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**Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

Bun

Bun

Banned
SamSawnoff said:
You aren't the CA marketing dude, are you? He hates test cricket too.
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Haha.... well said..

No just that I'd prefer batters taking a bit more risk... not anything like Dilshan or Sehwag, but enough to make it a decent contest...

right now, Cook and Trott are settling into that.. which makes good viewing...
 
Furball

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Bun said:
There is no point in giving up so early... it's just negative cricket... they can't hope to be no.1 if they play like this.
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They're not giving up at all. If the opposition bowlers want to waste their energy bowling miles wide of off stump then they're welcome to.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Quite interesting hearing Gah & Knight talk about slow scoring.

If the former had the patience of Trott he'd have averaged closer to 60 than 40.
 
Furball

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Bun said:
Haha.... well said..

No just that I'd prefer batters taking a bit more risk... not anything like Dilshan or Sehwag, but enough to make it a decent contest...

right now, Cook and Trott are settling into that.. which makes good viewing...
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Why take unneccesary risks?

A batsman's job is to score runs, which you can't do if you've thrown your wicket away to a wide delivery you could have left alone.
 
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SamSawnoff

U19 Vice-Captain
Bun said:
Haha.... well said..

No just that I'd prefer batters taking a bit more risk... not anything like Dilshan or Sehwag, but enough to make it a decent contest...

right now, Cook and Trott are settling into that.. which makes good viewing...
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I sat up a few times over the Ashes summer and I found Cook and Trott's concentration admirable if very painful as an Aus fan. KP is better to watch, but these guys have so much patience. The gulf in patience/discipline between the two sides was embarrassing to put it mildly.

Dilshan and Sehwag have their own style which works for them, but test cricket has space for all types. Not just aggression.
 
Borges

Borges

International Regular
Well, the bowling hasn't been top notch. But Cook and Trott have a job to do, and they have done it admirably so far. Well played, guys!

Don't have a clue as to why Mendis is not bowling.
 
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Uppercut

Uppercut

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This is exactly why adding one more ineffective bowler to Sri Lanka's ineffective attack was pointless.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Uppercut said:
This is exactly why adding one more ineffective bowler to Sri Lanka's ineffective attack was pointless.
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Haha yeah indeed. To be fair though they scored enough runs and the fifth bowler (the one who wouldn't have played if they'd picked a sensible amount of batsmen) is Mendis who at least provides something a bit different.
 
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