First test for SA for the year 2012(obviously it’s only the 3rd day of the year yet). We hope that the Protea team will begin the year better than the way they ended 2011.
For starters the team has been changed from the one that did duty in the 2nd test. Prince has done(at last IMO) enough to earn himself a place on his couch at home watching the game rather than being involved in it. Alviro Petersen has been recalled and replaces Rudolf who moves down the order to take the position of Prince. In the other change Philander comes back from injury taking the place of the only Protea player that can hold his head high after the 2nd test, De Lange taking 7 wickets in an innings.
Now the team looks like this:
Graeme Smith , Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Mark Boucher, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir.
Jacques Kallis is playing in his 150th game for the Proteas. Hope that this milestone will be a turning point for him as he has not been in good form this season.
On a very positive note, SA have not lost a test in six years at Newlands. Needless to say that before the last test they had not lost to Sri Lanka in SA before, but I believe that we will see a much improved performance this time around.
Also in the mean time the squad for the first 2 odi’s has been announced and the Knights batsman Dean Elgar is a new face on the Protea block. Rory Klienveldt has also earned himself a chance to shine in the 50-over version of the game after he has previously played in two t20 games for SA.
AB gets his first chance since being appointed one day captain to actually captain the team as he was injured for the odi’s against the Ausies. He also will be taking the gloves as Boucher is not part of the squad:
AB de Villiers (Nashua Titans, capt), Hashim Amla (Sunfoil Dolphins, vice-captain), Johan Botha (Chevrolet Warriors), JP Duminy (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Faf du Plessis (Nashua Titans), Dean Elgar (Chevrolet Knights), Jacques Kallis (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Rory Kleinveldt (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Morne Morkel (Nashua Titans), Wayne Parnell (Chevrolet Warriors), Robin Peterson (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Graeme Smith (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Dale Steyn (Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Chevrolet Warriors).
Enjoy the cricket and don’t worry to much about waking up early as the game only starts at 10:30(SA. time)
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I think it is a mistake to play Kallis in the ODI’s
We have a long season ahead, and it might be the ideal time for him to concentrate on the Tests and let some new blood come into things ahead of the next World Cup (which he surely will not play in).
I would have dropped Morkel for this Test and tried playing both De Lange and Philander, both of which are in amazing form. But Morkel can turn it on at any moment, so it will be interesting to watch.
Sri Lanka win the toss and decide to bowl on a green pitch.
SA’s seamers would have done some damage in this first session had they been able to bowl.
Smith and co will have to be careful not to throw their wickets away.
Played on and gone..! Smith for 16 from 15 balls.
SA 25/1
Amla joins alviro at the crease
Alviro on 8 not out
Prasad only has 17 wkts in 9 test matches with a strike rate of a wicket every 75 balls
SA 45/1
Prasad finishes the 9th over with a really good bouncer at amla
Quick single by alviro,46/1
Alviro brings the SA fifty up with a six ,53/1.and another sharp single to follow that up,54/1.
Another good single,55/1.
Excellent delivery by prasad to alviro.
Alviro leaves the next ball,an outswinger outside off stump by prasad .3 slips and a gulley.
Amla out lbw..!
Amla thought about the review,but decided no after xonsulting with alviro..will be interesting to see replay..looked like it was maybe going down leg..but was it enough to miss..?
56/2.
Kallis 12036 runs (averages 72 @ newlands).
Replay of amla shows… Umpire’s decision was correct ..
Kallis off the mark with a sharp single in the covers
Another single of a miss-field,SA 61/2
Prasad with both wickets
Kallis edges to gulley..!! But the ball just -just drops short.. Gets 2 runs from the miss-field..living on the edge..!
And now kallis plays one in the air down to fine leg that lands a mere metre or 2 in-front of the fielder..but fielder lost the ball.. Another close-call for kallis..
SA 68/2
Angelo Mathews in the attack (strike rate 124 balls ).
@bergshark (Comment 25) : hallow and happy NY mate, thanks for the updates, I’m off to Ilovo…
@Franshark: thanks and all the best for 2012 to you and the family 🙂 enjoy the trip – gonna do some fishing?
Kallis looking in good form before lunch after a shaky start to his innings.
Alviro looking really good as well.really impressed by him.
SA136/2
Alviro 2 runs down to third man boundary,sa 138/2
Alviro on 56 runs
Kallis’ 9th test fifty at newlands
141/2
Like the quick singles the sa batsmen have been taking in the innings..they’re looking for runs.
