Sri Lanka vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score, 2019 World Cup: The pressure is back on Sri Lanka to follow up with a victory at Durham on Friday, and prevent South Africa getting its second win of the tournament. Things weren't looking so positive for Sri Lanka at Headingley last Friday, when Mathews held together the innings with an unbeaten 85 to help his team post 232-9. The old adage that a pitch can't be judged until both teams have batted couldn't have been proved truer than when Malinga led the demolition with four wickets as England was skittled for 212. The South Africans are one win, five losses and a washout in their seven games in a tournament that has been a struggle since Dale Steyn was ruled out, or perhaps since AB de Villiers was left out. South Africa, regularly one of the world's best in the limited-overs formats, have underachieved at World Cups in the past, but never like this.

Sri Lanka vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score, 2019 World Cup, Match 35: South Africa win toss, opt to bowl

14.56 IST: The players are out for the national anthems.

Playing XIs:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera(w), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal

South Africa (Playing XI): Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock(w), Faf du Plessis(c), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Jean-Paul Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

14.32 IST: TOSS! South Africa have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against Sri Lanka.

14.24 IST: The toss will take place in seven minutes. A big game for Sri Lanka, as a win for them would certainly put more pressure on the many teams in the race for the final four: England, Pakistan, Bangladesh, even New Zealand..

14.23 IST: Good afternoon, everyone! A warm welcome to India TV's ball-by-ball coverage of Sri Lanka's match against South Africa at Chester-le-Street.

Brief Preview: Sri Lanka will aim for nothing but a win to keep themselves alive in the ongoing World Cup when they take on South Africa at the Riverside Cricket Stadium on Friday. Sri Lanka are currently seventh in the standings with two wins and two no-results, but two points would take them straight up to fifth, just below England, who are themselves in a fight to make the last four now. South Africa, on the other hand, would aim to regain some lost pride with a consolation victory against Lanka. Since their debut in 1992, this has been the worst World Cup campaign for the Proteas as they have failed to go even past the group stage.