Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, 4th ODI: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

Sri Lanka and Pakistan’s one-day international series moves into the fourth of five games, with the visitors holding a 2-1 lead after a win last time out.

Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Date: Wednesday, July 22

Start time: 2:30 p.m. local time, 10 a.m. BST

Live on: Ten Cricket and PTV Sports (Pakistan), Rupavahini Corporation (Sri Lanka), Zee Cinema (UK—subscription required)

Weather: According to Weather.com, Colombo may be in for some scattered thunderstorms, with temperatures peaking around 30 degrees Celsius.

Overview

In the third ODI, Pakistan looked dominant with both bat and ball as they beat Sri Lanka by 135 runs to go up 2-1 in the series.

The visitors batted first and reached 317-4 from their 50 overs, thanks to 77 from Sarfraz Ahmed and 54 from Mohammad Hafeez.

There were also useful cameos from Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali and Shoaib Malik, with Mohammad Rizwan also playing a typically aggressive knock.

In reply, Sri Lana subsided to 181 all out in 41.1 overs, with only Lahiru Thirimanne passing 50 as he made 56.

However, he received little other support, while Yasir Shah took 4-29 for Pakistan with his leg-spin.

It was a good win for the away side, but they face a tougher task as Mohammad Hafeez has been banned from bowling for a year.

Their options may be cut down by one, but Pakistan’s bowling is still plentiful, and their batsmen all look in good form after their last showing.

Team News

Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Milinda Siriwardana, Ashan Priyanjan, Nuwan Pradeep, Thisara Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake, Seekkuge Prasanna, Sachith Pathirana.

 
Pakistan

Azhar Ali (capt), Mukhtar Ahmed, Ahmed Shezad, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Bilal Asif, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Ehsan Adil, Rahat Ali.

Key Players

Lahiru Thirimanne

Last time out, the only Sri Lankan batsman to truly profit was Lahiru Thirimanne, who made 56 at No. 3 in the batting order.

It was a good showing amid the rubble of his side’s innings, and Thirimanne will be hopeful of more of the same in this game.

Yasir Shah

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah looked in very good form for Pakistan as he took 4-29 in 10 overs to hustle Sri Lanka to defeat.

Shah continues to profit on the pitches of Sri Lanka and has quickly assumed the mantle of Pakistan’s primary spinner in all forms of the game.