Sri Lanka vs South Africa Match Preview: Match Details, Squads, Recent form, Head to Head and Stats

The 35th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will see an upbeat Sri Lanka lock horns with South Africa. The African nation has been knocked out of the tournament and will play for pride in their remaining games. Sri Lanka on the other hand, can still make it to the knockouts by winning all their remaining matches. They are currently placed at 7th position in the points table with an equal number of wins, losses and washouts from six outings.

For Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga came up with a terrific performance with the ball and helped his side pull of an impossible victory against hosts England at Leeds. Also, the return to form of another senior pro Angelo Mathews augurs well for the team moving forward in the tournament. They would hope that the likes of Dimuth Karunaratne, Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis contribute with the bat and help their side post competitive totals.  

Match Details:                                 

Venue: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, Durham

Time: The match will begin at 15.00 HRS IST and the toss will happen at 14.30 HRS IST.

Telecast Details: The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network and will be live streamed on Hotstar.

Squads:

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal and Milinda Siriwardana.

South Africa: Fad du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Tabrais Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius and Beuran Hendricks.

Recent Form:

Sri Lanka: Won, Lost, No Result, No Result, Won

South Africa: Lost, Lost, Won, No Result, Lost

Sri Lanka vs South Africa: Since the last World Cup, South Africa has won 14 of the 16 games against Sri Lanka.

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-76, South Africa-43, Sri Lanka-31, Tied-1, No Result-1

Previous encounter: South Africa won by 41 runs at Cape Town on 16th Mar 2019.

In World Cups: Played-5, South Africa-3, Sri Lanka-1, Tied-1

Previous encounter: South Africa won by 9 wickets at Sydney on 18th Mar 2015.

Venue Stats:

Highest total: 314 for 4 by England against Australia on 21st June 2018.

Lowest total: 99 by England against Sri Lanka on 25th May 2004.

Avg first innings score: 243

Avg second innings score: 180