Kallis boundary- square drive on the up behind point.
Lbw appeal for appeal…
Sri lankan’s review of lbw appeal … Not out!
Kallis remains 54 not out and sa 145/2
Alviro on 57 not out
Bit of a miss-hit by alviro but he gets 2 runs .
Alviro puts the low full-toss away to the midwicket boundary,and brings up sa 150..151/2
Alviro now on 63 not out
Only 2 extras in the 151
One run to kallis..there is a fielder on the cover boundary.
Four runs to long-on boundary for kallis
And that is also the hundred run partnership between kallis and alviro.
Alviro also looking good.gets a single down to fine leg,moves on to 65.
SA 158/2
4 runs for kallis..behind square on the leg-side,next ball a single to fine leg.sa 163/2.
India all out for 191 in the second test vs aus at scg..tendulkar 41.
Good performance from aussie bowlers..really stepping up is aus after the loss to kiwis at hobart.
And so is Ponting..people and papers been speculating over his future,but he scored a few runs in the series ..not out in the forties.
And kallis drives past the bowler for 4
Left-arm bowler Welegedara now around the wicket to kallis,but kallis plays ball into vacant midwicket area for a single.
SA 168/2.
Alviro gets a single on the on-side(square leg),169/2.
Kallis gets a single on the off-side,170/2.
Run rate is 5.00 after 34 overs
Kallis 71 not out and alviro 66 not out
171/2
Kallis tucks a delivery fine of fine leg and picks up 2
Good appeal for lbw.. Did it pitch outside the off stump..lankans go up for the review..
Hawk-eye…
Hit outside off stump..not out..another embarrassing call by the lankans use up their 2nd and last review..
Spinner on..alviro smacks him for 4 back over his head..no respect,good aggresion.
Alviro bit lucky now..wide of mid-on and the midwicket (in-between).but alviro is being positive,not allowing herath to dictate terms to the batsman.this is what was missing in durban,positive stroke-play against the spinnertjie.
178/2
Alviro only one test hundred
Scored a hundred (100) on debut.
Drives nicely but fielder at cover point makes a diving stop,no runs,178/2.
Kallis gets a single from a miss-field off herath’s bowling.
Alviro again using his feet to get to pitch of the ball,drives strong but straight to fielder.
Gets one over the head of the fielder at deep mid-on.
ODI squad announced
AB de Villiers (capt & wk), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, JP Duminy , Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Dean Elgar the new cap . Kleinveldt has played 2 T20’s
Gets four runs for it..bit risky maybe,but staying positive in his stroke play.
Kallis scored in 1198 in 2010 calender year.
Kallis scored 1210 runs in 2007 calender year.
SA 183/2
Petersen 75 not out and kallis 74 not out
Herath to alviro..lbw appeal..not out .
Alviro boundary on the leg-side,moves to 80 and sa 188/2.
And one more boundary on the leg-side,past mid-on.
Takes a single and moves to 85.sa 193/2
Run rate 4.61 after 41.5 overs
58 runs after lunch
From 15 overs
Alviro 86 not out and sa 194/2
There was a run there as alviro drove to a deep mid-off.batsmen didn’t seem interested.
Perera bowls a maiden over
Kallis uses his feet to herath but straight to midwicket fielder.
Kallis 4 to extra_cover boundary.
SA 200/2
record partnership for 3rd wicket vs sri lanka _144 runs
30 fours and 1 six in sa score of 200
Beautiful stroke to midwicket boundary by alviro.
70 of alviro’s 90 runs thus far has been on the leg-side.
SA 204/2
Alviro’s only test hundred thus far was against india at newlands.
Kallis bats out a maiden over from herath
Last home series sa won was vs bangladesh in 2008
Alviro gets two runs as he drives a perera delivery past the bowler ..also the 150 run partnership.
Kallis gets 4 runs as he sweeps a herath delivery very fine.
SA 210/2
And another single takes the score to 211/2,kallis 85 not out and alviro 92 not out.
Run rate dropped down to 4.20..and kallis gets a 4..his highest score vs sri lanka up to now..prev highest was 87..sa 215/2.
Kallis single takes him to 90 not out and sa 216/2.
Alviro 92 not out.
Alviro scores another run on the leg-side,93 not out,sa 217/2.
