SRI LANKA T20 SERIES DECIDER
Why defeat could just work in SA’s favour
It took Sri Lanka 28 days to win a game on their tour of SA, but it is the hosts who could benefit the most from that success. Having been smashed 3-0 in only a dozen days of playing time in the Test series, the Lankans floundered to another loss in the 10-over shootout that the rain-affected first T20 became at Centurion on Friday. But, just as the Groundhog Day syndrome threatened to set in, the visitors found form on an unusually subcontinental Wanderers pitch on Sunday when they won the second T20. And, just like that, Sri Lanka have a chance to take the edge off everything that has gone. Because, if they win the third T20 at Newlands on Wednesday, they will clinch the series. Neutrals would not begrudge the Lankans that sop considering the inept cricket they played in the Tests. But Farhaan Behardien will not want to see that happen. "We’ll go back and have some analysis and come up with some game plans in Cape Town," SA’s T20 captain said after Sunday’s game. "Hopefully the wi...
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