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ICC World Cup 2023: South Africa (428/5) inflict a massive 102-run defeat over Sri Lanka (326)

soso_killer said:
He is an awful bowler, PERIOD!! It's not the first time he's been clobbered around. Comparison with Rabada is wide off the mark
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Lol your entire pace attack is awful in ODIs without Anrich Nortje . Yet you think Coetzee is somehow worse than Lungi and KG currently?
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Lol your entire pace attack is awful in ODIs without Anrich Nortje . Yet you think Coetzee is somehow worse than Lungi and KG currently?
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YES!! His numbers are awful in domestic cricket as well.

Which team has "good" pacers btw? What are their numbers? 🤔
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Lol your entire pace attack is awful in ODIs without Anrich Nortje . Yet you think Coetzee is somehow worse than Lungi and KG currently?
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Exactly. Rabada is playing for Delhi capitals. Playing for t hem for a while. This is like his home ground in India. This pitch should be more familiar to him than any other bowler. Yet he was bowling short and down the leg side consistently.
 
South Africa were looking 180 run win sl have done well to reduce the margin can they bat another 6-7 overs
 
soso_killer said:
I'm a South African, how long do you think I've watched him?
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How long ? He made Test/ODI debut 7 months back. He made T20I debut 4 months back

2 tests
6 ODIs
3 T20is

First ODI in India. So you know everything about him just because you are south african?
 
All the teams should be beware of Srilankans lol if you bowl rubbish you will travel. These guys bat very deep. A total like 270 they will chase with 10 scores of 27.
 
Good damage limitation from SRL.

Even if you know you can't win, at least limit the harm to NRR.
 
SA made a massive blunder with bowlin combination. They were lucky they put up a total of 429. 4 seamers + 1 spinner Disasterous combination in India.
 
Wow ranjitha south Africa eyeing 180 runs win and now it's way reduced
 
soso_killer said:
Because I watch domestic cricket? 🤔
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That makes your claim even more bizzarre. He averages 28 with a strike rate of 49.5 in first class. albeit just 19 matches. 20 ODIs 23.33 avge with a strike rate of 24. In T20 19.49 avge 14.5 strike rate. Even in Tests he averages 15 and strike rate 26. That is a wicket every 4 overs.
 
Atleast lankan lions fought hard . Had they kept wicket in hand it would been victory
 
Asif321 said:
Atleast lankan lions fought hard . Had they kept wicket in hand it would been victory
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Among all the nations Srilankan team has the least public pressure. They express themselves in world stage without pressure. They rarely choke compared to other Asian countries. If they fail it is mostly because they are inadequate not because they choke.
 
This wicket was proper phatta but hope the wickets varies. we can have this sort of wicket but not regularly.
 
Ali Active said:
That maybe different pitch. today’s wicket is pretty flat.
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Delhi pitch was never flat ever. Today it was good for batting. But not 429, 330 flat. Both bowled extremely poorly. Also SA went with 4+1 combination. India opened bowling with a spinner last year.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Delhi pitch was never flat ever. Today it was good for batting. But not 429, 330 flat. Both bowled extremely poorly. Also SA went with 4+1 combination. India opened bowling with a spinner last year.
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Yeah Batting was joy to watch today nevertheless.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
That is because both sides didn't have world class spinners. Maharaj i thought bowled well until those wides and couple of half trackers. Wellelega is fairly new to scene
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Bro what doy ou reckon sa can finally win a world cup?
 
Sri lanka fought extremely well, Bangladesh is in form as well this might be one of the most competitive worldcup ever.
 
apnapind said:
Bro what doy ou reckon sa can finally win a world cup?
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No they won't. They become mentally different in crunch games. This is pretty much the exact same team played against Netherlands in world T20. Look what they did there. They are cllearing boundaries here comfortably. Over there they could barely clear 30 yard circle.
 
Lesson here for subcontinent player is. If you play tuk tuk cricket when you approach 100 you might miss out on 30 40 runs. You have to keep hitting. Markram didn't exactly waste any time getting there.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
That makes your claim even more bizzarre. He averages 28 with a strike rate of 49.5 in first class. albeit just 19 matches. 20 ODIs 23.33 avge with a strike rate of 24. In T20 19.49 avge 14.5 strike rate. Even in Tests he averages 15 and strike rate 26. That is a wicket every 4 overs.
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Clueless as expected. That includes records below franchise level. You actually have to watch him bowl instead of posting a bunch of meaningless stats. He's too scattergun to be of any use at this point in time
 
jnaveen1980 said:
No they won't. They become mentally different in crunch games. This is pretty much the exact same team played against Netherlands in world T20. Look what they did there. They are cllearing boundaries here comfortably. Over there they could barely clear 30 yard circle.
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Bro on paper they are a way better than australian team so why do you still think they cant win a world cup?
 
