South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI Match Summary

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That's it from us today. Hope you enjoyed the coverage as much as we did to bring it to you. South Africa began the series comprehensively and ended it in the same fashion. Now they head to New Zealand for a long tour and their aim will be to repeat the same domination but it won't be such an easy task.

The Man of the Series has been awarded to Faf du Plessis for his terrific run with the bat in the series. He scored two centuries and a half century and proved to be the backbone of the South African batting.

The Man of the Match award has been presented to Hashim Amla for his scintillating 154. He played a flamboyant knock and set up the game for the Proteas.

There was something to smile for the tourists as Gunaratne scripted his maiden ODI century and played with sheer authority. Chris Morris was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts as he recorded his career best figures of 10-1-31-4. He bowled with discipline and reaped the rewards. Wayne Parnell and Imran Tahir chipped in with wickets too but the former was a bit expensive. Earlier in the game, the Proteas set a mammoth score of 384 on the board on the back of superb centuries from de Kock and Amla. It eventually proved to be too much for the Islanders. With that, the South Africans have completed back-to-back whitewashes at home and proved why they deserve the No.1 ODI ranking.

Another clinical finish from the Proteas takes them to the top of the tree in the ICC ODI rankings as they dethrone Australia. With a massive target of 385 to chase, the visitors stuttered and began in a jittery manner. Their stand-in skipper missed out today and that pushed the visitors on the back foot. Dickwella was motoring along nicely but fell against the run of play. They kept on losing wickets frequently and lost their way. But Asela Gunaratne and Sachith Pathirana came together and stitched together a sensible 93-run stand for the sixth wicket. They put up a sturdy fight in the final stages of the match but were never quite in the hunt as they were always way behind the required run rate.

Back of a length delivery, around off, Gunaratne pulls it to deep square leg and runs one. That's it! SOUTH AFRICA HAVE WON BY 88 RUNS AND WHITEWASHED THE LANKANS 5-0!

FOUR! Slower one again, Gunaratne waits for it, gets low and pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket fence.

Slower one, outside off, Gunaratne looks to guide it to third man but misses.

Length ball, Lakmal pushes it towards point and runs one.

Yorker delivery, Lakmal defends it.

Slower delivery, full ball, Gunaratne knocks it to long on for a single.

The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Bouncer, Lakmal is surprised and gets beaten easily.

Full again, Lakmal clips it to mid-wicket.

Fuller delivery and wider, Gunaratne drives this towards deep point and runs one.

Bangs this short, Gunaratne looks to pull but misses.

WIDE! Length delivery, way outside off. Rabada has to go back and bowl an extra delivery.

Gunaratne charges down the track, Rabada sees it and sprays a yorker which the batsman has to block.

Gunaratne knocks it to long on for a single.

On the fuller side once more, Gunaratne pushes this to covers.

Fuller around off, Lakmal drives it through mid off and runs one.

Slower one, Gunaratne pulls this through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Full length ball outside off, Gunaratne looks to dig it out but gets an outside edge as the ball races away to the third man boundary.

Maiden ODI century for Asela Gunaratne.

FOUR! What a way to get to the feat. It has been a substandard effort from his team, but he has hung around and batted beautifully. Slices this over point for a boundary.

Lakmal digs this back to the bowler.

The batsman has played it fine down the leg side. The batsmen have run through for a single.

Gunaratne wants to drive but misses.

Gunaratne flicks this to mid-wicket.