Sri Lanka v South Africa | 1st Test | July 16-20 2014 | Galle

[Aman]

SA have won the toss and have elected to bat first

 

[Aman]

Really weird not seeing Smith open for SA.

SA 22/0 after 7 overs.

CI has Faf at 3 and Amla slated at 4.

 

[Convict]

Very interested in how the new South Africa go

 

[Aman]

Very interested in how the new South Africa go

Surprised to see the lack of interest in this match..

 

[Justcrazy]

Good toss to win by SA here.

 

[Justcrazy]

61 / 0

Good opening partnership developing here for SA.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fluid innings by pieterson in progress here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Both batsmen look settled here , Lanka need to strike here soon , or they would be staring at a big first innings total.

 

[Justcrazy]

Huge shout , given

SA asking for review !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

review wasted

 

[Hawkeye]

Alviro is a waste of an opener... SA must find a replacement soon.

 

[Justcrazy]

79 / 1

as the game goes towards lunch.

 

[DrSchultz]

They should have uniform guidelines for such reviews. Ball was barely touching leg stump yet given out. If Umpire had said not out then ball could be touching 49% of leg stump and would remain not out.

 

[Justcrazy]

:

Edgar launches into that one

 

[Justcrazy]

Edgar gets to his fifty . Well played.

 

[Sam18696]

Very good start here from SA

 

[Justcrazy]

Edgar now in aggressive mode.

 

[Justcrazy]

Good batting by SA , they making use of winning the toss here

111 / 1

 

[Justcrazy]

Lunch

Lanka would have loved another wicket.

 

[Buffet]

Please bat for 5 sessions and put 500+ runs. A perfect platform to do so and pitch is also looking good right now. I wish, timing of match would have been different. It's difficult to watch it here in USA. ODI series was a good win. Let's do it for tests as well.

 

[Bilal7]

Why is Faf batting above Amla? I suppose its because they want the captain and ABD to face most of the spin that'll come by the truck-full later in the innings.

 

[Buffet]

Why is Faf batting above Amla? I suppose its because they want the captain and ABD to face most of the spin that'll come by the truck-full later in the innings.

Amla wants to bat lower due to captaincy.

 

[vandokkum]

Amla wants to bat lower due to captaincy.

Doubt it, Amla and AB are two of the best players of spin going around, makes sense to have Faf at the top.

 

[Bilal7]

Amla wants to bat lower due to captaincy.

Citation needed.

 

[vandokkum]

Lakmal averaging 50 in 20 tests, well on his way to greatness, oops that's his bowling average.

 

[Bilal7]

Lakmal averaging 50 in 20 tests, well on his way to greatness, oops that's his bowling average.

He has the ability to bowl six yorkers in one over though. Just not a wicket-taker.

 

[Justcrazy]

131 / 1

Things looking bad for Lanka here

 

[Justcrazy]

edgar moves into 80s here

 

[Justcrazy]

76 runs partnership here

 

[Justcrazy]

:

Faf smacks that

 

[MarkCooper]

The Umpire is from Yorkshire. Naturally.

 

[Justcrazy]

Elgar into 90s now

 

[Justcrazy]

Mike: "My advice for Sri Lanka would be to call in sick for the next 4 days"

 

[Aman]

The Umpire is from Yorkshire. Naturally.

So he's rubbish. Naturally.

 

[Justcrazy]

115 runs partnership , no respite for Lanka here

 

[Justcrazy]

100 for Elgar

 

[Aman]

193/1 wowowowow

 

[Justcrazy]

Tea is approaching . lanka players look tired already.

 

[Justcrazy]

194 / 1

Tea.

 

[Aman]

I think SA took this session

 

[Sam18696]

Is the pitch flat or are SL bowling badly?

 

[Sam18696]

Good innings from Edgar

 

[f.b.m]

SL well on their way to bowling SA out by day 5.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Amla gone. SA 220/3

 

[MarkCooper]

Crappy broadcasters with no slow mo cameras.

What a load of garbage.

 

[Random Aussie]

Crappy broadcasters with no slow mo cameras.

What a load of garbage.

Must be making it hard for you to scout new England players eh?

 

[thivaakar]

Missed the entire match, how was the pitch folks ?

 

[SL_Fan]

Seth Africa in a good position imo. Batting won't be as easy from here on in by the look of it.

 

[Buffet]

Amla wants to bat lower due to captaincy.

Doubt it, Amla and AB are two of the best players of spin going around, makes sense to have Faf at the top.

Citation needed.

Amla said that in interview earlier which I posted in this forum.

" As for batting line-up, it’s something we will discuss; there was a consideration of me moving down the order to four. Kind of giving me a bit more time ... you know, if I’m captaining and batting." ------- Amla

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?203739-Amla-s-Interview-%91Many-ways-to-skin-cat%92

 

[leatherface58]

Must be making it hard for you to scout new England players eh?

Ouch.

 

[thivaakar]

Yesterday we saw a stray dog, and a Kamodo Dragon. What can we see today on the field ?

 

[soso_killer]

South Africa have surrendered their initiative I'm afraid.
They'll do well to get to 350 with 400-420 being a competitive total. I can see Mahela and Sanga propelling Lanka to 620+.
That will lead to a deficit of around 200 with SA having to save the match on a deteriorating pitch. The boys have it all to do.

(Of course Dale could wave his magic with reverse swing and Tahir proving handy with his leggies, but I've seen nothing in this pitch conducive for anything but runs and scoreboard pressure)

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would like early wickets here.

 

[Justcrazy]

knock moves to 26 not out.

 

[Justcrazy]

Styen has his 1000th Test runs!

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 22 runs so far , Lanka need to get rid of Styen here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Styen gone

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would like to restrict SA to 350 here ideally.

 

[Justcrazy]

300 up for SA ......

 

[Buffet]

450 should be the minimum target.

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs have dried here , things moving along real slow.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fifty for Knock

 

[eradicator]

De Kock playing a good innings here. Must go for his ton.

 

[eradicator]

****

 

[Justcrazy]

Knock gone !!!!

 

[Buffet]

Need one good partnership

 

[eradicator]

SA have given away the advtange. At one stage with Elgar and Faf batting , they were looking at a score of around 500-550.

 

[Justcrazy]

philander 24 balls , yet to get off the mark

 

[eradicator]

Philander off the mark.

 

[Justcrazy]

SA tail are capable with the bat , lanka need to be careful here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lunch approaching now , these two batting well .

 

[Buffet]

These two should take it to 400+ then SA will get a good score.

 

[Justcrazy]

That shot shows that Philander is a genuine bowling all rounder

 

[Justcrazy]

Fifty for Duminy !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

I think 450 will be a good score here , lanka will have to bat really well to make a match here. Will not be easy against disciplined african attack .

 

[Sakss]

380 ...middle of day 2 ...dunno how much more SA will bat

 

[Justcrazy]

Philander should be classified as a genuine all rounder , he averages nearly 30 with the bat .

 

[Justcrazy]

Philander gone

 

[Justcrazy]

Morkel is the new batsman

 

[Justcrazy]

Duminy still out there . 450 is possible