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From their visit to Pakistan in October 2007, SA played 18 test series outdoors or on neutral ground – and lost only two.
In both series, they lost the first game against Sri Lanka in Galle last week.
So history says SA file could take another hack in Colombo, where the second try begins on Friday.
Both SA lost these rubbers, in India in 2015 and England in 2017, conditions were unusually dominant factors.
In India, Nagpur's guardian cheated SA from a fair shot at victory – the field was deemed "mediocre" by the International Cricket Council – and the other surfaces were not better.
In England, the visitors lost a fiercely fought battle by the two groups of drummers struggling on so hard to accept grounds that only three centuries were scored in four matches.
In Galle last week, SA gave the field a lot of respect and in the process crashed to totals of 126 and 73, and with that defeat by 278 executions in less than three days.
Spinner Trident
Beside themselves, the architects of SA's defeat were the Lankan spinners' Trident – Rangana Herath, left armorer, Dilruwan Perera, swivel, and Lakshan Sandakan, Pivotor of the left arm
"In the first Test, we were far from boiling in many areas," Faf du Plessis said Thursday.
"We've also been a team that's unfortunately starting late, and then we're starting to make better decisions, and I hope we can do it in this test match, even though we know it's going to be In the subcontinent, drawing a series is as good as winning a series – it's hard and that's what the best teams do. "
SA has been part of these teams since their Asian debut in Sri Lanka in 1993, winning seven sets there and shooting and losing six each.
Subcontinent, SA, won and lost 15 and shot 16.
Friday's game is therefore important in many ways, and the way it is going to unfold is the way SA's drummers handle Lankan spinners. Du Plessis said: "The thing that let us down in the first test was that we did not have enough confidence in our defense." The important part of the game of spin in Cricket Test is to trust your defense. Obviously, we have to try to put pressure on the spinners …
"The guys worked very hard on their game plan and tried to be positive against the spin, which is an important element for good to play the spinners … your defense … it was the difference between the way Sri Lanka played and how we played – especially Dimuth Karunaratne [who scored 158 not out and 60] who did not take too many risks, he was just playing with a good defense
I think both teams had a hard time playing well. "
Lankan drummers are not Du Plessis' problem, but rather South Africans he should be talking about.
He says: "In the cricket test, you must learn to put a bowler under pressure," says Du Plessis.
"Once again, I take the example of [Karunaratne] . As a captain, I wanted him to take risks but he did not take any chances. "
SA had not yet finalized his team, but Du Plessis said that they would include an extra drummer in the team.
a few days ahead for Vernon Philander , who played only 11 overs and took a single wicket in the first Test.
With all that happened in Galle, Dale Steyn equaled Shaun Pollock as the best tester of SA What could be Steyn's reward by his captain next time he's knocking?
"I'm going to give him a kiss on the cheek."
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