The first quarter-final of 2015 cricket world cup will be taking place between South Africa and Sri Lanka on 18 March. You must be eager to watch this SL vs SA first quarter-final to know which team will go through semi-finals. Hence we have got a list of broadcasters in your area where you can watch live telecast and streaming of South Africa vs Sri Lanka match.
Match Talks
This is the fifth occasion when Sri Lanka and South Africa are going to face each other in a cricket world cup match. Before this both teams met four teams in which Proteas team defeated Sri Lanka two times. SL managed to win only one time whereas one match was ended at draw between these two nations.
Sri Lanka and South Africa both teams are in great form and they have got similar kind of performance in the competition. Both teams won 4-4 matches each in the tournament and lost 2-2 games against strong opponents. SL lost against Australia and New Zealand whereas SA failed to win against India and Pakistan.
South Africa team has been struggling with their fifth bowling option in this tournament whereas Sri Lanka are also facing issues with bowling. Sri-Lankan bowlers are not in good form so as Proteas. One thing common between these two sides as their batting has been performing well in 2015 ICC world cup.
Expected Playing XIs
| Sri Lanka | South Africa |
| Angelo Mathews | AB de Villiers |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | Quinton de Kock |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Hashim Amla |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Faf du Plessis |
| Mahela Jayawardene | David Miller |
| Thisara Perara | Farhaan Behardien |
| Kusal Perera | JP Duminy |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | Vernon Philander |
| Lasith Malinga | Imran Tahir |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | Morne Morkel |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Dale Steyn |
Live Telecast and Streaming
In Sri Lanka, cricket fans can watch live telecast of SL vs SA match on Star Sports network. Channel Eye will also broadcast this match free to air in Sri Lanka. If you are not able to watch this match on your television set, you can tune to internet as Starsports.com will be streaming live cricket match between South Africa and Sri-Lanka in Sri Lanka.
In South Africa, cricket lovers can watch live broadcast of SA vs SL match on SuperSport. South African broadcasting Corporation will telecast this quarter-final match-1 free to air. If you can’t watch this game on your TV, then you can watch South Africa vs Sri Lanka live streaming online on Supersport.
If you are living in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Fiji, Europe, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan then you can watch live streaming of Sri Lanka vs South Africa match on Starsport.com. Fox Sports will be broadcasting and streaming this match live in Australia.
The match has been scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time and 3:30 GMT. The live match score and latest updates can be taken from espncricinfo.
As per our predictions, South Africa is favorite to win this match. What do you say about it?
