CT:Sri Lanka v SA: 7th match, Motera [updates]

[Amjid Javed]

Good morning and Eid mubarak to all on PP. Hope everyone is having a good time with family, friends and everyone is getting lots of Eidi.

Hopefully we should have an exciting game between S.A and Sri lanka.

Sri lanka win the toss and will bowl 1st.

South Africa team

GC Smith, HH Dippenaar, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, MV Boucher, JM Kemp, SM Pollock, RJ Peterson, A Nel, M Ntini


Sri Lanka team

WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu, TM Dilshan, MF Maharoof, WPUJC Vaas, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, CRD Fernando

 

[MIG]

Pitch Report: It is a beauty says Barry Richards. The cricketing sense says that bat first but the dew conditions are very bad in Motera. So the captain who wins the toss will definitely look forward to chase. But the track is much better than many others used in this tournament earlier.

SL win toss and decide to field

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pitch looks rock solid and has quite alot of grass on it, the wicket could speed up in pace with dew tonite and could favour the S.A, they dont really have genuine spinners that they can use really.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Vass to open bowling here.

Looked good against W.I and looked like a trundler v Pakistan.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good ball 1st up pitches just outside off-stick and swings away

Smith plays and misses.

2nd ball is carbon copy!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Smith off mark with single.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Dipenaar opening with smith has a pretty impressive ODI record:-

Overall average of 43.78 from 102 odis and apart from against india hes scored very well against all comers.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Malinga to bowl at other end.

S.A 1/0 (1)

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lovely punched drive down ground for 4 by smith

7/0

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

great goin by sa

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

you will c their true strength today

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

8-0

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good ball by vaas

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good pitch

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i t could be a cracker

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

smith lookin good

 

[Rob H]

10/0 off 3. Vaas looking very accurate.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

10- 0 off 3

 

[Amjid Javed]

14 games played on ground in past.

8 games won by team batting 1st and 6 won by team chasing.

Highest totals chased on ground

1) India chased 324 to win v West indies in 02/03 (5 wkt win)
2) Pakistan chased 316 to win v india in 04/05 (3 wkt win)

so its a high scoring ground!

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

great fielded

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good tight bowling

 

[Amjid Javed]

Rsa 11/0 (3.4)

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good shot..single..13-0

 

[invincible]

jayawardene has the 3rd all time best captaincy winning % ...

inzy is in the 10th position ... ponting is in the 2nd ...

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

one wicket..smith

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

well executed plan..13-1

 

[Amjid Javed]

Smith gone tame dismissal chips ball straight to short midwkt.

good planning interms or field placing and bowling.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

gibbs is in

 

[invincible]

smith plays into jayawardene's plans ... a tame dismissal ... was expecting a good knock from him ... lets hope it comes from gibbs ..

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i hope gibbs smashes a 100

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good ball by yaas

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

tight reign by waas

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

2 to gibbs

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

15-1..sa

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

nice shot only 1

 

[Rob H]

What's the betting Gibbs gets bowled?

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

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[Inswinging Yorker]

nice shot by gibbs

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

wonderful cover drive for 1

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

gibbs a good batsman

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

21 - 1 off 6

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

ohhh missed out on a gift

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

waas wery tight

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

mis timed for 1

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

dipaneer is struggling...14 balls for3

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

22 - 1 sa

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

lovely shot by gibbs...4

 

[Amjid Javed]

RSA 26/1

edge from gibbs drops short thou of keeper.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

close call for gibbs

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

notice sanga karra did not appeal..if was aussi they would

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

nice shot for 4444444444444444444444444

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

oh poor shot...gibbs gone

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

30 for 2

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

s/a doing goobar

 

[Amjid Javed]

Gibbs gone to Malinga.

RSA in trouble 30/2 from 8.3

 

[12thMan]

SA in trouble
30-2 after 8.2 pvers

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

3 for 30

 

[Amjid Javed]

Dippenaar gone caught behind, great take by Sanga behind the stumps.

30/3

 

[12thMan]

Dippi out ct beind
SA 30-3
NEXT!!!

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i am afraid it is another hopeless batting by sa

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Dippi out ct beind
SA 30-3
NEXT!!!

not kallis is dippa )

 

[Amjid Javed]

AB de villiers new man in

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

s/a really at sea here

 

[Amjid Javed]

Seems niether W.I or S.A batsmen have been prepared to get after Vass like farhat/hafeez did.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

wass completed a good over again

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

30- 3 off 9

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

kallis their only hope

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Seems niether W.I or S.A batsmen have been prepared to get after Vass like farhat/hafeez did.

yea i hope pakis continue their good work as openers

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i not movin from the tv tomorrow

 

[Amjid Javed]

Rsa 31/3 (10)

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i really loved how farhat/ hafeez batted

 

[12thMan]

I am bored of these commentators I am getting here. Dujon, Shivarama, Fleming, Bishop

 

[12thMan]

Taufel has indicated and confirmed "Dunya goal hey". power play taken. that is a surprise.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

vass is allowed to get away

 

[Rob H]

Kallis has to stand up now. He is the recognised batsman and has to go after the bowling to give the Proteas a chance. Vaas and Malinga are bowling well but while the field is up a few risks have to be taken.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

I am bored of these commentators I am getting here. Dujon, Shivarama, Fleming, Bishop

well mute the tv )

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

i dont find it boring

 

[Rob H]

Lovely shot from Kallis, backfoot drive through the covers for 4.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

good shot by kallis

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

a boring shot?