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

[Spark]

So two and a half overs and we've had four plays and misses and two edges (for runs). Hmm.

EDIT: Woah, that took off.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Mildly surprised Finn hasn't been given the new cherry.

Can see it on seniority, but I'd say Broad is the most likely to get any swing with the older ball of the three.

 

[Spark]

Is this Lord's or the Gabba? Broad's getting wicked carry through to Prior.

 

[wpdavid]

Mildly surprised Finn hasn't been given the new cherry.

Can see it on seniority, but I'd say Broad is the most likely to get any swing with the older ball of the three.

That would've been my call too. However, Broad's been unlucky not to take a wicket or two, so maybe Strauss got it right.

 

[Spark]

Haha that works.

EDIT: Is Dilshan really trying to hit Tremlett out of the attack?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hmm. Top edge for six followed by another than plugs in the outfield.

Dilshan not ducking the short ball today then.

 

[vcs]

You know England fans have it good when they are nitpicking about Swann's form with the bat.

 

[BoyBrumby]

More worrying he's still off the field after what looked a fairly innocuous knock on his right wrist.

 

[Spark]

Finn still sprays a bit but at least he pitches it up.

 

[wpdavid]

More worrying he's still off the field after what looked a fairly innocuous knock on his right wrist.

He's back now though.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Haha Dilshan, nice effort.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He's back now though.

Good job too. Think he'll be bowling a lot of overs today.

Early days, obvz, but think the slightly one-dimensional nature of our seam attack being shown up a bit here.

 

[Spark]

Tremlett's been wayward, surprised Broad's been taken off before him.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Kudos to Prior, by the way. Has taken more than one down leg that would've tested lesser keepers.

 

[wpdavid]

Is Tremlett struggling with the slope? He's been poor, tbh. Rumours of a WI-style depth of bowlers looking exaggerated here.

EDIT - and as I type this, Cook drops a sitter off Finn.

 

[Spark]

Oh dear.

 

[Jacknife]

Absolute dolly.

 

[TopCat]

Butter fingers. All we need.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Cooky.

Regulation at this level.

 

[Spark]

Terrible catching technique tbh. As soon as you go to ground like that you're gonna drop just as many as you catch as a minimum.