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Sunrisers Hyderabad Toss

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to bowl in Ranchi, citing the dew that is hoped to come down heavily later in the evening as disincentive for batting first, even on a surface he hoped to be a true one. MS Dhoni said he would have fielded first, for the same reason.

Both sides are unchanged from their first match in the tournament, which they had each won. JP Duminy, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy and Dale Steyn will be Sunrisers' foreign players, while Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel and Jason Holder make up the overseas contingent for Super Kings.

The environment is expected to stay clear for the duration of the match.

  Super Kings of Chennai: 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 1 Michael Hussey, 2 M Vijay, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6. MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja,  10 R Ashwin, 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Jason Holder,11 Mohit Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 3 JP Duminy, 4 Hanuma Vihari, 5 Thisara Perera, 6 Darren Sammy, 7 Ashish Reddy, 8 Karn Sharma, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Ishant Sharma

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Dilshan, Sangakkara ensure series

South Africa v Sri Lanka , 4th ODI, Pallekele

The Report by Firdose Moonda

July 28, 2013

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Sri Lanka 239 for 2 (Dilshan 115*, Sangakkara 91) beat South Africa 238 (Duminy 97, Mendis 4-51)
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	Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed 16 boundaries in his unbeaten century © Associated Press Enlarge
Related Links Players/Officials: Hashim Amla | Jean-Paul Duminy Matches: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Pallekele Series/Tournaments: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka Teams: South Africa | Sri Lanka

An unbeaten century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and 91 from Kumar Sangakkara carried Sri Lanka to a series win over South Africa with one match to play. The pair ensured the hosts gained the highest successful run chase at Pallekele with six overs to spare to underline some of South Africa's most pressing issues as they attempt to rebuild their one-day side.

At first glance, it would seem the bowlers are to blame but South Africa's middle-order are the real culprits in their defeat. Hashim Amla and JP Duminy shared a second-wicket stand of 101 to set a strong base for the team but the batsmen who followed squandered the advantage.

From 118 for 1, South Africa were 238 all out, losing nine wickets for 120 runs. By contrast, Dilshan and Sangakkara shared a partnership of 184 - Sri Lanka's highest against South Africa - to maintain their strong record at home against South Africa.

South Africa have only won two ODIs in Sri Lanka and their inability to adapt to conditions was showed again. The absence of quality spinners and senior players to take responsibility in the batting line-up cost them dearly and they will now return to Colombo with only pride to play for.

South Africa began to make some amends for their failings with the bat and Hashim Amla's return was central to that. Amla, who missed the first and third match with injury and could not bat in the second, recovered in time to form one half of South Africa's fourth opening pair in as many matches.

While Quinton de Kock's inexperience was exposed against Lasith Malinga, when he was yorked for 8, Amla had the Sri Lankan attack erring. The seamers continually offered him too much width and he pulled and cut at will.

Amla and JP Duminy, who has looked good without producing results in the series so far, settled in and took the batting powerplay after 15 overs. That proved a tactical mistake. Sri Lanka's slew of spinners limited run-scoring opportunities and only 22 were scored in the five-over period.

The pair succeeded in planting a platform but Amla did not stick around to help the launch from it. He was lbw to Dilshan, who went around the wicket to trap him on the back foot, and even a review could not save him.

AB de Villiers' lean run continued as he was caught behind trying to paddle-sweep. Faf du Plessis also did not contribute, offering a chance to Angelo Mathews in his follow-through and eventually being stumped.

Ajantha Mendis foxed the less-experienced players, who have not learnt to pick him. David Miller was bowled by the legbreak and Farhaan Behardien clipped him straight to short leg.

The fall of wickets forced Duminy to continue a quiet vigil and his strike rate remained in the 60s, until the last four overs, when he finally decided to launch against Malinga. Duminy managed to improvise, turning would-be yorkers into low full-tosses, but Malinga's change of pace accounted for the tail.

Still, South Africa would have thought they had enough with 198 the previous-best successful chase in Pallekele. Their bowlers started well against a changed Sri Lankan top order - with Mahela Jayawardene replacing Upula Tharanga - as Morne Morkel and Lonwabo Tsotsobe extracted extra bounce and got movement, but ill-discipline infected them again. South Africa sent down 17 wides, taking their series total to 58, and indicating an obvious problem with line.

Jayawardene was frustrated by the early squeeze and when he tried to steer Tsotsobe to third man, he was caught by a diving Amla at gully. That was the last success South Africa saw until it was too late. Dilshan showed a willingness to ride out the pressure and looked for singles with Sangakkara instead of going for big shots to thwart the bowlers.

