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*Official* Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12
- Thread starter Daemon
- Start date
Yes. South Africa were pathetic though. The batting and bowling over 50 overs was below par.
Briony
International Debutant
And according to the commentators, 80% of the teams batting second at this venue win. Odd move perhaps from AB but really SA is a shyte fielding team with even AB as keeper fumbling key chances. Its decision to rest key players obviously backfired. Certainly SL has been disappointing though with nearly all the pitches on this tour playing into their hands because of their benign nature. Looks like SA has to recast its team if it wants to be consistently successful. Parnell is too expensive, Ingram looks ordinary and Peterson is always up and down. Philander doesn't look like a limited overs bowler.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
well Sri Lanka's batting was good too
longtom
School Boy/Girl Captain
It was - and all credit to them.well Sri Lanka's batting was good too
However - fielding by SA was very poor, the bowling below par at this level and the batting listless to careless. They are experimenting so seeing how the second string could fit in in times of need. Need to experiment more me thinks ....
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
I thought they batted well to put up that sort of total although I did see us start quite well. Watched in the pub until Sanga got out. Chandimal came in looking good but without Mahela this didn't look winnable at all. Gave up, left the pub and went clubbing. Dropped in here just to see how bad it all was and ended up surprised. Cool story huh?
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
I am glad they experimented..I am glad Steyn didn't play.It was - and all credit to them.
However - fielding by SA was very poor, the bowling below par at this level and the batting listless to careless. They are experimenting so seeing how the second string could fit in in times of need. Need to experiment more me thinks ....
From South Africa's perspective, I have always felt that the bowling attack was a bit too reliant on Steyn and Morkel..and Morkel has been below par this year.. and then Philander came into the test side and it looked like South Africa can win test matches even if Steyn is unfit or not at his best.
But now they need to do that for the ODI side and give games to blokes like Parnell and Tsotsobe. or if there are other fast bowlers then give them games because ideally you don't want Steyn to be playing every game and breaking down. South Africa have to develop a bowling unit that can pick up wickets and win games without Steyn.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Was Mahela dropped?
longtom
School Boy/Girl Captain
Back injury - out for some time - certainly for the last game of the series.
Briony
International Debutant
Injured, hoping to be available for Australia tri-series but he's done stuff all on this tour anyway so they were probably better off without him.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
exactly
Nomanculture
School Boy/Girl Captain
Finally a win! Can't believe they kept Perera out till it's too late. Dumb selectors over-played him in the wrong format, and then took those performances as a basis to judge his LO skills. 
Good to see Dilshan playing with freedom again. Sanga should pay more respect to SA fielders and he'll be able score more. Hopefully we can repeat this performance in the 5th ODI as well.
SA showed signs of choke here and there, no surprise, but more than that they missed a good death/economical bowler in Botha I guess.
Good to see Dilshan playing with freedom again. Sanga should pay more respect to SA fielders and he'll be able score more. Hopefully we can repeat this performance in the 5th ODI as well.
SA showed signs of choke here and there, no surprise, but more than that they missed a good death/economical bowler in Botha I guess.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Definitely agree about Parnell and I do about Philander to an extent too, but who actually should be close to the ODI team if they were going to rest the blokes they did? Aside from the other two spinners anyway.
Nomanculture
School Boy/Girl Captain
Last time SA toured SL for a bilateral tournament (2003/04) they were whitewashed 5-0. Now us Sri Lankans can be somewhat satisfied that SA couldn't give it back this time around.
A question for SA fans: Don't you people think you're missing AB the out fielder? If he weren't the wk in the 4th ODI, I think the result would have been very different. Whatever happened to Morne van Wyk? (He kept wickets in the WC I think)
A question for SA fans: Don't you people think you're missing AB the out fielder? If he weren't the wk in the 4th ODI, I think the result would have been very different. Whatever happened to Morne van Wyk? (He kept wickets in the WC I think)
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Tell me about it..I hate this concept.. I don't believe that the value an extra batsman would bring in a 50 over game is worth not having your best fielder field.
popepouri
State Vice-Captain
Botha, Theron, De Lange, Frylinck? Feel sorry for Rusty who hasn't done much wrong with this international career. Also, they played 5 POC in the last game so fulfilling the quota shouldn't be a problem.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah Theron is a fair enough shout.