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[leicsmac]

Well, that's a bit farcical.

[EastAnglianFox]

Woakes having to bowl off spin when the sun was still out 

 

Farcial as it was, happy that I can now genuinely say I can give it a twirl better than Woaksey and I'm a part timer for the seconds in a village team 

Edited 7 September by EastAnglianFox

[goody2028]

Made up for Josh there. 

[leicsmac]

There's not many sides that can live with English bowling in English conditions like this.

[ealingfox]

Running up almost from the boundary and only bowling 83 mph average what's the point

[Harboro]

Interesting article on Hull’s selection https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/07/josh-hull-rises-to-challenge-england-cricket-sri-lanka

[Super_horns]

Things can change I know but not sure we will see much cricket today.

 

I mean it's pretty wet then even if that stops you'll have the light. 
 

EDIT: what do I know !

 

Good morning for Josh Hull and England .

Edited 8 September by Super_horns

[StanSP]

Somewhat surprising amount of cricket so far today. 

 

Root getting a nice montage before play resumes. As he's on 0

 

 

[Voll Blau]

Feel a bit for Lawrence, but trying to slog his way into form was never going to end well.

[StanSP]

Game on?! 

[STEVIE B]

.....But, but Sri Lanka offer no competition to England & shouldn't be allowed to play 'top tier nations'....... 

[StanSP]

Sri Lanka's to lose... 

[leicsmac]

It would be a shame if they threw away a chance for a whitewash summer with some careless play now.

[StanSP]

England's to lose... 

[Tommy Fresh]

Dan Lawrence was such a hideous selection

[Super_horns]

A fast pace day of cricket !

Smith really saved us.

200 ahead going to be enough ?

[leicsmac]

Make this about 50/50.

[Super_horns]

Sri Lanka look well set for now but could collapse as before .

 

Credit to Nissanka.

 

Leading his team to victory very convincingly.

Edited 9 September by Super_horns

[leicsmac]

Well done Sri Lanka. England paying the price for lack of focus after day 1 in this Test.

[Izzy]

England need to learn that at test level, you play with feathers and you get your arse tickled 

[Lionator]

Real wake up call for the likes of Duckett and Brook, if they’re as good as they think they are then they need to be better. 

[Super_horns]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

Real wake up call for the likes of Duckett and Brook, if they’re as good as they think they are then they need to be better. 

When Bazball works it looks great but horrible when it doesn't I guess. 

 

Sri Lanka's  top order held firm in the 2nd innings which has been lacking for them all series I think.

 

They've actually scored well after losing 3/4 wickets tbf. 

 

The younger Mendis has been very impressive for example. 

 

Edited 9 September by Super_horns

[Lionator]

37 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

When Bazball works it looks great but horrible when it doesn't I guess. 

 

Sri Lanka's  top order held firm in the 2nd innings which has been lacking for them all series I think.

 

They've actually scored well after losing 3/4 wickets tbf. 

 

The younger Mendis has been very impressive for example. 

 

I think if Sri Lanka had a couple more warm up games then they could’ve well won the series. Think they’d be very difficult to beat on home soil where the pitches are easier to bat on. 

[Tommy Fresh]

7 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I think if Sri Lanka had a couple more warm up games then they could’ve well won the series. Think they’d be very difficult to beat on home soil where the pitches are easier to bat on. 

The other week you were saying England shouldn't play these nations 

[Super_horns]

England squad for the Pakistan series.
 
Stokes back and Carse/Cox in with a few spinners included naturally.

 

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4111189/england-men-name-test-squad-for-tour-of-pakistan