Correction: alviro’s test hundred was scored in kolkata vs india.
Ball change
SA 217/2 after 50 overs
Number of boundaries that’s been hit taking its toll on the old ball..time for a change.
30 percent of runs in kallis/alviro partnership been scored in the mid-on/long-on area.
And 23 percent in the midwicket area
Kallis gets four,but it wasn’t that far from gulley..seemed very catchable on the replay..
And a run to the legside takes kallis to 95 not ou
A thick edge to the third man boundary (to the left of gulley this time bit not catchable).kallis on 99…
Kallis’ last test hundred was scored against india in jan 2011…
Bowler aborts run-up..
Builds the tension..
Good stop by midwicket fielder..no run..
Defensive block to cover..no run..
Almost a run-out..!!! Alviro sets off for the run but sent back..
Wide delivery outside off stump..kallis leaves it..decline the offer ..
Donald Bradman (sir) scored nine of his 27 test centuries at the mcg..kallis has now also scored 9 test hundreds at one cricket ground..!! Great batting..fastest test hundred of hid test career thus far..41st test hundred..first vs lankans..
Kallis came out to proof a point..wasn’t perfect..but he has scored the hundred..now to push on.
And now alviro is on 99 not out..
Kalllis struck 17 fours in his hundred..took him 114 balls to get there.
Kallis on strike 102 not out,alviro at non striker’s end
Quick single,kallis 103 not out..
Alviro to face..
One run for his hundred..
Plays it to midwicket,no run..
2 more ballis in the over..
No run to mid-off…
Flashes at a wide one outside off-stump..! Misses it,wicketkeeper takes it..and alviro will go to tea on 99 not out..
SA 236/2
Kallis has now scored a test century against each test playing nation.
Eleven others including gary kirsten.
Eleven other batsmen including gary kirsten has also accomplished this feat..now who will the other ten be..?
Tendulkar,ponting,sehwag,dhoni..must be tendulkar and ponting in that list..
Oh no..!! Is kallis out?..run out ..??
Very very close…not out..!! Close call..c’mon,focus ..
SA 237/2
Kallis now facing herath..
Alviro still 99 not out
Over mid-on for 6! Lands on the rope and kallis gets six runs.used his feet.
Now kallis gets a single to backward point area.
Well done alviro..! 100 off 165 balls.. Looked in control there today.. 12 fours and one six to the square leg boundary.
SA 254/2
Beautiful drive to mid-off but no run for alviro.
Alviro single to square leg boundary,101
Kallis gets another four-fielder on square leg boundary no chance of cutting off that pull shot..
SA 251/2 (typo re: 254/2: meant 245/2)
Lots of space on the on side for sa batsmen now when seamer is bowling
SA 252/2
Can our bowling attack get 20 sri lankan wickets on this pitch?
Morkel will have to deliver..bit lucky to still be in the team after de lange’s performance on debut.
Lot will depend on tahir also .
201 run partnership..sa 257/2 as alviro straight drives for four.
SA 258/2
SA needs to win this test series.lankans leaving here with a drawn 1-1 test series will be huge for them,a victory of sorts.
SA’s team wagon wheel(scoring shots) looks like a fireworks display
Ashwell Prince needs to score one test hundred vs lankans to join the club of batsmen having scored centuries against every test playing nation.
SA 261/2
Alviro is out..!! ( partnership is broken.alviro 109
SA 261/3
Alviro dove at a wide one and was caught at extra-cover
Alviro c dilshan b welegedrara 109
Excellent shot by kallis gets only one run to long-off boundary.
AB at the crease facing herath
SA should be aiming for 500 on this pitch and after this start
Busy with the 65th over
Wide one from welegedara but kallis shows no interest.
Herath to AB..no runs scored for 17 balls now at the end of the 66th over,sa 262/3.
Kallis gets two to cover boundary..and another single to cover boundary,sa 265/3.
Four runs ! AB gets off the mark (17 balls) to the third man boundary.
Good ball at the toes of AB,no run.
SA 270/3 as kallis gets a single on the on -side ,herath the bowler.
Eish..ab almost plays a ball straight down the throat of the fielder standing deeper than a conventional mid-off..luckily he miss-hit the shot.
Quick single for ab,sa 272/3.
