The top eight teams are now ready play in the knockout stage to begin with Sri Lanka's vs South Africa in the first quarterfinal of the ICC World Cup on Wednesday.On one hand where South Africa will be eager to win their first knockout match, Sri Lanka will be counting on their World Cup experience.By the end of Wednesday we will know who among AB de Villiers and Kumar Sangakkara is going home before the last week of the tournament.
South Africa will need Hashim Amla to play an anchoring effort. Of the batsmen left in the tournament, AB de Villiers is the only one besides Sangakkara to have logged more than 400 runs so far.The teams have experienced batsmen who can deliver on the big stage but with a more balanced bowling attack.AB's pace battery including old mate Dale Steyn will try its best to curb Sanga, but if the class of the left-hander prevails against the three pacers, he might feast on the likes of mediocre spinners Imran Tahir and JP Duminy. The outcome of the Wednesday thriller is likely to hinge on issues like these and it's anybody's guess who will be the last man standing.
South Africa can fancy themselves of achieving that dream first win in a World Cup play-off game.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. Imran Tahir provides both versatility and penetration in the middle overs, and neither the rest of the batting group nor the rest of the bowling pack is a liability. As ever, South Africa wears the look of a champion side.
Sri Lanka has been here many times in the past.Kumar Sangakkara has a tournament high of 496 runs, including four centuries, from six league games while opener Tillakaratne Dilshan is just five runs shy of the 400-run mark. Lahiru Thirimanne has contributed to the Sri Lankan top-order looking the most productive in the tournament.Sangakkara is the man of the tournament so far, four hundreds in a row and all that, Tillakaratne Dilshan is batting beautifully, Jayawardene has hardly got a hit and Lasith Malinga is peaking quite beautifully.The only batsman who hasn't got a hit yet is Mahela Jaywardene, but the Lankans know that the experience of the maestro holds them in good stead in a game like this.
Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock(w), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers(c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Farhaan Behardien, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews(c), Kushal Janith Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Upul Tharanga.
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South Africa will need Hashim Amla to play an anchoring effort. Of the batsmen left in the tournament, AB de Villiers is the only one besides Sangakkara to have logged more than 400 runs so far.The teams have experienced batsmen who can deliver on the big stage but with a more balanced bowling attack.AB's pace battery including old mate Dale Steyn will try its best to curb Sanga, but if the class of the left-hander prevails against the three pacers, he might feast on the likes of mediocre spinners Imran Tahir and JP Duminy. The outcome of the Wednesday thriller is likely to hinge on issues like these and it's anybody's guess who will be the last man standing.
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South Africa can fancy themselves of achieving that dream first win in a World Cup play-off game.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. Imran Tahir provides both versatility and penetration in the middle overs, and neither the rest of the batting group nor the rest of the bowling pack is a liability. As ever, South Africa wears the look of a champion side.
Sri Lanka has been here many times in the past.Kumar Sangakkara has a tournament high of 496 runs, including four centuries, from six league games while opener Tillakaratne Dilshan is just five runs shy of the 400-run mark. Lahiru Thirimanne has contributed to the Sri Lankan top-order looking the most productive in the tournament.Sangakkara is the man of the tournament so far, four hundreds in a row and all that, Tillakaratne Dilshan is batting beautifully, Jayawardene has hardly got a hit and Lasith Malinga is peaking quite beautifully.The only batsman who hasn't got a hit yet is Mahela Jaywardene, but the Lankans know that the experience of the maestro holds them in good stead in a game like this.
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Teams for Sri Lanka vs South Africa(1st Quater Final):
South Africa:
Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock(w), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers(c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Farhaan Behardien, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott.
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Sri Lanka:
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews(c), Kushal Janith Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Upul Tharanga.
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