Sydney: Scoreboard of South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Quarterfinal 1 of the ICC World Cup 2015 played at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here Wednesday.
Spinners Imran Tahir and hat-trick man Jean-Paul Duminy shared seven wickets between them to help a clinical South Africa outplay an unusually hapless Sri Lanka by 9 wickets and enter the cricket World Cup semi-finals.
Leg-spinner Tahir (4-26) looked like a man possessed while Duminy (3-29) bagged the second hat-trick of this edition -- after England's Steven Finn -- as South Africa sent the Lankans packing for 133 in 37.2 overs in the first quarter-final of this edition.
South Africa, who are keen to shrug off their chokers tag, then came out to complete the batting job in 18 overs and register their first-ever knockout win in the 50-over showpiece event.
Sri Lanka innings: 133 all out in 37.2 overs
| Kusal Perera | c de Kock b Abbott | 3 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c de Plessis b Steyn | 0 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Miller b Morkel | 45 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | c & b Tahir | 41 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c du Plessis b Tahir | 4 |
| Angelo Mathews | c du Plessis b Duminy | 19 |
| Thisara Perera | c Rossouw b Tahir | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | c de Kock b Duminy | 1 |
| Tharindu Kaushal | lbw b Duminy | 0 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | not out | 2* |
| Lasith Malinga | c Miller b Tahir | 3 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 2) | 15 |
| Total | all out | 133 |
| Overs | innings break | 37.2 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-3 (Kusal Perera, 1.4 ov), 2-4 (Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 3-69 (Thirimanne, 19.1 ov), 4-81 (Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 5-114 (Mathews, 32.6 ov), 6-115 (Thisara Perera, 33.4 ov), 7-116 (Kulasekara, 34.1 ov), 8-116 (Kaushal, 34.2 ov), 9-127 (Sangakkara, 36.2 ov), 10-133 (Malinga, 37.2 ov) |
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Dale Steyn | 7 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| Kyle Abbott | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Morne Morkel | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| JP Duminy | 9 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| Imran Tahir | 8.2 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
South Africa innings: 134/1 in 18 overs
| Hashim Amla | c Kulasekara b Malinga | 16 |
| Quinton de Kock | not out | 78* |
| Faf du Plessis | not out | 21* |
| Extras | (lb 4, wd 12, nb 3) | 19 |
| Total | for 1 wicket | 134 |
| Overs | match over | 18 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-40 (Amla, 6.4 ov) |
Did not bat: Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Lasith Malinga | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tharindu Kaushal | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
