South Africa dent Sri Lanka World Cup hopes

Sri Lanka needed a win to inch closer to a semi-final spot but now have to win both their remaining matches and hope other results go their way.

It was a defeat that left Sri Lanka with a lot to do in their last two games | AP

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28 Jun 2019, 5:42 pm

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Rabada got the ball rolling with a wicket off the first ball | AP

Chris Morris was one of two Proteas pacers who finished with three wickets | AP

There's always time to help out | AP

It was Dwaine Pretorius who stole the show with figures of 10-2-25-3

Dhananjaya de Silva couldn't help out this time around | AP

Sri Lanka's player laying face down on the ground to avoid a swarm of bees | AP

Malinga picked up a wicket but that wasn't the first of many | AP

Faf du Plessis finished unbeaten on 96 | AP

Hashim Amla was on 80* as the Proteas got over the line with nine wickets to spare | AP

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