ICC World Cup: South Africa v Sri Lanka-Live Scores

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28-03-2007 at Guyana

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 1 wicket

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Sri Lanka Innings 209 all out (49.3 overs)

South Africa Innings 212 for 9 (48.2 overs)

Sri Lanka Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
W U Tharanga	c J M Kemp	b M Ntini	12	13	2	0
S T Jayasuriya	c J H Kallis	b C K Langeveldt	26	27	4	0
D P M D Jayawardene	c A B de Villiers	b C K Langeveldt	12	31	1	0
K C Sangakkara	c M V Boucher	b A J Hall	28	38	4	0
L P C Silva	run out		9	27	1	0
T M Dilshan	c J M Kemp	b M Ntini	58	76	4	0
R P Arnold	c M V Boucher	b C K Langeveldt	50	73	2	0
M F Maharoof	c M Ntini	b C K Langeveldt	5	9	0	0
W P U J C Vaas	c H H Gibbs	b C K Langeveldt	0	1	0	0
S L Malinga	not out		0	1	0	0
M Muralitharan	run out		1	2	0	0
Extras		1nb 4w 3lb	8
Total		all out	209	(49.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W S M Pollock 8.0 0 46 0 M Ntini 8.0 0 26 2 C K Langeveldt 10.0 1 39 5 A J Hall 9.3 0 33 1 J H Kallis 6.0 0 24 0 R J Peterson 5.0 0 22 0 G C Smith 3.0 0 16 0

Fall of wicket 13 W U Tharanga 45 S T Jayasuriya 65 D P M D Jayawardene 90 K C Sangakkara 98 L P C Silva 195 T M Dilshan 208 R P Arnold 208 M F Maharoof 208 W P U J C Vaas 209 M Muralitharan

South Africa Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
G C Smith	st K C Sangakkara	b M Muralitharan	59	65	7	1
A B de Villiers		b W P U J C Vaas	0	5	0	0
J H Kallis	c K C Sangakkara	b S L Malinga	86	110	4	0
H H Gibbs	c and b	M Muralitharan	31	51	1	0
M V Boucher	lbw	b M Muralitharan	0	1	0	0
J M Kemp	st K C Sangakkara	b S T Jayasuriya	5	16	0	0
S M Pollock		b S L Malinga	13	24	1	0
A J Hall	c W U Tharanga	b S L Malinga	0	1	0	0
R J Peterson	not out		4	8	1	0
M Ntini		b S L Malinga	0	1	0	0
C K Langeveldt	not out		1	9	0	0
Extras		1nb 3w 2b 7lb	13
Total		for 9	212	(48.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W W P U J C Vaas 10.0 1 31 1 S L Malinga 9.2 0 54 4 M F Maharoof 7.0 0 41 0 M Muralitharan 10.0 0 34 3 S T Jayasuriya 10.0 0 34 1 T M Dilshan 2.0 0 9 0

Fall of wicket 1 A B de Villiers 95 G C Smith 160 H H Gibbs 160 M V Boucher 182 J M Kemp 206 S M Pollock 206 A J Hall 207 J H Kallis 207 M Ntini

Umpires: S A Bucknor, D J Harper
South Africa: G C Smith, A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, J M Kemp, M V Boucher, S M Pollock, A J Hall, R J Peterson, M Ntini, C K Langeveldt
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara, D P M D Jayawardene, L P C Silva, R P Arnold, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan

Malinga plays down cup feat

Lasith Malinga insisted making World Cup history counted for little after Sri Lanka lost their Super 8 match to South Africa in thrilling fashion.

The seamer took four wickets in four balls for the first time in international cricket history, but the Proteas edged to a one-wicket win.

And Malinga said: "I am happy to take those wickets but we have lost.

"I felt good, mixed my deliveries up well, and I thought we might pinch it. But 209 was not enough to defend."

Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene agreed, and admitted the crucial period was at the end of their innings when they lost five wickets themselves in quick succession.

We fought well, though, and credit to the bowlers because they were magnificent. We will take positives from this Mahela Jayawardene

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Russel Arnold shared a 97-run partnership to boost the Sri Lankan total, but Charl Langeveldt took three wickets in an over as the last five wickets fell for 14 runs in 22 balls.

And Jayawardene said: "We made a lot of mistakes with our batting, throughout the line-up to be honest.

"But the crucial moment was right at the end of our innings when we lost five wickets cheaply and failed to bat our overs. It left us short of a decent total and put us under pressure in the field. That will haunt us later."

He added: "This was definitely a game for us to win, but we never had a chance of winning except for that last burst from Malinga.

"It needed something like that to change the game. We were thinking they would win pretty comfortably, [but] they panicked a bit and with three runs to get with the last wicket, it gives you hope - but it wasn't to be.