Run rate 3.94
Miss- field in the covers but no run..next ball is driven thru the covers by ab and this time there is a run
Next ball sees kallis collect 2 runs to long-off boundary,sa 275/3
2 runs for ab to cover boundary,sa 279/3
AB four runs past the bowler,sa 283/3
Run rate 3.95
Sharp single..direct hit..!
Not out,ab safely home at the striker’s end,sa 284/3
8 more overs till second new ball is available
Perera,the right arm bowler,coming around the wicket to right handed batsman kallis.interesting.bowling it across the body of the batsman.
4 runs to the long on boundary ,sa 288/3.and then a single to midwicket area,289/3.kallis 133 not out.
Some of the sa players were tested for performance-enhancing drugs after game in durban..was that a bad joke or something?? (Mr:green)
@bergshark (Comment 27) : Thanks and no for the fishing 🙁 only camping and relaxing before this year(working) is starting next week.
JK and AP doing great today.
@bergshark (Comment 165) : 😆
@Zibbie (Comment 69) : 😆 hi there, lion, you obviously did not read the post 😉 I am at Natalia here by Ilovo, they have a thing of hanging the CC winners flag on top of the flats roof, not a good site to see 😈
South Africa 347/3
AB de Villiers 45* JH Kallis 159*
India 191; Australia 116/3
and that is the scores at the end of both matches first days.
@Franshark: have a great week !
Need to post a big score in the first innings and try and bowl lankans out twice!but dunno how this pitch will play on day 2 ,3 and 4.talk of uneven bounce to creep in as the game continues.need to have lankans in on the fifth day busy with their second inn.
@Franshark: aussies impressing me .thought they will struggle vs india.ponting also getting some runs.seems both he and kallis have still a few runs left in them.
@bergshark (Comment 174) : yes the oldies are doing well, happy about Kallis, he was due for a big one… Maybe his 2nd double on the cards here?
@Franshark (Comment 168) :
haha ! have a few drinks . might become better .. a little later 😛
@Zibbie (Comment 176) : not even a few(or a lot) (not that I do) drinks will make that baaaaaad feeling go away, just very painfull on the eyes. 😉
Aus v Ind – STUMPS D2 – Australia 482/4 (MJ Clarke 251*, MEK Hussey 54*) – Australia lead by 291 runs.
And ponting’s first test century in almost 2 years
Robin jackman pointing out a jagged edge 8.1m just outside right-hander’s leg-stump(dunno from what end-missed, ..jackman pointing to more jagged edges and says day4,5 will be difficult days to bat).
AB hits the first ball for 4,takes a singke of the 2nd ball..kallis hits balls 3 and 4 to the boundary..next ball played defensively..last ball played defensively..end of the first over..13 runs .
AB 50 not out,kallis 167 not out,SA 360/3.
Thick edge past gulley,and ab picks up 4 (lucky)runs.
And that boundary brings up the 100 run partnership
AB plays a delivery with soft hands in the cover region and they take a quick single..kallis plays the next ball thru midwicket for 4,sa 369/3.
Single to midwicket boundary for ab
SA 370/3,run rate 4.00 after 92.3 overs.
Edge to 2nd slip..! And dropped by jayawardene..! Kallis edged one,is dropped,and the ball goes to the boundary for 4..kallis 175 not out..
Next ball,gets a single to midwicket boundar and moves on to 176 not out,sa 375/3…only 2 extras in that score.
And just as I wrote that,the bowler bowls a wide delivery..sa 376/3,3 extras.
SA 387/3
Kallis cuts a wide delivery to the point boundary,sa 391/3.
54th four of the sa first innings.also 2 sixes in the score of 391/3.
SA 392/3
AB whips one outside the off stump from the back-foot to the midwicket boundary.SA 396/3.
Takes a single in the region of point,moves on to 70 not out.
Awkward moment for kallis..
Umpires having a look at the second new ball after only 21 overs..and out comes the suitcase with the balls..
Replaced the ball..second time..so it is the fourth ball the lankans are bowling with..sa 397/3 after 101.1 overs.
SA 400/3
AB gets a single down to fine-leg,401/3.
Kallis edges a superb delivery from the bowling of angelo mathews..! And jayawardene drops kallis for the second time in the morning session..!and as the previous dropped catch,this ball also goes to the boundary for 4..
Jayawardene at first slip,only one slip now,shouldve taken take one.came to him at a nice height.
Kallis plays one over gulleys head,no chance of a catch and moves to 192 not out with that boundary..
