Summary

  • Mendis (76), Asalanka (79) & Shanaka (68) hit defiant, rapid fifties

  • But Sri Lanka are eventually bowled out for 326 to lose by 102 runs

  • South Africa post 428-5 - highest total in World Cup history

  • Markram smacks century off 49 balls - fastest in Men's World Cups - before falling for 106

  • Van der Dussen and De Kock also hit sublime centuries

  1. Postpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    We were talking about Sri Lanka's over-rate. South Africa have bowled three in 20 minutes.

  2. SL 12-1published at 3 overs

    A pair of tasty-looking straight drives from Kusal Mendis in Lungi Ngidi's second over which go straight down the ground and go for four.

    Quinton de Kock is off the field so Heinrich Klaasen has the wicketkeeper's gloves at the moment.

  3. SL 3-1published at 2 overs

    Marco Jansen has a steely look. He's hungry for wickets.

    A rasping short ball towards the end of the over has Kusal Mendis taking evasive action.

  4. Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The graphic makes it look like it's gone over by a distance, but it's probably only a millimetre.

  5. Mendis survivespublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Kusal Mendis is saved by the ball-tracking technology which determines the trajectory of that delivery from Marco Jansen would have taken it over leg stump.

  6. Umpire reviewpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Does Marco Jansen have two in two?

    He strikes Kusal Mendis on the back pad and Richard Illingworth raises his finger.

    However, the Sri Lanka batter elects to review.

  7. Postpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    You don't get better than that as a left-arm seam bowler - exactly the delivery you want to bowl.

    That would get 95% of players out at this World Cp.

  8. Postpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That's a classic left-armer's dismissal. A beauty.

    The worst possible start for Sri Lanka.

  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 1.1 overs

    Nissanka b Jansen 0 (SL 1-1)

    An absolute beauty from Marco Jansen.

    Over the wicket from the left-arm Seamer and he gets on to shape back in through the air late on which completely does for Pathum Nissanka, who plays all around it.

  10. SL 1-0published at 1 over

    Two slips for Lungi Ngidi in place.

    His third ball hits hits Kusal Perera on the pad which prompts a somewhat theatrical appeal from the South African seamer.

  11. Postpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Thanks, Mike.

    Without further ado South Africa's players are already out there ready for Sri Lanka's innings. Lungi Ngidi has the ball in hand at the top of his mark.

    Pathum Nissanka is on strike for Sri Lanka. Kusal Perera is stood at the non-striker's end.

    "Play" is the call from the umpires.

  12. Postpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    While we wait for the two teams to re-emerge in Delhi, I'll pass you over to a man who most definitely can traverse a pool without somehow headbutting the wall - it's Timothy Abraham.

  13. Pool troublepublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Meanwhile there's intriguing news out of the Australian camp, with Adam Zampa sustaining a facial injury while swimming in the hotel pool.

    The 31-year-old was seen with cuts to his face during training before Sunday's game against India in Chennai.

    "He swam into the pool wall," said Australia captain Pat Cummins.

    "He said he had his eyes closed and thought he was swimming in a straight line and swam into the step in the pool. He's all good, just a bit sore."

    The leg-spinner is fit to play, and you'll be able to catch coverage of that match tomorrow from 9:30 BST.

  14. Records fallpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Two World Cup records fell in the South African innings as Aiden Markram made the fastest century in World Cup history, his 49-ball century beating Kevin O'Brien's 2011 effort against England by one ball.

    South Africa then recorded the highest score in a World Cup match, passing Australia's 417-6 against Afghanistan in Perth in 2015 in the penultimate over, going on to set a new record of 428-5.

  15. Postpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    South Africa centurion Rassie van der Dussen: "It was a perfect day for for us with the bat. We had to work hard up front up against the swinging ball and then well into the middle overs. We have a blueprint to set it up for the guys in the middle order. Aiden Markram when he plays like that is incredible to watch.

    "We just try to play the conditions and Quinton de Kock and I batted fairly normally at the start. If we can give a chance to the guys coming next we know what they can do. We have some of the best finishers in the world.

    "But the game is only halfway done. Our bowlers will have taken lessons from the way they bowled. It's a good outfield and wicket so the game is not done and dusted."

  16. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Three superb centuries in the South African innings as Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram feasted on the Sri Lankan bowling.

    Here's some of the best of their landmark scores.

  17. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It has been a pretty chastening day for Sri Lanka's players in the field.

  18. How's stat?!published at 13:44 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    South Africa's total of 428-5 is the 10th highest ever in men's ODI cricket, pushing out the 418-5 they made against Zimbabwe in September 2006 to break into the top 10.

  19. Postpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 7 October 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a truly mammoth total from South Africa.

  20. SA 428-5published at 50 overs

    A good finish from Madushanka, holding this Sri Lankan pair to four singles from the last four deliveries.

    Jansen drops to one knee to drive the final ball down the ground, but it's cut off at the boundary.

    A remarkable innings comes to an end.