Summary

  • Du Plessis hits 96* and Amla 80* as SA cruise to victory with 12.4 overs to spare

  • Sri Lanka struggle for wickets after Malinga's early breakthrough

  • Sri Lanka manage to post 203 all out despite losing regular wickets

  • Pretorius and Morris take three wickets each; top score in SL innings is 30

  • Sri Lanka are one of teams who can beat England to semi-final spot; SA already eliminated

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews, Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Paul Farbrace
    Ex-England assistant coach on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka have found it to be hard work, but that's what happens when you allow the opposition to bowl at you.

  2. SL 128-5

    And it's a maiden.

    That's the third one of the innings now. The run-rate is a miserly 3.76.

    Phil Long has just said there's been 138 dot balls already. That's 23 overs!! That's nowhere near good enough.

  3. Kagiso Rabada, who took a wicket with the first ball of the day, is back into the attack.

  4. Paul Farbrace
    Ex-England assistant coach on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka need to not allow South Africa to bowl at them. They need to rotate the strike, find the gaps, be busy with their running and one thing you will always find is if you build a partnership the pressure turns onto the bowling side.

  5. SL 128-5

    Dhananjaya de Silva sweeps for a single off the first ball before Jeevan Mendis sees out five dot balls.

    The score predictor says 226 at the moment, Sri Lanka will take that I'd have thought.

  6. Imran Tahir will get us going after the drinks break.

    The TV has just shown someone fast asleep, it's 12:55? The glorious sunshine must have played in a part in that, surely?

  7. How's stat?!

    The most economical spell of 10 overs at this World Cup before today was Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman's 1-26 against India.

  8. Drinks break

    The players are taking drinks with 18 overs remaining.

    Can Sri Lanka get up to 220 ish?

  9. How's stat?!

    Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Dwaine Pretorious' 3-25 off 10 overs is the most economical spell of the Cricket World Cup.

  10. Paul Farbrace
    Ex-England assistant coach on BBC Test Match Special

    It's amazing that Sri Lanka are suddenly running well and picking up singles. They should have been doing that much earlier to build some momentum.

  11. SL 127-5

    Dhananjaya 18, J Mendis 2

    This partnership is going to be crucial for Sri Lanka now. They manage to take four runs from Dwaine Pretorius' last over of the day.

    He finishes with excellent figures of 3-25 in his 10 overs.

  12. Paul Farbrace
    Ex-England assistant coach on BBC Test Match Special

    It's a passage of play where the crowd has gone quiet in the sun and is starting to doze. It needs something - a partnership.

  13. Get Involved

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    England's successful formula has been batting first and making dominating scores on pretty flat pitches. It's no coincidence they've lost the three games when they've been chasing. But they haven't adapted well enough to losing Roy and more seamer-friendly conditions. Talk of scoring 500 has given them false objectives. Their fielding has also been off. It can all be put right... but they're leaving it late!!

    From Ian Pollard

    England had only lost three of 25 games chasing before this World Cup...

  14. SL 123-5

    Oofft that was close! A leading edge from Dhananjaya de Silva loops just wide of extra cover.

    Shot! That's better. Faf du Plessis decides to bring in an extra catcher around the bat and Dhananjaya drives gloriously through the covers for the first boundary in nine overs.

    Eight from the over.

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    Michael Smith: Given the rate Sri Lanka were going at I'd say 250 is needed/good but 200 will be an achievement from here - all going to be down to Malinga I think.

  16. Morris' diving catch dismisses Mendis

    Here's how Dwaine Pretorius claimed his third wicket.

  17. SL 115-5

    Dwaine Pretorius finally concedes a run. A single towards gully is immediately followed by five dots.

    After scoring 67 off the first 10 overs, Sri Lanka have only added 48 in the next 20. The squeeze is well and truly on.

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    Ar vind: Sri Lanka shooting themselves on the foot and making things a bit easier for England.

    Sri LankaAFP

  19. Paul Farbrace
    Ex-England assistant coach on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka have really stuttered they have gone nowhere. They have not tried to rotate the strike like they did in the first 10 overs. In the last 10 or 12 overs it has been very ordinary batting.

  20. SL 114-5

    Three singles for Sri Lanka. The last boundary was eight overs ago.

    They just have to try and bat through their overs here and post a respectable total.