Sri Lanka in South Africa 2019

Rifat_02 · #1 February 22, 2019, 10:53 AM

This series deserves a thread of its own, someone please explain how this Sri Lankan team is winning (with such an average team) in a place where no South Asian team has ever won a series.

SL needs 137 more runs to win the series with 8 wickets in hand currently, it's not over yet but they are on top

Yankees · #2 February 22, 2019, 11:07 AM

im happy for Sri Lanka. They've had a rough time lately, and this win would be incredible given the circumstances.

NoName · #3 February 22, 2019, 11:24 AM

Meanwhile our sorry bunch.....

kfirooz · #4 February 22, 2019, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Rifat_02
This series deserves a thread of its own, someone please explain how this Sri Lankan team is winning (with such an average team) in a place where no South Asian team has ever won a series.

SL needs 137 more runs to win the series with 8 wickets in hand currently, it's not over yet but they are on top

"Average team" I think so with the batting unit. But I thing Sri Lanka has found a lethal bowling combination and they are keeping the team in the game.

ToBeFair · #5 February 22, 2019, 11:52 AM

Amla should resign.

Rifat_02 · #6 February 22, 2019, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kfirooz
"Average team" I think so with the batting unit. But I thing Sri Lanka has found a lethal bowling combination and they are keeping the team in the game.

This lethal combination seems to have gone missing against Warner and Smith less Australia away and England at home

kfirooz · #7 February 23, 2019, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rifat_02
This lethal combination seems to have gone missing against Warner and Smith less Australia away and England at home

Yes it took one game for them to click and it has happened. It is no fluke by all means; with continued commitment and with proper management to be injury free this combination is going to do well.

Patrick 🦊 · #8 February 23, 2019, 04:34 AM

Just 37 runs away with 8 wkts in hand...SL on way to create history... really who would have thought before the series after AUS gave them hammering down under...

kfirooz · #9 February 23, 2019, 05:12 AM

Sri Lanka has sealed it. The great cricketing nation still has a lot to offer the world.

ToBeFair · #10 February 23, 2019, 05:24 AM

Can our boys seal a similar historic win in NZ?

Patrick 🦊 · #11 February 23, 2019, 05:27 AM

Teams winning series in South Africa since re-admission:
Australia (1997,2002,2006,2009,2014)
England (2004-05, 2015-16)
Sri Lanka (2019)
Wow...most shocking series win in long time...

Eshen · #12 February 23, 2019, 05:38 AM

SLC seem to have done two things right-

1) Take Hathuru out of the selection process (does not have a say even in XI selection anymore)
2) Bring some experienced players from their domestics, instead of keep looking for next teenage wonder

sameer_st · #13 February 23, 2019, 11:10 AM

Hathurhu is a genius. He has some issues of his own but overall he is a great coach and yields better results. Beating south Africa at their own den is a great achievement with an average team.

Tigers_eye · #14 February 23, 2019, 03:06 PM

Congratulations to the SLan team. What a victory. What a timing. Without Chandimal, without Mathews, without Perera.

Tigers_eye · #15 February 23, 2019, 03:08 PM

Test win is no fluke. You have to have substance. Series win stamps your authority. Away series win, you are a legend.

ToBeFair · #16 February 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Eshen
SLC seem to have done two things right-

1) Take Hathuru out of the selection process (does not have a say even in XI selection anymore)
2) Bring some experienced players from their domestics, instead of keep looking for next teenage wonder

Correct Observation.

Habib · #17 February 24, 2019, 12:04 AM

Congrats SL. This puts our team's performance into perspective.

al Furqaan · #18 February 24, 2019, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Habib
Congrats SL. This puts our team's performance into perspective.

No it doesn't.

SL played Tests in NZ and Australia, got annhilated in 3 out of the 4 games, and then won 2 games against South Africa.

BD tours NZ now, but their last tour outside equatorial conditions was 18 months ago in South Africa in 2017.

HUGE DIFF.

Rifat_02 · #19 March 6, 2019, 02:19 PM

Sri Lanka 2-0 down in the ODI series.

Got knocked out for 138 in the second ODI chasing 251

Tigers_eye · #20 March 7, 2019, 09:40 AM

It doesn't matter what they do in the ODIs. They won a TEST SERIES AT SA. This is their best overseas tour ever. Even better than beating England at England in Test.