Victory in Sri Lanka would answer Amla questions

Times Media

TELFORD VICE, Maldives

SA had more than one reason to celebrate at the weekend. The most important among them was winning a one-day series in Sri Lanka for the first time. Another was Faf du Plessis’ 30th birthday. Ryan McLaren, meanwhile, would have wanted have raised a toast to his sister’s wedding.

So, there might have been a few tender heads bobbing gingerly on the trip from Hambantota, where SA clinched the ODI rubber on Saturday, to Galle, where the test series starts tomorrow....