South Africa elect to field against Sri Lanka in 1st ODI at Colombo

South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in their first One-Day International at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.

AB de Villiers will keep the wickets for the tourists © Getty Images

Colombo: Jul 20, 2013

South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in their first One-Day International at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.

South Africa and Sri Lanka are hoping to recover from recent setbacks in one-day cricket when they contest a five-match series starting in Colombo.

Both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy in the United Kingdom despite being rated as two of the strongest contenders in the eight-nation tournament.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Jehan Mubarak, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Shaminda Eranga, Lasith Malinga.

South Africa: Colin Ingram, Alviro Petersen, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers (c&wk), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Chris Morris, Morne Morkel

Catch live scores and ball-by-ball commentary of the first ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa here

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