5 Lowest ODI team totals

#4. Sri Lanka vs South Africa (11 January 2012)

Sri Lanka: 43 all out

SL players were in disarray after a disappointing performance

The 3 Test series preceding the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka's 2011/12 tour to South Africa had been won by the hosts 2-1. AB de Villiers had hit the purple patch and ended up being the leading run scorer in the Test series with 359 runs.

He looked in great nick and it was now time for him to show his skills in the limited overs format.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in the first ODI at Paarl.

They lost Graeme Smith early with only 9 runs on the board. Jacques Kallis then combined with Hashim Amla to stitch together an excellent second wicket partnership of 142 runs in 25 overs. After Kallis, it was ABD who expedited the run rate by scoring a quickfire half-century giving perfect company to the centurion Amla at the other end. Late hitting from Albie Morkel propelled the total to 301/8 in the allotted 50 overs.

Lasith Malinga managed to bag a fifer while conceding 54 runs in his quota of 10 overs.

Sri Lanka had a nightmarish start to their innings losing both their openers for only 4 runs on the board. Dinesh Chandimal and the dependable Sangakarra could not do much as they could each manage only 4 runs. The captain's dismissal only brought a sense of despair along with it into the dressing room.

After Tsotsobe, it was now time for Morne Morkel to chance his arm. He dismissed Angelo Matthews for 0 to expose the Sri Lankan lower middle order.

Former captain Mahela Jayawardene also couldn't do anything to prevent his side's condition from deteriorating. Kosala Kulasekara was the only batsman to score in double figures, scoring 19.

Morne Morkel's 4/10 and Lonwabo Tsotsobe's 3/19 ensured that SL never fully recovered after losing their top 5 batsmen.

South Africa registered a thumping victory over Sri Lanka by 258 runs.