Lanka stop the rot with four-run win
Reuters

JOHANNESBURG, JANUARY 18: Sri Lanka stopped the rot of five straight defeats in thrilling style when they edged past South Africa by four runs in the sixth and final one-day international of the series at the Wanderers on Wednesday.

The home team, chasing a revised target of 209 to win from 42 overs, looked to be heading for a 6-0 clean sweep in the series when they reached 169 for four in the 35th over.

Scoreboard
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya c Boucher b Telemachus 6; Kaluwitharana lbw Telemachus 4; Atapattu c Kallis b Kemp 55; A.de Silva c Dippenaar b Telemachus 7; Jayawardene c Boucher b Kemp 25; Arnold not out 65; Sangakkara run out (Rhodes) 22; Vaas not out 13; Extras (lb-6, w-11): 17; Total (for 6 wkts, 42 overs): 214
Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-12, 3-20, 4-85, 5-124, 6-174
Bowling: Pollock 9-1-37-0, Telemachus 8-1-25-3, Donald 6-0-31-0, Kallis 9-0-53-0, Kemp 7-0-34-2, Boje 3-0-28-0.

South Africa: Dippenaar lbw Fernando 18; Gibbs c Sangakkara b Vaas 3; Kallis b Vaas 18; Boje c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 46; McKenzie b Jayasuriya 47; Rhodes b Muralitharan 23; Boucher c and b De Silva 7; Kemp c Arnold b De Silva 0; Pollock not out 21; Telemachus b Muralitharan 1; Donald run out (Jayasuriya) 1; Extras (lb-3, nb-2, w-14): 19; Total (all out, 42 overs): 204
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-38, 3-55, 4-131, 5-169, 6-179, 7-179, 8-181, 9-182
Bowling: Vaas 4.5-0-27-2, Zoysa 7-0-19-0, Jayawardene 0.1-0-4-0, Fernando 7-0-56-1, Muralitharan 9-2-25-2, De Silva 6-1-31-2, Jayasuriya 8-0-39-2

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