🏏Cricket World Cup 2023: Match#4: Sri Lanka vs South Africa on 7 Oct - Page 5

RSA: 45-1 after 9 overs

Akshay: If Sri Lanka beat South Africa tonight then this tournament will be wide open given what New Zealand did the other day.

Niyoshala Qmar: "Hi Eknath, what's the longest six of the tourney so far? I suspect it will be beaten today by (and here's the real punt) Dassa .. " I'm sure there was one 83 metres far yesterday. Don't know about the ones in the other games.

Nick: "Shanaka averages 8 with the in his previous 10 matches and doesn't really get any wickets...I hope the World Cup gives him a boost... His team would need it !"

Milan: "I love the widespread use of TLAs* - we have QDK, VDD, KJP - almost gives each player their own aura and each seem VVS :)[Just need to find an alternative for over-achievers like Chaminda Vaas! WPUJCV is going double the distance :) :)] {* Three-letter acronyms}"

Talia Victoria : "How good is madushanka as a bowler? I feel like franchises should be very interested in this young talent" He's surely been great today.

Shiva Basyal: "I will be missing ABD and Faf very badly in this world cup."

Mark: "I think one of the issues with having world cups every year with T20 and ODI is the specialness of the event gets reduced and hence the crowds decrease and it becomes a vicious circle. " Hard to disagree. Lot of flux in the current cricketing landscape, isn't it?

Arjun: "Both the teams have underperforming captains I guess" I think Bavuma's case isn't anywhere close to Shanaka's form currently but the narrative does follow them somewhat

Mark: "Are there any fans at this game?" Lots of empty stands but a few folks in, especially in the shade. Will put up the official number it it coms

Aby Mathew: "Lankans are getting carried away with the pitch conditions . Must get back to the old fashioned line and length and let the pitch do it's bit." Fair enough. Although, some of the balls have swung, and getting Bavuma early is big.

RSA: 64-1 after 11 overs

10.6 Dhananjaya to van der Dussen, FOUR, lovely punch off the back foot! He's taken it from the stumps and cracked it through cover.

10.5 Dhananjaya to van der Dussen, FOUR, drifting across off, takes a thick edge and runs away fine. Rassie was looking to push it through cover after getting forward, just got beaten by the drift. But there was no slip in place. The fielder at short third dives across but fails to stop it

Dhananjaya goes round the wicket

10.4 Dhananjaya to van der Dussen, SIX, oh that's massive! It's tossed up outside off, Rassie dances down, gets right to the pitch and lofts it beautifully over mid-off. It goes sailing into the crowd