After hammering Sri Lanka in the first three ODI's, after loss the series Proteas will now look to win fourth match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on Wednesday, August 8. The hosts' record against South Africa in the last 11 ODI matches is pretty disappointing as they've now lost all eleven games against them. Now the South Asian nation need a win, only to gain some confidence.
In their recent encounter on August 5, south Africa put 363/7 big total against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka managed to reach just 285/10 on the board. And defeat by 78 runs.
South Africa: The visitors went into this series on the back of a 0-2 drubbing in tests against hosts and are now getting themselves back on the winning track with comfortable wins in the First three ODI's at Pallekele. After winning the first three fixtures without even breaking a sweat, they would be tempted to stick with the same winning combination. The got the hero(Reeza Hendricks) in place of Markram. Reeza Hendricks play fantastic knock in last ODI.
Expected Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (C), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Willem Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks.
Sri Lanka: The hosts have been outplayed in all three facets of the game and they have not been able to push Proteas at all in this series. With the bat, Kusal Perera start well in all match but he fail to convert his start in to big and Thisara Perera is good and in the last game he take 4 wicket respectively in the first game. Skipper Mathews will want these batsmen to continue their good form. Though they have got some individual performances but they haven't been able to click as a unit which has been the main reason behind Sri Lanka's loss in both fixtures.
With the ball, Thisara Peers was good in the last match for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka fight good in last match but this was so big so they can't reach to this this score.
Expected Playing XI: Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews(c) , Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara.
In their recent encounter on August 5, south Africa put 363/7 big total against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka managed to reach just 285/10 on the board. And defeat by 78 runs.
Expected Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (C), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Willem Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks.
Sri Lanka: The hosts have been outplayed in all three facets of the game and they have not been able to push Proteas at all in this series. With the bat, Kusal Perera start well in all match but he fail to convert his start in to big and Thisara Perera is good and in the last game he take 4 wicket respectively in the first game. Skipper Mathews will want these batsmen to continue their good form. Though they have got some individual performances but they haven't been able to click as a unit which has been the main reason behind Sri Lanka's loss in both fixtures.
With the ball, Thisara Peers was good in the last match for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka fight good in last match but this was so big so they can't reach to this this score.
Expected Playing XI: Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews(c) , Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara.