The scripts for both amateur so far were appreciably similar, and accomplish Sri Lanka's botheration clear. South Africa batted first, stumbled early, afresh surged late. Sri Lanka aswell absent aboriginal wickets, but were kept in the coursing by Kumar Sangakkara. In the end he could not atone for his team-mates' abstention and South Africa won handily. Sri Lanka's adolescent batsmen accept been beneath burden throughout the tour, and accept abundantly misfired. If they cannot aggregation a achievement aces of the acceptance afforded in them by the selectors, the aggregation will accept could cause to commence on some body searching.
Their opponents, meanwhile, accept assuredly appear to agreement with the clip of the pitches in Sri Lanka and assume to aswell accept managed to get a anchor on Ajantha Mendis' variations. South Africa accept been ambulatory in the acreage beneath Faf du Plessis, who has had a adroitness for application his bowlers cleverly, and Imran Tahir's admittance has aswell accustomed the advance a ambit that it lacked in the ODIs.
Though the chat "revenge" has developed back-number in sport, South Africa will be out to accomplish their tour's angle a little added even, with a third advantageous performance. The bung will be important again, but for the aboriginal time back accession in Sri Lanka, they ability even be favourites to win the match.
Form guide
(most contempo first, endure 5 completed matches)
Sri Lanka: LLWWW
South Africa: WWLWL
Players to watch
Thisara Perera was able with both bat and brawl in the ODI series, but has alone bowled one over in the Twenty20 series, and has not been at his atomic best with the bat. There is allocution that he is the a lot of underutilised amateur in the Sri Lanka team, batting as low as he does, but if he is to move added up, he will accept to play match-winning cameos with added bendability than he manages now.
David Miller has been a part of South Africa's added adequate batsmen in Sri Lanka's altitude throughout the tour, and has not been too shy to advance the aforementioned spinners who wreaked calamity on the men about him. His 36 off 21 in the endure bout aerial South Africa to their aboriginal arduous absolute of the tour, and he may be key to their hopes again, if the misfiring top adjustment avalanche cheaply.
Pitch and conditions
The Hambantota Stadium's black gusts had a above aftereffect on Sunday, with batsmen acrimonious assertive areas of the arena to hit to, and beat bowlers benefiting from some added assistance. The wind has been a affection of the arena back its debut, as has the angle that has accurate difficult for batsmen. 
The acclimate is accepted to be accomplished for the match.
Team news
It is difficult to adumbrate whether Sri Lanka will stick with their plan to play alone three chief batsmen. The anticipation of getting whitewashed ability activation them to play their best XI, but Kusal Perera aswell showed signs of accomplishment some anatomy in his 21 in the endure match, if he was accustomed abominably accustomed out. There is aswell a adventitious Lahiru Thirimanne is the man to accomplish way.
Sri Lanka (probable): 1. Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2. Mahela Jayawardene/Kusal Perera, 3. Dinesh Chandimal (c), 4. Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5. Angelo Mathews, 6. Lahiru Thirimanne, 7. Thisara Perera, 8. Nuwan Kulasekara, 9. Sachithra Senanayake, 10. Lasith Malinga, 11. Ajantha Mendis
South Africa will not wish to meddle with their attack, and admitting Henry Davids and Quinton de Kock accept not denticulate runs at the top of the order, they are acceptable to abide in the ancillary as well.
South Africa (probable): 1. Quinton de Kock (wk), 2. Henry Davids, 3. Faf du Plessis (c), 4. JP Duminy, 5. AB de Villiers, 6. David Miller, 7. David Wiese, 8. Wayne Parnell, 9. Morne Morkel, 10. Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 11. Imran Tahir