Kallis back past the bowler ( on the on-side) and goes to 196 not out..also brings up the 150 run partnership.
sa414/3.
AB gets a single in square leg area,sa415/3.
Kalllis gets a single to the square leg boundary,sa416/3.
End of the 105th over,sa 416/3.
Kallis facing on 197/3 not out
Kallis miss-hits a cut shot to gulley,gets the bottom edge.no run.next ball back to the bowler.looked like a miss-hit also.4 dot balls..5th ball and a single in midwicket area takes kallis to 198 not out.
AB drives past mid-on and gets two runs.end of the over,kallis to face on 198 not out.has scored 117 of those runs on the onside.
Herath to bowl.
Kallis drives on the off-side..no run..
Kallis gets a single to the onside..moves to 199 not out..
AB plays the next few balls only defensively..end of herath’s over .kallis to face the next over..perera in..
200..!!!
Actually 201 not out..played the ball from the back-foor thru the covers and picked up 2 runs.in his 150th test,he scores his second test double century.
Beautiful off-drive but straight to the fielder at mid-off.no run.
Kallis’ highest test score ( 203 not out)as he gets 2 runs to the point boundary.
Herath runs thru his overs.
You go Kallis. What a player
Kallis single on the onside,204 not out.290 balls.
Kallis to 205 not out,sa 427/3.
And that single also brings up the bowler’s century..perera now conceded 100 runs .
AB 78 not out
Kallis 206 not out,sa 428/3.
167 run partnership
Come on AB you can go to 150….
Kallis single,207 not out,sa 429/3.
SA 437/3
AB 79 not out,kallis 213 not out.
Run rate 3.85
@bergshark (Comment 209) :
What a legend !!!! well played !! maybe to soon but what about 300 ?
SA should aim for 600 runs and try get lankans in for 4,5 overs before close of play.
SA 439/3
SA 440/3 – only 4 extras in that score
Lankans perhaps missing a second spinner
Lasith malinga aka slinger malinga,will join sri lankan odi squad.
SA 450/3
SA 453/4..kallis caught at mid-on deeper than conventional-perhaps not the shot to play so close to lunch..shouldve kept it tigh,pushed on to 250.
Think we couldve gone to 500 and beyond quicker if ab and kallis stayed together at the crease.goal should still be 600 runs here.
Kallis 224 out- big knock ,but shouldve gone on..one more run,one more run.
SA 484/4
AB 94 not out,sa 485/4
SA 486/4
clarke on 251 not out vs india and with hussey his partner,could go on to 300 runs.
2 runs for ab down to third man with a very strange late deflection more than cut ( just letting ball hit the bat and going in gulley area).sa 490/2
AB 97 not out facing herath now
Sweeps to square leg,gets 2,moves to 99 not out….fwd defensive..2 balls remaining..fwd def shot again..and he gets thw hundred with a little 2 step and nudge/tickle to the onside..
100 runs from 176 balls and 11 fours- his 13th test century.
2 fours from successive deliviries takes ab to 108 not out,sa 501/4 at the end of 130 overs.
Rudolph boundary,28 not out
SA v SL – INNINGS – South Africa 580/4 declared (AB de Villiers 160*, JA Rudolph 51*)
Personally,I’d have gone to 600 (and if ab was still there,tell him to go for the double and then declare).but that’s just me.still 3 full days left after today-and there still some good runs in this wicket on day 2,most probably also day 3).
And then rudolph couldve been near his century 😀 ..so I’d bat on and see if he can get his ton 😀
3 days is still a lot of cricket- we shouldve batted all the batting juice out of this wicket and left them with the wicket playing uneven.
Their batting isn’t that bat,should get runs on this wicket.
Lankans 24/0 after 6.1 overs
Only one bowler has taken 5 wickets in an innings against every test playing nation..muttiah muralitharan.
11 batsman have scored a century against all nine test playing nations.
TEA: SL 29-0 Thirimanne 8*, Dilshan 21*. They trail b1y 551
Players making their way back onto the field
Lankans 29/0 trail by 551
Morkel from the kelvin grove end..hammered to the point boundar for 4 by dilshan.
Moves to 25 not out and lankans to 33/0..next ball and he plays a wild drive to a wide delivery- not smart.
Leg glance to fine leg boundary from the 3rd delivery of the 9th over brings dilshan another boundary,29 not out.lankans 37/0.
