***Official*** England in Sri Lanka 2012

[wpdavid]

Well if they don't they really shouldn't even be playing Test Cricket.

275 on a day 3 and 4 pitch against this attack isn't that improbable. Sure, Herath can cause problems, but I reckon if one of your gritty batsman Cook or Trott gets in, the total doesn't seem so hard.

The only real problem for England is that your a batsman short, as Patel is a blatant mug with the bat who makes Steve Smith appear as though he's Rahul ****ing Dravid.

All well and good, but the problem is that we haven't looked remotely like chasing anything over 50 since the turn of the year. And the problems start long before Patel reaches the crease.

 

[NUFAN]

Soft shot from Chandimal - very disappointing for him. I've put $$ on England, I'm confident that they'll chase 275.

 

[BeeGee]

Soft shot from Chandimal - very disappointing for him. I've put $$ on England, I'm confident that they'll chase 275.

Gutsy bet. What odds did you get?

 

[NUFAN]

Gutsy bet. What odds did you get?

$3.30.

I only put $30 on it - so not exactly a completely gutsy bet, I just need England to get the next 4 wickets for 30 or so runs.

 

[Ruckus]

I agree its going to be awesome, but why does England sucking balls with the bat in this test (so far) make it any moreso?

I wasn't basing what I said off that? It's the top two teams, with the two top bowling attacks, facing each other in preferable conditions (and probably for the no.1 ranking) so it was always gonna be an awesome series. If it was up to me I'd like both teams to be going into it with their confidence at a high, because I personally want SA to beat a peak England, with no excuses being made.

 

[Howe_zat]

Hey remember when Swann was good

 

[Himannv]

PJ needs to bat well here.

 

[Burgey]

Hey remember when Swann was good

No, actually.

 

[Shri]

No, actually.

 

[smash84]

SL at 250 now......will be tough for England

 

[GIMH]

Say what you want about Swann, because there's no doubt he's not been as good in the last year as he was beforehand, but whenever conditions scream 'we need Swann to fire' he does so.

 

[Burgey]

Say what you want about Swann, because there's no doubt he's not been as good in the last year as he was beforehand, but whenever conditions scream 'we need Swann to fire' he does so.

Strikes me as a bit of a ****, tbh.

 

[Spikey]

Hey remember when Swann was good

never iirc



he's always been great

 

[Howe_zat]

<3 you Herath

 

[Spark]

<3 you Herath

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[smash84]

Swann bowling well after a long time

 

[Howe_zat]

Draw is 100/1. Looks good to me.

Going well.

 

[four_or_six]

Say what you want about Swann, because there's no doubt he's not been as good in the last year as he was beforehand, but whenever conditions scream 'we need Swann to fire' he does so.

It's quite amazing how consistently he does this.

 

[Burgey]

It's quite amazing how consistently he does this.

Strikes me as a bit of a ****, tbh.

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[four_or_six]

Opposition fans not liking a player isn't a bad thing...

Anyhow, we have a spinner with 170 test wickets averaging 28 who bowls teams out on spinning pitches on the last day. I have no idea what the problem with his ability/results is meant to be tbh.