The Proteas are in Sri Lanka for three ODI's and three T20's. The one day matches are first and the opening contest takes place in Colombo on Thursday
All the matches on this tour will be staged at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and we begin with news of the squads.
Sri Lanka have named a 22 man squad which will be skippered by Dasun Shanaka, Dinesh Chandimal returns to the fold.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Minod Bhanuka, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Binura Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Akhila Dananjaya, Praveen Jayawickrama, Lahiru Kumara, Lahiru Madushanka, Pulina Tharanga, Maheesh Theekshana
The Proteas will be without Quinton de Kock and Miller, Ngidi and Fortuin also miss the ODI's but that quartet are expected to be available for the T20's later in the tour.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Junior Dala, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Janneman Malan, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Lizaad Williams
Recent Form
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka were in ODI action at home to India in July. They lost the first 2 matches of the series by 7 wickets and 3 wickets and gained some consolation in the final match with a 3 wicket (DLS) victory.
Just prior to that series Sri Lanka lost the first 2 matches on their tour of England by 5 wickets and 8 wickets and no result was possible in the third match.
Sri Lanka were in Bangladesh in May and they were beaten 2-1. They were in the West Indies in March and they lost all 3 matches.
South Africa
The Proteas drew 1-1 in Ireland in July. The first match was washed out, they suffered a first ever ODI defeat to Ireland in the second contest by 43 runs and then squared the series with a 70 run victory.
In April South Africa hosted Pakistan and they lost a 3 match series 2-1.
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 77 times with Sri Lanka winning 31 to South Africa's 44 with 1 tie and 1 no result.
The most recent meeting came in the World Cup in England in June 2019 and South Africa won by 9 wickets, bowling Sri Lanka out for 203 before coasting to victory.
The last series between these teams came in South Africa in March 2019 and the Proteas completed a 6-0 whitewash.
In Sri Lanka in July / August 2018 the Proteas won a 5 match series 3-2.
The Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
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The Betting
Sri Lanka are currently trading at around 27/20 to win the game and South Africa can be backed at around 4/7
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
Sri Lanka have named a very large squad and a number of starting places are probably up for grabs. I imagine Dhananjaya De Silva will almost certainly start and he returned figures of 3/44 in the final ODI against India on this ground recently which earns him the vote to be top SL bowler.
Janneman Malan was in blistering form in Ireland and will have his supporters for top SA bat given de Kock is missing from the line up. However Rassie van der Dussen is my “go to man and I'm hoping he will prove to be a better bet in these conditions.
Bets: Top SL Bowler Dhananjaya De Silva, 33/10
Top SA Bat Rassie van der Dussen, 4/1
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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
