Advantage Sri Lanka as Lakmal grabs four
December 27th, 2016 | by
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South Africa 267 for 6 (Duminy 63, Cook 59, Lakmal 4-62) v Sri Lanka Suranga Lakmal picked up four wickets in an innings for only the second time in a 32-Test career as South Africa ended the first day of their Test series...
Hosts hold edge, but young side gives Sri Lanka hope
December 26th, 2016 | by
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Match facts December 26-30, 2016 Start time 1000 local (0800 GMT) Big Picture Sri Lanka’s tour record in South Africa does not make for pretty reading. Out of 10 Tests in the country, eight have been lost. Of those, half...
Maharaj hopes for spin lessons from Herath
December 26th, 2016 | by
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While most of the South African squad will try to exploit Sri Lanka’s weaknesses in the upcoming three-Test series, at least one of them will be concentrating on the opposition’s biggest strength. Left-arm spinner...
Amla has chance to banish bad memories
December 24th, 2016 | by
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Hashim Amla remembers when Sri Lanka pulled off their only win on South African soil. His reputation undermined by a poor tour of Australia, he has reason to make them pay Remember the time Sri Lanka beat South Africa in a Test...
Chance for players to cement spots – Domingo
December 23rd, 2016 | by
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South Africa’s coach Russell Domingo wanted his newer Test players to cement their places during the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. With only two additions to the squad that toured Australia – in reserve batsman...
Du Plessis loses appeal against ball-tampering verdict
December 22nd, 2016 | by
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Faf du Plessis’ appeal against his ICC conviction of ball-tampering has been rejected by judicial commissioner Michael Beloff. The newly confirmed South African Test captain remained guilty of breaching Law 42.3 and the...
CSA hands Petersen two-year ban
December 22nd, 2016 | by
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Alviro Petersen, the former South Africa opener, has been banned for two years by CSA after admitting to 13 breaches of the anti-corruption code in relation to the 2015-16 domestic T20 match-fixing scandal. Among Petersen’s...
Warm-up match ends productively for SL batsmen
December 21st, 2016 | by
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Sri Lankans 212 for 5 (Chandimal 60, Kusal Perera 51, Tharanga 50) & 373 drew with South African Invitation XI 289 (du Plooy 142, Kumara 3-36, Pradeep 3-41) Kusal Perera, Upul Tharanga and Dinesh Chandimal hit fifties on the...
Angelo Mathews takes two on return to bowling
December 20th, 2016 | by
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South African Invitation XI 285 for 8 (du Plooy 142, Kumara 3-36) trail Sri Lankans 373 (Kaushal 80, Olivier 4-54) by 88 runs Lahiru Kumara, Sri Lanka’s 19-year-old seamer, boosted his chances of playing the first Test in...
Kaushal, Karunaratne warm-up with 159-run stand
December 19th, 2016 | by
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Sri Lankans 328 for 6 (Kaushal 80, Karunaratne 71, Linde 2-72) v South African Invitation XI Sri Lanka’s batsmen made a bright start to the tour of South Africa, as Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis and...