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

Xuhaib

International Coach
From Cricinfo

I've seen him [Murali] crumble under pressure. I've seen batsmen taking him on going for like 80 in ten overs and they take him off." Ab de Villiers seems to have seen what nobody else has even imagined.

Brave boy A.B.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Xuhaib said:
From Cricinfo

I've seen him [Murali] crumble under pressure. I've seen batsmen taking him on going for like 80 in ten overs and they take him off.

LOL. I was going to root for SL, but that comment is so great...now I'm rooting for SA. It takes guts to say that to a spinner who pretty much single handedly won against England, and is arguably the greatest in the history of the game.

/Go AB!
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
LOL! You wouldn't think he'd say something like that when you look at AB's face. However from what all the SA commentators say, the guys is unbelievably competitive.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Jono said:
LOL! You wouldn't think he'd say something like that when you look at AB's face. However from what all the SA commentators say, the guys is unbelievably competitive.

Thats like saying to Jeff Thompson that his bowling is harmless, right before a test match. Unbelivably stupid, perhaps but you know its going to be exciting nevertheless.
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Likely First Test Lineup -

Tharanga
Van Dort
Jayasuriya ( ? batting position ? 1 , 3, 5 )
Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Dilshan
Kapugedera
Vaas
Bandara
Malinga
Murali
 

Xuhaib

International Coach
silentstriker said:
Thats like saying to Jeff Thompson that his bowling is harmless, right before a test match. Unbelivably stupid, perhaps but you know its going to be exciting nevertheless.
Exciting it will be but i am quite sure the results will be quite one-sided in this duel.
 

Xuhaib

International Coach
JASON said:
Likely First Test Lineup -

Tharanga
Van Dort
Jayasuriya ( ? batting position ? 1 , 3, 5 )
Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Dilshan
Kapugedera
Vaas
Bandara
Malinga
Murali
Thats an extreamly strong lineup in Srilankan conditions.
 

dinu23

International Debutant
JASON said:
Likely First Test Lineup -

Tharanga
Van Dort
Jayasuriya ( ? batting position ? 1 , 3, 5 )
Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Dilshan
Kapugedera
Vaas
Bandara
Malinga
Murali
hmm..just two frontline spinners? i'd find a place for herath in that lineup.
 

alternative

Cricket Web Content Updater
dinu23 said:
hmm..just two frontline spinners? i'd find a place for herath in that lineup.
I think that is more than enough, with Jaysuriya and Dilshan in the team who can always roll their arm over..
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
JASON said:
Likely First Test Lineup -

Tharanga
Van Dort
Jayasuriya ( ? batting position ? 1 , 3, 5 )
Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Dilshan
Kapugedera
Vaas
Bandara
Malinga
Murali
Except BBC reported today that Vaas is out with a hamstring niggle. They said the bowling attack would be Maharoof, Malinga, Fernando and Murali (but I guess they're working on the English assumption that you need at least three seamers ;) )

Edit: bummer. beaten by seconds.
 

Steulen

International Regular
Samuel_Vimes said:
Except BBC reported today that Vaas is out with a hamstring niggle. They said the bowling attack would be Maharoof, Malinga, Fernando and Murali (but I guess they're working on the English assumption that you need at least three seamers ;) )

Edit: bummer. beaten by seconds.
Well, they have gone in with three seamers and one of them has even bowled the two openers <shock horror>.

Interesting choice to relieve Sangakkara of keeping duties and playing the second Jayawardene.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Steulen said:
Interesting choice to relieve Sangakkara of keeping duties and playing the second Jayawardene.
They're just making sure he makes 10 so they can drop him again. :D

Advantage Sri Lanka, you'd think. I reckon they should be disappointed if they can't make it 2-0 against this SA team.
 

Steulen

International Regular
AB showing his lack of confidence in the batting line-up...maintaining a 100.0 SR. If this partnership doesn't click, SA won't get to 200 probably.
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
SA certainly not out of this Test yet . At 9/165 SL has a modest advantage, but SSC as has been mentioned before definitely helps seamers on first 2 days at least and this has been evident by the success of Fernando and Maharoof .

Now if Maharoof can get wickets , I would not put it past Nel, Ntini getting SL out without a significant lead to either side on the first innings .

SL batting IMO somewahat weakened by having Prasanna J as keeper.
 

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Only to be expected when you play only 4 specialist batsmen.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but SA will never compete at the level they are capable of when they insist on playing 2 keepers in the same line-up. Weakens the batting far to much.
 
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