ICC World Cup 2015: South Africa v Sri Lanka quarter-final - Stats of the match
South Africa broke their knockout jinx in style with a 9-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the World Cup quarter-final clash at Sydney today. While the Proteas pacers set the game up by accounting for both the openers, it was their spin duo of Imran Tahir and JP Duminy that ran through the batting line-up picking up 7 wickets between them to dismiss Lanka for just 133 runs on the board. In reply, Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 57-ball 78 helped South Africa complete the chase in 18 overs.
#1 JP Duminy takes a hat-trick
South Africa’s JP Duminy picked up the 9th hat-trick in the history of ODI World Cup. Duminy got rid of Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews in the last ball of the 33rd over and then returned to send both Nuwan Kulasekara and Tharindu Kaushal packing in the 35th over. The 30-year-old is the first South African to pick up a hat-trick in a World Cup match.
| Player | Team | Opposition | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetan Sharma | India | New Zealand | Nagpur | 1987 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | The Oval | 1999 |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Pietermaritzburg | 2003 |
| Brett Lee | Australia | Kenya | Kingsmead | 2003 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Providence | 2007 |
| Kemar Roach | West Indies | Netherlands | Kotla | 2011 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | Kenya | Premadasa | 2011 |
| Steven Finn | England | Australia | MCG | 2015 |
| JP Duminy | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SCG | 2015 |