SA V SL - 3rd ODI




South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
GC Smith                                 b Vaas                16  39  31  2 0
HH Gibbs              lbw                b Vaas                 0   8   2  0 0
HH Dippenaar                             b Lak****ha            5  16  15  1 0
JH Kallis             not out                                  64      81  9 0
JN Rhodes             c Sangakkara       b Lak****ha            0   7   3  0 0
+MV Boucher                              b Nissanka            14      18  2 0
*SM Pollock           c Jayawardene      b Jayasuriya          39      48  4 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 1)                   14
Total                 (6 wickets, 32.5 overs)                 152

To Bat: N Boje, L Klusener, AA Donald, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-3 (Gibbs, 2.1 ov), 2-15 (Dippenaar, 5.5 ov),
     3-28 (Smith, 8.4 ov), 4-35 (Rhodes, 9.6 ov),
     5-71 (Boucher, 16.4 ov), 6-152 (Pollock, 32.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                         8      1     26      2 (1nb)
Lak****ha                    7      0     37      2 (2w)
Fernando                     7      0     32      0 (2w)
Nissanka                     7      0     38      1 (2w)
Jayasuriya                   3.5    0     14      1 (1w)


At Last SL putting up a fight.




South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
GC Smith                                 b Vaas                16  39  31  2 0
HH Gibbs              lbw                b Vaas                 0   8   2  0 0
HH Dippenaar                             b Lak****ha            5  16  15  1 0
JH Kallis             c Jayawardene      b Nissanka            87 164 117 10 1
JN Rhodes             c Sangakkara       b Lak****ha            0   7   3  0 0
+MV Boucher                              b Nissanka            14      18  2 0
*SM Pollock           c Jayawardene      b Jayasuriya          39      49  4 0
L Klusener            not out                                  60      57  7 1
N Boje                not out                                  11      11  1 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, w 12, nb 3)                  21
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   253

DNB: AA Donald, M Ntini.

FoW: 1-3 (Gibbs, 2.1 ov), 2-15 (Dippenaar, 5.5 ov),
     3-28 (Smith, 8.4 ov), 4-35 (Rhodes, 9.6 ov),
     5-71 (Boucher, 16.4 ov), 6-152 (Pollock, 32.6 ov),
     7-209 (Kallis, 46.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        10      1     39      2 (1nb)
Lak****ha                    7      0     37      2 (2w)
Fernando                     9      0     58      0 (2nb, 3w)
Nissanka                    10      0     61      2 (3w)
Jayasuriya                  10      1     37      1 (2w)
de Silva                     4      0     15      0 (1w)


a very good fight by SA after being 35/4. SL bowled poorly at the end of the innings.

Klusener showing some fire works at the end :k: :k: :k:

Nice to see Klusener back to his old ways, hope to be seeing his butt kicked in the world cup next year.

klusener was such a flop player against the pakistan in sharjah cup 2000! shoaib akhtar cracked his bat and the very next ball he was gone! in the final... he wuz clean bowled by waqar younis! lets c tht wht he can do in the world cup!

SL 149/2 off 27 overs.

De Silva and Attapattu flying at the moment.

Sri Lanka 186/2 (31.2 ov)



Batsmen: R B 4s 6s S/R   
PA de Silva (RHB) 57 58 8 0 98.28  
MS Atapattu (RHB) 81 88 10 0 92.05  

SL need 63 runs with 8 wickets standing off 110 balls.

Sri Lanka won


Sri Lanka innings (target: 254 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
MS Atapattu           not out                                 123 185 121 15 1
*ST Jayasuriya        c Rhodes           b Ntini               22  33  23  2 1
+KC Sangakkara        c Boje             b Donald              10  31  20  1 0
PA de Silva                              b Pollock             71  99  77 10 0
DPMD Jayawardene      not out                                  15  21  10  3 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 8, nb 1)                   17
Total                 (3 wickets, 41.4 overs, 185 mins)       258



Good batting by Atapattu :k:

Finally Sri Lanka are in some kind of rythm!! Lets see how SA handles them in other games!

SA leading the series 2-1, two more matches to go lets see if SL can strike back.

Klusener never do good on wickets that favour slow bowlers. He will be a force to be reckoned with during the World Cup. Even the Ausies found him a difficult compettitor when they last played against him in SA.

I'm glad he is back - definitely gives good entertainment.

Good to see SL win, against SA is a good thing for Pakistan.
Marvan Atapattu is a decent batsman.