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..
TBH, after the way Kerrigan bowled, i woudlnt have bowled him again, and also, he has hardly featured for Lancashire since then either.
Well done Gary ballance! Top knock! Stuck around when it was tough and everyone else fell over! Then cashed in when the bowlers were tired! Get the feeling he was told to go for it tonight as we won't be batting tomorrow...
There you go - a perfect example of Cooks lack of captaincy skills - and such a basic one at that... England are 390 runs ahead at start of play, with 1 day left - so, in other words, no way that Sri Lanka can win - and first over from Jimmy, the opener gets a snick through a GAP in the slips !!! - i mean, a GAP in the slips when you are 390 runs ahead, in the first over with the new ball. Drives me crazy - how the hell can this man continue to be England captain.
Yep, i saw that - but nothing to do with captaincy - simply inexperience of the 2 players involved - in actual fact, maybe the captain should have told them to spead apart - but obviously didnt.
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England are 390 runs ahead at start of play, with 1 day left - so, in other words, no way that Sri Lanka can win - and first over from Jimmy, the opener gets a snick through a GAP in the slips !!! - i mean, a GAP in the slips when you are 390 runs ahead, in the first over with the new ball.
Drives me crazy - how the hell can this man continue to be England captain.
SL 46-1 after 13 overs.
152-2. 38 overs left.
Sangakkara b Anderson 61
Thirimanne c Jordan b Anderson 2
P Jayawardane lbw Jordan 8
Kulasekara lbw Broad 1
201-8
3 overs play left.
2 overs left.
1 over left.
Herath c Prior b Broad 1
5 balls left.
Herath walked, when he wasn't out.
SL batter, given out on penultimate ball, but saved by DRS.
Final ball fell just in front of the slips.
Great finish.