Andile Phehlukwayo’s knuckleball puts SA on road to win
Quinton de Kock produces top-notch drives in a successful chase as Sri Lanka’s fielding lets them down
Andile Phehlukwayo’s knuckleball. Quinton de Kock’s drive. Sri Lanka’s fielding. That is all you need to know if you are pushed for time to find out how SA beat Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Dambulla on Wednesday. Another win in Kandy on Sunday would give the visitors the series with two games left to play, a remarkable turnaround given how emphatically the home side won both Tests. The knuckleball earned Phehlukwayo only one wicket in his haul of 3/45, but he made good use of the non-spinning, butterflying, swan-diving delivery to trouble all who faced him. Seven of De Kock’s 13 fours were sumptuous drives and he hit a six in his 78-ball 87 — his first half-century in eight Test and one-day innings and a convincing return to form. He looked well on his way to a century when he shoved a delivery from seamer Kasun Rajitha down deep midwicket’s throat. De Kock had help from the Lankans, who dropped him on 18 and 22. Hashim Amla was also given a life, on four. All th...
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