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

[Kylez]

Anderson just creamed that ball. Beautiful drive from the tailender!

 

[Burgey]

Hope Burgey is watching, I know he loves these two guys.

Good 50 from Bell, time to accelerate now.

Edit: oh he is, and finally appreciating the genius that is Ian Bell.

I think of it more as a "when retards attack" moment.

And tbf I've long rated Anderson's batting.

See a close up of Anderson under a helmet, he favours KP IMHO. Anyone else think so?

 

[superkingdave]

Decent cameo from Jimmeh

 

[BoyBrumby]

& Jimmeh liking this bowling, it's fair to say. A test best beckons...?

Uncanny.

 

[grecian]

Sobers is surely an exaggeration. More like an elegant Cook.

Nah, I'm sticking with Sobers

Oh, he's gone now, decent cameo, and as said above, plenty in this pitch. Won't mind if we get bowled out for another ton or so.

 

[Howe_zat]

Aw, shame. About all we could ask from Jimmy. he's got as many runs in that innings as Strauss got all series.

C'mon Mogwai.

 

[GIMH]

Nice of Jimmy to give his wicket away so Morgan could have a bat.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson should finish with a few test 50s really. Has the ability.

 

[The_roc]

It's always good to see that at CW a batsman can transform, within 3 posts, from a useless crease occupier into Sir Garfield!

Having seen Jimmy bat in the England second innings in Antigua 2009, I vote for the former.

 

[Howe_zat]

Anderson should finish with a few test 50s really. Has the ability.

He's got one, maybe two good shots. And it only looks like a back foot cover drive because his feet are so planted. He's decent but a top score of 30-odd is fair.

 

[The_roc]

Great to hear Shane Warne singing the praises of Ian "the sherminator" Bell.

Humble pie Warnie?

 

[Spark]

Great to hear Shane Warne singing the praises of Ian "the sherminator" Bell.

Humble pie Warnie?

Why would Warne have reason to be humble wrt Bell? He got him out often enough when he played...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Great to hear Shane Warne singing the praises of Ian "the sherminator" Bell.

Humble pie Warnie?

Nah, it's easy to pump up a bloke who you climbed all over as a player.

Subtly paints you in a better light too.

 

[GIMH]

Nah, it's easy to pump up a bloke who you climbed all over as a player.

Subtly paints you in a better light too.

Bell was a different player back then tbf.

 

[Howe_zat]

A lot of mistimed drives to fielders this morning from Bell. Looking far from his best all of a sudden.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bell was a different player back then tbf.

Has grown up, IMHO. Always had the game, just needed to be sure in his own mind.

 

[Burgey]

So many trainspotting/ scoring numpties in the English crowds.

An interesting sociological statement that.

 

[Burgey]

Bell was a different player back then tbf.

If Shane Warne walked on the field and bowled to him now, I bet he'd still cast a spell over him.

 

[Athlai]

Cook has score 6 consecutive 50+ scores. 1 more and he'll be tied 1st for the record. With the likes of Andy Flower, Chanderpaul and Weekes.

 

[Howe_zat]

Baffling number of leaves this morning. Get on with it.