Today there is a t20 match between Sri Lanka and South Africa. It is the first t20 match of 3 t20 matches. Sri Lanka won the Odi series. It will help them to enrich their ICC ranking. Dinesh Chandimal takes the responsibility of captainship from Angelo Matthews for the T2o games. Nuwan Kulasekara and Jeevan Mendis are back in the Sri Lankan squad.
Ajanta Mendis, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeevan Mendis and Dilshan are ready for their great Spin. Captain Dinesh Chandimal can use those spinner as a tram card. Lasith Malinga is one of the best T20 bowlers, he can rule the field.
Match: 1st T20 Sri Lanka vs South Africa
Date: Friday, 2 August, 2013
Start time: 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka squad:
LD Chandimal,KC Sangakkara,DPMD Jayawardene,TM Dilshan,KMDN Kulasekara,SL Malinga,BAW Mendis,AD Mathews,RAS Lakmal,NLTC Perera,HDRL Thirimanne,BMAJ Mendis,MDKJ Perera,Sachithra Senanayake,AK Perera
South Africa squad:
Faf du Plessis,AB de Villiers,M Morkel,JP Duminy,LL Tsotsobe,WD Parnell,R McLaren,H Davids,RK Kleinveldt,DA Miller,AM Phangiso,Imran Tahir,Farhaan Behardien,CH Morris,Quinton de Kock,David Wiese
Umpire: REJ Martinesz and RR Wimalasiri
TV umpire: RSA Palliyaguruge
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Reserve umpire: TH Wijewardene