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*Official* Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12
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Nomanculture
School Boy/Girl Captain
Thanks for the info. I missed that news during the Aussie series.
LOL some earning that must have been! How were the odds like?
Nomanculture
School Boy/Girl Captain
Chandimal is expected to play on Tuesday despite the injury. Actually it's only a bruise. Hopefully it won't affect his batting and wicket keeping.
I think Prasad will replace Perera for the third Test, provided that Prasad is deemed fit for Test cricket. But then again there's high chance that they'll go with the 'winning combination'. TBH I don't see Perera making anything happen with the ball in Tests. Doesn't justify his batting position at no.8 either.
The bigger selection problem is with South African bowling attack though. Whom to drop for Philander? de Lange must play after his top class showing, meaning that either Morkel or Tahir will face the guillotine. I hear that Newlands is the most spinner friendly track in SA, so Tahir's prospects look brighter. But then again, going by what happened in the 47 match, has the track suddenly turned a corner?
I think Prasad will replace Perera for the third Test, provided that Prasad is deemed fit for Test cricket. But then again there's high chance that they'll go with the 'winning combination'. TBH I don't see Perera making anything happen with the ball in Tests. Doesn't justify his batting position at no.8 either.
The bigger selection problem is with South African bowling attack though. Whom to drop for Philander? de Lange must play after his top class showing, meaning that either Morkel or Tahir will face the guillotine. I hear that Newlands is the most spinner friendly track in SA, so Tahir's prospects look brighter. But then again, going by what happened in the 47 match, has the track suddenly turned a corner?
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MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Quit while you're ahead, is my advice.
Nomanculture
School Boy/Girl Captain
Any chance of SA going with 4 specialist seamers?
AlwaysProteas
U19 12th Man
Tahir has taken 5 wickets at 202 and quite honestly bowled worse than that. I'm wondering whether introducing a spinner against a subcontinent team on SA track whose job isn't to contain is a good idea or not.
Briony
International Debutant
You'd expect that will be the end of Prince unless SA go back to the future with their selections for the tours in NZ and England. They do seem loath to pick young batting talent, if indeed the young batsmen are there to justify selection.
Interesting that there's been criticism of defensive fields to Tahir but it seems when someone is bowling so many four balls there must be protection in the deep. Sans Philander all of SA's bowlers seemed to be attacking which meant runs were leaked on a regular basis.
Interesting that there's been criticism of defensive fields to Tahir but it seems when someone is bowling so many four balls there must be protection in the deep. Sans Philander all of SA's bowlers seemed to be attacking which meant runs were leaked on a regular basis.
The weather in Cape Town will get better but will still remain cloudy. So I guess bad light will get rid of so many overs.
10 Day Weather Forecast for Cape Town - weather.com
10 Day Weather Forecast for Cape Town - weather.com
SeamUp
International Coach
Bad light shouldn't be an issue in Cape Town unless its raining/close to raining on a day of the test match at the end of the day.
Otherwise, partly cloudy or sunny...you will get all 90 overs in.
smash84
The Tiger King
This
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Just when he started getting paid a bit too. Awful luck.seems Fernando is out with an injury, never thought there would be a day that I would be disappointed that he did not make the SL side.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Is this a serious post?
Briony
International Debutant
Chandimal and Fernando in doubt, the latter seemed to be limping at the end of the Durban match. de Lange misses out for Philander. The expensive and ineffective Tahir retained. Rudolph will bat at #6 but you imagine if he fails it will spell the end of his career.
If the SA batting fails here it's surely time to turn to some young talent, though like Australia their cupboard may be somewhat bare as they seem to turn to veterans like Rudolph, Prince and Petersen when in need of a replacement. Duminy is one but struggles agains the short-pitched ball. Perhaps they might showcase a youngster during the ODIs.
If the SA batting fails here it's surely time to turn to some young talent, though like Australia their cupboard may be somewhat bare as they seem to turn to veterans like Rudolph, Prince and Petersen when in need of a replacement. Duminy is one but struggles agains the short-pitched ball. Perhaps they might showcase a youngster during the ODIs.
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