***Official*** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2014

[grecian]

You've got to keep in mind that I'm an old **** and this internet speak is not natural to me.............what is it supposed to be?? I was trying to be clever having seen the comment used a few times on here.....seems like I failed LOL

It's not an internet thing, the word is hyperbole.

Anyway, I'm not going to be able to watch much of this, but unlike some I'm quite excited, I like youngsters being given a go, hey it maybe a disaster, but in the end at least it adds a bit of excitement to our cricket watching.

In the end we won't know if it's a success for a few years time, depending how these guys do in Test cricket.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I am really looking forward to this, be great to see a side with so many new players in. No idea if any will end up good enough but still going to be fun watching them.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It's not an internet thing, the word is hyperbole.

Liar! It's hypermegabowl.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Liar! It's hypermegabowl.

No, hypermegamegabowl

 

[GIMH]

We don't normally get the pleasure of Warne this early in the summer, oh joy

 

[Flem274*]

hyperbowl was the best windows XP game that came with your operating system. that and the labyrinth marble maze game.

 

[Flem274*]

ooh this is on tv here.

 

[Mike5181]

I just want to see Moeen Ali's beard

 

[vic_orthdox]

Ballance at 3? Seems a bit Australia 2010-onwards to me.

 

[Prince EWS]

Ballance at 3? Seems a bit Australia 2010-onwards to me.

He doesn't even bat #3 for Yorkshire; he's spent most of his career at 5. A really weird one. At least the rookies Australia kept sticking in at three batted in the top three domestically.

 

[Flem274*]

cricinfo says the pitch is green? Crazy if so. It just closes the gulf between the pace attacks.

 

[GIMH]

Was hoping to see us bowl first, bah

 

[91Jmay]

cricinfo says the pitch is green? Crazy if so. It just closes the gulf between the pace attacks.

Its not a bowl first pitch though. Not sure about that decision from Mathews.

 

[King Pietersen]

Weird decision. As Athers was saying, defensive decision from Mathews. Definitely looks like a bat first day.

 

[social]

Its not a bowl first pitch though. Not sure about that decision from Mathews.

Lords has tended to flatten out recently and England don't have a spinner

Bowling first cant hurt the Lankans too much IMO

 

[hendrix]

Lords has tended to flatten out recently and England don't have a spinner

Bowling first cant hurt the Lankans too much IMO

Yeah this.

It's also the old touring in foreign conditions thing. Don't want to do a McCullum.

 

[Flem274*]

Has Plunket improved since his last crack?

I would have gone for Woakes if not. Woakes is steady.

 

[Flem274*]

Lords has tended to flatten out recently and England don't have a spinner

Bowling first cant hurt the Lankans too much IMO

agreed. his seamers are weak so he needs to help them as much as he can.

 

[hendrix]

Has Plunket improved since his last crack?

I would have gone for Woakes if not. Woakes is steady.

especially with Jordan playing.

 

[Prince EWS]

Has Plunket improved since his last crack?

It's hard to say. He's definitely a much different bowler now to what he was then. He's gained pace and now bowls short, hostile spells as an "enforcer" type bowler with the older ball; he can often be quite expensive but in a different way to Plunkett v1. His selection is more England over-reacting to Johnson than anything IMO but it'll be interesting to see how he goes.