END OF OVER:21 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 187/9 (4 runs required, RR: 8.90)
- Junior Dala3 (3b)
- Lungi Ngidi1 (1b)
- Suranga Lakmal5-0-46-3
- Thisara Perera4-0-32-2
12:10am And that concludes our live coverage. Whew, what a game. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. See you for the fifth ODI. Good night!
Angelo Mathews: Very important win to be honest. Proud of the way we fought today. The batsmen put up a decent score. The two allrounders finished off well. But it's never easy. DLS plays into the hands of the chasing team. Fantastic bowling. We weren't clinical in the field but we pulled through. Wee'll have a word about that, but we'll have a drink tonight. Fantastic effort from the bowlers. Credit to the groundstaff as well, the way they worked to get us on the field in time.
Quinton De Kock: Always disappointing losing games like that. It was a good game nonetheless. The crowd enjoyed it, we enjoyed it. Still a good day in the end. Credit has to be given to Sri Lankans. They kept taking the wickets and putting pressure on us. We were still backing ourselves in the last over, Davey's capable of clearing the ropes, but Lakmal bowled two good balls and kept the pressure.
Shanaka: Wicket was very good. Ball was coming on nicely. I wasn't nervous. I batted my normal way and I enjoyed my batting. I'm really happy with the team performance. Everyone was brilliant and talking to each other.
Dasun Shanaka is the Man of the Match.
Prabath: "Its Dasun Shanaka s' date. He took his chance. "
Jai Srivastava: "This is Sri Lanka's 1st win over South Africa after 11 consecutive ODI losses. Am I right?" --- Yes.
MineshR: "No doubt. De Silva has created the momentum for Sri Lanka with his superb 4 overs spell and brilliant fielding. "
Lasan Rashmika: "Is that Malinga who bowled that final over with the mask of Lakmal?"
Osura Vindula: "Well deserved win Sri Lanka. & a great fight & a come back frm Proteans as well. Sri Lankans hv improved a lot since da 3rd ODI. Mostly in fielding. Happy to see they are back in track again :)"
Hassan Mahmood : "Miller can't score in final over while chasing He couldn't get 9 against Pakistan, 7 against Wood and today he failed to get only 8"
11:50pm South Africa will be wondering how. Sri Lanka looked genuinely panicked at the halfway stage of this second innings. After piling up 306 in 39 overs, they might've felt terrible at the start they had conceded. But they made their way back through two brilliant moments in the field, both in the 13th over. Mathews lunged low to get Klaasen and Shanaka took the half-chance that Duminy gave him. It all turned there. And Miller's plan to be the batsman in the last over was foiled by some genius tactics from Sri Lanka's present-day captains across formats. A win by three runs by DLS method. They'll take it.
Point, extra cover, mid-off, midwicket are in
DA Miller b Lakmal 21 (17b 0x4 1x6) SR: 123.52
Now point moves across to short third man. Third man moves across to deep backward point.
END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 183/8 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.15, RRR: 8.00)
- David Miller21 (15b)
- Thisara Perera4-0-32-2
- Suranga Lakmal4-0-42-2
Eight required. We'll have a result.. South Africa are exactly where they need to be as far as DLS is concerned, but can Miller translate that into a win over the next six balls? Lakmal to bowl. Miller has strike. Fine leg and square lThird man is back. Point and extra cover are the other fielders inside the circle. ...oh in fact square leg has now moved into cover. It's a 6-3 off side field. Brave. Deep midwicket and long-on the only ones back on the leg side. So you can imagine the line.
KA Maharaj b NLTC Perera 17 (14b 3x4 0x6) SR: 121.42