3rd June - Group B - Sri Lanka v South Africa

[Pratters]

Nice contest so far. Listening to Guerrilla Cricket while I watch on the telly. Quite good so far.

 

[straw man]

The pitch has been softer, and nowhere near the flat roads we've seen since forever at the oval. But yeah maybe sa are a bit too slow.

Yeah relaid Oval pitch is a bit slower. Probably a 290ish par deck

Yeah there is a little slow nibble, it's true.

Also as the commentators have been saying, Sri Lanka's bowlers have been very good.

 

[tobe_ornot2]

Oh Lanka Lanka Lanka... Don't drop your catches

 

[Pratters]

You have to earn your wins versus the Lankans.

 

[Pratters]

Oh Lanka Lanka Lanka... Don't drop your catches

Big miss.

 

[tobe_ornot2]

And yeah credit to the bowlers. They lack any genuine outstanding qualities but they have stuck to their task and been disciplined.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Is this really QdK?

This is QDK alright..just an ICC tournament, not a bilateral series.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Poor decision to drop Sandakan

 

[Pratters]

350 on the cards with so many wickets in hand.

 

[Burgey]

Enjoying Sanga on comms

 

[tobe_ornot2]

Just curious, whatever happened to ajantha mendis?

 

[Burgey]

Gunaratne could be awesome on this pitch. Should definitely bowl his ten IMO.

The sort of bloke who would bowl in the park and get smashed but who is curiously effective at international level

 

[Burgey]

Just curious, whatever happened to ajantha mendis?

Got shot in an incident which everyone who laughs at Australia for not touring to certain places said could never happen. Not the same since

 

[Pratters]

Slow wicket. Large boundaries. Not exactly easy to bat on. South Africa has done really well today.

 

[morgieb]

de Villiers gone is huge for Sri Lanka.

 

[91Jmay]

Chance to keep it before 340ish now with a few more wickets.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nice to see Hash do well in a non-Jamodi for once

 

[tobe_ornot2]

Got shot in an incident which everyone who laughs at Australia for not touring to certain places said could never happen. Not the same since

I did some research and this turned out to be entirely false.

He fractured a disc but continued bowling which made the injury worse and led to time out of the game. Since then he hasn't regained form.

What's weird is in odis he still averages 21 which is probably the best among spinners. Maybe he will never recover from the back injury but I remember him being dropped from sl ODI side even when he was bowling okish and better than the other spinners around the side.

Maybe a sl poster could fill me in on that.

 

[tobe_ornot2]

In terms if the match, yet another idiotic shot by ab. What's he thinking?

 

[Burgey]

I did some research and this turned out to be entirely false.

He fractured a disc but continued bowling which made the injury worse and led to time out of the game. Since then he hasn't regained form.

What's weird is in odis he still averages 21 which is probably the best among spinners. Maybe he will never recover from the back injury but I remember him being dropped from sl ODI side even when he was bowling okish and better than the other spinners around the side.

Maybe a sl poster could fill me in on that.

Whats his record like pre and post the don't-worry-it'll-never-happen-they'll-never-target-cricketers/sportspeople incident which no one should take into account when deciding whether or not tour somewhere?