(Reuters) - Hashim Amla made a sparkling 154 and his opening partner Quinton de Kock a rapid 109 in a batting blitz that earned South Africa an 88-run victory over Sri Lanka at Centurion on Friday and a 5-0 whitewash in their one-day international series. Sri Lanka fell well short in reply, finishing on 296-8. Amla and De Kock shared a partnership of 187 as the South African openers got stuck into some mediocre bowling. It took Sri Lanka until the 27th over to make a breakthrough, De Kock being caught on the boundary by Sandun Weerakkody off Suranga Lakmal. A tiring Amla perished in the penultimate over but not before increasing his scoring rate, taking only 19 balls to add his last 50 runs.

Source: The Star February 10, 2017 19:41 UTC