South Africa v Sri Lanka 3rd Test Marks Out of 10

I don't think this thread has been posted yet so I thought I'd start one...

South Africa

Smith 5
Petersen 9
Amla 4
Kallis 10
de Villiers 9
Rudolph 8
Boucher 5
Philander 8
Steyn 7
Morkel 6
Tahir 7

Sri Lanka

Dilshan 7
Thirimanne 5
Sangakkara 5
Jayawardene 4
Samaraweera 9
Mathews 7
Chandimal 6
Perera 3
Herath 4
Prasad 3
Welegedara 4

Looks good but 1 away from Rudolph, just feel that Philanders 6 wkts were more important than Rudolph's score.


South Africa

Smith 5
Petersen 9
Amla 4
Kallis 10
de Villiers 9
Rudolph 7
Boucher 5
Philander 8
Steyn 7
Morkel 6
Tahir 7

Slightly generous to Jayawardene who really is going through a tough patch, and Dilshan who played two dreadful shots. Generous in the extreme to the whole Sri Lankan attack, but particularly Perera, who looked about as threatening as a mouse carrying a toothpick.

I always find innings victories can be sometimes hard to give marks to. Take Amla for instance: sure he failed in SA's only innings, but he got the one decent ball SL bowled all game, and then fielded very well at short-leg. How do you mark him? Or Smith: terrible shot to get out, people thought he declared too early but it turned out just fine, captained OK without doing anything inspirational. Or indeed Rudolph: nice unbeaten 50 and all that, but against a hopeless demoralised attack after the hard work had all been done already.

Agree with Mike those marks are wayyyyyy too generous to the SL bowlers. And yeah, Philander's 6 wickets on a flat pitch deserve more than Rudolph's "cheap" 50.

I would actually give amla an extra point, he was magnificent in the field.

south africa

Smith-5
Peterson-9
Amla-5
Kaliis-10
DeVilliers-9
Rudolph-8
Boucher-3
Philander-6
Steyn-7
Morkel-8
Tahir-7

Sri Lanka-

Dilshan-7
Thriammane-7
Sangakarra-5
Jawyardene-5
Samaweera-10
Matthews-6
Chandimal-3
Perera-3
Herath-4
Prasad-4
Welegedra-3

What on earth did Perera do to deserve 3 from people? I'm struggling to give him 1...

I agree Kallis gets a very rare 10.

I'm impressed by Samaraweera. Not just getting a 9 in this match - but really starting to notch up some solid "away" centuries to boost his strong record on the Subcontinent.

Cf, I agree with most of your points but to give Rudolph 2 more than Philander?

You are not keen on him are you.

i rate philander very highly i just feel that he wasnt as effective in this game.