Sri Lanka complete SA series whitewash

COLOMBO: Upul Chandana and Sanath Jayasuriya shared eight wickets as Sri Lanka cruised to a 49-run victory and a 5-0 series whitewash against South Africa in the fifth and final One-Day International on Tuesday.

The confident hosts seized control of the match soon after being put into bat on a flat batting pitch, piling up a huge 308 for eight in their 50 overs, before bowling out South Africa for 259 in 48.1 overs.

Opener Jayasuriya top scored with 79 from 85 balls and was well-supported by Saman Jayantha (51), Kumar Sangakkara (72) and Mahela Jayawardene (39).

South Africa soon fell behind the required run rate after the early loss of Herschelle Gibbs, who was bowled off his inside edge for 11, and some tight bowling from Sri Lanka's new bowlers.

Sri Lanka's clean sweep condemned South Africa to their tenth successive defeat. The last and only time that South Africa lost 10 straight matches was in 1994 under Keppler Wessels' captaincy.