After weeks of intriguing cricket, we have reached the business end of the World Cup, as quarterfinals are set to kick off with South Africa locking horns with Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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The South Africa vs Sri Lanka quarterfinal match is scheduled for a 03:30 GMT (09:00 IST) start, with live streaming option HERE for India viewers. Star Sports network will telecast the match in India. Live score updates are available HERE and HERE. In Australia, FOX Sports will telecast the match live, with live streaming option HERE. Viewers can also watch the action live online HERE. Sky Sports will broadcast the game in the United Kingdom with live streaming option HERE.
South Africa might be a strong team on papers but the history is against them, and their tendency of slipping on crucial juncture is no hidden secret.
“All I can say is we’re not going to choke tomorrow,” AB de Villiers said. “We’re going to play a good game of cricket and come out on top. Simple. How do we approach it? We think we’ve just got to try and play a good game of cricket.”
“I think it’s important to focus on what we’ve been doing well and try and do that tomorrow. We have certain strengths we like to focus on and not focus too much on the opposition.”
“We’ve got to (keep things) as simple as possible,” he added. “Strike with the new ball, try and bowl them out, if we bat first get a big total and put them under pressure.”
Sri Lanka know they just have to play well and keep things simple, especially against the opponent that was beaten by India and Pakistan in the group round.
“I think that when you come to the knockout stages most of the things, most of the teams will think that you can’t afford to do mistakes or you’ll be out of the tournament,” Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews said.
“That kind of attitude is hard to get rid of. You have to play good cricket back ourselves and go out there and enjoy ourselves.”
South Africa (probable): Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c), JP Duminy, David Miller, Rilee Russouw, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir.
Sri Lanka (probable): Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews (c), Thisara Perara, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga and Suranga Lakmal.
