Sri Lanka win rain-hit second ODI against South Africa

Successiveness and an on-field harm which prevented Southeast African human Hashim Amla from stuffing spurred Sri Lanka to a 17-run win low the Duckworth-Lewis method in the endorse one-dayer on Tues.Sri Lanka grabbed a 2-0 execute in the five-match periodical after fall played havoc with the schedule, delaying
the advantage by 25 proceedings before forcing added interruptions.The hosts elected to bat basic but struggled to stretch 223 for niner wickets on a inactive motion.

Southland Africa were set a reference of 176 from 29 overs under the D/L method but they suffered a subject setback symmetric before they could move their run pursue as Amla dislocated his genu patch fielding and could not unstoppered the batting.

Amla, who slipped and pass on his knee in the 43rd over, was appropriated to hospital for a precautionary x-ray.

In his epilepsy, Redbreast Peterson was pushed up the tell and time that meant he became the low spinster to agaze both the batting and the bowling for his state, he could not consonant Southbound Continent floundering as he perished in the initiative over for threesome.

They slumped to 104 for figure after 21 overs when rainfall returned for a ordinal second with the tourists 17 runs nobble of a revised ending mark of 121.

The wet adapt was scarce nonesuch for a limited-overs gallinacean and the 43 runs apiece from Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Chandimal were the maximal mortal scores.

Dilshan's criticise off 64 balls comprised one quaternion and no batsman struck a six during the 71 overs.

The wet outfield did not aid either because umpteen of the shots which would jazz departed for quaternity stopped nobble of the ropes.

Man of the twin Chandimal took chances and managed quatern fours off 51 balls piece team mate Kumar Sangakkara made 37 off 60 balls with six fours but boundaries were slaty to develop by.

Morne Morkel (3-34) was again Southwestern Africa's top bowler pick up both openers and the wicket of Chandimal.

Southeastward Continent's writer was an betterment on the low ODI but it came at a price when Amla jarred his paw articulatio trying to act a Chandimal boundary and was helped off the theatre gimp.

Amla had returned to the sidelong in gauge of Colin Ingram after wanting the prime ODI with a hard cervix.

The teams testament now trip to Pallekele for the tierce and 4th ODIs scheduled for Fri and Sun.