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ICC CT 2017 : Group B | South Africa [299/6] beat Sri Lanka [203] by 96 runs

A south Asian team that cannot play leg spin does not deserve to win. I am aghast at Sri Lankan surrender against Tahir.
 
Man South Africa's bowling attack is solely reliant on Tahir, how can Pakistan let go of such a talent
 
I really feel that West Indies should have been here instead of Lanka. Sorry about Sri Lanka is just not good enough folks. Almost a waste of spot.
 
I don't understand the hype of googly, it looks so easy to read of the hand but every player falls for it, just how ? Its not just Tahir, even in IPL players had trouble playing googlies. Personally Armball of Left Arm Spin looks much more difficult to read but some how players have no issue playing that.
 
At one stage it was 50-50 but ince Tahir was introduced it's all SL. Parnell is their weakest bowler, but ither than that SA have good variety.
 
Pathetic from Lankans. All they had to do was get one big partnership after that good start. They didn't. Now they only have 5% chance to win.
 
Looks like Amla's innings wasn't that soft .......

This is the problem with modern cricket - our taste has gone to perversion level, that we watch cricket in CricInfo & judge batting on StatGuru.

It was never, never a 300 wicket - at Oval, if there is some cloud cover or a tinge of greenish, the game is totally different, because that wicket has pace & bounce, lots of it and the playing area still hasn't adopted the modern status of 60 metres - spinners can flight there & top edges won't earn a cheap biggi for StatGuru.

I thought, it was 35 beyond SRL, which looks to be the case. Normal equation is you could have chased up to half of defeat margin, that's chasing 300, if a side loses by 100, probably they could have chased around 250 to 260.
 
Good for Pakistan that South Africa are hammering Sri Lanka. It means Sri Lanka's net run rate will take a blow and might be to our advantage later in the group stage.
 
I am hopeful for SAF this time, because they have lost a bilateral series just prior to this tournament. Normally, SAF starts with all sorts of planning - from lap to to ear plug, taking out the human aspect - then in clutch situation, lose by dropping dollies, miscalculating or simply failing to chase a target, otherwise they would have chased inside 40 overs.

At least, this time I didn't find them invincible before the tournament. My money is still on SAF to win it, against Poms, Indians or Aussies.
 
MMHS said:
Looks like Amla's innings wasn't that soft .......

This is the problem with modern cricket - our taste has gone to perversion level, that we watch cricket in CricInfo & judge batting on StatGuru.

It was never, never a 300 wicket - at Oval, if there is some cloud cover or a tinge of greenish, the game is totally different, because that wicket has pace & bounce, lots of it and the playing area still hasn't adopted the modern status of 60 metres - spinners can flight there & top edges won't earn a cheap biggi for StatGuru.

I thought, it was 35 beyond SRL, which looks to be the case. Normal equation is you could have chased up to half of defeat margin, that's chasing 300, if a side loses by 100, probably they could have chased around 250 to 260.
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Great post people sleep up for the whole day then wake up open cricinfo start bashing players this is someone's routine nowadays
 
big_gamer007 said:
Vijay Dahiya, MSK Prasad, Sameer dighe, Saba Kareem, Deep Das Gupta, Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra... We didn't have keepers? Had a plethora of talented keepers :yk
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MSD was fast tracked because of this debacle. Or else he wouldn't have been invited to the BCCI Academy where he learned a lot. If it wasn't for that situation and Dalmiya, we might not have won a World Cup, World T20 Cup and Champions trophy. I don't see DK playing Dhonisque like knock in the final. Our captain would have been Yuvraj or Sehwag :danish.
 
SA win made my half day happy hopefully real madrid make the other half more beautiful
 
Nikhil_cric said:
His knock was mediocre. It robbed Saffers of the momentum to score 320+.
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its brilliant, it was helped to them to post above par score (at toss they say 270 is the par score here). even Chris Morris hadn't good SR despite coming to the bat at death overs. Normally Amla do some ugly slog during death over's. here, after Faf out, he didn't try big shot, just nudging here and there (also some excellent stop by SL fielders). So its clearly their plan to Amla hold one end.
 
Until Tahir entry it was SL's match to lose. After pathetic slow down towards the end by SA, SL was on top for a period of 20 overs.
 
Things we learned from this game: Amla is the second-greatest opening batsman ever, Tahir is the greatest LOI bowler since Ajmal (better than Starc), South Africa have the mental fortitude to win this tournament, Sri Lanka are not the pushovers we all expected them to be.
 
MMHS said:
Looks like Amla's innings wasn't that soft .......

This is the problem with modern cricket - our taste has gone to perversion level, that we watch cricket in CricInfo & judge batting on StatGuru.

It was never, never a 300 wicket - at Oval, if there is some cloud cover or a tinge of greenish, the game is totally different, because that wicket has pace & bounce, lots of it and the playing area still hasn't adopted the modern status of 60 metres - spinners can flight there & top edges won't earn a cheap biggi for StatGuru.