But South Africa still had their chances. Sangakkara was on three when he cutting Kleinveldt but Amla could not pull off the half chance, and on 33, when Duminy appealed for an lbw against him. South Africa had a review in hand but de Villiers chose not to use it. Afterwards, he said neither Duminy nor de Kock, who was keeping, were convinced, Replays, though, showed Sangakkara was out.

His flirtation with fortune over, Sangakkara matches Dilshan blow for blow thereafter. Dilshan was strong square of the wicket and on the pull and brought out his trademark scoop off Tsotsobe. His century came off 119 balls with a swivel down to fine leg.

Sangakkara peppered the on-side, with 52 of his runs coming in that area. After Dilshan crossed the century mark, Sangakkara was racing against the remaining runs to get there. He evoked Morkel for two fours to get into the nineties, but fell on his sword when he top-edged to mid-off.

Dilshan finished things off to leave South Africa with plenty to think about. Foremost in their minds will be their poor effort in the field, and their decision-making under pressure, both of which need work before Wednesday.

Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo's South Africa correspond

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Start time 9.30am GMT

Big Picture

The last time India played South Africa in an ODI was in the 2011 World Cup, when India's top five were Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan and Yuvraj Singh.

Dooley wants to keep Eagles flying

Joe Dooley, life as the head basketball coach at Florida Gulf Coast includes a routine he wasn't accustomed to during his 10 years as an assistant at Kansas.
Each morning before work, Dooley jogs nearly seven miles on and around the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, just a short drive from the FGCU campus.
"If you're there early enough in the morning," Dooley said, "the tide has gone out and the sand is hard enough to run on. If you go in the afternoon, you've got no chance."

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Darrell Walker/Icon SMIFourteen years after being let go at East Carolina, Joe Dooley is a head coach again.

Rough life.
Dooley knows to expect a ribbing -- particularly from KU coach Bill Self -- about his dark tan when he returns to Lawrence to pack up his belongings later this summer.
"Your wife looks like she could be a beach person, and your son already looks like a beach person," Self jokingly told Dooley last month. "It's you I'm worried about."
No need to fret about Dooley.

Less than two months after being hired to replace Andy Enfield, the New Jersey native with the slicked-back hair is fitting in quite nicely in Fort Myers, where the only thing he loves more than the beautiful surroundings is his new job.
Dooley couldn't have inherited a better scenario.
Florida Gulf Coast returns four starters from a squad that reached the Sweet 16 last season as a 15-seed, a first in NCAA tournament history. Fort Myers became known as "Dunk City" because of the Eagles' propensity for unleashing high-flying, acrobatic slams that captivated basketball fans across the country in upset wins over Georgetown and San Diego State.
FGCU fans were understandably hurt when Enfield bolted for USC, but the disappointment didn't last long, thanks to the hiring of Dooley, the top assistant for a Kansas program that has won more games than any team in the country over the past eight seasons.
"We've got good kids here," Dooley said. "They

Robin Uthappa

Full name Robin Venu Uthappa

Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka

Current age 27 years 197 days

Major teams India, India Under-19s, Karnataka, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Reebok XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Sahara's decision

"Sahara have never defaulted so far in the previous seasons," Uthappa told ESPNcricinfo. "In fact, two out of the four instalments for this year have already come. The remaining two are scheduled to come in September and then November. They have always paid very well, and I have no doubt they will not falter." 

Even though Sahara may have paid a few senior players the second instalment of their salaries, hardly any of the domestic uncapped players has been paid after the first instalment of 15%. 

"We just hope that whatever be the fallout between the owners and the board, our interests will be safeguarded," a player said, requesting anonymity.

Sahara's decision to pull Pune Warriors out of the IPL has thrown into question its pending payments to the franchise's players. The players' contract stipulate that 35% of their salaries will be paid after the tournament ends.

Where they finished
Seventh. After winning the title last year, marked by a celebratory open-top bus ride through their home city, Kolkata Knight Riders were happy with the squad they had, buying only two players at the auction this season - spinner Sachithra Senanayake and seamer Ryan McLaren. That confidence proved misplaced though, as their batting failed to fire, and the bowling support for Sunil Narine wasn't adequate. The defending champions struggled for consistency, and it wasn't till the final week of the league phase - when they had only a remote chance of qualifying - that they managed to string together two wins in a row.

What went wrong
What didn't? Right at the start of the tournament, Knight Riders were deprived of two important overseas players.

In a separate development, Mumbai Police announced it had made three fresh arrests, including that of Virendra Dara Singh Randhawa, also known as Vindoo, the son of famous Indian wrestler Dara Singh.

Rajasthan Royals

Cricket information

Rajasthan Royals has suspended the contracts of all three of their players who were arrested on allegations of spot-fixing. The three players had already been suspended by the BCCI soon after the controversy came to light.