Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd Test, Colombo, 20-24 July, 2018

by skully Sun 15 Jul 2018, 01:52

I guess the wire brushes are already hard at work in Colombo.

by Red Sun 15 Jul 2018, 03:43

Dimuth Karunaratne’s match aggregate: 218.

SA team’s match aggregate: 199.

Think that sums up the first test. Can't see this being that much different.

by Red Fri 20 Jul 2018, 11:43

Another pitch served up where there is nothing for the quicks day one.

by Bradman Sat 21 Jul 2018, 04:19

The batsmen must be really crap then.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 07:15

Great start and a great finish to the Lankan innings.

A shit start to the SAffer innings.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 07:41

Oh, & BTW, The Prince's 9-129 is not likely to be topped by a visiting or home spinner in Lanka any time soon.

Well done him. Pity it might be part of a heavy loss.

SAf 3-19 at Lunch.

by Nath Sat 21 Jul 2018, 09:35

might be following on? currently 7/119

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 09:48

Now 8-124.

Nearly as abject as us in our last tour of the tear drop nation.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 09:58

All out 124. Dananjaya got 5.

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by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 10:04

Geez, SAf went from 5-114 to all out 124.

Pee yew indeed.

by Nath Sat 21 Jul 2018, 10:05

follow on not enforced.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 10:07

Oh well, at least they give the spectators more cricket that way.

by Aditya Sat 21 Jul 2018, 10:15

Gutless wimps

by Bradman Sat 21 Jul 2018, 10:38

enforcinyg the follow.on isnt always a great idea. i like lawrys attittude. fark it we ll make them get 900 in a day and half.

by Bradman Sat 21 Jul 2018, 12:21

karu is having a fun tour.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 13:17

Indeed. He is tormenting the SAffers at the top of the Lankan order.

by Red Sat 21 Jul 2018, 14:41

It's an understatement to assert that SA cannot play spin.

by skully Sat 21 Jul 2018, 15:05

WTF were SAf doing NOT playing a 2nd spinner???

Shirley Shamsi was a better bet than Ngidi on a dead spinning deck?

by Bradman Sat 21 Jul 2018, 20:31

Even the Windies in their heyday had problems facing reality when it came to spinning decks.

by horace Sat 21 Jul 2018, 22:27

Where's Nigel?

by horace Sat 21 Jul 2018, 22:35

Skully, when was the last time in under 40 overs, a blokes half from one end and seven other "bowlers' shared the load from the other end?

by skully Sun 22 Jul 2018, 00:21

Not sure, h. Will have a dig.

by Red Sun 22 Jul 2018, 00:48

skully wrote:WTF were SAf doing NOT playing a 2nd spinner???

Shirley Shamsi was a better bet than Ngidi on a dead spinning deck?

Guess in the final analysis, they wanted to go with their strengths and Shamsi is not really up to test cricket.

Losing the toss again probably exacerbates their situation but the reality is that they are not equipped for these conditions.

by skully Sun 22 Jul 2018, 05:43

I wonder what sort of buffer the Lankans want and/or will give themselves.

They currently (early on Day 3) lead by 377. Maybe 500??

by skully Sun 22 Jul 2018, 09:41

So it's make 490 or survive 2.5 days for SAf.

A 350 run loss seems the most likely outcome.

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