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    South Africa v Sri Lanka, VB Series, Perth

    By Will 2 years ago, at the end of January Leave a comment on this post

    What a dull match. It threatened interest when Murali grabbed a couple during South Africa’s run chase, but ultimately Sri Lanka were doomed after the 20th over (thereabouts; I’ve been up since 4am bulletining the game, so forgive any tiredness-induced inaccuracies). They lost 9 for 85! Utter carnage, and such a waste too.

    Sanath Jayasuriya played beautifully, and ought to have been raising his bat to the crowds for another hundred; his lazy cut into the hands of seemed to send shivers down the Sri Lankans’ spines. To a man, their response to Jayasuriya’s downfall was to replicate it to the best of their ability: poor shots; lazy shots; silly shots; and the running between the wickets was laughable.

    It’s a shame when teams let themselves down. Sri Lanka have so much ability, you do wonder how good they could become if they added consistency and responsibility to their bow. Now go and read my bulletin.

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    4 Responses to “South Africa v Sri Lanka, VB Series, Perth”

  • MogodonMan wrote:
    January 31st, 2006 at 6.39 pm

    A nice bid for sympathy but it was 5am. And you’re paid to watch cricket.

  • Scott Wickstein wrote:
    February 1st, 2006 at 12.22 am

    I didn’t even bother watching yesterday’s game. The whole tri-nations concept is worn out. And I am just not that interested in most ODI games. Unless they are close, they are boring.

    I’ll watch the World Cup and the like, but really.. compared to the Ashes, who gives a …

    But yeah you are right about Sri Lanka. Shown some good signs, and just got to put it together on a regular basis.

    By the way, where is Laseth (?) Malinga, the Sri Lankan Slinger?

  • Will wrote:
    February 1st, 2006 at 5.51 pm

    “Bid for sympathy,” and accusations of sycophancy, what next? :)

    Scott, I’m loving that nickname, the Sri Lankan Slinger!

  • brian lara wrote:
    February 4th, 2006 at 3.55 am

    ya man. Us windies will smoke da opposition in da world cup man.

    better watch out man.

    cool coconuts bra.

    lara signing out

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