South Africa beat SL by 40 runs in fourth ODI

Feb.8 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa's Faf du Plessis smashed a career-best 185 off 141 balls as the hosts beat Sri Lanka by 40 runs in a high-scoring fourth one-day international at Newsland in Captown on Tuesday to take a 4-0 series lead in 5 match series.

du Plessis was awarded man of the match for his brilliant century.

Check the Scorecard below:

South Africa - 367/5 in 50 Overs (Click for Scorecard)

Sri Lanka - 327/10 in 48.1 Overs

N Dickwella   c F Behardien b D Pretorius 58 (47) 

U Tharanga   c JP Duminy b W Parnell 119 (90) 

K Mendis   c Q de Kock b W Parnell 29 (34) 

S Weerakkody   c W Parnell b I Tahir 58 (51) 

DM de Silva   lbw b K Rabada 5 (14)

A Gunaratne   c H Amla b K Rabada 38 (31) 

N Kulasekara   lbw b I Tahir 1 (2) 

S Pathirana   c Q de Kock b D Pretorius 1 (3)

L Madushanka   c D Pretorius b W Parnell 6 (8) 

L Kumara   Not Out 1 (7) 

L Sandakan   b W Parnell 1 (2) 

Extras 10 (b-0,lb-7,w-3,nb-0)

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South Africa Bowling

W Parnell 9.1 0 58 4

D Pretorius 8 0 55 2

JP Duminy 1 0 12 0

K Rabada 9 1 50 2

I Tahir 10 0 76 2

T Shamsi 10 0 60 0

F Behardien 1 0 9 0

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Saurabh Sharma

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