I get that Sri Lanka are a young side and are being outclassed. It would be good though if they tried putting England in because at least we might see one side producing a total. And who knows? They might actually bowl us out cheaply first up.
As it is, the Ref stopped the fight some 10 overs ago!
Results from a Cricket Supporters Association survey
63% of cricket fans feel negatively about The Hundred 43% of cricket fans intend to watch more cricket compared to 2019 33% of fans are more engaged with cricket now than in 2019 94% think the lack of priority for county championship will impact Test Cricket 93% believe all ICC Tournaments should have an element of FTA Only 22% of fans believe the ECB considers fans when making decisions
The sun is shining, Morgan wins the toss and says that "it is beautiful batting conditions" so elects to bowl!!!
Sri Lanka were thrashed in the T20s, have sent three senior players home for breaking Covid regs so why not put runs on the board? Unless you're worried about your batting line up of course with no Malan, Buttler, Roy and Stokes.
Can't bring myself to watch this. Feels incredibly low-stakes. Finding myself enjoying both Tests and domestic superleague T20s so much more than international short-form
Can't bring myself to watch this. Feels incredibly low-stakes. Finding myself enjoying both Tests and domestic superleague T20s so much more than international short-form
Get that but, for me, the issue is that this isn't just a mismatch but both SL and England have, on most occasions, chosen for England to bat second. The people who have turned up surely deserve better than watching us chase 170 in 50 overs.
Yeah, this is just going-through-motions pointlessness. The gap between top and lower nations is lamentably widening - not this England team's fault of course, but SL has noticeably fallen away
The sun is shining, Morgan wins the toss and says that "it is beautiful batting conditions" so elects to bowl!!!
Sri Lanka were thrashed in the T20s, have sent three senior players home for breaking Covid regs so why not put runs on the board? Unless you're worried about your batting line up of course with no Malan, Buttler, Roy and Stokes.
Perhaps that's the truth as should have been 80-5 off 12 overs - which is slightly ridiculous chasing 186 off 50 overs
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Good start here from England
As it is, the Ref stopped the fight some 10 overs ago!
Anyone remember The Hair Bear Bunch?
2 slightly tricky pitches to play on this series
Results from a Cricket Supporters Association survey
43% of cricket fans intend to watch more cricket compared to 2019
33% of fans are more engaged with cricket now than in 2019
94% think the lack of priority for county championship will impact Test Cricket
93% believe all ICC Tournaments should have an element of FTA
Only 22% of fans believe the ECB considers fans when making decisions
Sri Lanka were thrashed in the T20s, have sent three senior players home for breaking Covid regs so why not put runs on the board? Unless you're worried about your batting line up of course with no Malan, Buttler, Roy and Stokes.
One each to Willey and Woakes
Another to Woakes
Woakes with the rather impressive figures of 6.4-4-9-3
Woakes now 7.3-4-11-4
Moeen joins the party
Woakes 10-5-18-4