South Africa v Sri Lanka [Super 8s/Game 2] - Updates

[cricketcrazy]

wow 4 in 4 can he do 5 in 5 very first time ..
though I think 4 in 4 is very first time too

 

[MCMLXXXII]

I had faith in Malinga, kept him in my fantasy team!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Dot ball...

3 off 20 balls...

 

[Amjid Javed]

misfield and they get one!

2 needed now!

 

[Amjid Javed]

OMG! that must have shaved the stump!

 

[<< Rashid >>]

Reminds me of Razzaq in that Sharjah game.

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.A 208/9

2 needed or 1 wkt!

I got a feeling we may get a tie!

 

[12thMan]

almost had him on the last ball

 

[shahzadddd]

Keep the updates coming:

46.6 Malinga to Peterson, no run, full and fast just outside off, Peterson comes on the frontfoot and looks to drive, misses, shouts of catch it but it was well away from the bat but it missed the off stump by a kitten's whisker

PP is so much faster than cricbuzz

 

[12thMan]

how close was that bal to the off stump!!!!

 

[SUPERSAMI]

lets see if Vass can finish the job

 

[Amjid Javed]

Vass smiling, Jayawardena setting field!

dot ball 1st up...!

 

[Amjid Javed]

POKE and miss... ooohhh!

 

[cricketcrazy]

ho fast Malinga is ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

away swinger left by number 11.

 

[12thMan]

beats the edge 2nd ball and padded 3rd ball

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good solid Block!

S.A 206/5 >> 208/9 now..

Sri lanka had similar collapse.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Maiden over.

 

[12thMan]

Vaas is pumped up too and bowled a 80 mph

 

[mamoo gogo]

guys please keep the ball-by-ball commentary going....thanks.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

whew

 

[Amjid Javed]

Malinga to bowl now..

His last over...

 

[Amjid Javed]

play and miss from peterson.

 

[Oxy]

3 wkt balls - no joy for SL!

 

[12thMan]

Malinga to bowl which should be the last over of the match

 

[JustAnotherFan]

SA wins, all you ppl

 

[Oxy]

edge for 4.

SA win

 

[Amjid Javed]

Edge past 1st slip and goes for 4.

S.A win by 1 wkt!

what a match!

 

[Rob H]

Lucky buggers South Africa. They could've been all out numerous times then.

 

[shan2026]

man they needed 2nd slip

 

[Oxy]

SA wins, all you ppl

C'mon - you were crapping it....

 

[12thMan]

edged to 4 and SA wins

 

[Amjid Javed]

Congrats to S.A

excellent game best of world cup thus far...

 

[shan2026]

they r not called chokers for nothing

 

[Oxy]

What the hell was Pietrson up to - sashing down the stumps!

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Now that is what you call a close game ... reminds me off WC 1999 semi ... so hope to see SL again in the knockouts

 

[shahzadddd]

thanks guys for the updates! we should just have a PP commentary team... so much better than the so called professional sites!

Kept me on the edge of my seat in the office!

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Oops ... this is actually reminder of 2003 WC where SL tied with SA and knocked them out

 

[MCMLXXXII]

SL must be kicking themselves. They came so close. Should have scored more runs in the end. Also should have held on to their catches. SA Fielding won it for them.

 

[SUPERSAMI]

amazing game, amazing performance from Malinga, this world cup will be his show

 

[the_game]

Wow, almost a world-class choke by the Saffies. Great, great effort by Malinga. I love his bowling.

 

[the_game]

Sri Lanka is looking extremely good and they will do really well. They really need someone to finish their innings while batting and their bowling will do the rest. Well done Sri Lanka and well done South Africa for almost choking up a rather easy win.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Damn i was hoping for another world class choke from S.A!

 

[Lightning]

Why Was There No 2nd Slip!? Aaaargh!

 

[the_game]

Damn i was hoping for another world class choke from S.A!

I have a feeling you won't have to wait too long Amjid !

 

[MCMLXXXII]

Why Was There No 2nd Slip!? Aaaargh!

They were all trying to stop the single. Its hard to utilize your fielders when defending such few runs and also attacking to get wickets.

 

[Uzzy]

Damn i was hoping for another world class choke from S.A!

Well atleast we know they can still choke.

I really wanted SL to win. They've been awesome in this tournament thus far. They were 20 runs short though, but great bowling from Malinga, hes a quality bowler. After Akhtar hes my favourite bowler.

 

[desidudecool]

oh man srilanka almost pulled it off,if jaysurya had not misfielded it was a definite run out.but great effort by lankans,they were 15 20 runs short in the end.i thought captaincy by jaywardane could've been much better,he should have brought the spinners on early.

 

[saffer]

wow....man I couldn't watch....


what a great game at the end of the day....important thing is we won...


this is the first time in world cups wherer for once not EVERYTHING went wrong , when it looked like it could happen.....maybe the change of luck we need...

great bowling by malinga...4 in 4 balls...wow...

 

[Lightning]

They were all trying to stop the single. Its hard to utilize your fielders when defending such few runs and also attacking to get wickets.

Ofcource but the batsman was missing his slashes outside off. Even before the balls was delievered, I knew if any way the bastman was going to get the winning runs, it would be thru an edge..

 

[saffer]

for once in a world cup WE WIN the close game....phew !

and it didn't rain when they said it would...



times they are a changing !

 

[the_game]

for once in a world cup WE WIN the close game....phew !

and it didn't rain when they said it would...



times they are a changing !

This wasn't a close game. This was a first degree choke. You guys were cruising. CRUISING! Now I am certain we will be seeing third-degree chokes from you guys soon.

 

[saffer]

the game...remind me...who won ?

 

[OZGOD]

Another near choke from the Saffas, what was Kallis doing? SA doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again.

 

[Asim2Good]

Another near choke from the Saffas, what was Kallis doing?

hey u can't question him, he scored his 86

 

[JustAnotherFan]

What the hell was Pietrson up to - sashing down the stumps!

I guess he wanted to make a point! Watch the Saffers play some smashing cricket in the WC.

 

[saffer]

what is "almost a choke" ?

oh right ...I know...it's called "winning" !

In that case I don't mind is we "almost choke" for the rest of the world cup...

 

[Sean]

Good solid Block!

S.A 206/5 >> 208/9 now..

Sri lanka had similar collapse.

That will never beat the team we played in our State Grand final.
0/23 >> 5/23 >> 6/25 >> 6/46>> 10/51

 

[Indiafan]

This wasn't a close game. This was a first degree choke. You guys were cruising. CRUISING! Now I am certain we will be seeing third-degree chokes from you guys soon.

By calling this a choke you are taking away from the excellent spell which Malinga bowled. The word choke is overused by fans nowadays who know no meaning of the word. By your consideration all the Wasim, saqlain, etc hattrick will be chokes and not good bowling. Due yu think if it was any other bowler apart from Malinga, 4 wickets would have fallen in 4 bowls. If it was choke, it should have happened against Vaas's bowling too surely?

 

[Straight Bat]

what an exciting match