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England v Sri Lanka Test Series

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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,394
    As a Surrey fan seen Jordan play live plenty of times! I know he struggled with injuries, but can't believe he has turned it around! from being completely ineffective, even in second team games to now playing a test match for England!
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,818
    cantersaddick said:

    As a Surrey fan seen Jordan play live plenty of times! I know he struggled with injuries, but can't believe he has turned it around! from being completely ineffective, even in second team games to now playing a test match for England!

    I think its confidence with Jordan, he has all the attributes but I think going to Sussex was make-or-break and he has just got better and better.

    From what I have seen of him his bowling has a touch of Botham about it.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Ormiston Addick said:

    cantersaddick said:

    As a Surrey fan seen Jordan play live plenty of times! I know he struggled with injuries, but can't believe he has turned it around! from being completely ineffective, even in second team games to now playing a test match for England!

    I think its confidence with Jordan, he has all the attributes but I think going to Sussex was make-or-break and he has just got better and better.

    From what I have seen of him his bowling has a touch of Botham about it.
    Hmmmm, long way to go before he can be compared with Sir Ian.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    Addickted2TheReds said:

    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 ...
    The difference was that he was being brought on - the captancy clearly doesn't suit him and if he was dropped, he might come back as the batsman he became. As a captain, he is a coward on and off the pitch.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,260
    Prior reaches 4,000 test runs. The third English WK to do so after Knott and Stewart.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,260
    380-6, 98 overs
    Prior 86 c Silva b Eranga
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Addickted2TheReds said:

    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 ...
    The difference was that he was being brought on - the captancy clearly doesn't suit him and if he was dropped, he might come back as the batsman he became. As a captain, he is a coward on and off the pitch.
    Are you saying Cook is a coward ? Please enlighten me.

    PS 386-6. Hope we can make it to 400 before Cook is sacked and Pietersen replaces him.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    edited June 2014
    402-7

    Jordan c P Jayawardene b Eranga 19
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,260
    edited June 2014
    402-7, 102 overs
    Jordan 19 c P Jayawardene b Eranga

    too slow that time. :-(
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    edited June 2014
    466-8

    Broad c Karuaratne b Pradeep 47

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    Plunkett dropped.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,818
    The_President said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    cantersaddick said:

    As a Surrey fan seen Jordan play live plenty of times! I know he struggled with injuries, but can't believe he has turned it around! from being completely ineffective, even in second team games to now playing a test match for England!

    I think its confidence with Jordan, he has all the attributes but I think going to Sussex was make-or-break and he has just got better and better.

    From what I have seen of him his bowling has a touch of Botham about it.
    Hmmmm, long way to go before he can be compared with Sir Ian.
    I meant that he gets a lot of wickets with crap deliveries where batsmen get themselves out with poor shots, he has a touch of the Golden Arm about him.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,330
    Cook showing negative captaincy again in my opinion. Could've declared some time ago & had a go at them. We have enough runs
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,394
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Cook showing negative captaincy again in my opinion. Could've declared some time ago & had a go at them. We have enough runs

    Absolutely not! Pitch is only gonna get worse.. foothold already showing! Big first innings score essential! Use scoreboard pressure and grind them into the dirt!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    cantersaddick said:

    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Cook showing negative captaincy again in my opinion. Could've declared some time ago & had a go at them. We have enough runs

    Absolutely not! Pitch is only gonna get worse.. foothold already showing! Big first innings score essential! Use scoreboard pressure and grind them into the dirt!
    Agreed. They are looking demoralised and increasingly ragged.

    Keep them out there and exhaust them and put them in, with an hours play to go, if we're not all out before.

  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Need to build as many runs as possible for individual and team morale - belief is what needs to be developed with this new look team, and runs do that more than simple wins (though both runs and wins obviously have a cumulative effect!)
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    Plunkett c Silva b Pradeep 39

    547-9.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,777
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Cook showing negative captaincy again in my opinion. Could've declared some time ago & had a go at them. We have enough runs

    Wrong. As said good for morale and good to demoralise Sri Lanka. Plus, we will try to not bat again in this match and to do that we need as many runs as possible.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    edited June 2014
    Root 200 no.

    England 575-9 declared.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,777
    England declare on 575-9.

    Root 200*

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  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,777
    Well done Joe Root, superb! Fair play to the Sri Lankans, every one of them going up to him one by one to congratulate. Good stuff, won't see that in Brazil! ;-)
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Nice. Great reports guys. Looks like our tail has wagged also.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,072
    He can now get a duck in the next 5 innings to end with a nice average of 40.00
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    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    SL 35-0 at tea.
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    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    SL 54-1

    Karunaratne c Prior b Jordan 34

    Jordan's 1st over in Test cricket I think.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    edited June 2014
    I am saying he is a coward - he had the international career of England's best player in his hands - which is a ridiculous situation anyway - and he took the cowardly option. Somebody like Shane Warne would never have done such a thing - but he is twice the man and captain Cook has shown himself to be.

    Hated the way he was reluctant to give Butler the praise he deserved either!
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Addickted2TheReds said:

    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Cook showing negative captaincy again in my opinion. Could've declared some time ago & had a go at them. We have enough runs

    Wrong. As said good for morale and good to demoralise Sri Lanka. Plus, we will try to not bat again in this match and to do that we need as many runs as possible.
    Agreed, we'll beat Sri Lanka in the series, if we dont, so what ?! - its India we want to beat, and Root getting 200 means we have more chance of beating India - its all about building morale and team spirit before the big Test comes this year.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    My personal view is that Cook is not a good captain - he is far too negative and reactive to be a good Test Captain.
    I remember one particular instance at The Rose Bowl in an ODI when SA were batting and they lost 3 early wickets, and their debutant Elgar came to the crease - it was all geared up for a Anderson/Broad onslaught to the newbie, and what did he do?.... he immediately brought on Bopara !.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,394
    On the subject of cooks captaincy we've seen that when he loses confidence in someone particularly a bowler. He then stops bowling them and they soon stop featuring! We saw this with Finn Kerrigan and others..
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    SL 309-4 at tea.

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