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Russian
20 Aug 2004, 23:00
Duminy on debut for South Africa
SL: Gunawardene, Jayasuriya, Atapattu, Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Dilshan, Lokuarachichi, Chandana, Vaas, Maharoof, Zoysa
SA: Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, Rudolph, Pollock, Boucher, Klusener, Duminy, Boje, Dawson, Ntini
Billy umpiring
South Africa won the toss and batted, lost their 2nd wicket in the 18th over with 90 on the board. Kallis made 74, Boucher 58, Vaas 4 wickets. 9/263 from their 50
In reply Sri Lanka 0/12 after 13 balls
Russian
21 Aug 2004, 03:02
Sri Lanka win with an over to spare
Atapattu 64
Gunawardene 51
Dilshan 38*
Extras 23
Ntini 2 wickets
MOTM: Vaas
Vaasy was class when it was needed most, again.
Winning against Sth Africa, ODI or tests is a rarity, so we'll take it any way we can.
Looks like there is life after murali, away from Colombo though, that's a totally different story.
SaintsSupporter
22 Aug 2004, 00:32
Winning against Sth Africa, ODI or tests is a rarity, so we'll take it any way we can.It WAS a rarity. Ever since Smith took over as captaincy, after Pollock had it removed for NO reason, they've gone downhill.
It WAS a rarity. Ever since Smith took over as captaincy, after Pollock had it removed for NO reason, they've gone downhill.
Agreed. Pollock would also be disheartened by the loss of captaincy too, could be affecting his performance?
Just with the way Smith is captaining, I mean I have no vision, but reading the articles and responses from Smith, they're all over the place at the moment.
His after match comments smack of pure frustration. His bowlers aren't giving any consistency, Hayward's in, Ntini's in, then there's a debut here or there, Gibbs was rushed back, now has 2 ducks. The batting line up is up the creek, they wanted to try something new with Kluesner had him padded up from the 1st ball, yet didn't see action till I think after the 6th wicket fell.
Bizarre, no doubt. They're lucky they aren't to run into the aussies any time soon in tests, the way they're going, they'd cope a belting.
Funny thing is, Sth Africa HAVE the talent to wreak havoc, yet have no system at all at the moment.
2nd ODI is tonight, see if they can turn it around.