Say what you like about Sri Lanka, they are pound for pound one of the toughest One Day International sides you'll ever come up against and they showed what they are capable of in the opening match-up of the ICC Champions Trophy.
At the time I am making this post the game has been delayed due to rain, but the performance they put on in the batting front will certainly have caught the eye of the other teams in the pool.
I think South Africa was quite lucky to restrict them to 319 - it could have been a lot worse. Maybe the Proteas were a little ring rusty having not had any top-level cricket for the last three months, but the team looked a little out of sorts in their first big match of the season.
Hopefully the South African boys are simply going to need to shake off the cob-webs and will be out all guns firing in the next fixture.
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wow, what a dumb decision to bat first. SAfrican's choking even before the match has started. Worried about the dew later on? Come on Mr Smith! have some confidence!Pretty lame perfomance by them.
On the other hand, SL were a far better team. Dilshan can't do anything wrong at the moment.
I think maybe South Africa is coming into this tournament very undercooked. Apart from that warm-up game against the West Indies which was very tame, I don't think any of the guys have played a first-class cricket game in the last three months.
Think it showed.
At least it gets the tournament off to a feisty start.
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