***Official*** England in Sri Lanka

[Matt79]

Nice first over from Swann, I think Sangga might have been lucky with that LBW.

 

[Richard]

Swann in for Panesar, which will please a lot of CWers. Broad not being given the new ball, which perhaps won't. Bopara in for Fred.

Swann's a better OD spinner than MSP, simple as, and Sidebottom if playing has to take the new-ball IMO.

 

[Mister Wright]

Thought Sangakkara was out tbh. But, benefit of the doubt went with the batsman so can't complain really.

 

[Lostman]

how can SL not play a frontline spinner in SL is really confusing

 

[Mister Wright]

Thought Sangakkara was out tbh. But, benefit of the doubt went with the batsman so can't complain really.

Swann knocked the stumps with his leg, so no wonder Sangakkara wasn't out.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, post was written before Jayasuriya got going, the game has changed very quickly.

Aaaaaaaand again... TBH.

 

[Richard]

Swann knocked the stumps with his leg, so no wonder Sangakkara wasn't out.

Haha, was amazed how long it took to spot that TBH - I didn't notice it at first and nor did anyone else.

Oh dear, Shah on, this could be messy.

 

[Matt79]

Swann knocked the stumps with his leg, so no wonder Sangakkara wasn't out.

That rule (a fielder must uproot a stump if the bails were previously dislodged) is surely a bit outdated when there's a video umpire present. You can clearly see on the video that the ball did hit the stumps hard enough to move middle stump several inches, so there would have been no doubt it would have broken the bails. The decison was correct, but the rule maybe should be reviewed.

 

[Matt79]

Haha, was amazed how long it took to spot that TBH - I didn't notice it at first and nor did anyone else.

Oh dear, Shah on, this could be messy.

I noticed it first replay...

FIGJAM

 

[Perm]

Sangakkara will need to up the scoring rate shortly, he's hardly facing the best bowlers in the world, let alone the team. Credit to Collingwood though, he is bowling well.

 

[Richard]

Sangakkara will need to up the scoring rate shortly, he's hardly facing the best bowlers in the world

Swann might be one day. (H) Never know.

 

[Perm]

Swann might be one day. (H) Never know.

Nice to see you have good things to say about up and coming players too

 

[Mister Wright]

That rule (a fielder must uproot a stump if the bails were previously dislodged) is surely a bit outdated when there's a video umpire present. You can clearly see on the video that the ball did hit the stumps hard enough to move middle stump several inches, so there would have been no doubt it would have broken the bails. The decison was correct, but the rule maybe should be reviewed.

I disagree. I like the idea that the batsman is disadvantaged when the bails are removed without the ball in hand.

 

[Matt79]

Its not a fairness issue - its just that the premise of the bails being dislodged is to demonstrate the stump was hit with decent force - a video replay clearly can demonstrate that. In this instance, its not like Swann deliberately knocked the bails off to screw the batsman.

 

[Perm]

Has Mahela changed as an ODI batsman? Used to be very ordinary, usually only scored against poor attacks. As of late he's been pretty good though, especially after that wonderful knock during the World Cup.

 

[pasag]

Swann gets Sangakkara.

 

[Richard]

Swann finally gets his first ODI wicket after 7 years.

 

[Richard]

Has Mahela changed as an ODI batsman? Used to be very ordinary, usually only scored against poor attacks. As of late he's been pretty good though, especially after that wonderful knock during the World Cup.

Beginning to think that maybe he might have done TBH.

 

[Mister Wright]

Its not a fairness issue - its just that the premise of the bails being dislodged is to demonstrate the stump was hit with decent force - a video replay clearly can demonstrate that. In this instance, its not like Swann deliberately knocked the bails off to screw the batsman.

I don't disagree because of being able to see if the bails were removed or not. I disagree due to I don't think the batsman should be disadvantaged in that way be the removal of the bails being deliberate or not.

 

[Matt79]

GONE!

Dicky's man Swann gets his man. Sangga looked horribly out of touch today and was beaten all ends up in the end. Nice bowling by the young man - the pitch does have a bit for the spinners it seems - strange/unfortunate the best spinner from each team isn't playing.