I thought, it was 35 beyond SRL, which looks to be the case. Normal equation is you could have chased up to half of defeat margin, that's chasing 300, if a side loses by 100, probably they could have chased around 250 to 260.
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Perhaps but he did slow down in the 90's didn't he? I just get the feeling that SA got ahead because a) they batted first and b) They are simply better in both batting/bowling than SL. Stronger teams will make them pay for such innings. In fact, more than Amla, i blame QDK .
 
HASHIM AMLA completed back-to-back centuries in ODIs against Sri Lanka to set the Standard Bank Proteas up for a 96-run victory in their opening Pool B ICC Champions Trophy match at The Oval in London on Saturday.

Amla had made 154 in his previous match against Sri Lanka in the final Momentum ODI at SuperSport Park earlier this year and this latest edition was his 25th three-figure score in this format, placing him fifth on the all-time list. It almost goes without saying that he is the fastest to this mark.

He was eventually run out for 103 (115 balls, 5 fours and 2 sixes) but not before he had shared a second-wicket record stand with Faf du Plessis (75 off 70 balls, 6 fours) for the Proteas against Sri Lanka of 145 which was one better than the previous best of 144 he had shared with Jacques Kallis. It was his fourth century against Sri Lanka which is also a record against that country.

This stand was more than twice any other partnership in the match and set up the Proteas total of 299/6 which at one stage looked like running out of steam until JP Duminy hit a quick-fire 38 not out off 20 balls (5 fours and a six).

Sri Lanka bowled exceptionally well to keep their target down to 300 and they threatened the Proteas during an opening stand of 69 in only 8.2 overs between Niroshan Dickwella and stand-in captain Upul Tharanga. Dickwella made 41 of those off 33 balls with 5 fours and a six.

But the combination of a brilliant catch and run out by AB de Villiers and the business as usual Man of the Match, Imran Tahir, snuffed out Sri Lanka’s hopes as they nosedived to 155/6 with Imran finishing with 4/27 in 8.3 overs plus a run out.

It was a vital victory for the Proteas although not a perfect one and they will be looking for more consistency from the seam attack as they get ready to take on Pakistan in Birmingham on Wednesday.

The margin of victory was also important as net run rate may come into the equation in deciding the semi-finalists, particularly if bad weather raises its ugly head.
 
Congrats SA can't remember the last time we won a game against a top side since the last WC. Easily the worst side in the comp. The bowling especially is minnowesque absolutely horrible. It doesn't help at all when they keep stupidly selecting just 2/3 front-line bowlers and perennial failures either.
 
SL_Fan said:
Congrats SA can't remember the last time we won a game against a top side since the last WC. Easily the worst side in the comp. The bowling especially is minnowesque absolutely horrible. It doesn't help at all when they keep stupidly selecting just 2/3 front-line bowlers and perennial failures either.
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I watched the match, the bowling was good for the pitch. Pradeep bowled very well especially. Your batting lost it.
 
Yeah Pradeep had a good game usually goes for plenty but tough to keep the pressure on when your fourth and fifth bowlers are nothing more than half bowlers. SA obviously knew that and played accordingly. Apart from the openers the batting was well below par as well but the pitch I don't think was a 300 run wicket. A lot of players did mention that it was two-paced. Anyways our lot are no match for any of the top teams easily the worst side in the comp. At least could have taken something away from this tourney had they sent a young squad to give them some valuable experience ahead of the next WC in Eng. But nope instead they went with the same perennial failures like Kapu, UT, Prasanna and over the hill bowlers like Malinga and Kula. Forward thinking at it's best.
 
SL_Fan said:
Yeah Pradeep had a good game usually goes for plenty but tough to keep the pressure on when your fourth and fifth bowlers are nothing more than half bowlers. SA obviously knew that and played accordingly. Apart from the openers the batting was well below par as well but the pitch I don't think was a 300 run wicket. A lot of players did mention that it was two-paced. Anyways our lot are no match for any of the top teams easily the worst side in the comp. At least could have taken something away from this tourney had they sent a young squad to give them some valuable experience ahead of the next WC in Eng. But nope instead they went with the same perennial failures like Kapu, UT, Prasanna and over the hill bowlers like Malinga and Kula. Forward thinking at it's best.
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What happened to Welegadara ? Why is Ajanta Mendis being denied ? Can't do worse than Prasanna. Does Sri Lanka truly have no replacement for Kapugedara ? I though Arvinda De Silva's son looked good as well.
 
Specialisttailender said:
What happened to Welegadara ? Why is Ajanta Mendis being denied ? Can't do worse than Prasanna. Does Sri Lanka truly have no replacement for Kapugedara ? I though Arvinda De Silva's son looked good as well.
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Welegedera is playing grade cricket in Oz last I heard. Mendis I have no clue what's going on there. LOI batting I think is not too bad it's just that the selectors are looking for band-aid solutions to save their behinds. So you know going back to good ol "experience" as opposed to taking a punt on potential. The bowling tho in both Tests and ODIs post Herath and Malinga is a HUUUUGE problem :trump
 
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