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England v Sri Lanka Test Series

Covered EndCovered End
edited June 2014 in Other Football and Sports
1st Test at Lords. SL won the toss and put England in, on a wicket, that looked, a little green.

England 59-2 15 overs

Robson c P Jayawardene b Pradeep 1. Caught in the slips, chasing one.

Cook b Kulasekera 17. Bowled, playing on.

Ballance 18 no

Bell 14 no.

The ball is seaming around.

SL are bowling well. England are batting ok imo, on a seaming wicket.

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  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Bloody Aussies.
  • Addickted2TheRedsAddickted2TheReds
    Ballance - c P Jayawardene b Pradeep - 23 (40)

    74-3. 19 overs.
  • cafctomcafctom
    You lads realize the World Cup starts today don't you? ;)
  • Covered EndCovered End
    cafctom said:

    You lads realize the World Cup starts today don't you? ;)

    Cricket programme finishes at 7pm.

    World Cup programme begins at 7pm.

    Perfect :-)

  • Covered EndCovered End
    98-3 at lunch.

    Bell 41 no.
    Root 6 no.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    I suspect Cook will be glad that the World Cup will overshadow how we do in this Test series, and the inevitable questions about KP!
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    edited June 2014
    Can't we bring KP back and tell Cook his England career is over? He is a rubbish captain and has lost any form with the bat so what is the point?
  • Covered EndCovered End
    edited June 2014
    154-4

    Bell lbw Eranga 56

    Root 25 no

    Ali 20 no.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    182-4, 46.2ovs
    Root 37*
    Ali 36*
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Tea.
    195-4, 53 overs.
    Root 43*
    Ali 43*
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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited June 2014
    52* for Root

    And now Ali goes for 48 looking for a big drive through the off side. Caught by Jayawardene at slip off the spinner. 209-5
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited June 2014
    Prior ALMOST goes lbw second ball. "Umpires call" on review.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    261-5, 71 overs.
    Root 73*
    Prior 26*
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Prior 56* Root 90* and 100 partnership.
    309-5, 82ovs
  • Addickted2TheRedsAddickted2TheReds
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can't we bring KP back and tell Cook his England career is over? He is a rubbish captain and has lost any form with the bat so what is the point?

    Cook went through similar form in 2010 with calls for him to be dropped. We know what happened next ...
  • A-R-T-H-U-RA-R-T-H-U-R
    Interesting point on TMS - Saturday sees the Football, Cricket and Rugby teams all in first class action - has this happened before?
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited June 2014
    Root gets to 100n/o in the *penultimate* over of the day.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Close of play, day 1.
    ENG 344-5, 89 overs.
    Root 102*, Prior 76*, partnership 145.
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    Good day for England.
    Got day off work on Monday, so hoping SL bat well, and it goes to 5 days.
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    Interesting point on TMS - Saturday sees the Football, Cricket and Rugby teams all in first class action - has this happened before?

    I'm fairly sure it happens virtually every 2 years.
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  • Covered EndCovered End
    Excellent comeback. Well played Root, Prior (Matt not Nathan), Bell and Ali.

    Bit of luck for Prior, being given not out on 0, when he was :-)
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    Callumcafc said:

    Close of play, day 1.
    ENG 344-5, 89 overs.
    Root 102*, Prior 76*, partnership 145.

    3 years ago we played Sri Lanka at Lords. They won the toss & put us in. Close of play we were 345/6 with Matt Prior on 73 not out.

    Deja Vue
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    golfaddick said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Close of play, day 1.
    ENG 344-5, 89 overs.
    Root 102*, Prior 76*, partnership 145.

    3 years ago we played Sri Lanka at Lords. They won the toss & put us in. Close of play we were 345/6 with Matt Prior on 73 not out.

    Deja Vue
    And ended up getting 486 with Matty Prior getting a century- thats the key point to this post.
  • CHGCHG
    We bat deep, good recovery, over the moon for Root, Ali and Prior
  • markmc68markmc68
    Good day especially for root and prior. Both under pressure to perform. Especially prior with bairstow and butler breathing down his neck. The Aussie flopped then ?
  • Covered EndCovered End
    markmc68 said:

    Good day especially for root and prior. Both under pressure to perform. Especially prior with bairstow and butler breathing down his neck. The Aussie flopped then ?

    He was looking good and solid I thought, but then he chased a wide one & edged it to slip.
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    markmc68 said:

    Good day especially for root and prior. Both under pressure to perform. Especially prior with bairstow and butler breathing down his neck. The Aussie flopped then ?

    markmc68 said:

    Good day especially for root and prior. Both under pressure to perform. Especially prior with bairstow and butler breathing down his neck. The Aussie flopped then ?

    Yep, lets hope he's out of the team before we play the Aussies next year.
  • markmc68markmc68
    Thought they would have given carberry a home series.
  • The_PresidentThe_President
    markmc68 said:

    Thought they would have given carberry a home series.

    Think they have made a decision to look towards youth - bit like Charlton really.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Just watching the highlights on 5

    Ballance looked a fish out of water, lets hope thats nerves not technique.

    Joe Root has a sensational technique. He can be a Wall. Coming in at 4 or 5 he will bat all day long if the situation demands. Most technical player we have produced since Belly who has always been out of this world in terms of the shots he has in his locker....
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