South Africa v/s Sri Lanka Match Updates, ICC World Twenty20: Proteas ease to 8-wicket win in dead rubber

Over 18

SIX. Ab de Villiers has finished it off in style with a huge six. Full from Suranga Lakmal, AB gets down on his knee in characteristic style and lofts the ball way over deep midwicket for six.

SA 122/2 in 17.4 overs. South Africa win by 8 wickets with 14 balls left

Over 17

SIX. Dasun Shanaka bowls a slower length ball, AB rocks back and smashes it over midwicket, very flat and very quick for six.

FOUR. AB takes a single, but Amla takes a half volley outside off stump and cuts it between point and gully for four.

SA 112/2 after 17 overs.

Over 16

SIX. Delivery at 130 ks per hour, Amla picks it up from his hips, and puts it over long leg for six. 1000 runs in T20 internationals for Amla.

Single to long leg off Ball 5 and Amla gets to 50.

Ball 6: de Villiers charges down the track, turns an intended yorker into a full toss, but bottom hand comes off the bat as he hits to cover. A single results. SA 99/2 after 16.

22 needed off 24 balls.

Over 13

Ab de Villiers has walked out to the middle at the fall of faf du Plessis' wicket. du Plessis was out for 31, LBW by Suranga Lakmal. He was trying to scoop the ball behind and got an inside edge on to the pad. There was a big appeal and the ump declared it out. It was a huge inside edge.

Another gem from commentary by Sehwag - Shoaib Akhtar: Behtareen single. Sehwag: Shoaib bhai, single kabse behtareen hone lage?

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 28, 2016

Huge cheer as AB de Villiers comes in. SA are 75/3 after 13 overs, well on target to get 121.

Over 9

FOUR. Francois du Plessis on drives Herath for four. Thirimanne misfields on the midwicket fence.

SA 49/1 after 9 overs. du Plessis is on 13 and Amla on 26.

Over 6 

South Africa are 34/1 after 6 overs. Amla is on 20 and du Plessis on 5. Sri Lanka need to get quick wickets. There is no way they are going to contain SA to less than 120.

Over 2

Q de Kock was out in the 2nd over, with SA at 15/1. 

Amla and du Plessis are now at the crease. 

Over 20

OUT. Vandersay is bowled by Kyle Abbott. SL are 120/9. Like Herath, he wanted to cut the ball to third man. Unlike Herath, he did not get any bat on it at all. Bowled. They stop him to look at the no ball for a while but its not a no ball.

OUT. Run out. Suranga Lakmal is the new batsman, and he's run out without scoring. SL have been bowled out for 120 after being 45/0 at one stage.

Over 18

OUT. Herath tries to flick the ball past the keeper from inside the crease, on the backfoot. However he has no luck. SL 109/8.

Five singles off the over from Kyle Abbott. SL 113/8 after 18.

Over 15

Dale Steyn is back for his third over and he is bowling very fast. Sri Lanka have lost 6 wickets now. Kapugedera was the last man out.

Can Sri Lanka somehow make it to 150?

OUT! Thisara Perera hits Dale Steyn straight to cover. SL 96/7. They were 45/0 at one point.

Over 13

OUT! Dilshan is gone after a struggle for 36. Off the previous ball, he went for a reverse sweep and missed. There was a huge appeal which was turned down. Off the next ball, he tried a conventional sweep, missed again and was caught plumb this time.

Behardien gets his 2nd wicket. He now has 2/6. SL 85/5.

Over 11

OUT! Slower ball, stops on Shehan Jayasuriya and he hits it straight to cover! SL 78/3 after 11 overs.

Most 6s hit in all #WT20
60 Chris Gayle
33 Yuvraj Singh
31 Shane Watson
28 AB deV
25 M Jayawardene #SLvSA

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 28, 2016

Over 10

OUT. Boundary off the last ball, and now Dilshan is involved in a freak run out. He called Siriwardana for a single, then refused it. Siriwardana was three fourths of the way down the wicket and there was no way he was getting back.

SL 75/3.

Over 9

Imran Tahir is bowling very badly. The ball seems to be slipping through his fingers.

A full toss was hit to deep midwicket for one. Then Tahir bowled a no ball for height, and got hit for a boundary off the free hit.

SL are 71/2 after 9 overs.

Over 7

FOUR. Sweep shot from Dilshan gets him four. 50 comes up for SL in the 7th over.

SL 54/2 after 7 overs.

Over 5

FOUR. After a relatively quiet fourth over, Dilshan sweeps Phangiso for four through midwicket. 

SIX. Now over wide long on for six.

OUT. Lack of turn from Phangiso, Chandimal drives and is bowled.

OUT. Two wickets in 2 balls, and suddenly SL are 45/2.

Over 3

FOUR. Dilscoop for four.

FOUR

FOUR

Steyn has been hit for three boundaries in this over, one by Dilshan and two by Chandimal. SL 30/0 after 3 overs.

Over 2

Chandimal was unable to score off a free hit in this over. There have been 19 free hits in this World T20, but only one boundary!

FOUR. Extra bounce on ball 6, flies over the keeper for four. SA are bowling very fast. SL 14/0 after 2 overs.

Over 1

Dale Steyn bowled the first over and was hit for four off the 5th ball, a flick in the air past short fine leg.

SL 5/0 after 1 over.