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Couple more tonight and we may have a slim chance. Still think SL will get over 500 though.
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***Official*** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2014
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Maximas
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A lot riding on Matthews, our tail goes to pieces if there is no specialist bat to hold things together
flibbertyjibber
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Keep slagging him off, every time you do something happens.
Well I've slagged him off about 10 times and he's done two things so I'm not sure thats true.
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I'm not saying he is the answer but do you honestly think Woakes would have been any use at all on this pitch?
I personally don't think Plunkett is a long term pick but the 11 chosen here deserve to play the next test if only to give them a chance on what might not be a roady mcroad.
Viscount Tom
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Woakes would've just been cannon fodder on this pitch certainly wouldn't have added anything we needed.
LegionOfBrad
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Agree completely. You can't blame the bowlers that much when there has been no swing and Prior is taking everything at knee height. It is a pathetic pitch. Something has gone wrong somewhere as they wouldn't have picked the 11 + Woakes if they were thought they were going to get a total featherbed.
The Lord's pitches have been ****e going back quite a long way now. They only seem to care about 5 days ticket sales.
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grecian
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Yes the Lords pitch is not good, I think they're often saved by having crap weather around it, particularly in the earlier Test, spices it up a bit, but when it's dry it's god-awful.
So you can't judge the bowlers much, but I'm still not liking what I'm seeing from Plunkers, he really doesn't seem to have improved that much, would rather have Finn.
Viscount Tom
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Turns out that Bell's been averaging 50+ since the end of the home Ashes in 2009, just a little fact that surprised me.
Turns out that Bell's been averaging 50+ since the end of the home Ashes in 2009, just a little fact that surprised me.
Cabinet96
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Had a God like period until 2012 where he averaged over 70 didn't he?
No surprise that one good series since (Ashes 2013) is enough to keep it above 50.
Blocky
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Sangakkara - Best Modern Batsman? (i.e 1960s onwards ) - He's averaging almost 1000 runs per year in cricket, he's got the highest average (by a fair distance) of anyone with more than 10,000 runs and he seems to be only getting better at a time that a lot of players struggle to keep up their high standards.
YorksLanka
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Haven't seen the game today as was playing, but looks ok for us..hopefully Mathews can get someone to stick with him and get his name on the board too...get us to within 50-60 of England score and then see what Herath can do...
Adders
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Jono
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Jassy's head just exploded. A double whammy from him - Sanga ton in England and then this post.
Amazing that before last night Sachin, Lara, Ponting, Kallis and Sanga were not on the Lord's board.
Sanga now can tell those 4 to suck his dick.