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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    Another cheap caught and bowled, this time to Dawson

    52-6 (8.4)
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 4,147
    Atherton still claiming what a good batting pitch it is 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 7,413
    Start looking threatening ✅ 
    Chip one softly to the bowler ✅ 

    Excellent work Sri Lanka
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,180
    kinveachyaddick said:
    Atherton still claiming what a good batting pitch it is 
    Perhaps he should go and tell all the players. 
    Apart from Salt no batsman from either side has looked comfortable 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    kinveachyaddick said:
    Atherton still claiming what a good batting pitch it is 
    I think it's certainly not a road but too many of the batters, on both sides, have got out to awful shots such as full tosses, reverse sweeps, finding the only man on the boundary and basic poor shot selection. Probably 165 was a par score and only then because the outfield is so slow.

    56-6 (10). England were 68-4 at the same stage.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    And now Overton has enticed Hamantha to hit his own wicket. That has nothing to do with the pitch and more his own stupidity

    69-7
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 4,147
    Clueless from the Sri Lankans 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    At one point, the betting markets gave Sri Lanka an 84% chance of winning. It's now 2%. 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 4,147
    Superb fielding by Jacks 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    Regrettably you just can't keep that man Jacks out of the action. Catches the ball on the boundary and feeds the ball to Banton to complete it. It is only fit and proper that the catch goes to Banton in the book.

    82-8 (14.2)

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 71,218
    As I never said anything when England were batting, I would like to mention that at the time I thought it was a superb batting performance on a difficult pitch, and that it was easily enough runs for England to win by a mile  ;)
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    Start the car, Dawson gets a second

    94-9 (16)
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    Not only are we going to win but we have the chance for one with a decent RR
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    95 all out, a win by 51 runs and 12 victories in a row against Sri Lanka
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,180
    Great bowling performance all round from England 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,790
    Profoundly unserious batting from SL there, befitting the format 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,343
    Some absolutely horrendous batting from Sri Lanka there. Pakistan on Tuesday will be a far trickier test. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    MarcusH26 said:
    Some absolutely horrendous batting from Sri Lanka there. Pakistan on Tuesday will be a far trickier test. 

    Pakistan, on their day, are more than capable of imploding in world class proportions. We can't rely on that though and a few of our batters need to find a bit of form. 
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,793
    killerandflash said:
    As I never said anything when England were batting, I would like to mention that at the time I thought it was a superb batting performance on a difficult pitch, and that it was easily enough runs for England to win by a mile  ;)
    Yes, me too. I thought we had batted Sri Lanka out of the game and could have declared at 120.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,833
    India falling into the abyss... 47/4 got to get 141 more in 12 overs. Sarf Africa's to lose. 

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 16,498
    India all out for 111 (18.5) to lose by 76 runs
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,833
    The host nations having a bad day
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,833
    Always like it when India lose. Their fans can be insufferable at times
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,833
    edited February 23
    Zimbabwe v West indies on now. West Indian lose their first wicket 22/1 after 3 overs. 


    Meanwhile more Indian interference though it's ours and sarf African board/players that have gone for it. Our tour next winter will have only 3 test, 3 ODI and no T20 matches as the players want to play for the Indian run franchise league SA20 which starts in January next year. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    Hetmyer was dropped on 6 from a regimental catch on the boundary. Will be one expensive drop.........
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    edited February 23
    Addick Addict said:
    Hetmyer was dropped on 6 from a regimental catch on the boundary. Will be one expensive drop.........
    ......and the very same fielder dropped him from another sitter when Hetmyer was on 70 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,569
    edited February 23
    WI 150-2   13 overs
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,569
    Hetmyer out for 85 off 34.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,253
    edited February 23
    Third time lucky. Hetmyer caught on the boundary for 85 off just 34 balls.

    176-3 (14.3

    Powell 50* (29)
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 71,218
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Zimbabwe v West indies on now. West Indian lose their first wicket 22/1 after 3 overs. 


    Meanwhile more Indian interference though it's ours and sarf African board/players that have gone for it. Our tour next winter will have only 3 test, 3 ODI and no T20 matches as the players want to play for the Indian run franchise league SA20 which starts in January next year. 
    There are so many franchise T20 tournaments and T20 world cups, that these T20 bilateral series feel a bit expendable anyway. The best T20 players are endlessly playing T20 cricket all round the world in all conditions, which doesn't apply to the other forms of the game.

    Playing a bilateral T20 series In South Africa at the same time as their T20 tournament does seem a bit silly, so I can see why they've postponed it.

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