***Official*** South Africa in Sri Lanka 2014

[viriya]

Dilruwan not letting me sleep in peace.

 

[Maximas]

Can't help but think Lakmal is only on to create a bit of rough

 

[akilana]

Where did I mention anything about last year? Dire posting.



Incidentally I always rated him (and my posts from multiple years ago would back that up), however there was a definite perception that he was a downhill skiier.

Lol

 

[Riggins]

We'll see, breaking the next few partnerships is going to be the tough part though

is this on tv, or is it on 'tv'?

 

[Maximas]

'tv'

 

[Stapel]

I came here to post that I think Amla is possibly the most suited batsman to 3 I have ever seen, but note Riggins has made a similar post. Even though Ponting and Dravid were obviously (for now) superior batsmen to Amla, almost feel like Amla's defend/consolidate/counter-attack gears are better than those 2.

Ponting batted after Hayden/Langer. Dravid batted after Sehwag/Gambhir. Amla bats after...., uhm, well, have to look that up.

 

[Gowza]

smith for a good while...

 

[auditor]

I need over 250 +

 

[Riggins]

I love watching blokes like Amla who are usually so free-flowing just completely getting rid of their back-lift and deadbatting the **** out of everything. Glorious.

 

[Riggins]

**** that horn in the crowd is annoying.

 

[auditor]

**** that horn in the crowd is annoying.

 

[Stapel]

smith for a good while...

Sure, but you need two batsmen for a stable 50+ opening average.
Smith did well in opening partnerships with Gibbs, before Amla was there, I reckon.

 

[Maximas]

Dropping Amla throughout this match could end up ultimately costing us a win

 

[Gowza]

Sure, but you need two batsmen for a stable 50+ opening average.
Smith did well in opening partnerships with Gibbs, before Amla was there, I reckon.

gibbs was also there for a few years, up until 2008. amla started in 2004.

 

[OverratedSanity]

26 overs since lunch. Holy ****.

At this rate, 200 overs in the day

 

[auditor]

hadi: "if SL don't win this, it will be solely because of late declaration! Mathews already had lost one against Pakistan in UAE for negative cricket, I'm sure he wouldn't want to lose this because he left declaration for too late"

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Finally got the 'tv' to work. Been hanging out to watch this for a while

 

[Stapel]

Not going anywhere, this.......

Current partnership 19 runs, 17.2 overs, RR: 1.09 (Amla 9, de Villiers 9)

 

[cnerd123]

How much would Amla average if he had been caught all the time he has been dropped?

Hard to recall another current day player who has been dropped as much as he has. I'd love to see the stats for this if possible - batsman most dropped since the early 2000s, highest drops per innings ratio, etc.

Amla ABDV Steyn; three future RSA ATGs in the same XI, whereas Sri Lanka have Mahela, Sanga and Mathews. And then high quality players like Herath, Morkel, Faf, Duminy, Philander...history is going to look back on this series as a pretty good one.

 

[YorksLanka]

I must say that I have been very impressed with Dilruwan..He has bowled really well and actually outbowled Herath- which is not an easy thing to do. Hopefully he satys fit and he looks like a worthy future replacement for Rangana.