Calcutta/Centurion: South Africa's cricketers have "unfinished business" in New Zealand, according to one-day captain AB de Villiers.
Speaking ahead of the team's departure for New Zealand, De Villiers said South Africa were keen to avenge their defeat by the Black Caps in a dramatic 2015 World Cup semi-fina.
South Africa will travel as the world's leading one-day team after completing a 5-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park on Friday.
De Villiers said the No.1 ranking gave the team confidence. "Being the No.1 team in the world people expect you to play a certain level of cricket all the time," he said. "But with the team ethic we have at the moment I think we'll thrive under that kind of pressure. It definitely gives you confidence as well. There's a reason why we're No.1 and that's because we're playing good cricket."
South Africa
Q de Kock c W’kkody b Lakmal 109
H. Amla c Mendis b M’shanka 154
F du Plessis c Lakmal b M’shanka 41
AB de Villiers c Kumara b Vandersay 14
JP Duminy c Dickwella b Lakmal 10
F Behardien c Gunaratne b Lakmal 32
C. Morris not out 3
W. Parnell not out 1
Extras (b-4, lb-5, w-10, nb-1) 20
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 384
Fall of wickets 1/187, 2/250, 3/271, 4/309, 5/371, 6/379
Bowling: Lakmal 10-0-71-3, Kumara 7-0-60-0, Madushanka 8-0-70-2, De Silva 4-0-24-0, Pathirana 6-1-43-0, Vandersay 10-0-61-1, Gunaratne 5-0-46-0
Sri Lanka
N. Dickwella c De Villiers b Parnell 39
U. Tharanga c Rabada b Morris 7
K. Mendis c De Villiers b Morris 1
S. W’kkody c Rabada b Parnell 10
DM de Silva b Tahir 11
A. Gunaratne not out 114
S. Pathirana c De Villiers b Morris 56
L. M’shanka run out 7
J. Vandersay b Morris 7
S. Lakmal not out 20
Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 11) 24
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 296
Fall of wickets 1/25, 2/43, 3/55, 4/70, 5/82, 6/175, 7/183, 8/199
Bowling: Rabada 10-0-55-0, Morris 10-1-31-4, Parnell 7-0-51-2, Tahir 10-0-57-1, Duminy 5-0-28-0, Phehlukwayo 7-1-44-0, Behardien 1-0-17-0
MoM: H. Amla
MoS: F du Plessis
