Who will win South Africa vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI?
South Africa acquired a 4-0 lead in the ongoing five-match ODI series as they beat Sri Lanka in the fourth game by 40 runs at Cape Town. The tourists will look to conclude their tour on a high when they take on the hosts for the fifth and the final one-dayer at SuperSport Park, Centurion on February 10. The match is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM local time.
SA vs SL 5th ODI: Where to watch and live streaming
TV channels: Ten Sports 1 HD and Ten 3
Live streaming: tensports and bet365
Toss
The team that wins the toss in this match may want to bat second since four of the past six ODIs at the SuperSport Park have been won by the side that has batted second. South Africa will make for an attractive bet if they happen to chase at this ground as they have emerged victors in their previous three matches here in which they have chased.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for South Africa vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI...
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Faf du Plessis suffered cramps while batting in the fourth ODI, but there is no official word as of yet on whether he will be rested for this match or not.
Key Players
Faf du Plessis smashed 185 runs in the last match which is the second-highest score in ODIs by a South African. He is currently topping the runs charts in the series and will be the batsman to watch out for along with Hashim Amla who is averaging 69 at the SuperSport Park. Wayne Parnell looks the most threatening of all with the ball. The paceman took a four-wicket haul the other night and is the leading wicket-taker in this series as well as the second-leading wicket-taker at this ground with 21 wickets from eight matches.
Recent Form
South Africa are enjoying a terrific winning streak at home with wins in their previous ten ODIs. They have been clinical in their performance right through this series and they have not allowed Sri Lanka to even have a sniff at victory in any of the matches.
South Africa Playing 11
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HM Amla, Q de Kock (wk), F du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c), JP Duminy, F Behardien, WD Parnell, D Pretorius, Imran Tahir, K Rabada, T Shamsi.
Sri Lanka Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No injuries to any of the Sri Lankan players were reported at the time of writing. The team is not expected to make any changes to their playing 11 for this upcoming match.
Key Players
Stand-in skipper Upul Tharanga struck a hundred for Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI but his valiant effort went in vain as the team fell short by 40 runs in the end. Nevertheless, he showed tremendous character along with Niroshan Dickwella who got a fifty as well. Both these openers will be the key men with the bat in this match. Nuwan Kulasekara is the most experienced of all the Sri Lankan bowlers on this tour and since the wicket is likely to offer support for the seamers, he could end up having a good day with the ball.
Recent Form
Sri Lanka are struggling to find a way out to put an end to their recent disappointing results in the 50-overs format. First, they failed to win a game in England, next they lost a home series by 1-4 against Australia and now a 0-5 whitewash at the hands of South Africa seems very much likely on the cards.
Sri Lanka Playing 11
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N Dickwella (wk), WU Tharanga (c), BKG Mendis, DS Weerakkody, DM de Silva, DAS Gunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, SS Pathirana, LD Madushanka, CBRLS Kumara, PADLR Sandakan.
Team form in last five matches (most recent first)
South Africa: W W W W W
Sri Lanka: L L L L W
South Africa vs Sri Lanka Head to Head
South Africa's win in the last match at Cape Town was their sixth successive over Sri Lanka in one-day internationals. They were last beaten by the Lankans at Pallekele in July 2014. The two teams have met at the SuperSport Park twice in the past and while the first match was won by the hosts, the second went in favor of the visitors.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Betting Odds
Sri Lanka will take heart from the fact that their batsmen were able to make a match out of what seemed to be another one-sided contest after the end of the first period of play at Cape Town. But this effort has done little to bridge the gap between the two teams as far as match odds are concerned. Sri Lanka are still distant outsiders at 9.4 with 1xbet and 8.00 with bet365 while South Africa remain overwhelming favorites to win the fifth ODI at 1.11 and 1.10 respectively.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Prediction
The fighting spirit showed by their batsmen in the last game is perhaps the only positive that Sri Lanka can look back at in this ODI series. Another thing that could fuel some confidence into the side is the fact that they defeated South Africa by 55 runs the last time they faced them at the SuperSports Park in 2009. But looking at how things have turned out in this series, the hosts seem to be way superior than the tourists. The Proteas have a very good ODI record at this ground with 23 wins from 34 matches. They have won their last five matches here and we predict them to win their sixth in a row on Friday.
Final Verdict: Back South Africa to beat Sri Lanka in the fifth ODI at 1.11 with 1xbet and 1.10 with bet365.
Feb 10, 2017
17:00 IST / 11:30 GMT
SuperSport Park - Centurion, South Africa
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