1st Test: Sri #Lanka v South #Africa at Galle - Jul 16-20, 2014 South Africa 455/9d and 206/6d; Sri Lanka 292 and 216 (71.3 ov, target: 370) South #Africa won by 153 runs Hashim #Amla says, didnt doubt the declaration, we needed a lot of overs and 370 was good enough I thought. The toss was pretty crucial. It was pretty difficult in the third and fourth innings. Dean got a hundred, JP got one as well and they set it up. Steyn, Morkel, Philander, I can call them at any time and they would give 100%. Theyre the best. On surfaces like this you cant rely on one bowler. The others did well too. It was a group effort. On a different day, a glove, a top edge could have gone. The spinners did well Dale #Steyn is the Man of the Match Collects it in some snazzy shades. Its never easy, but someones got to do it. I look at myself as someone who tries to build the character of the side and the captain turns to me. Short spells, two three overs. Have to conserve the energy. hashim rotated us well and the spinners did well as well. Our sides pretyt good, great team with great cricketers and when you play with guys like AB, Faf, Amla, Philander, JP, it brings the best out of you
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:39:46 +0000