Match #4- Sri Lanka vs South Africa (D)- June 3rd, New York— Group D

[ashley bach]

Can't afford to floor chances no matter how difficult they are. Great over though and Shanaka is robbed of a double-wicket maiden.

 

[Stefan9]

Having seen both sides bat now its clear this pitch is not up to international standard never mind for a world cup.

 

[Nintendo]

15(30) and dropped a sitter. Not a great start for mendis.

 

[trundler]

I too came here to curse Mendis for dropping a sitter. Awful.

 

[Stefan9]

Why did they send stubbs in? He's just had a brilliant IPL batting 6 and smashing in the death. Now he's gonna walk out there on an absolute ****tip, nick off early and shoot his confidence early in the tournament. Brainless stuff.

Edit: Mendis dropped him as I said that.

Also had a brilliant SA20 batting at 4. Of the 3 he is the better first class player so makes sense to send him instead of Klaassen or Miller.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Brought in Shanaka and immediately takes a wicket of the opposition's captain. Genius.

Yeah I mean defending this they need that one over where someone gonna pick up three wickets. Guys like Shanaka and Mathews likely to pick one or at best two

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yeah I mean defending this they need that one over where someone gonna pick up three wickets. Guys like Shanaka and Mathews likely to pick one or at best two

You have a point here.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shanaka finally 1-1

@ashley bach

 

[trundler]

Yeah I mean defending this they need that one over where someone gonna pick up three wickets. Guys like Shanaka and Mathews likely to pick one or at best two

Pathirana bowls too full and straight to get the most out of this wicket imo.

 

[Nintendo]

Probably gonna take a wicket while i'm typing this, but not a fan of giving shanaka a second here. The fields spread, bring yourself on hasaranga. FFS your the best bowler in the side. This is reminding me of that game AFG played vs ind in the world cup where rashid refused to bring himself on for 15 overs defending a small target and the game was dead by the time he came on.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

It's been observed that Jomboy typically exudes enthusiasm in his cricket breakdown videos. However, during commentary, his energy seems subdued, and he appears to be missing the usual vibrancy. Additionally, the interplay between the other commentators seems to be lacking.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pathirana bowls too full and straight to get the most out of this wicket imo.

I'd take hasaranga himself or even theekshana then

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I think Sadeera is a better gloveman than Kusal Mendis.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

This is bullshit

 

[Silver Silva]

This is such an extreme change from the IPL highways we were accustomed to a month .T20 cricket played in the trenches

 

[Silver Silva]

Chaminda Vaas would have been a nightmare to play on this deck

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This is such an extreme change from the IPL highways we were accustomed to a month .T20 cricket played in the trenches

And it meshes well with the tug-of-war of test cricket. You relish a good contest, especially in challenging conditions for the batting side/batriarchy.

 

[Nintendo]

Is this pitch unsafe? There's not extreme variable bounce for the pacers, but the bounce on some of these pathirana balls from the lengths he's bowling is worrying.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

This is such an extreme change from the IPL highways we were accustomed to a month .T20 cricket played in the trenches

They want to give american audience taste of all three format in one tournament

 

[Molehill]

Is this pitch unsafe? There's not extreme variable bounce for the pacers, but the bounce on some of these pathirana balls from the lengths he's bowling is worrying.

Unsafe for anyone wanting to be entertained. Terrible pitch.