Pretorius and Phehlukwayo steer South Africa to series sweep against Sri Lanka

Dwaine Pretorius starred with the bat and Andile Phehlukwayo shone with the ball as South Africa completed a 3-0 sweep of the Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka with a 45-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method at The Wanderers on Sunday.

Set a revised target of 183 in 17 overs after a Highveld downpour, Sri Lanka could manage only 137 all out in a chase that always looked beyond them to succumb to an eighth successive limited-overs loss to South Africa, who also claimed the One-Day International series 5-0.

After being asked to bat, South Africa posted 198 for two in their 20 overs, the innings boosted by the elevation of all-rounder Pretorius to number three in the batting line-up as he smashed 77 not out from 42 balls, including three sixes.

Pretorius put on 90 with opener Reeza Hendricks (66) for the second wicket and had an unbeaten stand of 71 with captain JP Duminy (34 not out) to set up a formidable chase for the visitors.

Seamer Phehlukwayo’s guile and change of pace saw him record figures of 4-24 in three overs, including the key wicket of all-rounder Isuru Udana (36 from 23 balls), who was caught on the extra cover boundary by David Miller.

Sri Lanka lost their last four wickets in nine balls without scoring a run as the run-rate pressure forced them to go for broke.

Scorecard
South Africa  1st innings
 Aiden Markram     c Lasith Malinga b Suranga Lakmal     15
 Reeza Hendricks   b Jeffrey Vandersay                   66
 Dwaine Pretorius  Not Out                               77
 JP Duminy         Not Out                               34
 Extras            0b 2lb 0nb 0pen 4w                     6
 Total             (20.0 overs)                       198-2
Fall of Wickets : 1-37 Markram, 2-127 Hendricks
Did Not Bat : Miller, Qeshile, Phehlukwayo, Morris, Dala, Sipamla, Shamsi

 Bowling              Ov  Md  Rn  Wk   Econ  Ex
 Lasith Malinga        4   0  40   0  10.00  2w
 Isuru Udana           4   0  36   0   9.00  2w
 Dhananjaya de Silva   1   0   5   0   5.00
 Suranga Lakmal        4   0  38   1   9.50
 Akila Dananjaya       4   0  42   0  10.50
 Jeffrey Vandersay     3   0  35   1  11.67

 Sri Lanka  1st innings
 Niroshan Dickwella   c Sinethemba Qeshile b Andile Phehlukwayo           38
 Dhananjaya de Silva  lbw Dwaine Pretorius                                 8
 Avishka Fernando     lbw Andile Phehlukwayo                               1
 Kamindu Mendis       c David Miller b Junior Dala                         1
 Angelo Perera        c David Miller b Junior Dala                        15
 Thisara Perera       Run Out Reeza Hendricks                              8
 Isuru Udana          c David Miller b Andile Phehlukwayo                 36
 Akila Dananjaya      c Aiden Markram b Lutho Sipamla                      9
 Lasith Malinga       c Chris Morris b Andile Phehlukwayo                  0
 Suranga Lakmal       b Lutho Sipamla                                      0
 Extras               0b 8lb 1nb 0pen 12w                                 21
 Total                (15.4 overs)                               137 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-42 de Silva, 2-55 Dickwella, 3-57 Fernando, 4-61 Mendis, 5-79 Perera, 6-96 Perera, 7-137 Tillakaratna, 8-137 Malinga, 9-137 Perera, 10-137 Lakmal
Did Not Bat : Vandersay

 Bowling              Ov  Md  Rn  Wk   Econ  Ex
 Chris Morris          3   0  22   0   7.33  1w
 Junior Dala           3   0  29   2   9.67  1w
 Andile Phehlukwayo    3   0  24   4   8.00  5w 1nb
 Dwaine Pretorius      1   0  12   1  12.00
 Tabraiz Shamsi        4   0  20   0   5.00  4w
 Lutho Sipamla       1.4   0  22   2  13.20