*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of South Africa 2019

[SeamUp]

15th spot is Duminy's. So basically left out Amla to have all 3 of Mulder, Pretorius, Phehlukwayo and Nortje in for B.Hendricks.

Linde for Pretorius I would take.

 

[Stefan9]

I see he has still not played for cobras. Do not feel someone who is only half fit should be going...

 

[Dendarii]

15th spot is Duminy's. So basically left out Amla to have all 3 of Mulder, Pretorius, Phehlukwayo and Nortje in for B.Hendricks.

Phehlukwayo is pretty much a lock for the World Cup, and if Nortje does well then he'll be going as the fourth fast bowler in the squad. So that would make it a shoot-out between Mulder and Pretorius for the final spot.

Bad decision making then. I know who I am backing in a big match requiring bmt and it ain't reeza or rassie nor amla....

The problem is that Markram's yet to show he can do that in an ODI. I do think they should have taken another look at him, but his only 50 came in his debut against Bangladesh, so his lack of big scores since then resulted in him losing ground to Van Der Dussen and Hendricks.

 

[Stefan9]

Phehlukwayo is pretty much a lock for the World Cup, and if Nortje does well then he'll be going as the fourth fast bowler in the squad. So that would make it a shoot-out between Mulder and Pretorius for the final spot.



The problem is that Markram's yet to show he can do that in an ODI. I do think they should have taken another look at him, but his only 50 came in his debut against Bangladesh, so his lack of big scores since then resulted in him losing ground to Van Der Dussen and Hendricks.

Amla and duminy have had much longer runs with no significant scores but have always been locks...Rossouw was persisted with even after 5 ducks...

Some times you have trust talent to be rewarded.

 

[jimmy101]

Wish I was able to catch some of this series. Such a great result for SL, especially the way they bounced back following the Aus tour. Really loving just how topsy-turvy international cricket has been so far in 2019.

Biggest sporting upset involving RSA since Japan beat them in RWC 2015.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Great seeing Nortje get his opportunity, he's an absolute weapon.

 

[Dazza_20]

When we next play at home (August I think, against NZ) I'm guessing the team would look something like...

Dimuth (c)
BOP
Mendis
Chandimal/DdS
Kusal
Matthews
Dickwella
Embuldeniya
Lakmal
Vishwa
Sandakan (possibly Akila if his remodelled action is effective in ODIs)

DdS is an option at the top of the order too - he opens for his club, but his main success at test level has come down the order, certainly didn't seem to have the technique for it from what I saw in Aus. I'm fairly confident that for the time being, Roshen Silva, Gunathalika, Dilruwan Perera and Thirimanne will be out of the picture for a while.

Surely Pathum Nissanka comes into consideration for the next Test series. I know he is young but his record is hard to ignore!

 

[TheJediBrah]

SL must have improved massively in a very short time to go from what they were like in Aus to beating SA here. Some very impressive batting achievements especially.

 

[Flem274*]

a lot of their first choice players can seriously bat, they just desperately need experience away from asia on bouncy decks

mathews, karunaratne, mendis, chandimal, dickwella and perera are all varying grades of talented test players

 

[Dendarii]

Amla and duminy have had much longer runs with no significant scores but have always been locks...Rossouw was persisted with even after 5 ducks...

Some times you have trust talent to be rewarded.

That's true, but it's a risk going to the World Cup hoping that a player will come good then. I do think that Markram should have got a look in against Pakistan, but it seems that in the selectors' eyes Van Der Dussen and Hendricks have made better use of their opportunities, so they've opted for them ahead of Markram.

 

[Andy1993]

IMO Van DUssen is s shoe-in for the world cup, made a fantastic start to his international white ball career

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Yorkshire have just announced the signing of Duanne Oliver for the 2019 season on a Kolpak deal.WTF?

 

[MrPrez]

Yorkshire have just announced the signing of Duanne Oliver for the 2019 sseason on a Kolpak deal.WTF?

Wow. What a bizarre turn of events.

Opens the door for Nortje moving forward, I guess.

 

[Dendarii]

I suspect this could be a similar situation to Abbot where he actually signed the deal some time ago and it's only been announced now. Three months ago Olivier wouldn't have been expecting to play much test cricket, being behind Ngidi in the pecking order, and no one could have anticipated just how he would perform if he did get a run in the side. So it may have seemed like a reasonable decision then.

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

I suspect this could be a similar situation to Abbot where he actually signed the deal some time ago and it's only been announced now. Three months ago Olivier wouldn't have been expecting to play much test cricket, being behind Ngidi in the pecking order, and no one could have anticipated just how he would perform if he did get a run in the side. So it may have seemed like a reasonable decision then.

Said on his instagram statement that he had begun to explore options in between waiting for a recall after his last test against Bangladesh in 2017. Still surprising though, surely he was good enough to get a contract for someone as a regular overseas?

 

[Heboric]

These kind of stories makes me sad

 

[Pup Clarke]

Agree. Sad news this

 

[StephenZA]

I am surprised at how surprised everybody is? He is not one of the 3 main SA seamers; and as fantastic as he has been he has Nortje and Ngidi breathing down his neck. And even with a SA contract he was always likely to make more money overseas. Unless you are guaranteed a spot in SA side consistently why would you not take the deal? Sportsman have a limited life span.

 

[Cow Corner]

The Brexit deadline in the end of March means that Kolpak would likely not be an available option after that...therefore it's now or never for a lot of these players.

 

[Gnske]

Just disappointing after his recent performances. How nice would it be if guys could just play for their countries without pay bull**** and other concerns?