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

Live Reporting

Mike Peter and Timothy Abraham

  1. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport in Delhi

    Matheesha Pathirana, the 'baby Malinga', had a pretty good IPL in CSK's title-winning team but he is not having a good day.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That over has gone for more than my maths can cope with. There is a arm going round the shoulder of Matheesha Pathirana from wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis to give him some encouragement. That is an ugly ugly over with Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen seeing it like a football.

  3. SA 342-3

    I'm not sure Matheesha Pathirana is ever going to be a bowler you rely on to stem the runs.

    His over goes for 26 runs as Aiden Markram helps himself off some errant bowling. He drives three fours down the ground, punctuated by a wild delivery from the Sri Lankan seamer that races away for five wides.

    Markram takes two, before finishing the over with big six.

  4. Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    There will be a few Sri Lankan bowlers looking at their boots, not wanting to catch the eye of the captain, in these final overs.

  5. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    What are we going to call that? It wasn't a scoop. A reverse flip!

  6. SA 316-3

    A half-century for Aiden Markram, coming off just 34 balls!

    He whips Dilshan Madushanka's penultimate ball through point to bring up his fifty.

    He then pivots to reverse-pop the Sri Lankan seamer for four more through third.

  7. Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Heinrich Klaasen had a few balls to get going but looks on song now. He doesn't have the elegance of Quinton de Kock or Rassie van der Dussen but he has the brutal power. 400 looks almost certain for South Africa with him there.

  8. SA 303-3

    Rajitha continues with the slower balls, with greater success this time as Klaasen can only take one run off the final two balls of the over.

  9. 6 runs

    SA 302-3

    Dispatched by Klaasen! With barely any back-lift he sends Kasun Rajitha's slower ball over the long-off boundary for six.

    Prior to that he stung Rajitha's hands with another bullet fired down the pitch, then took before with a pull through square.

  10. SA 291-3

    Perhaps fearing another shellacking, Wellage sends the new ball so wide that Klaasen can't get anywhere near it. That's one way to do it, but we'll have another delivery.

    The lost ball then reappears but the umpires decides to not reintroduce it - Wellage finishes with a dot, firing a ball into Klaasen's block hole.

  11. 6 runs

    SA 290-3

    Here's the Heinrich Klaasen we know and love!

    He takes four from Wellage with a lovely late cut, before smacking the Sri Lankan for successive sixes over long-on. The second one is out of the ground and seemingly lost, the third umpire trots on with a set of replacements.

  12. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport in Delhi

    TMS’ Henry Moeran and I took the opportunity to walk 45 minutes to the ground from our hotel this morning.

    Delhi is a remarkable place…

    Train station
    Fruit stall
    Food stall
    Stadium

  13. SA 267-3

    Kasun Rajitha is introduced into the attack and keeps the South African batters to five singles, which isn't bad in the circumstances.

    Klaasen smacks the final ball hard and low to Rajitha's left, he gets a hand to it and saves the boundary, a catch was probably too much to expect.

  14. SA 267-3

    Heinrich Klaasen is an explosive batter but we don't get any fireworks straight away.

    He and Markram work three singles off Wellage, who is 1-62 off nine overs.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    For a moment that looked destined for another six, but Rassie van der Dussen did not quite go through the shot. He must be tired, almost one handed in the end. A very classy innings comes to an end. He looks exhausted.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Van der Dussen c Samarawickrama b Wellalage 108 (SA 264-3)

    And just like that Van der Dussen is gone!

    The South African batter advances down the pitch and tries to hit Wellage for six, but can only send a steepler to Sadeera Samarawickrama, waiting at long-on.

    A fine innings comes to an end - here comes Heinrich Klaasen.

  17. SA 264-2

    Matheesha Pathirana fills me with fear - his slingy action features a sudden stutter that generates his pace, but it always looks like he's tripped over his own feet and is going to pitch himself face-first into the wicket.

    I don't know if Aiden Markram thinks the same thing, but if he does it doesn't distract him - he lofts the Sri Lankan seamer for four down the ground.

    Two more singles bring up a very rapid 50 partnership.

  18. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    The score predictor for South Africa is currently 394. How are Sri Lanka going to stop this flow of runs?

  19. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    For South Africa to get a mammoth total Rassie van der Dussen is going to have keep going after the Sri Lankan bowling. If he keeps picking up the ones then putting the boundaries away that run rate will climb. Time for South Africa to get a wriggle on and really put their opponents under pressure.

  20. SA 257-2

    Dunith Wellalage returns to the Sri Lankan attack after the one over experiment with Madushanka.

    He starts with three singles before the South African pair take him for a boundary apiece, Van der Dussen paddle scooping to the ropes before Markram unfurls another gorgeous shot to move the ball past point.