<div>Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara insists that South Africa's poor record against his team in recent times is an indicator that the three-Test series, starting on Thursday, will be a tight contest.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>"The South African's haven't really even come close to beating us back home in recent times," Sport24 quoted Sangakkara, as saying.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>He also highlighted the large role spin would play on pitches traditionally suited to seam bowling.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>"South Africa has always depended on pure pace as well as skill with the ball when it comes to fast bowling. They've got a good spinner in [Imran] Tahir so it will be interesting to see how they [spinners] stand up on wickets and whether the wickets will assist them enough to break games. But if you're a good spinner you should know and work on how to get wickets that don't help you," he said.u00a0</div>        

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara insists that South Africa's poor record against his team in recent times is an indicator that the three-Test series, starting on Thursday, will be a tight contest.

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