The second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa takes place in Colombo on Saturday, the Proteas are 1-0 down in the series and have no margin for error.
All the matches on this tour will be staged at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Sri Lanka are 1-0 up with two ODI's to play.
The first match of the series was staged on Thursday and Sri Lanka won it by 14 runs. After winning the toss and opting to bat first Sri Lanka posted a total of 300/9 with opening bat Avishka Fernando top scoring with 118 including 2 of his sides 3 maximums. Asalanka also made 72 and Dhananjaya de Silva 44 and there were 3 run outs in the lower half of the order. Maharaj returned figures of 2/30 from his 10 overs, the stand out bowling performance for the Proteas.
The top 4 in the Proteas batting line up all made runs with Markram top scoring with 96. Temba Bavuma was on 38 when he had to retire hurt and the Proteas grip on the run chase started to loosen. Although van der Dussen made 59 at a run a ball the required run rate had been climbing and when Klaasen was run out for 36 game was as good as gone. The innings closed on 286/6 and all 4 of the South Africa maximums were hit by Markram. Akila Dananjaya was the only Sri Lankan bowler to take more than 1 wicket and Avishka Fernando's ton earned the Man of the Match award.
This was how the teams lined up on Thursday.
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Praveen Jayawickrama
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 78 times with Sri Lanka winning 32 to South Africa's 44 with 1 tie and 1 no result.
The Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
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The Betting
Sri Lanka are currently trading at around 11/10 to win the game and South Africa can be backed at around 8/11.
The same prices as above are quoted in the highest first 15 over total market, the Proteas are 6/10 to hit the most sixes and it's 9/10 for a century to be scored by any player in the match.
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
The Proteas let a strong position slip on Thursday and need to win both remaining matches to win the series.
I'm open minded about this one but on the betting side I'm very sweet on Dm De Silva to beat a player performance quote of 39.5 points.
Additional interest comes in the shape of Shamsi, who was below par on Thursday, to bounce back with at least 2 wickets.
Bets: Player performance Dm De Silva over 39.5 points at 17/20
Total Wickets, Shamsi over 1.5 at 11/10
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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
