Colombo: Opener Hashim Amla smashed 109 and Ryan McLaren took two wickets in three balls as South Africa thrashed Sri Lanka by 75 runs in their first one-dayer on Sunday.
Amla hit eight fours in his composed 130-ball knock and shared a 151-run stand for the third wicket with skipper AB de Villiers (75), helping the visitors to post a formidable 304-5 at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Kumar Sangakkara responded with a fine 88 off 84 balls but Sri Lanka were still bundled out for 229 off 40.3 overs.
Scoreboard
South Africa: H. Amla lbw b Mendis 109; Q. de Kock b Mathews 27; J. Kallis lbw b Mendis 0; AB de Villiers c Kulasekara b Mendis 75; J. P. Duminy c Dilshan b Senanayake 16; D. Miller (not out) 36; R. McLaren (not out) 22. Extras: (lb8, w10, nb1) 19
Total: (for five wkts; 50 overs) 304
FoW: 1-58, 2-60, 3-211, 4-239, 5-249
Bowling: L. Malinga 7-0-52-0, N. Kulasekara 6-0-26-0, S. Senanayake 10-0-49-1, A. Mathews 6-1-30-1, A. Mendis 10-0-61-3, A. Priyanjan 7-0-47-0, T. Dilshan 4-0-31-0.
Sri Lanka: K. Perera c Morkel b Philander 34; T. Dilshan c de Kock b Morkel 40; K. Sangakkara c du Plessis b McLaren 88; M. Jayawardene c de Kock b Tahir 10; A. Priyanjan c Kallis b Tahir 5; A. Mathews c de Kock b Morkel 13, L. Thirimanne b McLaren 15; N. Kulasekara b Steyn 1; S. Senanayake b Tahir 6; A. Mendis c McLaren b Steyn 0; L. Malinga (not out) 6 Extras: (lb5, w4, nb2) 11
Total: (all out, 40.3 overs) 229
FoW: 1-50, 2-98, 3-122, 4-138, 5-164, 6-216, 7-217, 8-223, 9-223, 10-229.
Bowling: D. Steyn 7.3-0-38-2, V. Philander 8-0-40-1, M. Morkel 7-0-39-2, R. McLaren 6-0-33-2, I. Tahir 7-0-50-3, J. Duminy 5-0-24-0
