Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 12-16 July, 2018

Is Faf taking the piss?

"South Africa captain Faf du Plessis who has been found guilty of ball-tampering twice (UAE 2013 and Australia 2016) and been on the receiving end of it at least once (by Australia, in 2018) has called for the ICC to "apply harsher" punishments to those who are caught altering the condition of the ball.

Before du Plessis left to play Sri Lanka, who are reeling from their own captain Dinesh Chandimal's recent involvement in ball tampering, he was asked whether the ICC should change the regulations around the issue and and was decisive in his response. "They have to. It's happening too often. They definitely need to do that as quickly as possible," he said. "I know they met a while ago but it doesn't look like anything has changed. It's still the same rules and stuff, so they need to change that. The penalties needs to be harsher for ball tampering."

In fact, the ICC is set to approve stricter penalties for the offence imminently. Under the revised rules, ball tampering will be upgraded from a Level 2 offence to Level 3, meaning the maximum penalty for such a breach would increase from a ban of one Test or two ODIs to a ban of four Tests or eight ODIs."

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What a farken hypocrite.

It's in Galle.

So faf's a wanker. Didn't realise he was stupid.

taipan wrote:It's in Galle.

golf clap

lardbucket wrote:

taipan wrote:It's in Galle.

golf clap

Well done. The original heading said Colombo but has been subsequently been changed.

Never saw the heading.

Gall v Galle = golf clap.

Lanka batting first on a dry pitch. This is how they like to play their cricket at home.

I'm surprised their odds aren't lower.

Steyn injured again though he has come back on the field. Rabada bowling superbly but batting last may be tough on the dry surface.

So a fifty run 9th wicket stand and karunaratne looks like carrying his bat. Saffies are farked.

Quite a sizeable score on a dry pitch. Lanka is playing three spinners so SA bats will have their work cut out with a longish tail.

Steyn is inching closer to Pollock, but Rabada his likely successor to the record if he remains healthy, has four of the seven wickets for the series he needed to become the youngest to reach 150 wickets in tests.

What an innings.

SA in trouble here. When Herath opens the bowling you know that SL has set this up for a spinfest.

Red wrote:SA in trouble here.  When Herath opens the bowling you know that SL has set this up for a spinfest.

No shit?

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:SA in trouble here.  When Herath opens the bowling you know that SL has set this up for a spinfest.

No shit?

sans Sherlock!

Tidy effort by the Lankan opener.

Du Flexible might be the dumbest and most hypocritical skipper going around.

Shirley he is on the way out?

horace wrote:Du Flexible might be the dumbest and most hypocritical skipper going around.

Shirley he is on the way out?

He has one seven out of his eight series apparently though.

horace wrote:Du Flexible might be the dumbest and most hypocritical skipper going around.

Shirley he is on the way out?

Now that Smith has gone, you mean.

Saffies 5/51.

Karu's innings looking more and more like one of the greats.

Philander was just plumb (hit his pad before the bat) but the Lankans didn't review.

skully wrote:Philander was just plumb (hit his pad before the bat) but the Lankans didn't review.

Why waste it on Vern maybe. Though hr seems to be handling it OK ATM.

Well Verny added 64 with Faf, the only partnership of note in the final score of 126. The non-review was early in the stand so Lanka could've squashed SAf for under 100.

Still, Lanka lead by 161. Handy.

Handy is a big effing understatement.

SA missing ABDV who bailed them out of sticky situations over the past year.

Imagine when SL tour SA early next year that the pitches won't be dustbowls. The ball is certainly spinning early in the test.