Sri Lanka VS South Africa ICC Champions Trophy - 1st match,Group B Result Sri Lanka Won by 55 runs

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 55 runs, in ICC Champions Trophy match, on Tue 22 September, 2009, SuperSport Park, Centurion,Timing: 4:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST, Sri Lanka made 319/8 50 ove and South Africa made 206/7 37.4 overs, Points - Sri Lanka 2, South Africa 0

Sri Lanka carried the energy from their powerful batting display into the field and Ajantha Mendis, unlike the home side's spinners, extracted bounce and turn under lights.Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis showed signs of dominance with an 81-run stand in quick time but once Smith was bowled off Mendis' first delivery, and Kallis and JP Duminy fell in successive balls, Sri Lanka could apply the chokehold.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka Inning - 319/8 50 overs (Dilshan 106, Jayawardene 77, Sangakkara 54)

South Africa Inning - 206/7 37.4 overs (Smith 58, Mendis 3-30)

Toss - South Africa, who chose to field

Man of the Match - Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Result - Sri Lanka Won by 55 runs

Points - Sri Lanka 2, South Africa 0