SL won the toss and chose to field…
Due to rain…match reduced to 7 overs a side…
SA 8/1 off 0.5 overs…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
27/2 off 3.0 overs…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
50/2 off 5.0 overs…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
damn..I got to work!!!
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
SA 78/4 off 7.0 overs…
Target for SL: 79 
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
DAMN!!! I think we might lose 
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
/\ Why?
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
SL 4/1 off 0.4 overs…Dilshan runout without facing a single ball…
RRR 11.14
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
SL 8/2 off 2.0 overs…not looking good…hmmmmmmmm
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
^ummm..this is why 
our guys can never smack sixes when you need them to!!!
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
SA is so intense in their bowling and fielding…SL could never break the stranglehold. Tough loss in such a small over match.
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
I am not impressed.
As it is, Twenty-20 is a very short game. And to decide an important match on the basis of just 7 or 8 overs is not right imo esp. in a world cup
They should have had atleast one reserve day in case of bad weather for every game
Let’s hope the SFs and Final are not 7 or 8 over affairs!!!
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
Shortend formats need some improvised tactics…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
GA …Still Saffies did not win this by 5-10 runs…they did it by a massive 32…which shows how much they have outclassed SL…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
No power-hitting by the Lankans…not even a single 6 in the whole innings of 7 overs…so SA won by 38 runs…
Time to move on to the next match…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
yeah seems like TK Dilshan is the only big hitter..and he got out without scoring…SL rely on TK Dilshans start a lot…
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
fair point
But I still think that in such a short game, the team batting first has a slight advantage. They can basically throw the kitchen sink at everything knowing they have only 7 or 8 overs to negotiate
There is more pressure on the team batting second; chasing 11-12 runs per over is never easy under any circumstances
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
while i agree it wasnt a real match. but to make things fair they should have also restricted the number of batsmen to 5 and eased the fielding restrictions.
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
Not a good match at all …From 20 20 to 7 overs per match is no competition at all
Re: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012
Aaliyah called this early.