The mighty Australia and Sri Lanka are ready to face each other fro the third and final last match of the three-match test series. These both will meet on August 13 at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo.
WHERE TO WATCH
Ten Sports
TIMING
10:00 AM
TOSS
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first
Australia Team Preview
The Australian are now on the verge of losing their No 1 Test ranking if will lose this match. Meanwhile, Steven Smith led side has performed to failed with the bat as the batsman of this team never looked comfortable against the Rangana Herath.
Their condition is that much poor of Australian batsman that neither of them has managed to score a fifty in this series. The biggest disappointment for this team is the failure of David Warner, Steven Smith and Adam Voges.
Also, the likes of Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja has been sidelined for this test match on the back of failure in last two matches.
The elder brother of Mitchell Marsh has replaced Joe Burns and Moises Henriques replaced Usman Khawaja.
Apart from this, the Steve Smith will walk this match with no further changes. Meanwhile, Australia opener has been brilliant throughout this series, especially 25 years old Mitchell Starc. The left-arm pacer has swung the ball in both ways and he is well supported by Josh Hazelwood.
Well, Australia batsman needs to score run to provide some help to their pacers. Two or three good sessions will help Australia to bounce back.
AUSTRALIA PLAYING XI
David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith(c), Adam Voges, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill(w), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland, Nathan Lyon
Sri Lanka Team Preview
The Angelo Matthews team has been brilliant in the first two test matches, especially after coming back from England losing all the test matches.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has already sealed this test matches and now will enter this test match for giving the whitewash to the No. 1 Test matches.
For Lanka, Kushal Mendis has been terrific with the bat. This 22-year-old batsman has shown us that he has the potential to be the new No 3 for Sri Lanka in all the three format.
The Sri Lanka has inform players but they their top order has failed to fire and Sri Lanka will expect them to fire. Sri Lanka has made two changes Suranga Lakmal comes in place of Vishwa Fernando.
SRI LANKA PLAYING XI
Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews(c), Dinesh Chandimal(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Lakshan Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal.
PREDICTION
Sri Lanka is expected to win this match.
