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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka

BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
wpdavid said:
My turn to go way off topic. Echo & the Bunnymen? Now, in 2007? Why? :-O :-O
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:ph34r:

Process of elimination, really. Had Morrissey, Costello, David McComb, Terry Hall, Johnny Cash (who was removed by the management!!! :-O) Jim Morrison & Mark Eitzel at various times; it's Mac the Mouth's turn. Plus I was listening to their "best of" (or one of them; Ballyhoo FTR) on the drive home the other day and my white flag had run its course. :)
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
BoyBrumby said:
:ph34r:

Process of elimination, really. Had Morrissey, Costello, David McComb, Terry Hall, Johnny Cash (who was removed by the management!!! :-O) Jim Morrison & Mark Eitzel at various times; it's Mac the Mouth's turn. Plus I was listening to their "best of" (or one of them; Ballyhoo FTR) on the drive home the other day and my white flag had run its course. :)
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Now you put it like that ....

Anyway, it was high time to change mine, even if I should really have dug him out before Sunday's Beebfest.
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
Nick Knight has got the best cricket commentating voice I have ever heard.

It drips with authority and cricketing gravitas.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
They should call off this boring Test which serves no purpose now...Would be interesting to see Chamara Silva and Mubarak bowl a bit....

Only purpose is for someone to get a fifty or hundred or get some meaningless wickets...
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Chamara Silva gets Cook.... I think Murali has become too predictable. SL better off bowling the part timers Mubarak and Chamara Silva...Murali seems to be struggling to get much turn from the Cricinfo commentary....

I think he needs to be taken off and part time spinners are better off having a longish bowl....

And I hope Bandara plays at Galle otherwise England will really fancy their chances with just Murali at Galle...
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Interesting fact on TMS just now - prior to this test the last time England's openers put on 100 in each innings was 36 years ago.

And Bell's got himself out - silly bugger. For a talented player, he really as thick as pig**** at times. :@

This innings really has illustrated why we're second rate at the moment. Three batsmen get a start and are well set, and all 3 get themselves out.
 
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J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Just checked TMS BBC - it was Boycott and Edrich who last put together 2 Century stands in a test in 1971 !!
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Apparently it was Boycott & Luckhurst in the first innings and Boycott & Amiss in the second innings. Presumably Luckhurst was injured by then. That game was against Pakistan, and the previous occasion was only a few months earlier in Australia - then the openers were Boycott & John Edrich.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
I wonder if Murali will bowl through even if SL took the New ball like at Kandy ...when he succeeded with the Newer ball ?
 
sideshowtim

sideshowtim

Banned
Very Adelaide like scenario here. Although England are in a worse position than they were at Adelaide...

Can Murali be as great as Warne?
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
sideshowtim said:
Very Adelaide like scenario here. Although England are in a worse position than they were at Adelaide...
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It looked that way for a while - after Bell gave it away, there was a spell of 4 overs without a run being scored, and another wicket then would have really put England in Adelaide mode. As it is, KP & Collingwood came through it pretty well.

How does the weather look ? There's plenty of talk on cricinfo about rain being imminent
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Jesus Christ, Pietersen has played 32 tests already. Seems like yesterday he was just making his debut. 32 tests in 2 1/2 years. About thrice more than NZ :(
 
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