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CLAIM NOWSouth Africa vs Sri Lanka, SL vs SA 2024, Today Match Prediction 05 December 2024
RSA vs SL Win Probability
Toss Winner - South Africa won the toss and choose to bat first
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs
Can Sri Lanka put an end to South Africa's dominance at home?
- South Africa has won 14 tests out of the 32 test matches played at St George's Park in Gqebera
- Kamindu Mendis with 966 runs is the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the 2023-25 WTC Cycle
- Kagiso Rabada with 36 wickets is the top wicket taker for South Africa in this WTC Cycle
South Africa to Win
| Tournament: | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2024 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Saint George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 23.3°C|Partly cloudy |
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RSA vs SL Match Prediction & Analysis
The second and final Test of the two-match Test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka is about to commence on December 5 at St George's Park in Gqebera. South Africa have taken an early 1-0 lead and have in the process, bolstered their chances of making it to their maiden WTC final by crushing the visitors by 233 runs in the Durban Test.
History was made on that day as South Africa were able to overcome their jinx and their maiden Test win against Sri Lanka in Durban. While both teams are still in contention for a spot in the WTC final, South Africa appear as strong favorites following their monumental win in the first Test.
Head-to-Head Record: South Africa and Sri Lanka share a long yet rich history in Test cricket. In their 31-year-long Test history, South Africa have emerged victorious in 17 out of 32 Tests with Sri Lanka managing to win 9 of them. But in South Africa, the tourists have only managed to win on three occasions since 1998. Furthermore, in their last five Test fixtures, South Africa managed to have the upper hand as well winning 3 out of the last 5 Tests.
Current WTC Standings: Following their emphatic 233-run win, South Africa have leapfrogged to the second position in the WTC points table and have bettered their PCT to 59.26. On the other hand, Sri Lanka were knocked off their second position and have now slipped to the fourth position with a PCT of 50.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
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106/10 in 40.1 2.64
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South Africa beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets106/3 in 22.0 4.82
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TEAMS PREVIEW
South Africa Preview
South African camp would be brewing in confidence after their famous win in Durban. Not only were they able to bury the ghosts of the 2019 Test defeat (which saw them lose the series), but the hosts have now made a statement with that win making them a force to reckon with in the WTC points table. Marco Jansen was simply unplayable in that match and delivered his career-best Test figures of 7/13 & 4/73 to power SA to a crushing win.
However, the team has been rocked by injury updates as Coetzee and Mulder have both been ruled out for the rest of the summer. Experts estimate that the teenager Kwena Maphaka may get a go in their absence while the management would also be considering either getting Dane Paterson or Senuran Muthusamy to fill the second vacant spot.
Temba Bavuma led his side from the front by scoring a defiant 70 in the first innings and saved his best for the second innings where he and Stubbs recorded a monumental 249-run stand to bat the visitors out of the game. Jansen will be the bowler to watch out for as he was the one to inflict the most amount of damage on the visitors finishing with 11 wickets in the match.
South Africa Predicted Playing XI:
Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Dane Paterson/Senuran Muthusamy, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Marco Jansen, Kwena Maphaka, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada
South Africa Key Players From Previous Game Of Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2024
South Africa Actual Playing XI:
Temba Bavuma, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada
Sri Lanka Preview
Sri Lanka walked into the series with a lot of promise but their poor show with the bat in the first innings has raised questions about their overall resilience as a unit. The Lankan seamers featuring Kumara and the two Fernandos were breathing fire and caused a lot of headaches to the Proteas batters with the new ball.
But when it was their turn to bat, Sri Lanka folded for their lowest-ever Test score of 42-10 with only two batters managing to get to double figures. From that moment, Sri Lanka were playing the catch-up game as SA batted effortlessly in the second innings and mounted a target of 516 which proved way beyond the reach of the visitors.
Following their humiliating defeat, Sri Lanka would be forced to make some changes to their lineup. Sadeera Samarawickrama, being a technically astute batter has been a consistent performer for Sri Lanka across all three formats and he could be given a green signal.
Kumara has been the most impactful bowler for the visitors so far in this series and his express pace has been his prized asset, to say the least. Kamindu has already etched his name in the record books this early in his Test career and he will have to come up with an improved game plan to tackle the South African quicks in conditions vastly alien to him.
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing XI:
Sadeera Samarawickrama, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Prabath Jayasuriya, Kusal Mendis (wk), Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara
Sri Lanka Key Players From Previous Game Of Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2024
Sri Lanka Actual Playing XI:
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Vishwa Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
We expect partially cloudy weather on all five days of the Test match with little to no rain threat. Temperatures throughout all five days are expected to be at a modest high of 27C but can drop to as low as 19C when the evening approaches. Overall, the weather is going to be warm with wind speed expected to be in the range of 20-35 km/hr.
RSA vs SL Pitch Report
The lively deck at St George's Park offers prodigious assistance to the fast bowlers in the form of sharp pace and bounce. Moreover, the ball also has a tendency to nip around off the seam when the ball is new. As the Test match starts progressing to the latter stages, the natural deterioration starts taking effect as the cracks get longer making batting in the fourth innings a very daunting affair. From a batter's standpoint, the ball will move around quite a bit both in the air and off the pitch and there will be no easy runs on offer for the most part of the Test.
Toss: To Bat
Teams batting first have a slight edge. Whilst the average first innings score batting first amounts to a healthy 312, the score drops all the way down to 156 in the fourth innings. This highlights the extraordinary difficulty of batting last and keeping this factor in mind, teams should look to bat first and refrain from the possibility of chasing. In the 32 Test matches played at this venue the team batting first won 14 matches, while the team batting second won 13 matches.
RSA vs SL
Winning Prediction
South Africa has arguably been the most difficult place for the touring teams to perform. And the prospect turns more grim when we talk about the Asian teams. The Asian teams including Sri Lanka have a horrid track record in South Africa in the Test format. Although Sri Lanka remains the only Asia team to win a Test series here, South Africa have upped their ante and look at their destructive best following their historic Test win in Durban. We expect the home side to clinch the series 2-0 and bolster their standing in the 2023-25 WTC points table.
South Africa to Win
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