ICC Cricket Quarter Final: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
South Africa Proteas face Sri Lanka tomorrow 03:30 AM 18 March 2015.
South Africa Proteas face Sri Lanka tomorrow 03:30 AM 18 March 2015.
The first quarterfinal is a classic showdown between Sri Lanka’s sinewy grace and South Africa’s grim determination
AB de Villiers has promised his team won’t choke on the morrow, but previous South African captains have made similar utterances with the same conviction and yet been left holding their heads in despair. Four losses in five knockout games in the World Cup – the other was a tie – can’t be a coincidence.
This time around, South Africa has adopted a different tack – less analysis, less cluttering of the mind, less talk and chatter going into the game, indeed less practice and top-up on match eve. So the players took the day off from training on Tuesday; they met up for a team dinner Monday night, went out and about with families and kids on Tuesday morning, the cricket kits left behind in their dressing room at the SCG to gather a little bit of dust. Whether the unusual approach will bear fruit, only time will tell.
South Africa Team: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (capt), David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, JP Duminy, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Farhaan Behardien, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso, Wayne Parnell.
Sri Lanka Team: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Upul Tharanga, Sachithra Senanayake, Suranga Lakmal.
Click on each SA players name below for full cricket bio
- AB de Villiers C
- Hashim Amla
- Kyle Abbott
- Farhaan Behardien
- Quinton de Kock W
- JP Duminy
- Francois du Plessis
- Imran Tahir
- David Miller
- Morne Morkel
- Wayne Parnell
- Aaron Phangiso
- Vernon Philander
- Rilee Rossouw
- Dale Steyn
More information about the team HERE
via ICC-cricket
