Sri Lanka next face India on June 8, while South Africa will take on Pakistan on June 7. It nearly goes without saying that he is the fastest to this mark. Sri Lanka were 68/1 after 8 overs while the South African scoreboard read 27/0 after 8 overs.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers praised opener Hashim Amla and leg-spinner Imran Tahir in South Africa's huge 96-run win over Sri Lanka in their Champions Trophy opener. Dickwella made 41 of those off 33 balls with 5 fours and a six.
And the ICC, who last week unveiled a raft of technological innovations to be showcased at the tournament, stuck the speed gun on the world's second-ranked ODI bowler and showed him clocking 24kmph (around 15mph) after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's stand-in skipper Upul Tharanga.
South Africa started slowly after losing the toss, scoring 32 runs in the first 10 overs before Quinton de Kock departed for 23 after edging a Nuwan Pradeep delivery to wicketkeeper Dickwella.
The margin of victory was also important as net run rate may come into the equation in deciding the semi-finalists, particularly if bad weather raises its ugly head.
In terms of the number of innings required to reach the 25-century milestone, Amla is comfortably out on his own.
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With Sri Lanka suddenly reeling at 116-3, leg-spinner Imran Tahir got into the act, trapping Chamara Kapugedera leg-before for a duck, before enticing Upul Tharanga into a lofted drive that was caught by David Miller in the deep.
"They bowled exceptionally well, and credit to our openers for seeing it out".
2 - There have only been two bigger partnerships for South Africa in the Champions Trophy than Amla and du Plessis' 145-run partnership for the second wicket. Imran Tahir picked up four wickets in a wonderful spell of bowling and was adjudged man of the match for his performance.
"It was close to ten out of ten", said De Villiers. If Mathews cannot play, then Sri Lanka will play in the match led by Dinesh Chandimal. Jean-Paul Duminy (38 not out in 20 deliveries) and Chris Morris (20 off 19) did their job to take them to 299/6 in 50 overs.
By that time, South Africa had 189 runs on the board, with enough overs left for the following batsmen to exploit.
Despite Kusal Perera (44no) doing his part with the bat, he saw his partners fall one after the other without making much impact on the scoreboard as the side crumbled for 203.
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