South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka 2014

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South Africa Tour of Sri Lanka 2014​

 

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Tharanga, Vithanage in SL ODI squad​

Sri Lanka have recalled batsmen Kithuruwan Vithanage and Upul Tharanga in their 16-man squad for the first two ODIs against South Africa in July. Suranga Lakmal makes a comeback after being injured during the series in England, while Kusal Perera has been included subject to fitness.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal and Chaturanga de Silva, an allrounder who bowls left-arm spin, were the players cut from the group that travelled to England. Chandimal scored only 38 runs in three ODIs on that tour, while de Silva did not get a game. The last of de Silva's five ODIs was the Asia Cup final in March.

Tharanga's most recent ODI appearance was against Ireland in Dublin in May this year, but that was his only game since July 2013, when South Africa last toured Sri Lanka. Vithanage also played the Dublin game, but was not included in the squad that beat England 3-2 in May and June.

Lakmal had sustained a hamstring tear during the first ODI of that series at The Oval and was ruled out for the remainder of the tour. He was replaced by Dhammika Prasad for the second ODI, before Rangana Herath was added to the squad as a replacement. Herath is part of the group for the home series against South Africa, but Prasad is not.

Squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne (vc), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ashan Priyanjan, Upul Tharanga, Sachithra Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal.

South Africa in Sri Lanka 2014 : Upul Tharanga, Kithuruwan Vithanage in SL ODI squad | Cricket News | Sri Lanka v South Africa | ESPN Cricinfo​

 

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Kallis to bat at No.3 against Sri Lanka

South Africa coach Russel Domingo will have Jacques Kallis bat at his preferred No.3 spot for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting July 6. Kallis, who made his comeback in the 50-over format in an ODI series against Pakistan in November last year, was shuffled in the batting-order.

"Jacques is back and he has held the No. 3 position for a long time but hasn't played a lot of ODI cricket recently so he will probably slot back into that position," Domingo, the South Africa coach told reporters. "We have a good understanding of what our batting order is going to be and we are going to try and be as consistent as possible with it."

Kallis, who batted at No. 4 twice, No. 3 and No. 6 once each in that series, has scored 7769 runs at an average of 46.52 while batting at the coveted No.3 spot. Having retired from Test matches, Kallis' prime focus remains the 2015 World Cup and the ODIs against Sri Lanka might be the ideal platform for the allrounder to get back in the thick of things.

"The guys practiced with good purpose and intensity so we are good to go in terms of getting the tour started after a bit of rain," Domingo said. "It's been hot and humid. These are some of the factors that we have to get used to in tomorrow's game. Tomorrow's game will be a good start in terms of acclimatizing to these hot conditions."



Sri Lanka v South Africa 2014 - Jacques Kallis to bat at No.3 against Sri Lanka | gocricket.com

 

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South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Jul 6, 2014

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

RSA 304/5 (50.0 Ovs)

Ryan McLaren* 22 (18)
David Miller 36 (21)

Ashan Priyanjan* 7-0-47-0
Lasith Malinga 7-0-52-0

CRR 6.08
Partnership 55(33)

Innings Break

 

[Greatkarthik]

Srilanka well on course now.
195/5 in 36 th over

 

[Greatkarthik]

Also live in ten hd

 

[Karthik]

southafrica won by 75 runs in first odi.

 

[Devesh]

Congrats to south africa

 

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Man Of The Match- Hashim Amla (RSA)