Sri Lanka Tour of South Africa (Nov 16 - Feb 17)

Upul Thranga is playing an innings of a lifetime. 109 so far with 7 sixes and 9 fours.
Never seen him play so aggressively always known as defensive player and played second fiddle with Jayasuriya (2005-2008) and later with Dilshan (2009-11)
Sri Lanka have a very good chance of upsetting South Africa today.
You've jinxed him
 
.If SL had any good lower order batsmen, there was a chance that they couldve won. Upul Tharanga played really well along with Dickwella. They played agressive which helped the team overall. I am quite happy Chandimal has been dropped. The guy hasn't scored much and there is so much hype of him being the experienced player. This tour will definitely help the youngsters and confidence. Their bowling is a concern but you are basically pitting youngsters aganist the likes of de Kock, Amla, Faf and AB. Faf played a great knock today. Always contributes to the team, whether it is batting or
 
There are 3 tiers in cricket at the moment-

Ind, Aus, SA, Eng and NZ - (Generally play good cricket)

Ban, Pak - (Mercurial, Unpredictable)

SL, WI - (Hopeless)

I think Bangladesh is probably a bit of a better limited overs team than Pakistan to be honest, but Pakistan are world class in test matches.

SL are paying the price for running the old mill one generation too many. The likes of Dilshan and Jayawardene played far more years than they should have.
 
The disappointment of this series so far has been Kusal Mendis....
 
The disappointment of this series so far has been Kusal Mendis....
The disappointment of the series has been the Sri Lankan bowlers. They just did not bowl well for the batsmen to take a crack at the total
 
SA should just play an A team. At least there will be some sort of match.
 

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