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

flibbertyjibber

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Hmmm, Dilshan is off so who's setting the field?
With the whacks he has had it wouldn't surprise me if he is out of the tour. That thumb of his has taken some brutal punishment over the last week or so and if broken it could be curtains for him in England this summer.
 

wpdavid

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Strauss making KP look like Bradman at the moment. Really, if he can't get bat on ball against these blokes he may as well call it a day.
 

vcs

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Interesting test of Cook this. Will help show us whether he's sorted his issues outside off stump lately or he just hasn't faced bowling that's exposed it.
Right now he looks invincible from the start of his knock. Needs a bowler to put a bit of doubt into his mind, penetrate the armor a bit.
 

Bun

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hazsa, sorry I was analysing overall... not much diff between finn and broad. but the latter's e
rror margin was atleast decent.

jacknife, I was just being charitable mate. if i.d been strauss i'd be tearing my hairs off after so many interruptions, an avg batting lineup and an underperforing jaya and sanga. 60 extras in a total of 470 in these circumstances is unpardonable.
 

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:laugh:

Well for most of his career Cook would just auto-dismiss to anyone who swung it outside off so if he gets through this it's definite progress.
Yeah. It's easy to just look at the career averages of the bowlers and lol, but it doesn't work like that in such conditions, especially with subcontinent bowlers who've toiled away on flat pitches and ruined their figures early on in their career.
 

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Yeah. It's easy to just look at the career averages of the bowlers and lol, but it doesn't work like that in such conditions, especially with subcontinent bowlers who've toiled away on flat pitches and ruined their figures early on in their career.
They are also bad bowlers. Let's not pretend that's not the case. Welegedara just bowled one of the worst bouncers I've ever seen.

But batting against them here won't necessarily be easy.
 

Woodster

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Couple of quality shots in that last over before tea from Cook. The hook shot of which we've come to expect him to put it away so efficiently, but the flick of his hips was beautifully timed and executed.
 

Jacknife

International Captain
They are also bad bowlers. Let's not pretend that's not the case. Welegedara just bowled one of the worst bouncers I've ever seen.

But batting against them here won't necessarily be easy.
Yes, when there's movement in the air, it can turn a average bowler into a half decent one
 

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