South Africa take 2-0 lead

February 2, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 500 Reads

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South Africa registered a comfortable 121 runs victory in 2nd ODI over Srilanka to take a 2-0 lead in the 5 match series.

Srilanka won the toss and elected to field first at Kingsmead, Durban. South Africa were once struggling at 108/3. A century partnership between Faf Du Plesis and David Miller helped South Africa post a total of 307 on the board. Faf Du Plesis scored 105 runs while Miller was unbeaten on 117 with 6 sixes and 4 fours. Lakmal picked up 2 wickets for Srilanka.

In reply, no one really got going for Srilanka, Almost everyone got start but couldn't convert into a big one. Chandimal was the top scorer for Srilanka with 36 rus. Imran Tahir, Wayne Parnell and JP Duminy shared 2 wickets each to complete a comfortable win.

Match Summary:

South Africa 307 for 6 (Miller 117*, du Plessis 105)

beat

Sri Lanka 186 (Chandimal 36)

by 121 runs