soso_killer said:
Clueless as expected. That includes records below franchise level. You actually have to watch him bowl instead of posting a bunch of meaningless stats. He's too scattergun to be of any use at this point in time
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Let us wait and see. From what i saw he looked the only one who didn't bowl those leg side drag downs. Apart from that one over he was 8 overs 44 runs 3 wickets. Even that one over Shanaka made the play.
 
apnapind said:
Bro on paper they are a way better than australian team so why do you still think they cant win a world cup?
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There is something called mental aspect. QDK is one of the biggest bottler. RVD is probably an exception. He is feisty. But he has spin weakness. He was dropped by Rajasthan Royals as he was clueless against spin. But Klassen is class. Even he choked against Netherlands.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
There is something called mental aspect. QDK is one of the biggest bottler. RVD is probably an exception. He is feisty. But he has spin weakness. He was dropped by Rajasthan Royals as he was clueless against spin. But Klassen is class. Even he choked against Netherlands.
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Bro what they can do to win a world cup they got all the talent in the world but somehow just loose in crunch situations?
 
Aiden Markram got Man of the match award for his record breaking century.
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jnaveen1980 said:
Let us wait and see. From what i saw he looked the only one who didn't bowl those leg side drag downs. Apart from that one over he was 8 overs 44 runs 3 wickets. Even that one over Shanaka made the play.
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Judging a player of one game is ridiculous. He doesn't even have better numbers than the player you criticize, even with a small sample size. It's not as if he's markedly quicker either + always leaks runs. You can't then justify sacrificing an experienced player over him. It makes no sense whatsoever
 
apnapind said:
Bro what they can do to win a world cup they got all the talent in the world but somehow just loose in crunch situations?
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Until they prove otherwise that tag will stick with them. Dale steyn of all the people lost the semi final with his crap bowling.
 
soso_killer said:
Judging a player of one game is ridiculous. He doesn't even have better numbers than the player you criticize, even with a small sample size. It's not as if he's markedly quicker either + always leaks runs. You can't then justify sacrificing an experienced player over him. It makes no sense whatsoever
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He is the highestt wicket taker of the match lol
 
South Africa and Sri Lanka began their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign on 7 October in Delhi, with records tumbling in the highest-scoring match ever in the tournament’s history.

South Africa unleashed their wrath against Sri Lanka in the first innings, smashing the men’s World Cup’s biggest ever total of 428 after being sent in to bat by Dasun Shanaka. And they wrapped up victory by 102 runs after Sri Lanka fought valiantly in their chase.

Despite losing their skipper early on, the Proteas racked up the highest team total in the history of the Men’s Cricket World Cup, with three players reaching triple figures – Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen first up before Aiden Markram slammed the quickest ODI World Cup century.

And in reply Sri Lanka fell short of their mammoth target, despite a phenomenal knock of 76 from Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka’s excellent 79 and Shanaka’s rearguard 68.

Centuries from De Kock, Van der Dussen and Markram saw South Africa post a phenomenal 428/5, setting a new record for the highest team total at an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

After the platform had been set by de Kock’s 100 from 84 balls and van der Dussen’s 110-ball 109, the Proteas unleashed in the back half of the innings, putting an injury-hit Sri Lankan attack to the sword.

Markram was the star of the show, breaking Kevin O’Brien’s record for the fastest-ever Cricket World Cup century, bringing up his ton with a six off just the 49th delivery he’d faced and finishing on 106 from 54 balls.

And Heinrich Klassen (32 from 20), David Miller (39 from 21) and Marco Jansen (12 from 7) kept up the phenomenal rate of scoring as South Africa left Sri Lanka needing something extraordinary in their reply in Delhi.

Runs continued to flow after the interval, as Sri Lanka put together an impressive attempt at their implausible target.

Sri Lanka’s reply got off to the worst possible start as they lost opener Pathum Nissanka without scoring, bowled by Jansen.

But there was briefly hope that the Lankans could pull off the greatest ever World Cup chase when Mendis unleashed fury through the Powerplay.

Mendis brought up his 50 with a huge six over deep square leg, reaching the milestone off just 25 balls and with his partner Kusal Perera still on 0 having faced just seven deliveries.

Perara’s strange innings came to an end when he was cleaned up by Jansen for 7 from 15 balls, but the relentless Mendis just kept on going, and looked like he could even break the record set by Markram just a few hours earlier.

But when Kagiso Rabada removed Mendis the game was effectively over as a contest – a fact that was clear to see in Rabada’s huge reaction to getting the key wicket.

Mendis’ remarkable 76 had come from just 42 balls and featured eight maximums as well as a quartet of fours.

