Sri Lanka v South Africa at Hambantota, Sep 22, 2012

[kmc madushan]

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Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Dilshan Munaweera, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Shaminda Eranga, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Ajantha Mendis/Akila Dananjaya

South Africa (probable): 1 Richard Levi, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt & wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 Albie Morkel 8 Johan Botha 9 Robin Peterson 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Dale Steyn

update

Play at Hambantota will start at 6pm


5.45pm toss, 6pm start time, 7-over apiece.

Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to field

Sri Lanka team

EMDY Munaweera, TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene*, KC Sangakkara†, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews, BMAJ Mendis, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga

South Africa team

RE Levi, HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers*†, JP Duminy, F Behardien, JA Morkel, J Botha, F du Plessis, M Morkel, DW Steyn

South Africa 78/4 (7/7 ov)
Sri Lanka 46/5 (7.0/7 ov)
South Africa won by 32 runs

 

[kmc madushan]

2.35 pm It's still raining in Hambantota. I guess expecting dramatic improvement in ten minutes was a little optimistic. A crying shame that the first marquee match in the group stage is being subjected to such weather. It's pretty heavy rain, too. Not good at all.

 

[kmc madushan]

2.55 pm Bucketing down in Hambantota. The entire ground is covered. The latest a five-over game can start is 5.30 pm local time, FYI.

 

[hiro_nakamura]

kiyatada aai patan ganneeeeee

 

[kmc madushan]

Toss in the Sri Lanka-South Africa Group C match in Hambantota delayed due to rain

 

[chinthi123]

2.35 pm It's still raining in Hambantota. I guess expecting dramatic improvement in ten minutes was a little optimistic. A crying shame that the first marquee match in the group stage is being subjected to such weather. It's pretty heavy rain, too. Not good at all.

mokadda ban hambantotath wessad.. elama mathc eka tiyena dawase

 

[kmc madushan]

kiyatada aai patan ganneeeeee

දැන්ම කියන්න බෑ ලු බන් තවම වහිනවා ලු

 

[kmc madushan]

mokadda ban hambantotath wessad.. elama mathc eka tiyena dawase

ඔව් බන් අම්බානට වහිනවා ලු 5 over match එකක් වත් ගහන්න පුලුවන් වෙයිද මන්දා

 

[charly123]

haffa

 

[binoj]

aparade Dambulle tibba nan iwarai, koheda a ground eka kaawane.

 

[kmc madushan]

aparade Dambulle tibba nan iwarai, koheda a ground eka kaawane.

ඔව් බන් අපරාදේ Dambulla ground එක හදන්න වියදම් කරපු සල්ලි ඒකේ seat ගලවලා ground pavilan එක කොයි වෙලාවේ කඩා වැටෙයි ද දන්නේ නෑ

 

[kmc madushan]

3.15 pm

Andrew Fernando, our reporter at the ground, says it's still raining. The stadium in Hambantota holds about 34,000 and apparently it was sold out for this game too. We haven't had a full house yet in this tournament. Also, this is the area's first proper rain in eight months. Some timing.

espn

 

[HashanR]

Aiyo..............

 

[kmc madushan]

3.30 PM

Clean up begins..... sky is clear

Russel Arnold

 

[HashanR]

Clean up begins..... sky is clear

Russel Arnold

good news...

 

[kmc madushan]

good news...

 

[kmc madushan]

3.39 PM

Rain stopped in Hambantota

 

[kmc madushan]

Sanjay Manjrekar, on Twitter, says: "Rain has stopped in Hambantota ... sky looking clearer ... now time for the groundsmen to earn their wages." That's encouraging news. The whole ground was covered so they don't have to worry about drying it , as long as they don't spill any water that's on the covers.

espn

 

[vmsgamer]

ELA

 

[chami_84]

over 5 nam gahana eka therumak na..ehema wunoth mona side ekata yawaida kiyanna ba..20 overs paly karanna lubunoth hodai..