Spinner Lakshan Sandakan starred in Sri Lanka's hard fought three-wicket win over South Africa in the only Twenty20 international after bowling out the visitors for their lowest total in the game's shortest format.
Electing to bat in the only T20 match of the tour, South Africa were bowled out for 98, a total the hosts surpassed with four overs to spare.
The Proteas, who lost the two-Test series 2-0 and then came back to clinch the one-day internationals 3-2, were two runs less than their previous low score of 100 against Pakistan in 2013.
Dinesh Chandimal, who returned from his ban for breaching the spirit of the game, remained unbeaten on 36 to guide the team home in a tricky chase. But it was Sandakan's bowling figures of 3-19 with his left-arm wrist spin that set up the win. He was ably supported by fellow spinners Dhananjaya de Silva and Akila Dananjaya who took two wickets each.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock top-scored with 20 before being run out but the rest of the South African batting fell flat in 16.4 overs.
Sri Lankan batsmen also made heavy weather of their 99-run target as the South African bowlers led by paceman Kagiso Rabada made the hosts work hard for their win.
Rabada, fellow paceman Junior Dala and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took two wickets each.
From a comfortable 59-2 the hosts slipped to 88-7, but Chandimal kept his calm during his 33-ball stay that laced with 3 fours and 1 six.
Chandimal, 28, was banned for two Tests and four ODIs after refusing to take the field against West Indies following ball-tampering allegations in June.
Sri Lanka now host England for a full series in October-November while South Africa travel to Australia for three ODI matches and one T20 during the same period.
The result in Colombo means Sri Lanka have claimed five of the tour's eight matches, a fact that would ring alarm bells in the South African camp were it not for another fact: the visitors won all three of their victories in the one-day series.
Spinner Lakshan Sandakan starred in Sri Lanka's hard fought three-wicket win over South Africa in the only Twenty20 international after bowling out the visitors for their lowest total in the game's shortest format.
Electing to bat in the only T20 match of the tour, South Africa were bowled out for 98, a total the hosts surpassed with four overs to spare.
The Proteas, who lost the two-Test series 2-0 and then came back to clinch the one-day internationals 3-2, were two runs less than their previous low score of 100 against Pakistan in 2013.
Dinesh Chandimal, who returned from his ban for breaching the spirit of the game, remained unbeaten on 36 to guide the team home in a tricky chase. But it was Sandakan's bowling figures of 3-19 with his left-arm wrist spin that set up the win. He was ably supported by fellow spinners Dhananjaya de Silva and Akila Dananjaya who took two wickets each.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock top-scored with 20 before being run out but the rest of the South African batting fell flat in 16.4 overs.
Sri Lankan batsmen also made heavy weather of their 99-run target as the South African bowlers led by paceman Kagiso Rabada made the hosts work hard for their win.
Rabada, fellow paceman Junior Dala and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took two wickets each.
From a comfortable 59-2 the hosts slipped to 88-7, but Chandimal kept his calm during his 33-ball stay that laced with 3 fours and 1 six.
Chandimal, 28, was banned for two Tests and four ODIs after refusing to take the field against West Indies following ball-tampering allegations in June.
Sri Lanka now host England for a full series in October-November while South Africa travel to Australia for three ODI matches and one T20 during the same period.
The result in Colombo means Sri Lanka have claimed five of the tour's eight matches, a fact that would ring alarm bells in the South African camp were it not for another fact: the visitors won all three of their victories in the one-day series.
South Africa
Quinton de Kock Run Out Lakshan Sandakan 20
Hashim Amla c Dasun Shanaka b Dhananjaya de Silva 0
Reeza Hendricks b Akila Dananjaya 19
JP Duminy lbw Dhananjaya de Silva 3
Heinrich Klaasen c Kusal Mendis b Lakshan Sandakan 18
David Miller c Dinesh Chandimal b Akila Dananjaya 14
Andile Phehlukwayo b Lakshan Sandakan 0
Kagiso Rabada lbw Lakshan Sandakan 0
Junior Dala Not Out 12
Lungi Ngidi c Dinesh Chandimal b Kasun Rajitha 4
Tabraiz Shamsi c Dinesh Chandimal b Isuru Udana 0
Extras 1b 5lb 1nb 0pen 1w 8
Total (16.4 overs) 98 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-14 Amla, 2-30 de Kock, 3-42 Hendricks, 4-57 Duminy, 5-69 Klaasen, 6-69 Phehlukwayo, 7-73 Rabada, 8-84 Miller, 9-93 Ngidi, 10-98 Shamsi
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Kasun Rajitha 3 0 27 1 9.00
Dhananjaya de Silva 4 0 22 2 5.50 1nb
Akila Dananjaya 4 0 15 2 3.75 1w
Lakshan Sandakan 4 1 19 3 4.75
Isuru Udana 1.4 0 9 1 5.40
Sri Lanka
Kusal Perera c Tabraiz Shamsi b Kagiso Rabada 3
Kusal Mendis lbw Kagiso Rabada 1
Dinesh Chandimal Not Out 36
Dhananjaya de Silva c Andile Phehlukwayo b Junior Dala 31
Angelo Mathews c Heinrich Klaasen b Tabraiz Shamsi 0
Dasun Shanaka c Reeza Hendricks b Junior Dala 16
Thisara Perera b Tabraiz Shamsi 0
Akila Dananjaya b JP Duminy 2
Isuru Udana Not Out 5
Extras 0b 0lb 2nb 0pen 3w 5
Total (16.0 overs) 99-7
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 Perera, 2-6 Mendis, 3-59 de Silva, 4-63 Mathews, 5-82 Shanaka, 6-83 Perera, 7-88 Perera
Did Not Bat : Sandakan, Rajitha
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Kagiso Rabada 4 0 24 2 6.00 2nb
Lungi Ngidi 3 0 25 0 8.33
Tabraiz Shamsi 4 1 26 2 6.50 1w
Junior Dala 4 0 22 2 5.50 2w
JP Duminy 1 0 2 1 2.00