Philander bowling the 2nd over after tea
Shouldve kept on batting on this pitch- nothing there really for the bowlers
Bowls a maiden over,lankans 37/0.
Dilshan playing or rather attempting to play a hook/pull off morkel’s bowling..not smart cricket from the lankans captain.
Lankans 50/0
Lankans 53/0
Lankans 55/0
Lankans 70/1..! Morkel clean bowls left_handed thirimanne for 23 runs.coming around the wicket and uprooting the leg stump.
Correction: off stump .
Lankans 82/1
Morkel 1/35
Sangakkara averages 56 with a test highest score of 287 vs sa.
Dilshan scores his first test fifty vs sa – 50 not out from 41 balls.
Lankans 83/1 after 17.4 overs runrate 4.7.
Great stop by ab in the gulley,no runs,lankans 87/1.run rate 4.66.
Another great diving stop by ab at gulley,no run.
Still very much a batting wicket..need to get the run rate down,tie the batsmen down,until the uneven bounce sets in.but till then,don’t give away runs.
What a shot..! Sangakkara on-drives steyn for s,second successive boundaries of steyn’s bowling.lankans 95/1.
Run rate 4.75.
Philander to dilshan on 54 not out
Lankans 95/1 philander to dilshan,3 dot balls in a row..must build the pressure..
Dilshan gets 2 runs down to third man.
Sybrand engelbrecht on the field for rudolph stops the ball short from the third man boundary.
Steyn 0/35
Lankans 97/1 after 21 over
Steyn over the wicket to sangakkara..drops it in short,batsman ducks underneath it.
SA shouldve still been batting, I feel.
Steyn bowls a good short ball to sangakkara,97/1.
Steyn bowls a maiden over,and players go for a drinks break.
Morkel 1/35 from 6 overs
Lankans 97/1 ..four runs for dishan to third man boundary ,philander’s bowling.dilshan scoring at more than a run a ball..and he whacks philander thru the covers..his tenth four.64 not out.lankans 105/1.run rate 4.6
Ooohhhh.. Steyn doesn pick up the hook shot from dishan to fine leg it seems he was signalling to the bowler..ball drops short,dilshan survives.lankans 106/1.rocking along at 4.54 to the over.
Lankans 108/2
Dishan 65 not out
Lankans 114/1
Lankans 115/1
Dilshan 73 not out
Run rate 4.45
Tahir to bowl
9 test wickets,strike rate 65.0
Bowling to dilshan
50 runs partnership as tahir bowls a full toss to sangakkara ,lankans 120/2.
5 runs off tahir’s first over,120/1 after 27 overs.
Morkel to dilshan
Morkel bowls a no-ball
But the replay shows it was a very tight call by the umpire..morkel has taken 2 wickets off no balls in this series.
Top edge over boucher’s head for 4.. Dilshan flashes again amd gets the lucky boundary off the last ball of the over.sri lankan 125/1.
And that is the 2nd wicket down..! Dilshan playing another crazy aggressive shot off tahir’s bowling and he is caught at long-on by smith.very good diving catch .
Lankans 126/2.
That was not the shot the opening bat and capt shouldve been playing near the end of day2 with his team on 126 and trailing by 454 runs.
Dilshan 78 off 79 balls.but he shouldve curbed his natural aggression a bit today,played the situation .
brings jayawardene to the wicket.
Morkel bowls a maiden over to jayawardene .
Sangakkara and jayawardene can both bat for hours.and they have both batted for hours against sa in partnership back in sri lanka.
Tahir seems to be bowling at the leg stump of jayawardene.looking for the rough.
Sangakkara gets two runs thru midwicket,lankans 129/2.morkel bowling.
Sangakkara four runs.in the air to where a vacant backward point wouldve been.but you only have 9 players to block the holes in the field.
Next ball is a half volley and gets driven thru the covers for 4.lankans 137/2.
Sangakkara has scored 8 (!) test double hundreds..
Top score of 287 vs sa and also scored 233 vs sa.seems like he likes sa bowling .
Lankans 138/2 are 442 runs behind.
Lankans 140/2
Trail by 440 runs
624.
624 runs.that is the world record for any wicket in test cricket.and that is what these to,jayawardene and sangakkara,put up against sa in colombo ,sri lanka.
