| Lankans were Tested To start with, that was a game SL should have won easily. Advantage was given to the opposition during the last two overs of the Sri Lankan innings where Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets for just 1 run and unable to play out the 50 overs. The Murali run-out at the end was just rubbish.
During the lunch n' break Africans had the mental advantage over Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan body-language on the field was just okay but not what was required. At least they did well to show what they showed. The SA body-language wasn't great either.
At the end of the day even though South Africa got the two points Sri Lankans do have the mental advantage. Shaun Polock again was targeted and went for so many runs in a such low scoring game. Arnold and Dilshan got a good workout. South africa promissed that they would paly Murali safe for his 10 overs not sacrificing any wickets but they gave him 3 (I think for 34 runs). Again Vassy did the early wicket and he was very tidy. It was so facinating that Mahela kept faith on Malinga. And Malinga proved that Mehela was right, he got 4 wickets under serious pressure and almost won the match for Sri Lanka single-handedly. Sanath bowled alright.
To me the highlight was the day was the shocking run-out of Murali to end the Sri Lankan innings. A team which sacrificed a wicket like that didn't deserve to win the game! It was a good game for the Sri Lankans where they were tested to the deepest and almost ended SA in a cry. |