END OF TOUR
Shambolic T20 batting means SA leave Sri Lanka on a low
Now departing from Bandaranaike International Airport, SA’s tour of Sri Lanka. The South Africans did not jet out of Colombo on Tuesday. But given the kind of batting they offered in the last match of their visit to the Asian island, they would have been better off taking a flight home before the first ball was bowled at R Premadasa stadium. That the Lankans won by only three wickets, with four overs to spare, is a compliment to the visitors’ bowlers, who never gave up what was always a hopeless fight. It is difficult to bat, bowl or field properly when both of your feet are on a plane, nevermind when you have already fastened your seat belt, lined up the movies you’re going to watch and are trying to decide between chicken or beef. In SA’s defence, a damn fool T20 gratuitously tacked onto the end of five weeks of Tests and one-day internationals (ODIs) is no way to end a tour. SA were dismissed for 98, only the eighth time in their 104 games in the format that they have been bowled...
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