Lankans 143/2
I’m outta here.cheers.have a nice evening 🙂
South Africa 580/4d; Sri Lanka 149/2
India 191 and 90/1; Australia 659/4d
M Hussey 150no and M Clark 329no
Superb knock from clark..! He doesn’t just score his first double ton,but he goes on to score his first triple ..
Kallis threw his wicket a way yesterday-shouldve tried to push on to 250 and if still in ,gone for the triple.
Hope we have an early breakthrough this morning.
Third ball of the first over on day three…and sangakkara is out..! Caught at point by amla ,bowler steyn.that is a huge wicket for sa.
Next batsman in is samaraweera (average 52).
Lankans 149/3.
Sangakkara 35 runs.
Maiden over wicket by steyn.
Morkel from kelvin grove end.
Lankans 152/3
Morkel 1/58 ,steyn 1/40,tahir 1/15.
Steyn bowling with the south-easter in his back from the wynberg end.
Sri lanka 153/3
Lankans 169/3
Sri lanka 170/3 after 46 overs
Tahir replacing morkel,bowling from the kelvin grove end.
SA have one review remaining
Tahir bowling into the south-easter.
Philander replaces steyn from the wynberg end with the south -easter blowing in his back.
Two byes as boucher miss-fields a ball that pitches short of him.
Lankans 172/3
Samaraweera c kallis (at 2nd slip) b philander 11
Lankans 184/4
Need 380 to avoid the follow-on.
Sri lanka 185/4
Sri lanka 189/5..!
3 wickets in the morning session thus far.
Steyn has 2 wickets.
Steyn has 3 wickets..! Angelo mathews c boucher b steyn 1 (18 balls) .
Lankans 194/6
Earlier :Jayawardene c kallis b steyn
Lankans 199/6
Lankans 207/6 as chandimal drives steyn thru the covers.
2 more runs down to third man,lankans 209/6.
Steyn 3/52.
Chandimal is a very competent batsman,20 not out.was very good down in durban..he gets a thick edge ..! Flies over third slips head..four runs..lankans 213/6.
Steyn now throws the ball at the wickets and chandimal blocks it with his bat..steyn walks down the pitch,has some words with chandimal,collects the ball..umpire just telling him to calm down.
Lankans 213/6.
Perera four runs to point boundary as tahir drops it short outside off stump.lankans 219/6.
Bowled him..!next ball,he bowls perera for 5(10 balls).pitching in the rough .
With the fall of perera’s wicket,the umpires called for lunch.
Big question now is: will sa enforce the follow-on if we bowl lankans out for less than 380? Or will they give bowlers a rest? Suppose it all depends on when that last wicket falls with them short of the 380.
Wouldve liked to have seen smith give ab the opp to go for his double ton- was looking in superb form_ his third fifty was reached in 26 balls.
Marvan atapattu, the lankans batting coach,is one of the eleven batsmen to have scored a century against every test playing nation.
Tahir 2 wickets and steyn 3 wickets in the morning session.
Lankans 220/7 philander bowling to new batsman herath..
Gone..!lbw
Herath rasking for the review.. Shows out..lankans 220/8.end of the 68 over.need 380 to avoid follow-on,but will sa enforce it?should sa not go in and score a quick-fire 100/150?
Boucher drops prasad off tahir bowling..lankans 221/8 at the end of 69 overs.tahir 2/45.
Lankans trail by 359.
Chandimal 26 not out.
Philander to chandimal.
Lankans 225/8
Chandimal smacks philander over mid-on for four-lankans 229/8.
Tahir bowling to prasad.was dropped in tahir’s last over.
And prasad hits tahir for six,lankans 235/8.
Tahir 2/51.
Prasad 9 not out.
Prasad out,caught .bowler was philander.
Lankans 236/9.
Lankans 238/9
Follow on looming large
Sign in the crowd that reads:” you had murali,we have tahir”..wouldve preferred having had murali though 😐
Funny dismissal of chandimal (last wicket to fall in lankans 1st inn): edges the ball to boucher,quite a bit of time elapses,batsman doesn’t move and then morkel remembers to appeal(since batsman isn’t walking).
Smith says: lankans must bat again.
Actually,didn’t even look as if boucher thought there was a knick from chandimal.
Steyn 263 test wickets to start the sa bowling attack in the sri lankan 2nd innings
Lankans 239 in their first innings
Steyn bowling into the south_easter.lankans 2/0.