And, although Sri Lanka were well ahead of South Africa’s scoring rate for much of the first half of their reply, it was the wickets that hurt their chances of doing something remarkable, with Sadeera Samarawickrama (23 from 19) and Dhananjaya de Silva (11 from 14) also back in the hutch by the midway stage.

Asalanka kept Sri Lanka’s momentum going, rattling his way to a half century and scoring 12 boundaries, including four sixes, in his lively 65-ball 79.

And some sloppy fielding, including a number of dropped chances, meant that South Africa had to wait for their inevitable victory.

Shanaka also reached his half-century as Sri Lanka continued to impress with the bat.

But the win did ultimately come, with Rabada bagging the 10th wicket to bowl Sri Lanka out for a well-fought 326, still 102 runs shy of the gargantuan target.

Shanaka had called it right at the toss and opted to field, noting the possibility of dew as a factor behind his decision. He also added that the Delhi track was a good one for batting and his team's aim was the restrict South Africa.

And it looked like the right decision when Sri Lanka drew first blood when they removed the Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma for 8 in the second over. South Africa sought to wrest back control before bedding in to lay a platform as Sri Lanka bowled with decent discipline through the Powerplay.

It was in the ninth over, bowled by Shanaka, that de Kock opened his arms and hit him for a six. Soon, de Kock and his partner van der Dussen unleashed a flurry of exquisite strokes and helped the South Africa rate pick up. This included a sequence of 6,4,4 from the willow of van der Dussen against de Silva in the 11th over.

Van der Dussen reached his half-century in the 18th over with a boundary against Matheesha Pathirana. De Kock reached a half-century of his own in the 22nd over.

And the duo kept their attack on the spinners, taking 12 runs off de Silva in the 23rd over. And with the platform set, South Africa went huge in the second half of their innings.

ICC
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Until they prove otherwise that tag will stick with them. Dale steyn of all the people lost the semi final with his crap bowling.
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How come australia with limited talent can win a world cup and sa somehow with power house team cant?
 
apnapind said:
How come australia with limited talent can win a world cup and sa somehow with power house team cant?
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Not limited talent. But they give everything before they lost. But i have to say current Australian side is only a shadow of the Australian side i saw in the 2000s and early 2010s. Still they are better than others. This is going to be an open tournament. Everybody has a chance. it will come down to who holds the nerves.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Not limited talent. But they give everything before they lost. But i have to say current Australian side is only a shadow of the Australian side i saw in the 2000s and early 2010s. Still they are better than others. This is going to be an open tournament. Everybody has a chance. it will come down to who holds the nerves.
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Ya true bro aus has never die attitude thanks alot for giving detailed answers.
 
SA had to bat really well in the first half of their innings. The pitch in South Africa's first 20 overs wasn't near as flat as the first 20 overs in Sri Lanka's innings.

Hopefully this isn't a bowl first win match tournament.
 
sindhiboy said:
SA had to bat really well in the first half of their innings. The pitch in South Africa's first 20 overs wasn't near as flat as the first 20 overs in Sri Lanka's innings.

Hopefully this isn't a bowl first win match tournament.
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Yeah exactly what I was thinking. It was the same yesterday in the first 10-15 overs when we batted, the pitch was a bit two paced but then it settled.

Would be disappointing if this becomes a trend for the whole tournament.
 
Good positive intent shown by Sri Lanka' batters. I reckon they knew that it's not possible to chase this target against a strong bowling attack, still they tried to score at good run rate and managed to reach 326 in 45 overs. This will surely boost their confidence. This would have been a closed game if Sri Lanka's openers had scored quick 50-60 runs. South Africa also came up with strong plan and they showed how to set the target when you are batting first.
 
If South Africa bowl anywhere close to it like this they will receive royal pasting. Rabada's bowling was shockingly pathetic. He has massively regressed.
 
sindhiboy said:
SA had to bat really well in the first half of their innings. The pitch in South Africa's first 20 overs wasn't near as flat as the first 20 overs in Sri Lanka's innings.

Hopefully this isn't a bowl first win match tournament.
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In a match like this SA should be able to bowl them out for 150. Because anywy they were going to go after bowling. So simple strategies would have forced htem to committ harakiri.
 
Respect to Sri Lanka for going for it, even after the first wicket went down first ball.

I know a few teams who would shut up shop at that point and look for damage limitation with a consolation century that gets added to statistics and ranking points ☑️
 
'Innings of 400+ runs scored in 2023 WC' counter is now one

This is going to be a long world cup
 
SRI LANKA FINED FOR SLOW OVER-RATE IN MATCH 4 OF THE ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA


Sri Lanka have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the Match 4 of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday, 7 October 2023.

Javagal Srinath of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Dasun Shanaka’s side was ruled to be 2 over(s) short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 5 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Dasun Shanaka pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Shahid Saikat, third umpire Michael Gough and fourth umpire Alex Wharf leveled the charge.
 
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