{"id":6635,"date":"2012-01-04T01:12:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/cricket-sri-lanka-concede-they-misread-newlands-pitch\/"},"modified":"2012-01-04T01:12:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:12:47","slug":"cricket-sri-lanka-concede-they-misread-newlands-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-sri-lanka-concede-they-misread-newlands-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Sri Lanka concede they misread Newlands pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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CAPE TOWN<\/span> Jan 3 (Reuters) – Bowling coach Champaka
\nRamanayake conceded Sri Lanka had misread the pitch when they
\nasked South Africa to bat first in the third and final test on
\nTuesday and then compounded the mistake by bowling badly.<\/p>\n

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At the close of the first day at Newlands, South Africa were
\n347 for three with Jacques Kallis unbeaten on 159. The series is
\ntied 1-1.<\/p>\n

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“We did not bowl well at all, especially in the first
\nsession when we could have kept them to under 80 runs. Our line
\nwasn’t so bad but the length was either too far up or a bit
\nshort,” Ramanayake told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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“If we could have kept them under 300 at stumps, I would
\nhave been very happy, but the 50 runs extra was because of bad
\nbowling.<\/p>\n

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“We thought that pitch would do something but it did not do
\nas much as expected. It became a good pitch after the first
\nsession, but we did not bowl well – that was the main reason.”<\/p>\n

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South Africa opener Alviro Petersen, who scored 109 in his
\nfirst test for 12 months, said the South Africans would have
\nbatted if they had won the toss.<\/p>\n

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“We were surprised they sent us in, the pitch looked quite
\ndry this morning and we wanted to bat first anyway. We made full
\nuse of the conditions and would like to get a big first-innings
\ntotal,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“I think the pitch will deteriorate, it’s really dry and
\nthis afternoon some balls hit the cracks and they were already
\nloose. It will turn and we want to put scoreboard pressure on
\nthe Sri Lankans.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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