Sri Lanka v England Test Series *** Spoilers ***

[Egon]

Every time I have left the room in the past 2 hours there has been a wicket.

Well sit bloody still then

 

[ringo747]

Well sit bloody still then

Don't worry - going nowhere! If Broad and Swann can whack it around it could come off otherwise it's game over. That Broad no-ball wicket is proving crucial. It is had counted england would only need 30 odd now.

 

[ringo747]

Swann gone. Game over.

 

[Cosimo]

Swanny hopeful with this review.

 

[Cosimo]

Gone 259-8 and game almost over.

 

[ringo747]

Put the stupid sweep shot away - this is stupid.

 

[Alpherah]

Trott ultimately both got us close , and lost us the game with a daft shot.

 

[Compound]

England were in with a real chance with winning this 30 minutes ago.

Why England persist with the sweep shot I don't know. They always lose wickets using it. Now Herath has 12 wickets, he's not even any good!

 

[ringo747]

They are making Herath looking like Murali.

 

[Cosimo]

Even tea won't help now, 259-8.

 

[TheCenturion]

It was never going to be an easy chase. With 340 to get, it would have been a BIG surprise if Sri Lanka had not won.

Now Herath has 12 wickets, he's not even any good!

Oh god, typical England fan here, you're just like some of my mates

*bowler rips through England's team, taking 12 of the 18 wickets to fall so far*

HE MUST BE TERRIBLE!

 

[ringo747]

It was never going to be an easy chase. With 340 to get, it would have been a BIG surprise if Sri Lanka had not won.



Oh god, typical England fan here, you're just like some of my mates

*bowler rips through England's team, taking 12 of the 18 wickets to fall so far*

HE MUST BE TERRIBLE!

Not typical England fan at all. It is more accurate to say that the bowler was gifted the wickets rather than some exceptional performance.

 

[Alpherah]

To be fair, he is terrible ! We made him look better then Ajmal !

Okay Terrible is unfair, but he's more Monty then Murali

 

[ringo747]

All over.

 

[Alpherah]

6 wickets for 31 runs...

 

[ringo747]

Changes needed to this batting. What should those changes be?

I'd be glad to see the back of Strauss and KP but there just aren't many replacements.

 

[Alpherah]

Broad likely to miss the next game with a Thigh strain apparently , Bresnan comes in?

Batting wise, who else do we have? Bopara won't play if he can't bowl as he competes with Patel it seems.

.... Morgan? No thanks.. Can't think of any other batsman.

We're blessed to tons of bowlers and all rounders, no Batsmen at all

 

[ringo747]

The bowlers must get really annoyed with all the good work they do and the top 5 always go and ruin it.

 

[Cosimo]

Thrown away again by our "star" batsmen. That was winnable.

 

[Alpherah]

In a nutshell. We got to nr 1 because of Trott and Cook, batting wise.