South Africa bat, Jayawardene, Kulasekara back
South Africa fielded an unchanged XI in an attempt to wrap up the Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka in Hambantota. Faf du Plessis acknowledged their top-order will have to perform better than they have done thus far though, after they defended a low total on Friday.
Quinton de Kock and Henry Davids kept their places as openers with du Plessis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy making up the middle order. David Wiese, who did not get much of a chance on debut, remained the first choice allrounder ahead of Ryan McLaren and Imran Tahir was the only specialist spinner on a surface that was expected to offer more to seam bowlers.
Sri Lanka brought back Nuwan Kulasekera for the same reason and left out Jeevan Mendis, who did not bowl or make any runs in the first match. They also rested Tillakaratne Dilshan and brought back Mahela Jayawardene as part of a rotation policy. They persisted with two spinners in Ajantha Mendis and Sachithra Senanayake.
Sri Lanka: 1 Mahela Jayawardene, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Dinesh Chandimal (capt), 4 Kumar Sangakkara, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Sachithra Senanayake, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Ajantha Mendis
South Africa: 1 Henry Davids, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 David Wiese, 8 Wayne Parnell, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Imran Tahir, 11 Lonwabo Tsotsobe
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