Lanka win again

Aravinda de Silva’s unbeaten half century led Sri Lanka to a comprehensive six wicket victory over South Africa in the sixth and final ...

Aravinda de Silva’s unbeaten half century led Sri Lanka to a comprehensive six wicket victory over South Africa in the sixth and final group match of the Morocco Cup triangular tournament on Monday.

The result was irrelevant to the competition as both teams have already qualified — at Pakistan’s expense — for Wednesday’s final.

SCOREBOARD

South Africa: G Smith b Chandana 40, H Gibbs c Arnold b B Fernando 1, G Kirsten b B Fernando 1, J Kallis c Chandana b Jayasuriya 84, B Dippenaar c Sangakkara b Chandana 18, J Ontong st Sangakkara b Chandana 7, L Klusener not out 39, S Pollock not out 16.
Extras: (lb-1, nb-2, w-11) 14
Total: (For six wickets, 50 overs) 220
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-11, 3-82, 4-108, 5-119, 6-197
Bowling: B Fernando 9-2-43-2, Gamage 6-0-23-0, H Fernando 5-0-26-0, Upul Chandana 10-0-32-3, Aravinda De Silva 10-0-52-0, Sanath Jayasuriya 10-0-43-1
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya C Dippenaar b Klusener 47, Marvan Atapattu c Dippenaar b Telemachus 15, K Sangakkara run out 57, A de Silva not out 77, Mahela Jayawardene c Gibbs b Telemachus 11, Russel Arnold not out 4.
Extras: (lb-3, nb-5, w-2) 10
Total: (For four wickets, 42.1 overs) 221
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-83, 3-179, 4-210
Bowling: Pollock 9-0-31-0, Telemachus 6-0-50-2, Ntini 8-1-39-0, Klusener 6-0-26-1, Adams 6-0-36-0, Ontong 6-0-31-0, Smith 1.1-0-5-0
Result: Sri Lanka win by six wickets.

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