{"id":7281,"date":"2012-01-22T20:58:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T18:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/cricket-sangakkara-ton-sets-up-narrow-sri-lanka-win\/"},"modified":"2012-01-22T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T18:58:49","slug":"cricket-sangakkara-ton-sets-up-narrow-sri-lanka-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-sangakkara-ton-sets-up-narrow-sri-lanka-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Sangakkara ton sets up narrow Sri Lanka win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Jan 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Kumar Sangakkara<br \/>\n compiled a well-paced century to help<br \/>\nSri Lanka to a two-wicket win over South Africa off the<br \/>\npenultimate ball in the fifth one-day international at the<br \/>\nWanderers on Sunday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara scored 102 from 97 balls as Sri Lanka, chasing<br \/>\nSouth Africa&#8217;s 312 for four, reached 307 for five with only six<br \/>\nruns needed off seven balls.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But they contrived to lose three wickets in the space of<br \/>\nfour deliveries before Sachithra Senanayake struck left-arm<br \/>\nspinner Robin Peterson high over mid-wicket for six.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa, who won the series 3-2, owed their total to<br \/>\ncaptain Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers who each scored 125.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara anchored Sri Lanka&#8217;s run chase, reaching his<br \/>\nfifty off 54 balls before posting his 12th one-day<br \/>\ninternational.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After striking 10 fours, he fell to the first ball following<br \/>\nthe completion of his hundred when he hoisted a delivery from<br \/>\noff-spinner JP Duminy to Pietersen at long-off.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Play was delayed for an hour before Sangakkara and fellow<br \/>\nleft-hander Lahiru Thirimanne added 100 runs for the fourth<br \/>\nwicket on a good batting pitch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara departed with the score on 275 for four with the<br \/>\ntourists needing just 38 runs off 34 balls and 22-year-old<br \/>\nThirimanne brought up his maiden ODI fifty on his way to 69 at<br \/>\nbetter than a run a ball to set up the tense finish.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The result would have been particularly hard on Smith and De<br \/>\nVilliers who had batted superbly during their team&#8217;s innings.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG Jan 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Kumar Sangakkara compiled a well-paced century to help Sri Lanka to a two-wicket win over South Africa off the penultimate ball in the fifth one-day international at the Wanderers on Sunday. 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