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The newest recruit in the South African bowling brigade, Vernon Philander, is sure that the tail-enders won’t cause much trouble to the Proteas and that they are just shy of two wickets from winning
the Test series against Sri Lanka.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 has lost four of its top batters with just 138 runs on the board. They require 203 runs to avoid suffering an innings defeat at Newlands, Cape Town.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 due to come in next. Chandimal, who made his Test debut during the second game at Durban, is Sri Lanka’s last recognized
batsman before the tail gets exposed.
Philander is hoping that South Africa picks up these two wickets early in the morning, so that the pacers can have a go at Sri Lanka’s tail. The 26-year-old speedster said, “Once we get past Chandimal
at No.7, we won't find much resistance from the lower order. If we can get No. 7 out, we are pretty much in it.”
Philander also backed his skipper’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, decision of imposing a follow-on. The speedster said, “Having such a big lead, you have to make them follow on and try and bowl them out as quickly
as possible. Tomorrow morning the bowlers will be a fresh and legs will be ready to go again.”
Sri Lanka’s batting line-up stumbled pretty badly on day three of the Test match, as the tourists lost twelve wickets on the day. Philander along with his new ball partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409, made life difficult
for the Lankan batters on a pitch that seemed to assist batsmen.
The visitors were very much in the game at stumps of day two, as they had piled 149 runs for loss of two wickets. But were forced on to the back foot in the first over of day three, when Steyn removed
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779. The Proteas never gave the tourist any chance to make a comeback from there.
Philander reckons that seeing the back of Sangakkara early lifted the team up. He said, “Wickets always set the tone of the day. Picking up Sangakkara gives the bowlers a bit more oomph and bit more
of a big boost.”
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