PORT ELIZABETH, April 13: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by six wickets in the triangular one-day series at St George's Park today. Set a target of 232 to win, an unbeaten fifth wicket stand between skipper Arjuna Ranatunga (93 n.o.) and Roshan Mahanama (46n.o.) saw the visitors reach the total with over three overs to spare.SCOREBOARD
South Africa: Mike Rindel b Vaas 35, Gary Kirsten c Atapattu b Muralitharan 46, Pat Symcox c Muralitharan b Dharmasena 13, Herschelle Gibbs c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya 33, Hansie Cronje c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 0, Jhonty Rhodes st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 36, Shaun Pollock c De Silva b Chandana 22, Jacques Kallis lbw Jayasuriya 1, Mark Boucher lbw Vaas 14, Lance Klusener c Atapattu b Vaas 18, R Telemachus not out 1;
Extras (1b, 9lb, 2w): 12.
Total (all out in 49.5 overs): 231
Fall of Wickets: 1-78, 2-94, 3-104, 4-104, 5-150, 6-186, 7-189, 8-201, 9/230.
Bowling: Vaas 7.5-0-33-3, Wickremasinghe 6-0-28-0, Dharmasena 10-0-37-1, Muralitharan 10-1-47-3(2w), Chandana 9-0-42-1 (1nb), Jayasuriya 7-0-34-2.
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya c Cronje b Telemachus 7, Romesh Kaluwitharana lbw Telemachus 4, Maravan Atapattu b Kallis 63, Aravinda de silva b Pollock 1, Arjuna Ranatunga not out 93, Roshan Mahanama not out 46;
Extras (lb9, w7, nb2): 18.
Total (for 4 wkts in 46.4 overs): 232
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-15, 3-17, 4-125
Bowling: Pollock 8-0-29-1, Telemachus 7-1-37-2, Klusener 8-0-47-0, Cronje 7.4-0-36-0, Kallis 7-0-30-1, Symcox 9-0-44-0
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