Sangakkara's 169 gives Sri Lanka massive win

Jul 20, 2013

Chris Morris broke the opening stand with Tillakaratne Dilshan's wicket soon after South Africa put Sri Lanka in•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga put on 70 runs for the second wicket before...•Associated Press

Jayawardene also fell in the forties, but Sangakkara raised the pace from there on•AFP

Lasith Malinga struck on the first ball of the innings when he bowled Colin Ingram with an inswinging yorker•AFP

But Rangana Herath provided the breakthrough with the wicket of de Villiers•Associated Press

Robin Peterson could not avoid the inevitable but resisted with a joint high score of 29•AFP

Upul Tharanga settled at the other end and scored briskly•AFP

...Morne Morkel bowled Tharanga for 43•Associated Press

Every bowler apart from Morkel was punished and captain AB de Villiers ran out of options towards the end of the innings•AFP

JP Duminy was also dismissed soon, in the sixth over, which put more pressure on the middle order•Associated Press

And Thisara Perera struck next over to dismiss Petersen, leaving South Africa on 75 for 4•AFP

South Africa were dismissed for 140, Dinesh Chandimal registering a win in his first match as captain•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene joined Sangakkara and the duo took Sri Lanka past 150•AFP

Sangakkara scored 169 off 137 and took the total to a daunting 320 for 5•Associated Press

AB de Villiers and Alviro Petersen shared a 44-run counterattacking stand•AFP

David Miller could not survive for too long and the chase virtually ended as the required rate kept cropping up•AFP