Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI: Five talking points

Chris Morris

2. Death bowling

The absence of Dale Steyn hurt South Africa as they gave away over 100 runs in the last 10 overs.

The inexperience of Chris Morris was exposed as he conceded 80 runs in his spell of nine overs. This onslaught was facilitated by the fact that Sri Lanka preserved their wickets through the course of the match and that allowed them to launch an uninhibited attack at the end of the innings.

Kumar Sangakkara got a huge amount of his runs on the leg-side which means that there was a lack of plan as well as inaccuracy of execution. South Africa will have to make amends to this area of his game in order to compete in this series.