BLOEMFONTEIN, Dec 8: South Africa overwhelmed a disappointed Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fifth and final one-dayer Friday to clinch the five-match one-day series 4-1.

Scoreboard

Sri Lanka:

MS Atapattu c Hall b Zondeki 53

ST Jayasuriya c Rhodes b Donald 2

PA de Silva c Boucher b Pollock 0

Jayawardene c Boucher b Pollock 3

KC Sangakkara not out 77

RP Arnold c Pollock b Hall 36

TT Samaraweera run out (Gibbs) 33

WPUJC Vaas c Gibbs b Donald 0

RAP Nissanka run out (Donald) 0

PW Gunaratne not out 3

Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 10, nb 3) 21

Total (For eight wickets) 228

DID NOT BAT: MKGCP Lakshitha.

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-7, 3-48, 4-84), 5-145, 6-201, 7-208, 8-208.

Bowling: Pollock 10 4 23 2 Donald 9 0 64 2 (7w) Hall 10 0 37 1 (1w) Klusener 5 0 24 0 (2w) Zondeki 8 1 37 1 (3nb) Peterson 8 0 35 0

South Africa

HH Gibbs b Lakshitha 47

AJ Hall c Sangakkara b Gunaratne 18

RJ Peterson c Sangakkara b Vaas 5

ND McKenzie not out 70

HH Dippenaar run out (Atapattu) 36

JN Rhodes not out 25

Extras (lb 10, w 16, nb 2) 28

Total (4 wickets, 45.1 overs) 229

DID NOT BAT: SM Pollock, L Klusener, MV Boucher, AA Donald, M Zondeki.

FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-53, 3-87, 4-175

Bowling: Vaas 10-0-37-1; Lakshitha 10-1-52-1 (8w); Gunaratne 8.1-0-40-1; Nissanka 10-0-48-0 (2nb, 8w); Samaraweera 4-0-25-0; Jayasuriya 3-0-17-0.

Umpires: BG Jerling and RB Tiffin (Zim)

TV Umpire: IL Howell

Man-of-the-Match: SM Pollock

Man-of-the-Series: JH Kallis (SA) .—Reuters