Sri Lanka Tour of South Africa, 2020-21

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:saf: Invitational XI vs Sri Lankans :sri: at Benoni

First Test
26-30 Dec 2020
:saf: South Africa vs Sri Lanka :sri: at Centurion

Third Test
3-7 Jan 2021
:saf: South Africa vs Sri Lanka :sri: at Johannesburg

:saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma
:saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis
:saf: :bat: Dean Elgar :x:
:saf: :bat: Sarel Erwee :x:
:saf: :bat: Aiden Markram :x:
:saf: :bat: Keegan Petersen :x:
:saf: :bat: Rassie van der Dussen :x:

:saf: :wkb: Quinton de Kock :c:
:saf: :wkb: Kyle Verreynne

:saf: :ar: Wiaan Mulder :x:

:saf: :bwl: Beuran Hendricks :x:
:saf: :bwl: Keshav Maharaj :x:
:saf: :bwl: Lungi Ngidi :x:
:saf: :bwl: Anrich Nortje
:saf: :bwl: Migael Pretorius :x:
:saf: :bwl: Glenton Stuurman

:x: denotes a player who may be unavailable for First Test due to quarantine
:sri: :bat: Oshada Fernando
:sri: :bat: Santhush Gunathilake
:sri: :bat: Dimuth Karunaratne :c:
:sri: :bat: Lahiru Thirimanne

:sri: :wkb: Minod Bhanuka
:sri: :wkb: Dinesh Chandimal
:sri: :wkb: Niroshan Dickwella
:sri: :wkb: Kusal Mendis
:sri: :wkb: Kusal Perera

:sri: :ar: Dhananjaya de Silva
:sri: :ar: Wanindu Hasaranga
:sri: :ar: Dasun Shanaka

:sri: :bwl: Dushmantha Chameera
:sri: :bwl: Lasith Embuldeniya
:sri: :bwl: Asitha Fernando
:sri: :bwl: Vishwa Fernando
:sri: :bwl: Lahiru Kumara
:sri: :bwl: Suranga Lakmal
:sri: :bwl: Dilshan Madushanka
:sri: :bwl: Kasun Rajitha
:sri: :bwl: Dilruwan Perera
 

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I was surprised to see no thread up for this series, so thought I'd put one up - especially in light of the huge selection issue coming up for South Africa in the first Test. Ten of their sixteen-man squad are potentially out of the first Test due to having played in domestic games where players later tested COVID-positive. The remaining six, therefore, can be expected to play in the first Test, including two debutants. The remaining five players will have to come out of the Warriors-Cobras match, or not have played at all in that round of domestic cricket.

An additional difficulty will be if the team is to fulfil its expected quota of non-white players for this Test, as it already has four white players out of the six definitely available.

If quotas are maintained|If quotas are ignored
:saf: :wkb: Gihahn Cloete|:saf: :ar: JJ Smuts
:saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma | :saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma
:saf: :bat: Zubayr Hamza|:saf: :bat: Zubayr Hamza
:saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis | :saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis :saf: :wkb: Quinton de Kock | :saf: :wkb: Quinton de Kock :saf: :wkb: Kyle Verreynne | :saf: :wkb: Kyle Verreynne
:saf: :wkb: Sinethemba Qeshile|:saf: :wkb: Rudi Second
:saf: :bwl: Prenelan Subrayen|:saf: :ar: George Linde
:saf: :bwl: Anrich Nortje | :saf: :bwl: Anrich Nortje :saf: :bwl: Glenton Stuurman | :saf: :bwl: Glenton Stuurman
:saf: :bwl: Akhona Mnyaka|:saf: :bwl: Marco Jansen
Of course it could all be a storm in a teacup, the players concerned test negative and we move on as normal.

It looks as if Temba Bavuma is the logical choice to promote someone as a makeshift opener - either that or perhaps Quinton de Kock does it and one of the other keepers takes the gloves. Honestly, I am really interested to see how this all plays out
 

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So 6 people to play the first test match? Cool
 

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I was surprised to see no thread up for this series, so thought I'd put one up - especially in light of the huge selection issue coming up for South Africa in the first Test. Ten of their sixteen-man squad are potentially out of the first Test due to having played in domestic games where players later tested COVID-positive. The remaining six, therefore, can be expected to play in the first Test, including two debutants. The remaining five players will have to come out of the Warriors-Cobras match, or not have played at all in that round of domestic cricket.

An additional difficulty will be if the team is to fulfil its expected quota of non-white players for this Test, as it already has four white players out of the six definitely available.

If quotas are maintained|If quotas are ignored
:saf: :wkb: Gihahn Cloete|:saf: :ar: JJ Smuts
:saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma | :saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma
:saf: :bat: Zubayr Hamza|:saf: :bat: Zubayr Hamza
:saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis | :saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis
:saf: :wkb: Quinton de Kock
| :saf: :wkb: Quinton de Kock
:saf: :wkb: Kyle Verreynne
| :saf: :wkb: Kyle Verreynne
:saf: :wkb: Sinethemba Qeshile|:saf: :wkb: Rudi Second
:saf: :bwl: Prenelan Subrayen|:saf: :ar: George Linde
:saf: :bwl: Anrich Nortje | :saf: :bwl: Anrich Nortje
:saf: :bwl: Glenton Stuurman
| :saf: :bwl: Glenton Stuurman
:saf: :bwl: Akhona Mnyaka|:saf: :bwl: Marco Jansen
Of course it could all be a storm in a teacup, the players concerned test negative and we move on as normal.

It looks as if Temba Bavuma is the logical choice to promote someone as a makeshift opener - either that or perhaps Quinton de Kock does it and one of the other keepers takes the gloves. Honestly, I am really interested to see how this all plays out
how have you selected players who are not even in the squad?[DOUBLEPOST=1608966599][/DOUBLEPOST]Why do I feel Sri Lanka is going to win again?
 

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What are the Lankans upto today? 256/3 in just 61 overs!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

South Africa is already under pressure.
 

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SL seem to have taken a liking to playing in SA
 

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Can't wait to see the Proteas take to the field with the novel strategy of six players.
Meanwhile, SL lose 4 players to injury during the match :eek:
 

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they have one bowler and dasun shanaka left. they need to bowl again too, this is a living nightmare.
can you imagine taking 6 bowling options in a match and then being left with 2 at the end
 

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Pretty incredible that Faf's best score comes at the tail end of his career.
 

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