 07*(8 Balls)
Wicket Takers(Sri Lanka)
Nuwan Pradeep 2/54(10 Overs)
Suranga Lakmal 1/51(10 Overs)
Seekkuge Prasanna 1/72(10 Overs)
Hashim Amla becomes first South African to 25 ODI centuries
Hashim Amla was in sublime touch at The Oval on Saturday June 03,2017 as the South African scored his 25th century in One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Sri Lanka in their ICC Champions Trophy 2017 opener
With this century, Hashim Amla became the first South African and sixth batsman overall to hit 25 or more hundreds in ODIs. Amla took 151 innings to score 25 centuries. It is 11 innings lesser than the next fastest. India’s Virat Kohli took 162 innings to score 25th hundred.
100 for @amlahash! His 25th in ODI cricket, the most by a South Africa batsman.bit.ly/CT-17-3 #SLvSA #CT17
Amla’s 115-ball knock was a perfect example of the calm and poise as the Durban-born hit his second century of 2017 with the previous one (154) also being against Sri Lanka in February. In between, during the IPL, he hit two T20 centuries playing Kings XI Punjab.
Hasim Amla is now also the leading South African batsman when it comes to most ODI centuries, moving past AB de Villiers, who has 24.
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