An emphatic 199 run victory against South Africa on Monday at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, led Sri Lanka to record a 2-0 clean sweep which is their first series win over the Proteas since 2006. Resuming the day on 139 for 5, Rangana Herath claimed six wickets with his left-arm spin to help bowl out the visitors in 290 runs in the second session of day four, the visitors were chasing 490 for victory. The formidable spin battery of the home side ceased comforts from the touring batsmen, Rangana Herath bowled Hashim Amla relieving from strenuous 6 off 18 while Akila Dananjaya struck with double blows dismissing South Africa captain Faf du Plessis and Keshav Maharaj off successive deliveries. Theunis de Bruyn, the sole survivor of the innings, carefully constructed the century, without which the visitors might fall into deepest kind of persecution by SL bowlers, dragged the team total to near three hundred. Surviving 257 minutes in the crease, almost two and half sessions, de Bruyn faced 232 deliveries to reach 101 runs before a slender misjudgment on his part cost his wicket to Herath. Bruyn’s departure hastened the downfall for South Africa, and with a whole day and session at hand, the Proteas suffered a 199 run defeat. The pale South African show down at SSC has had one more flicker of light, Tenda Bavuma added 63 runs on the way to a 123 runs sixth wicket partnership, but none proved enough to save the tourists from humiliation. The veteran spinner Rangana Herath snared 6-98; this is the 40 years old’s flattering 34th fifth wicket haul in a match. Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne was awarded the man of the match as well as the series for his two half-centuries in Colombo as well as a ton and fifty in the first Test at Galle. Sri Lanka won the first Test in Galle by 278 runs. It was also South Africa's first Test whitewash since they went down in the island nation 2-0 in a two-match series almost 12 years ago. Score in brief: Sri Lanka 1st innings 338 all out M Gunathilaka 57, D de Silva 60, F Karunaratne 53 K Maharaj 9/129, K Rabada 1/55 South Africa 1st innings 124 all out Faf du Plessis 48, Quinton de Kock 32, Hashim Amla 19 A Dananjaya 5/52, M Perera 4/40, R Herath 1/32 Sri Lanka 2nd innings 275/5 declared F Karunaratne 85, A Mathews 71, M Gunathilaka 61 K Maharaj 3/154, L Ngidi 1/9 South Africa 2nd innings 290 all out T de Bruyn 101, T Bavuma 63, D Elgar 37 Rangana Herath 6/98, A Dananjaya 2/67, M Perera 2/90 Result: Sri Lanka won by 199 runs. Toss: Sri Lanka.