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

[JASON]

Update on Boje - 0/221 only 37 more needed for the poor restless soul of Khan Mohammad to Rest in Peace !!

Bowling Change and Boje appears to have been spared !!

 

[marc71178]

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.

Well SL have insisted on playing 2 keepers in the same line-up, and that's hardly worked against them.

 

[TT Boy]

Can no think of a worse game for a debut captain. Get rolled over for next to nothing, see your bowlers smashed to all parts, on the receiving end of countless batting records and the very real prospect of losing by an innings and 400 (or more) runs.

 

[TT Boy]

Well SL have insisted on playing 2 keepers in the same line-up, and that's hardly worked against them.

 

[shaka]

a few more overs from boje will get him in the 400 balls in an innings club.

 

[JASON]

Mahela should get there in a canter now - given current bowlers being


AB de Villiers (rm) 4 overs 22 runs 5.50 (Economy rate)
JA Rudolph (lbg) 6 overs 40 runs 6.66 (Economy rate )

 

[marc71178]

Well, I might win the award for the worst prediction of the week. But if they allow one of these players to go for 400, it is a mistake, even if they manage to win it from there. Your focus should be on winning, not personal stats. I say again, allow the players to reach the personal milestones if they are close...but don't risk the match.

It's halfway through day 3.

SL have in their ranks the most effective bowler/pitch combination in history.

Don't think there's much risk of this match slipping away.

 

[shaka]

next target, Sobers

 

[Lostman]

Well SL have insisted on playing 2 keepers in the same line-up, and that's hardly worked against them.

actually there are 4 keepers in this side. Dilshan and Tharanga are keepers for their club sides.

 

[marc71178]

Well you can't control the weather, but I don't think its bad planning to think of such things when you've already got a pretty much unassailable lead.

And of course you know for a fact that they've not considered all this in batting this long?

 

[TT Boy]

It's halfway through day 3.

SL have in their ranks the most effective bowler/pitch combination in history.

Don't think there's much risk of this match slipping away.

Of course not, you have 550 odd runs to play with. Just give Murali the ball, have six or more round the bat and watch the collapse.

 

[marc71178]

I just checked BBC and they say it will rain tomorrow and monday, but they also said it will rain today which is false so hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.

They said it'd rain in Manchester a lot of Thursday - it didn't.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I wouldn't believe any weather forecast that goes beyond 24 hours when it comes to England, especially for a place like Manchester.

Anyway how humiliationg is this game...

 

[JASON]

I wouldn't believe any weather forecast that goes beyond 24 hours when it comes to England, especially for a place like Manchester.

Anyway how humiliationg is this game...

Why this deprecation of Manchester may I ask. I love the Manchurians .

 

[Langeveldt]

Jayawardena going for the world record individual score here..

And to think it would come against SA, not Zim or Ban

 

[Rajeev]

Laura sweats

 

[TT Boy]

Laura sweats

Or Lara even.

 

[Langeveldt]

Would it make Jayawardena the most mediocre batsman to hold the record in recent times? Mind you, looking at his average, its better than I thought

 

[TT Boy]

Would it make Jayawardena the most mediocre batsman to hold the record in recent times?

 

[chalky]

Would it make Jayawardena the most mediocre batsman to hold the record in recent times? Mind you, looking at his average, its better than I thought

Matthew Hayden surely