South Africa won the 3-match series 2-1. The player of the final match was AB de Villiers for a quick 108 runs, while the player of the series was none other than Hashim Amla for a total of 258 runs.
It's in the numbers
First One Day International
South Africa 304 for 5 beat Sri Lanka 229 by 75 runs.
South Africa won the 1st ODI by 75 runs after posting 304 for 5 while Sri Lanka only managed 229 all out.
Despite being declared fit to play, Kallis was out for a second-ball duck when he failed to read Mendis' carrom ball.
AB de Villiers and Amla made an 151 run partnership for the third wicket.
Sri Lanka dropped Amla on 49 and de Villiers on 17. Amla went on to score 109 runs, his 13th ODI century, while de Villiers scored 75.
A late charge by Miller saw South Africa score 53 runs in the last 5 overs to post their highest total in Sri Lanka. This was Sri Lanka's highest second-innings total at the Premadasa.
Mendis took 3 wickets for 61 runs.
Sangakkara scored 88 runs.
Sri Lanka lost their last five wickets for only 13 runs.
Tahir and Steyn cleaned up the tail, and Sri Lanka had been dismissed in 40.3 overs.
Tahir took 3 wickets for 50 runs.
Second One Day International
Sri Lanka 267 beat South Africa 180 by 87 runs.
Dilshan raced to a half-century in 40 balls and continued to 86 runs.
The Sri Lankan captain had contributed to his team's highest stand of the innings, 71-runs with Jayawardene.
McLaren dismissed 4 batsmen at the death of the Sri Lankan innings, including 3 in one over. He finished with figures of 4 for 48.
It was up to Kallis to build a foundation in the chase but he lasted only 7 balls before being bounced out by the same bowler. Managing just 1 run in two matches.
Sri Lanka ended South Africa's biggest partnership - 75 between Amla and de Villiers - to ensure their victory.
Amla scored his second successive ODI century, his third in four matches and his third on the tour. Amla became the quickest cricketer to reach 14 ODI centuries. This time he scored 101 runs.
Once again Sri Lanka dropped 2 catches, Amla on 67 and Miller on 0.
South Africa lost 5 wickets for 26 runs with Dilshan claiming 3 of those.
At one point, South Africa lost 5 wickets for 11 runs.
Malinga finished with figures of 4 for 24.
The Sri Lankan comeback and ensured the three-match series will go to a decider on Saturday.
Third One Day International
South Africa re-wrote the history books by winning a first-ever One Day International series in Sri Lanka.
The South Africans 339 was the highest chase in Sri Lanka to win the series.
South Africa 339 for 5 beat Sri Lanka 257 by 82 runs.
Tons from de Kock (128) and de Villiers (108) took South Africa to their largest score against Sri Lanka.
De Kock scored his 4th century in 6 innings, his 5th overall and the highest by a South African in an ODI against Sri Lanka. It also maintained his 100% conversion rate of half-centuries into three figures.
De Kock was dropped on 38 by Priyanjan.
De Kock and Amla made an opening partnership of 118 runs. Followed by a partnership of 116 runs between de Kock and de Villiers.
Sri Lanka did not concede a boundary between the 21st and 31st overs.
Duminy was a silent partner and together with de Villiers, put on 80 runs in eight overs.
South Africa had scored 187 runs in the last 20 overs of their innings; 95 of those runs came in the last 10 overs.
In 3 matches, Kallis could only manage 5 runs.
McLaren was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 3 wickets from 37 runs.
Sri Lanka's 99 runs from the first 10 overs.
Jayawardene fell to Tahir for the 3rd time in the series.
Sri Lanka lost 3 wickets for six runs in the space of 14 balls.
Priyanjan and Mathews put on an 83 run partnership for the 6th wicket.
McLaren was the series' highest wicket-taker with 9 wickets.
