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

[BoyBrumby]

Lakmal undoes Bell with his extra pace & bounce, one notes, smugly.

Horrible innings from Bell tho. Our lack of a batting all-rounder hurting us here. I suspect it's why we stuck with Wright for so long after it'd ceased to be funny.

 

[Spark]

Listen to the cheer for the four

 

[Spark]

Fine knock. A pity everyone else in his team batted like such morons.

 

[GIMH]

 

[Spark]

Useful contributions Kandamby has made in this series:






<list ends>

 

[The_roc]

I see Sri Lanka are using the Boycott scenario with Cook. Keep him out there as he can't hurt you in the final overs?

 

[Lostman]

Useful contributions Kandamby has made in this series:

<list ends>

rofl

 

[Spark]

This is hilarious and absurd. Never have there been so many wild heaves sliced right into gaps in the field.

 

[Lostman]

Cook is surely due to connect one of these slogs.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Cook trying to force the pace is horribly funny. Just not his game, is it?

 

[SamSawnoff]

Lakmal undoes Bell with his extra pace & bounce, one notes, smugly.

Horrible innings from Bell tho. Our lack of a batting all-rounder hurting us here. I suspect it's why we stuck with Wright for so long after it'd ceased to be funny.

Trouble with Wright is that he does good things for his county, then the selectors pick him again and he plays like a deflated balloon for his country.

Ian Bell just doesn't seem to know what to do in short formats and he's played so many of them. It's very odd.

 

[_Ed_]

Last 5 ovs 24/0 RR 4.80

 

[Lostman]

Malinga is just insane in LOI!

 

[SamSawnoff]

I see Sri Lanka are using the Boycott scenario with Cook. Keep him out there as he can't hurt you in the final overs?

That's the Michael Clarke scenario with even the Aus supporters urging the bowlers to get him out.

 

[Uppercut]

Cook trying to force the pace is horribly funny. Just not his game, is it?

It's such a damning indictment when someone scores a ton and you come away thinking that maybe they shouldn't have played.

 

[_Ed_]

Two boundaries!

 

[BoyBrumby]

The rank slog seems to be his forcing shot. Still, two 4s...

 

[Spark]

It's such a damning indictment when someone scores a ton and you come away thinking that maybe they shouldn't have played.

Interesting stat: Cook's hundred came off 127 balls.

Mahela's was off 118.

He is the last of the recognised batsmen I would criticise today.

 

[vcs]

Cook.

His form and temperament are truly immense right now.

And his hunger for runs is, dare I say, Tendulkar-esque.

EDIT : Run out now.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Unselfish end.

Twatty, but unselfish.