To seam, or not to seam: Lankans in a spin at St George’s Park

“The pitch looks greener than in Durban, so if we can get another seamer into our attack it would be a benefit for us.” — Dhananjaya de Silva

Telford Vice / Gqeberha

IF the Sri Lankans hoped to catch a glimpse of the evolving St George’s Park pitch when they arrived for training on Wednesday, they were disappointed. It was where it should have been, but it was also hiding from the heat and snug under a hessian cover. And thereby hangs a theory.

The Lankans saw grass 10 millimetres tal...