Shikhar Pathak's words

10.4

Dushmantha Chameera to de Kock, 1 run, to deep square leg

10.4

Dushmantha Chameera to de Kock, wide, short delivery down the leg-side, de Kock lets it go

10.3

Dushmantha Chameera to de Kock, no run, pacy yorker at 142.4kph, de Kock was giving himself for room, he was totally beaten for pace and luckily, it was outside off stump

10.3

Dushmantha Chameera to de Kock, no ball, FOUR, Chameera has overstepped and it's going to be a free-hit. Shortish delivery from Chameera, de Kock pulls, controls it well and sends it along the ground through square leg

10.2

Dushmantha Chameera to de Kock, FOUR, nice shot! Good length delivery on the off stump, de Kock leans forward and punches it sweetly from the middle of the bat and sends it through the gap between mid-off and cover

10.1

Dushmantha Chameera to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, punched off the back foot towards cover, the fielder dived and half-stopped the ball. As it deflected towards mid off, du Plessis called for a run

Dushmantha Chameera, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

10	RSA 61/1	1 2 0 1 0 4		de Kock	34 (29)	Kaushal	3 - 0 - 14 - 0
10	RSA 61/1	Runs Scored: 8		du Plessis	7(10)

9.6

Kaushal to de Kock, FOUR, too short and too slow, a lot of time for de Kock to rock back and time his cut shot to perfection. The ball goes to the left of backward point and runs away

9.5

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, de Kock defends off the front foot

9.4

Kaushal to du Plessis, 1 run, goes on the back foot and punches it to point

9.3

Kaushal to du Plessis, no run, 'catch it' is the call but it goes wide of short leg. Flighted delivery down the leg-side, du Plessis misses the flick, the ball seems to have just brushed the pad

9.2

Kaushal to du Plessis, 2 runs, very full and outside off stump, du Plessis leans forward and drives it through cover, Mathews gives chase and hunts it down

9.1

Kaushal to de Kock, 1 run, on the stumps, de Kock flicks it to deep backward square leg

Rajaraman spoke with former Sri Lanka coach, Tom Moody, during the supper break. Here's his reaction to Sri Lanka's decision to open the batting with Kusal Perera instead of Lahiru Thirimanne. 'I could not understand their decision to change the opening combination. Then they should have played someone (Tharanga) who has two World Cups behind him and has 13 ODI hundreds.'

9	RSA 53/1	2 0 0 1 0 3Nb Wd 0		du Plessis	4 (7)	Malinga	5 - 0 - 32 - 1
9	RSA 53/1	Runs Scored: 8		de Kock	29(26)

8.6

Malinga to du Plessis, no run, another widish yorker attempted, but this time the umpire is okay with it. du Plessis tries to reach out and squeeze it but misses

8.6

Malinga to du Plessis, wide, du Plessis walks right across the stumps, Malinga bowls a full ball way outside off stump and it's called a wide, rightly so

Free-hit

8.6

Malinga to de Kock, no ball, 3 runs, oops! Malinga has overstepped while trying to bowl the bouncer, de Kock pulls it very straight and sends it over mid-on

8.5

Malinga to de Kock, no run, bumper from Malinga, de Kock goes for the hook but misses

8.4

Malinga to du Plessis, 1 run, short and on the stumps, du Plessis pulls well, but long leg runs to his left and tidies up

8.3

Malinga to du Plessis, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, du Plessis defends with an angled bat towards gully

8.2

Malinga to du Plessis, no run, outswinger way outside off stump, left alone

There is a man at gully now

8.1

Malinga to du Plessis, 2 runs, short of length delivery outside off stump, du Plessis dabs it wide of the diving fielder at backward point and quickly returns for the second run

8	RSA 45/1	0 1 0 0 0 0		de Kock	26 (24)	Kaushal	2 - 0 - 6 - 0
8	RSA 45/1	Runs Scored: 1		du Plessis	1(2)

7.6

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, nice and full, blocked off the front foot

7.5

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, tossed up and just outside off stump, de Kock leans forward and defends

7.4

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, not full enough to draw de Kock onto the front foot, defended easily off the back foot

7.3

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, spinning away outside off stump, de Kock defends off the back foot

7.1

Kaushal to du Plessis, no run, flatter delivery from Kaushal, du Plessis hangs back and defends, du Plessis read that off the pitch

7	RSA 44/1	2 Wd 0 0 W 4 0		de Kock	26 (20)	Malinga	4 - 0 - 24 - 1
7	RSA 44/1	Runs Scored: 7		du Plessis	0(0)

6.6

Malinga to de Kock, no run, short delivery on the leg stump, de Kock ducks under it

6.5

Malinga to de Kock, FOUR, de Kock continues to bat positively. Slower ball goes very full and outside off stump, de Kock leans forward, waits and drives well with an angled bat through cover-point

