.dwainep__29 shows his worth with the bat as the Proteas beat Sri Lanka in Joburg to seal a 3-0 T20 series whitewash, writes shockerhess | IOLsport
JOHANNESBURG – Dwaine Pretorius didn’t waste the opportunity to display his batting ability as the Proteas beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs on the DLS Method at the Wanderers in Johannesburg to secure a 3-0 T20 series whitewash.
Before Sunday he’d batted just eight times for the national side – all in ODIs – once at no.6, and the rest at 7, so the chance to go in at ‘first drop’ was certainly one to relish. At the other end Reeza Hendricks followed up Friday’s 65 in Centurion with another aggressive innings of 68 , the feature of Sunday’s knock were his inside/out lofted drives, while one slog sweep for six also disappeared into the same block of flats found earlier by Pretorius.
Having done all of that with the bat, Pretorius then made the initial breakthrough with the ball, trapping Dhananjaya de Silva lbw with his first ball. That came after Sri Lanka had made a rapid start, but it was also the start of a collapse, as they slumped from 42/0 to 61/4 in 13 balls. Niroshan Dickwella was primarily responsible for that start, scoring 38 off 22 balls, but he was superbly caught by wicket-keeper Sinethemba Qeshile.
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