South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2017: 3rd ODI, 5 talking points

Modified Feb 05, 2017 09:26 IST

In the 25th over of the Sri Lankan innings, a swarm of bees swooped into the Bullring to halt play

#3 Imran Tahir continues tormenting Sri Lanka

Asian countries are expected to be masters of spin bowling. They are born and brought up on rank turners and playing with wristy hands come naturally to them. But Sri Lanka seem to have no clue on facing Imran Tahir even after 5 matches against him in the past few weeks.

Tahir has been South Africa's trump card with the ball in limited overs format and Sri Lanka learned why. They have been bamboozled by the leggie who restricts the run flow and then opens up the tail with vital middle order wickets.

Tahir was at it again today as he contained the run flow brilliantly forcing the batsmen to try and attack the pacers from the other end. While Tahir did have two wickets to show for, much of his effectiveness was in plotting the downfall of batsmen by stopping the runs.

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