Today, Kallis showed his talent with a breathtaking, unbeaten 100-ball 113 and Elworthy -- in a hostile spell -- dismissed Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva as the Sri Lankans went down by 92 runs in a rain-curtailed semi-final of the Wills Mini-World Cup tournament.

Kallis was in a murderous mood after overnight and early morning rain delayed the start of the day-night match by over three hours. He sent the Lankan bowlers on a leather-hunt, blasting five sixes and an equal number of fours as the South Africans overcame a slow start to finish with a healthy 240 for seven in 39 overs.

The Lankan reply was hampered by persistent drizzle after their target was reduced to224 in 34 overs as more rain in the interval delayed their start. But, as in their opening encounter with New Zealand, the Lankans could not get going.

Elworthy bowled quick and with the rain-threat more pronounced, the Lankans did not wish to waste any time. Openers Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana lived dangerously, even managing some boundaries, but a wicket was always coming. Kaluwitharana tried to hit Elworthy `on the up' but, with the ball skidding on, miscued it to South African skipper Hansie Cronje.

The Lankan situation then was such that it sought a Herculean task from their last match hero and skipper Arjuna Ranatunga. But the South Africans were unrelenting. If Elworthy had executed his role to perfection, Cronje bowled a gem to get Ranatunga after Jonty Rhodes took an unbelievable catch to send back pinch-hitter Chaminda Vaas. The Lankan continued with their harakiri and the end was a tame surrender.

Earlier, Kallis decided to take the aerial route. As sixes started pouring, Lankans lost theinitiative after their seamers had given them a good start with three wickets.

Muthiah Muralitharan was expected to be the key bowler in Lanka's weak attack, but Kallis took a special liking to the off-spinner. He swatted him thrice over the mid-wicket boundary while a six each came off leg-spinner Upul Chandana and the other off-spinner Kumara Dharmasena. Darryl Cullinan also played an entertaining knock of 30 before Dharmasena trapped him in front.

SCOREBOARD

South Africa: Mike Rindel c Jayasuriya b Vaas 8 (12b, 1x4), Darryl Cullinan lbw Dharmasena 30 (42b, 2x4), Nicky Boje c de Silva b Zoysa 28 (23b, 3x4), Mark Boucher c Mahanama b Zoysa 0 (1b), Jacques Kallis not out 113 (100b, 5x6, 5x4), Hansie Cronje c Atapattu b Chandana 20 (30b, 1x4), Jonty Rhodes c Atapattu b Muralitharan 0 (1b), Pat Symcox c Atapattu b Chandana 11 (9b, 2x4), Dale Benkenstein not out 18 (17b); Extras (b1, lb6, w3, nb2) 12.

Total (for seven in 39 overs) 240.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-12 (Rindell), 2-55 (Boje),3-57 (Boucher), 4-87 (Cullinan), 5-168 (Cronje), 6-181 (Rhodes), 7-196.

Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 6-0-33-1; Nuwan Zoysa 6-0-34-2; Kumara Dharmasena 7-0-37-1; Muthiah Muralitharan 6-0-48-1; Upul Chandana 8-0-39-0; Sanath Jayasuriya 6-0-42-0.

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya b Elworthy 22 (17b, 4x4), Romesh Kaluwitharana c Cronje b Elworthy 9 (13b, 2x4), Chaminda Vaas c Rhodes b Cronje 18 (16b, 2x4, 1x6), Aravinda de Silva c Boje b Elworthy 5 (9b), Marvan Atapattu c Cullinan b Symcox 19 (23b, 2x4), Arjuna Ranatunga c Boucher b Cronje 4 (8b), Roshan Mahanama c Crookes b Symcox 10 (12b, 1x4), Upul Chandana lbw Symcox 20 (23b, 2x4, 1x6), Kumara Dharmasena c Cullinan b Crookes 6 (15b), Zoysa (not out) 2 (8b), Muthiah Muralitharan (retd) 0 (0b); Extras: (lb4, w10, nb3) 17.

Total (all out, 23.4 overs) 132.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-19 (Kaluwitharana), 2-40 (Jayasuriya), 3-48 (de Silva), 4-74 (Vaas), 5-80 (Ranatunga), 6-96 (Mahanama), 7-113 (Atapattu), 8-125 (Chandana), 9-132(Dharmasena).

Bowling: Kallis 4-0-34-0, Elworthy 4-0-21-3, Rindell 1-0-13-0, Cronje 5-1-26-2, Symcox 7-0-27-3, Crookes 2.4-0-7-1.

Result: South Africa bt Sri Lanka by 92 runs

Man Of The Match: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)