"We fought well, though, and credit to the bowlers because they were magnificent. We will take positives from this and we can battle back."

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WORLD CUP, SUPER 8s, GUYANA:
South Africa 212-9 bt Sri Lanka 209 by one wicket

By Sam Lyon

Malinga produced heroics to mark a thrilling climax in Guyana

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take four wickets in four balls in international cricket but it was all in vain as South Africa won.

Jacques Kallis's 86 saw South Africa to a last-gasp one-wicket win in the Super 8 match at the Cricket World Cup.

Set 210 to win, the Proteas looked to be cruising as Kallis built on Graeme Smith's 59 to take them to 206-5.

Malinga's inspired spell took Sri Lanka to the brink of victory, before Robin Peterson hit the winning runs.

It was a sensational ending to the match at the new Providence Stadium as Malinga brought Sri Lanka back from the brink to give them hope with some superb full-length bowling.

But his efforts proved fruitless in the end, with his opposite number Charl Langeveldt's 5-39 proving the decisive figures as Sri Lanka were skittled out for 209.

The seamer struck late in the innings, just as Arnold and Dilshan were looking to open up, and ensured Sri Lanka fell 20-30 runs short of their ideal target.

Their total was still more than Sri Lanka, who had won the toss, might have hoped for at one stage, though, after Langeveldt and Makhaya Ntini had reduced them to 98-5.

Upul Tharanga was the first to go, edging a typical Ntini delivery, angled across the stumps, to Justin Kemp at first slip, before Sanath Jayasuriya's brief flurry of 26 from 27 balls ended when he sent a thick edge to Jacques Kallis at point off Langeveldt.

Langeveldt was making his case to replace Shaun Pollock as the Proteas' new-ball bowler, and he struck again to force a leading edge off Mahela Jayawardene to AB de Villiers at mid-off.

Kumar Sangakkara, ranked fourth in the world ODI rankings, briefly provided some resistance but he gloved an Andrew Hall bouncer behind for 28.

MALINGA'S FOUR-WICKET FEAT 44.5 overS: Pollock b 13 44.6 overs: Hall c Tharanga 0 46.1 overs: Kallis c Sangakkara 86 46.2 overs: Makhaya Ntini b Malinga 0

And when he was followed back into the hutch by Chamara Silva (9) thanks to Herschelle Gibbs' diving run-out - which was indicative of a fabulous display in the field for South Africa - Sri Lanka looked in trouble.

The Proteas did not account for Dilshan and Russel Arnold, though.

Helped by Smith's decision to bowl himself and Peterson in tandem during the middle overs, the pair frustrated their opponents for over 21 overs.

Dilshan finally fell in the 46th over, top edging Ntini to deep backward square, for 58 and Langeveldt returned to help clean up the tail with three wickets in a maiden 49th over.

Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas and then Arnold, who made his 50 off 73 balls, all holed out in the deep, with Muralitharan the last man out, run out by Pollock's fine throw.

In 44 one-day matches before this game, the two teams shared 21 wins apiece, with eight wins each on neutral ground, and another tight encounter duly ensued despite Smith's class up front for South Africa.

The opener was brutal and clever in equal measure as he made a mockery of the seemingly slow pitch with a series of boundaries on both sides of the wicket, building the Proteas' recovery after AB de Villiers had been bowled in the first over by a swinging Chaminda Vaas delivery.

Charl Langeveldt celebrates his five-wicket haul in Guyana

The skipper combined brilliantly with Kallis to take the score to 95-1 before Muttiah Muralitharan (3-39) drew him out of his crease and he was stumped.

Another tidy partnership was ended by the master spinner in the 33rd over when he caught Gibbs off his own bowling for a well made 33 and then trapped Mark Boucher lbw next ball.

And, with spin operating at both ends, Jayasuriya had Kemp stumped by a matter of inches for five to cause some wobbles in the South Africa dressing room.

But Kallis, who survived the most difficult of caught-and-bowled chances off Malinga when on 75, dug deep despite obvious cramp to steady the ship before the sensational late fireworks.

Malinga (4-54) yorked Pollock (13) and had Hall caught at cover in successive balls at the end of his eighth over, and returned to clean up Kallis for his hat-trick and then Ntini next ball.

It was the first time in international cricket a player had taken four wickets in four balls and all of a sudden the impossible seemed possible.

But Langeveldt negotiated nine balls before Peterson, who survived another beauty from Malinga that missed his stumps by a whisker, edged the winning runs to bring relief to the Proteas line-up.

The win takes South Africa up to second in the Super 8 table behind Australia and means they already have an excellent chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

Immediately after the match it was announced Charl Langeveldt had won the Man of the Match award for his five wicket haul but the International Cricket Council later apologised to the Sri Lanka management team to say there had been a communication error and Lasith Malinga should have been jointly awarded the accolade.