*Official* Quarter Final 4 - Sri Lanka v England

[JBH001]

Yeah, it was real close. I thought it was shading leg stump myself in real time. UDRS would have left it as the on-field umpire's call. Although, now that I think of it, I'm not confident with Doctrove as the umpire.

 

[Howe_zat]

God this is horrific, spinners are tearing it up out there. Whether the storm, wait for the field to go back, build a partnership. 240-250 could well be enough.

 

[Woodster]

Yeah plays spin really well, almost out twice in last Herath over. Bloke is a waste of space and lucky to still be in international cricket.

Almost out twice in one over ? Must be a poor player of spin then, forget the years of cricket it's taken him to build a reputation of being a good player of spin, that one over says it all!

 

[BoyBrumby]

You'd want Sanga on your legal team, wouldn't you? Sold the appeal to Doctrove and at no point was Ravi out of his ground.

 

[JBH001]

Don't know why Sanga wanted that. It never looked out.

And yes, 230 should be enough for England, especially with Swann on this deck later in the day.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, lol. Billy not buying this time.

Fool me once, shame on you, etc

 

[Borges]

God this is horrific, spinners are tearing it up out there. Whether the storm, wait for the field to go back, build a partnership. 240-250 could well be enough.

They would be better off attacking the spinners. Passively allowing Herath and then Mendis get into their comfortable grooves can't be the right tactic.

 

[Burgey]

What's a decent score batting first here?

 

[JBH001]

That looks out. Doctrove is just a **** umpire.

 

[Borges]

What's a decent score batting first here?

Think 230 would be par, 200 should be defendable.

 

[Cevno]

England in all kinds of trouble here against the spinners and Murali has not even come on to bowl yet.

 

[smash84]

RR barely above 3 rpo. This is not looking good for England tbh

 

[BoyBrumby]

Optimistic. Sort of decision that will stay onfield.

Kumar ticking here. Needs to keep control because his team are winning it hands down.

 

[honestbharani]

They say SL use the review system well and bag India for 2 successful out of 8 or whatever.. SL have had 8 reviews and only 1 successful.. So much for who uses the system well likes it nonsense..

 

[smash84]

yeah Murali not into the attack as yet

 

[JBH001]

What's a decent score batting first here?

You're not supporting England are you, Burge? Like all the traitorous NZ'ers on the CW boards.

 

[Flem274*]

So, this is looking good for NZs top order, renowned for their prowess in the subcontinent...

 

[smash84]

They say SL use the review system well and bag India for 2 successful out of 8 or whatever.. SL have had 8 reviews and only 1 successful.. So much for who uses the system well likes it nonsense..

I think the worst use of the DRS must be from Pakistan. In the sense that they had 5 or 6 correct after 18 attempts. Pak use the DRS a LOT and many times on very silly appeals. They seem to be using it as a regular 3rd umpire it feels

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Almost out twice in one over ? Must be a poor player of spin then, forget the years of cricket it's taken him to build a reputation of being a good player of spin, that one over says it all!

He looks all at sea, a walking wicket like Strauss was, if he battles through this then well done to him but at present he looks like a club player not an international.

Can't count as a good player of spin if you can't tell what the bowler is doing.

 

[Howe_zat]

What's a decent score batting first here?

Average score batting first here this tournament is 194.