Lankans 7/0 as dilshan gets a four and a single off the bowling of philander.
Lankans 12/0
Sri lanka 127/4
jayawardene dropped kallis twice in the slips yesterday ( first at sencond slip and then at first slips- both times kallis ended with four runs from the dropped catches).today,kallis has caught jayawardene twice in the slips( 2nd slips both occoasions).
Sri lanka 127/4
jayawardene dropped kallis twice in the slips yesterday ( first at sencond slip and then at first slips- both times kallis ended with four runs from the dropped catches).today,kallis has caught jayawardene twice in the slips( 2nd slip both occoasions).
Sorry bout the grammar -bit of a slips 😀 with the slip/slips
Lankans 131/4
Lankans 133/4
Lankans 135/4
Lankans 137/4
Lankans 138/4 2nd innings (following on) at the close of play ,day three,trailing by 203 runs
40 run 5th wicket partnership between mathews and samaraweera steadying the lankan second inning- lost 5 wickets for 70 runs in the third session of the day’s play.
Looking good so far still can not believe we lost the second test, dit is seker maar wat jy kry as jy groot kop kry.
@bergshark (Comment 345) : give tahir some time he hasn’t played on any pitch that was kind too spinners in his test career so far, think he will become one of the best if not the best spin bowlers SA had for a while (when last did we have a decent spinner?)
@BR (Comment 363) : but I have to agree with you I would rather take murali, don’t think there will be another murali or Shane Warne for quite some time, haven’t spot anyone with the talent to become the next murali.
@BR (Comment 364) : not in SA foresure, and I also think Tahir is doing well within SA, against good players of spin…..
good game by our boys, should be all over by tomorrow,
Aus beat india by an innings in the 2nd test and now lead the 4 test match series 2_0
Tendulkar out for 80 -still looking for that elusive 100the hundred.
Aus beat india by an innings in the 2nd test and now lead the 4 test match series 2_0
Tendulkar out for 80 -still looking for that elusive 100th hundred.
Lankans digging in .
Lankans 240/5
Mathews lbw b philander 63(124 balls)
142 run partnership between samaraweera and mathews comes to an end.
Can’t believe Mathews actually wanted to review that, that was stone dead plum as you will get
India made 400 runs in their 2nd innings vs aus earlier today .best aussie bowler in the 2nd inn was hilfenhaus wit 5/106.
Next stop is the wacca,perth.
Lankans 248/5
Lankans lose another wicket..!kallis takes his 5th catch in the test match.lankans 248/6.
Chandimal out ,philander’s 3rd wicket of the 2nd inn
Fiery over by steyn-feeling a bit sorry for the tail-ender.
Tahir to continue after the drinks break-kallis needs one more catch to equal world record for catches by an outfielder in a test match.
Lankans trail by 75 runs
deficit 68 runs
Lankans 275/6 trail by 66 runs
Samaraweera scores a second-103 not out from 201 balls.2nd century in successive tests and 14th in his 71st test match.
Lankans 290/6 trail by 51….sa need to get someone out now,perera on 25 not out.
Wild delivery from steyn,wide ,very wide past boucher,and 4 byes.lankans 300/6.
4 runs,samaraweera 107 not out,lankans 304/6.trail by 37 runs..
In the air..morkel under it..catches it..! Perera out..!
Perera c morkel b tahir 30
Lankans 304/7
Caught an bowled..!
Herath c&b kallis 0
Tahir to prasad
Lankans trail 34
Lankans 308/8 trail by 33
2 dropped catches off tahir’s over,lankans 321/8 trail bt 20.
Tahir vs warne after 5 test matches comparison: tahir one more wicket at a better average.
Prasad st boucher b tahir 16(22 balls)
Lankans trail by 14 and one wicket left
Another dropped catch,this time on long on boundary.wouldve been some effort by smith to catch it.was a great effort to get a hand to it.lankans trail by 10.
Welegedara 4 runs to the extra cover boundary.
Lankans trail by 5.
Six..! Sa need one run to win.
Kallis picks up his third wicket as he bowls welegedara for 14.
Lankans all out 342.
Superb knock by samaraweera 115 not out.
To win: sa needs two runs.
Tahir 3/106 in 32 overs
Kallis 3/35
Philander 3/54
Batsmen completed the run before the ball touched the boundary rope,so with the no-ball included he will only be credited with 1 run and not 4.
Sa 2/0
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