1st Quarter Final - South Africa v Sri Lanka (18th March)

[viriya]

Lot of focus on Sanga and mahela.

Dilshan and possibly Lasith and Kula have all played their last game also.
All of them have been great ambassadors for Sri lankan cricket.

Dilshan wants to play in the next WC.. we might see him at 42 for all we know - not like SL is overflowing with talent to replace him anyway.

 

[BeeGee]

Choking is one of those terms that seems to mean entirely different things to different people. Some people take a broad definition and apply the word to any instance of the size of occasion negatively affecting the performance of a team. For others, it is reserved strictly for throwing away a good position due to these mental factors, or losing a game to a lesser side. For a few it just seems to be defined as South Africa losing a cricket game. I just don't think it's a very useful description of anything anymore because you will always descend into a semantic debate over definitions. We all know what actually happened in that innings; that's not up for debate. Do we really need to decide whether it should be considered a choke or not? If we have different ideas about what contributed to the low score, lets talk about that.. but I don't think we do.

I agree with you, it wasn't a choke.

Actually, it was a SA unconstrict or blockage clearance.

 

[Jono]

Sanga's innings was ****. Just accept it ffs

 

[JediNudist]

Very very poor batting from Sri Lanka. Some of those dismissals were sooooooooooooo soft. Appalling batting performance. Tahir and pie chucky JP Duminy took 7 wickets between them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought Sri Lanka could play spin ????
So dissapionted , QF was rubbish. All the talking up of Sri Lanka before the match I was ready for the most exciting match up for the QFs and Sri Lanka came out with just the worst performance I have ever seen them play. Underwhelming. I dont think SA bowled THAT well.
man oh man.

Only thing is Tahir wont get that turn at Eden Park. Duminy will bowl soft pies at Eden Park

 

[viriya]

Sanga's innings was ****. Just accept it ffs

It wasn't great but it was hardly ****.. Below par from him, but he would've made up for it and help SL make ~260-275 if the others hung around with him.