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De Kock, Rabada steer SA to victory
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CENTURION, South Africa: Kagiso Rabada led a pace assault as South Africa defended a below-par total in the second One-day International against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.Rabada, bowling at more than 150 km/h at times, took three for 43 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 138 in reply to South Africa’s 251.Rabada was backed up by fellow fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi (two for 14) and Anrich Nortje (two for 25), while veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir picked up two for 39.Man of the match Quinton de Kock hit a dazzling 94 off 70 balls, with 17 fours and a six, but the South African batting fell away after it looked as though they were set to make more than 300 on a ground which frequently yields high totals.Thisara Perera dismissed De Kock and took three for 26 as the Sri Lankan bowlers fought back. The last six South African wickets fell for 31 runs.Rabada showed from the first over of the second innings that South Africa’s policy was to try to blast through the Sri Lankan batting.In striving for pace, he was erratic at times, sending down three wides, including one that went far down the leg side for an extra four runs.But Rabada hurried Niroshan Dickwella into a rash shot — his 100th one-day international wicket in his 68th match — and Ngidi bowled fellow opener Avishka Fernando.“KG (Rabada) came out with great intent,” said De Kock. “It is the fastest he has bowled in quite a while.”Score BoardSri Lanka won tossSouth Africa†Q de Kock c Dickwella b T Perera 94R Hendricks c Dananjaya b Malinga 29*F du Plessis b T Perera 57H van der Dussen c Rajitha b T Perera 2W Mulder b V Fernando 17D Miller st Dickwella b De Silva 25A Phehlukwayo c A Fernando b De Silva 2K Rabada c Dickwella b Rajitha 3A Nortje lbw b Malinga 8L Ngidi st Dickwella b Dananjaya 6Imran Tahir not out 1Extras (w7) 7Total (all out, 45.1 overs) 251Fall: 1-91, 2-131, 3-137, 4-176, 5-220, 6-225, 7-235, 8-239, 9-249Bowling: Malinga 9-0-39-2, V Fernando 5-0-47-1, De Silva 8-0-55-2, Rajitha 7-0-46-1, Dananjaya 9.1-1-38-1, T Perera 7-0-26-3Sri Lanka†N Dickwella c De Kock b Rabada 6A Fernando b Ngidi 10K Perera c Miller b Nortje 8O Fernando lbw b Nortje 31K Mendis run out 24D de Silva c Du Plessis b Rabada 15T Perera c Miller b Imran 23A Dananjaya c Mulder b Rabada 4K Rajitha lbw b Imran 0*L Malinga c sub (Steyn) b Ngidi 1V Fernando not ou 2Extras (lb4, w10) 14Total (32.2 overs) 138Fall: 1-11, 2-29, 3-52, 4-92, 5-92, 6-116, 7-134, 8-135, 9-136Bowling: Rabada 9-1-43-3, Ngidi 5.2-0-14-2, Nortje 7-0-25-2, Mulder 2-0-13-0, Imran 9-1-39-2Result: South Africa won by 113 runsMan of the Match: Quinton de Kock (SA)Series: South Africa lead the five-match series 2-0Umpires: Shaun George (South Africa), Aleem Dar (Pakistan). TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England). Match referee: Richie Richardson (West Indies)