2nd Test: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Durban Dec 26-30, 2011

[hineyrulz]

Only two slips for Steyn :lol:, f**k fatboy Smith is a shit captain.

 

[hineyrulz]

Terrible shot from a guy so experienced.

 

[Panther_Daz]

Those 2 late wickets put SA in front.

Great to see Chandimal show his aggressive and sometimes unorthodox stroke play in the Test arena.

 

[Hallatia]

I thought the spell sizes were odd, but I think that was the best I've seen Smith use Tahir in a test match. He did bowl about half the day though.

de Lange has been quite a find and with 4 scalps already, we could see another 5fer on debut.

I was also very happy to see my man Morne get a couple of wickets, I think this is the best he has looked in the past month. He did however get to open the bowling which does seem to make a difference to him. We did however see some 2 over spells with the new ball

 

[franklin2323]

Morkel needs wickets in the 2nd dig. De Lange has bowled brillant yet another bowler to have a 5 for on debut. SL are lucky Samaraweera learnt to bat on a bowler friendly pitch or they were gone.

 

[Panther_Daz]

Well batted Samaraweera! Can't believe he was ever dropped from the Test side.

Crucial partnership that was, Herath did well.

Anything over 350 would be great.

 

[Panther_Daz]

De Lange becomes the 7th bowler to get a 5fer on debut this year. Philander, Pattinson, Ashwin, Bracewell, Cummins and Sunny proceeded him.

 

[Hallatia]

Morkel needs wickets in the 2nd dig. De Lange has bowled brillant yet another bowler to have a 5 for on debut. SL are lucky Samaraweera learnt to bat on a bowler friendly pitch or they were gone.

Morkel has bowled quite well so far this match, he has been great this session despite the no-ball wicket thing, I was worried that would frustrate him, but he continued to threaten from the next ball.

I am not sure if I can see de Lange retaining his spot regardless of how good his figures are in this match. He has some oddities in his game 's very young so he's got plenty of time to earn a spot of his own in the side. He's younger than me, I don't like that haha, but he plays for my team (Titans) and he is talented, so for those reasons I love him and he just took his 7th

 

[Hallatia]

De Lange becomes the 7th bowler to get a 5fer on debut this year. Philander, Pattinson, Ashwin, Bracewell, Cummins and Sunny proceeded him.

Eighth, you missed one

 

[Panther_Daz]

Well bowled De Lange, sensational stuff!

 

[Panther_Daz]

Eighth, you missed one

Oops I missed Lyon!

 

[Hallatia]

for the record, the one you missed was Lyon

 

[aussies1st]

Bloody hell the newbies are having a field day. What was Starc doing?

 

[TheParraboy]

SA 2/27

The great man in to save the day

 

[TheParraboy]

Im sure Jacques will do far better in the 2nd innings

 

[Hallatia]

I can't believe Jacques got out like that again. Identical dismissal to the first test.

terrible start to the batting innings, but these two are steadying and will hopefully put up a stand of 300+ runs

 

[franklin2323]

Wow SA are batting poorly 9/150. Only Amla with 54 got a decent score.

 

[Panther_Daz]

:shock:

Couldnt believe the score after seeing it this morning. Sri Lanka will probably still find a way to stuff this up though...

 

[beads6]

:shock:

Couldnt believe the score after seeing it this morning. Sri Lanka will probably still find a way to stuff this up though...

Same, I expected to wake up to see AB Deviliers and Amala to have tons. :crazy:

 

[Hallatia]

I couldn't believe how de Villiers got out, I woke up thinking about it (yeah, I'm nuts). How dumb

The wicket was offering a lot of turn, I did not expect that, Steyn took 0 wickets in the first innings, so I am looking forward to a 5fer from him and hopefully my man Morne takes a few, his first over this innings was great and has been good all test, he needs a bit of redemption too, so I would love to see him take 4 or 5