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

[Jacknife]

I cannot stand listening to Russell Arnold commentate, he puts me to sleep.

 

[Cevno]

Paranavitana going too much into a shell here.

 

[wpdavid]

SL looking pretty solid now. England needing some inspiration.

 

[TopCat]

England's bowling has been appalling and it's very disappointing to watch.

 

[Spark]

Prior will love that.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeesh, that's tight on Prior. Had no chance.

 

[Uppercut]

Lol, you just knew it was coming when the good ball before it went for four. Such poor discipline.

 

[SamSawnoff]

England's bowling has been appalling and it's very disappointing to watch.

Appalling is a bit strong, isn't it?

 

[wpdavid]

This is dire: can't stand watching England when they're this poor.

 

[TopCat]

Appalling is a bit strong, isn't it?

Leg side, wide of off, mostly too short, almost all non-threatening. Very poor discipline.

 

[SamSawnoff]

Leg side, wide of off, mostly too short, almost all non-threatening. Very poor discipline.

They were alright early on. It's only been in the last few overs.

 

[Spark]

Finn doing his best to tempt the umpire into having a stretch.

 

[wpdavid]

Leg side, wide of off, mostly too short, almost all non-threatening. Very poor discipline.

Sounds appalling to me. This is supposed to be a test match attack, isn't it. Anyway, time to go and do something more interesting than watching this lot try and bowl.

 

[Andre]

Starting to wonder if Dernbach might have been the way to go - attack looking a bit samey for mine, his different trajectory and fuller natural length might be a good fit in hindsight.

 

[Spark]

Sounds appalling to me. This is supposed to be a test match attack, isn't it. Anyway, time to go and do something more interesting than watching this lot try and bowl.

Such an overreaction. Imagine if you had the Indian attack, or our attack at times.

 

[TopCat]

A corker from Broad to end the over, beautifully bowled.

 

[Jacknife]

Even though that over went for runs, it wasn't a bad over from Broad.

 

[SamSawnoff]

Such an overreaction. Imagine if you had the Indian attack, or our attack at times.

Got to agree, you lot should try having the knowledge of Johnson bowling at Lords in your head.

This really hasn't been that bad. These two batsmen aren't complete duffers.

 

[Spark]

Yeah. Mostly they've just been a bit too short.

EDIT: And obviously dropping lollipops is of no assistance.

EDIT2: Broad certainly has bowled fuller - ie. better - in this spell.

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah, but it's the type of not-terrible bowling that wastes the new ball and often results in a long day in the field.