*Official* Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011/12

[Migara]

Why point wasn't that he's never done it before, my point was that he's starting to dispel his critics by scoring more important knocks away from home, which he is.

He has done his part. Others were not good enough. he averages 45 away from SC and 62 as a pure batsman. There is no substance to say that he has not played important knocks outside SC

 

[Furball]

He has done his part. Others were not good enough. he averages 45 away from SC and 62 as a pure batsman. There is no substance to say that he has not played important knocks outside SC

How many of these important knocks saved Sri Lanka from defeat?

 

[Garson007]

Sold out day 1, good crowd yesterday and no one turned up today as the forecast was bad and the home side got bowled out for 160 odd on a good batting track. Don't blame them.

The crowd there is generally weak, though. It's only when India plays there that we get lots of people in, but then it's a bunch of South African Indians supporting India.

 

[Prince EWS]

How many of these important knocks saved Sri Lanka from defeat?

Meh it's not his fault if the rest of his team plays poorly; shouldn't matter. He's only one player.

 

[Lostman]

Is it too late to make a Gilchrist vs Chandimal thread?

 

[Prince EWS]

Is it too late to make a Gilchrist vs Chandimal thread?

Haha; I doubt Chandimal will keep the gloves for that long though. Make a Chandimal v Sangakkara or Chandimal v de Villiers thread.

Another win for CPL though. Has been calling a lot of guns early lately.

 

[Lostman]

How many of these important knocks saved Sri Lanka from defeat?

2 this year alone, and against NZ in 06, against Australia it was a one man show.
Given the few oppurtunites Sl has outside SC, this is a lot.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Chandimal > Bradman

 

[Pothas]

Is Steyn injured or something?

 

[Pothas]

Oh no obviously not

 

[Lostman]

Chandimal > Bradman

Does have a higher average, so valid point.

 

[ganeshran]

Sanga's drop turned out to be a costly mistake. He made the Saffers pay bigtime.

 

[ganeshran]

Does have a higher average, so valid point.

Longevity is overrated anyway

 

[Spikey]

chandimal is about the only player SL has debuted this year who has made an instant impact yeah

 

[Furball]

Meh it's not his fault if the rest of his team plays poorly; shouldn't matter. He's only one player.

It's not the quality of the knocks I'm disputing, it's the importance.

 

[Furball]

Lol, de Villiers saves 4 with a great piece of fielding then gives away 4 overthrows.

 

[benchmark00]

Do they not do daylight savings in South Africa? Fades the curtains and confuses the antelope??

 

[Lostman]

World's number one bowler.

 

[benchmark00]

Some Saffie **** on the radio has spent the last 5 mins or so bagging Steyn for saying something to the batsman etc etc, then when he got the wicket was like 'hmmmm, maybe the words worked...'

 

[Pothas]

Great bowler, thought Chandimal had him totally under control.

Warnes old pick a fight with someone really worked there