6.4

Malinga to Amla, out Caught by N Kulasekara!! In the airrrr and that's a very good catch by Kula. Oh hang on! They are checking for the no-ball. It's a very tight call. Looks like there is just something behind the line. What is it third umpire? He's fine with Malinga's foot and Amla has to go. Short and wide outside off stump, Amla reaches out and cuts, doesn't bother to keep it down. Third man runs to his right, dives and takes a good low catch. A delighted Kulasekara throws the ball up in the air. Sri Lanka have their first wicket. Amla c N Kulasekara b Malinga 16(23) [4s-1]

Malinga to Amla, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

6.3

Malinga to Amla, no run, good length delivery shaping away outside off stump, left alone

6.2

Malinga to Amla, no run, bit of outswing on this fuller length delivery, but not good enough to trouble Amla, who defends this to mid-off

6.2

Malinga to Amla, wide, way outside off stump, Amla lets it go and the umpire calls that a wide

6.1

Malinga to Amla, 2 runs, a good looking gentle off-drive from Amla as Malinga offers a length ball outside off stump, mid-off gives chase and keeps it down to two

Runs Scored: 5

0 0 0 3 2 0

Score after 6 Overs

RSA - 37/0

de Kock	22 (18)
Amla	14 (19)

Kaushal

1-0-5-0

5.6

Kaushal to de Kock, no run, the offie this time, de Kock feels for the ball and gets beaten

5.5

Kaushal to de Kock, 2 runs, this one spins back in, de Kock waits for the ball and knocks it behind square on the on-side for a couple of runs

Slip and leg gully in place.

5.4

Kaushal to Amla, 3 runs, tosses this up, but it goes as a low full toss, Amla flicks it to deep backward square leg, Kusal fumbles again, this time in the deep and de Kock races back for the third run

5.3

Kaushal to Amla, no run, shorter in length and on the stumps, Amla defends off the back foot

5.2

Kaushal to Amla, no run, doosra on the leg stump, Amla defends

5.1

Kaushal to Amla, no run, round the wicket, flighted delivery down the leg-side, Amla tries to sweep but misses

T Kaushal, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Alright! It's time for the mystery spinner! Remember, Mathews called him a 'duplicate Muralitharan.'

Runs Scored: 8

1 0 4 2Nb 0 0 0

Score after 5 Overs

RSA - 32/0

de Kock	20 (16)
Amla	11 (15)

Malinga

3-0-17-0

4.6

Malinga to de Kock, no run, beaten by the slower ball. de Kock was so early into the shot as he checked the drive, luckily for him, he didn't chip it straight to the fielder at cover

4.5

Malinga to de Kock, no run, inswinging yorker again from Malinga, de Kock jams it out

4.4

Malinga to de Kock, no run, back over the wicket and an excellent yorker, this time just outside off stump, de Kock could only dig it out

4.4

Malinga to de Kock, no ball, 2 runs, Kusal Perera is having a bad day at the office. Full and on the leg stump, de Kock flicks, straight to mid-wicket, but Perera fumbles, de Kock wants three, but Amla says no. Malinga overstepped on that occasion and it's going to be a free-hit

4.3

Malinga to de Kock, FOUR, the attempted slower ball yorker goes as a low full toss, de Kock was beaten by the lack of pace, he actually just threw his bat at it, but ended up slicing it well enough through cover-point. It's a teasing chase for the fielder and the ball wins the race

4.2

Malinga to de Kock, no run, round the wicket, slingy yorker from Slinga from a very wide angle, de Kock does well to keep it out

4.1

Malinga to Amla, 1 run, short of length on the off stump, worked to mid-wicket

Runs Scored: 13

1 4 4 0 4 0

Score after 4 Overs

RSA - 24/0

de Kock	14 (10)
Amla	10 (14)

N Kulasekara

1-0-13-0

3.6

N Kulasekara to de Kock, no run, could have been the fourth boundary for de Kock, but Thisara Perera makes a good diving save to his right at cover. de Kock drives the length ball very well, but couldn't hit the gap

3.5

N Kulasekara to de Kock, FOUR, uses his wrists and punches this short of length from outside off, sends it wide of mid-on and the timing was so good that it gives de Kock the third boundary of the over

3.4

N Kulasekara to de Kock, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, punched into the off-side

3.3

N Kulasekara to de Kock, FOUR, even better! Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, de Kock gets on top of the bounce and plays a lovely back foot square drive, the ball goes to the left of the man at backward point

3.2

N Kulasekara to de Kock, FOUR, excellent shot! Short of a length angling away from the left-hander, de Kock waits for the ball and plays a punch with an angled bat, ddidn't try to hit it too hard and placed it perfectly as it raced away through point

So just one over off Dilshan then.