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Opener Hashim Amla's half century helped South Africa beat defending champions Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the last group match of the World Twenty20 in New Delhi on Monday.
Amla's unbeaten 56 guided his team to victory with 14 bowls remaining in the Proteas innings, after Sri Lanka was bundled out for 120 all out in 20 overs.
Both teams have already bowed out of the event.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka
D. Chandimal b Phangiso 21
T. Dilshan lbw b Behardien 36
L. Thirimanne b Phangiso 0
M. Siriwardana run out 15
S. Jayasuriya c du Plessis b Behardien 1
C. Kapugedera b Tahir 4
T. Perera c Behardien b Steyn 8
D. Shanaka not out 20
R. Herath c de Kock b Abbott 2
J. Vandersay b Abbott 3
S. Lakmal run out 0
Extras (b4, lb2, w2, nb2) 10
Total (all out, 19.3 overs) 120
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Chandimal), 2-45 (Thirimanne), 3-75 (Siriwardana), 4-78 (Jayasuriya), 5-85 (Dilshan), 6-85 (Kapugedera), 7-96 (Perera), 8-109 (Herath), 9-120 (Vandersay) 10-120 (Lakmal)
Bowling: Steyn 4-0-33-1, Abbott 3.3-0-14-2, Phangiso 4-0-26-2, Tahir 4-0-18-1, Wiese 1-0-8-0, Behardien 3-0-15-2
South Africa
H. Amla not out 56
Q. de Kock run out 9
F. du Plessis lbw Lakmal 31
AB. de Villiers 20
Extras (lb2, w4) 6
Total (2 wickets, 17.4 overs) 122
Did not bat: David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, David Wiese, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (de Kock), 2-75 (du Plessis)
Bowling: Jayasuriya 1-0-9-0, Lakmal 3.4-0-28-1, Herath 4-0-21-0, Vandersay 4-0-25-0, Shanaka 2-0-17-0, Perera 2-0-15-0, Siriwardana 1-0-15-0
Result: South Africa win by eight wickets
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