South Africa in Sri Lanka

[Rangeela]

Match Schedule

04-08 Aug 4.30 GMT 1st Test Galle Stadium
11-15 Aug 4.30 GMT 2nd Test SSC - Colombo

20 Aug 8.30 GMT 1st ODI RPS - Colombo (D/N)
22 Aug 4.00 GMT 2nd ODI RPS - Colombo
25 Aug 8.30 GMT 3rd ODI Dambulla Stadium (D/N)
28 Aug 4.00 GMT 4th ODI Dambulla Stadium
31 Aug 4.00 GMT 5th ODI SSC - Colombo

 

[Rangeela]

South Africa Test Squad

*Graeme Smith
+Mark Boucher
Nicky Boje
Boeta Dippenaar
Herschelle Gibbs
Mornatau Hayward
Jacques Kallis
Lance Klusener
Makhaya Ntini
Andre Nel
Robin Peterson
Shaun Pollock
Jacques Rudolph
Martin van Jaarsveld
Andrew Puttick -

ODI Squad

*Graeme Smith
+Mark Boucher
Nicky Boje
Alan Dawson
JP Duminy
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Lance Klusener
Makhaya Ntini
Andre Nel
Robin Peterson
Shaun Pollock
Jacques Rudolph
Martin van Jaarsveld

 

[m_vaughan]

Looking forward to this. Gibbs is a doubt for the test matches which is why Puttick has also been included.

 

[Rangeela]

yes this is going to be a good contest ..its been long havent seen south africa in action

 

[m_vaughan]

yes thats because they had played a lot of cricket and without much break. The Windies tour to SA, and SA tour of NZ were almost back to back, and both of 'em were pretty long tours.

 

[Rangeela]

probable squad for 1st Test

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Marvan Atapattu (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6 Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk), 8 Upul Chandana, 9 Chaminda Vaas, 10 Nuwan Zoysa, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

South Africa (probable): 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Jacques Rudolph, 3 Boeta Dippenaar, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Martin van Jaarsveld, 6 Lance Klusener, 7 Shaun Pollock, 8 Mark Boucher (wk), 9 Nicky Boje, 10 Makhaya Ntini, 11 Nantie Hayward.

 

[m_vaughan]

I dont get it, why do they not play Sangakarra as wicketkeeper in test matches also? They can play Maharoof in place of Kaluwitharana

 

[Rangeela]

1st Test Stumps Day 1

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first

Sri Lanka 1st Inning 279/7 (Jayawardene116*)(Pollock 4/24)

 

[Hondo]

The reason they don't play Sangakara as the wicketkeeper is because he tends to not preform well with the bat when he keeps wickets as well. I think they want him to concentrate more on his batting. His foot work seems to be awful when he bats after having to keep for 2 days or so.

 

[Rocky]

Ok forget Sangakara, well deserved century by Jayawardene.

 

[m_vaughan]

Jayawardene only plays well in Sri Lanka.

 

[rocklara]

i cant agree more with you michael vaughn, i never rated him as a top batsman, up there with the likes of hayden, dravid, lara or tendulkar. I bet he cant do this in england, what u say micheal?

 

[m_vaughan]

well he dint play too bad in 2002, infact got a hundred if i am not wrong. But sri lanka lost the tests 2-0, and dint make it to the finals of the odis either.

 

[Rangeela]

1st Test Stumps Day 2

Sri Lanka 1st Inning 486 (Jayawardene 237)(Pollock 4/48, Hayward 3/81)
South Africa 1st Inning 82/0 (Dillenaar 46*)

South Africa trail by 404 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[djkay]

Soth Africa are fighting back. This might be go down to the wire.