Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo .… re Sri Lanka vs South Africa … at Providence, 10.30am local … “Big picture: Recent form against South Africa” …. The power of South Africa against the variety of Sri Lanka”
It is possible that both Sri Lanka and South Africa kind of suck. Since the start of 2023, South Africa have lost nine of the 11 completed T20Is they have played. Most recently, they were thrashed 3-0 by West Indies. None of those results were close. Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup ten years ago, and for several years before that were arguably the best T20 outfit on the planet, have never really got close to making the semi-final of a limited-overs global trophy since then. They have won their last three T20I series in a row. However, those were against a Bangladesh team missing some key players, Afghanistan minus Rashid Khan, and Zimbabwe, who have not even qualified for this tournament.Fair to say neither Sri Lanka nor South Africa come in with a lot of expectation.
