That was the third innings of the match, they batted into what became an insurmountable lead
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***Official*** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2014
- Thread starter Maximas
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YorksLanka
International Debutant
so onto Friday, heard a few England fans saying same team for Headingley, i think for us, Chandimal to come in as a WK to replace injured PJ, and (if he is fit), Lakmal replaces Kula( and if not, Prasad to replace him instead) as i feel we need the extra pace that Prasad will give- he can swing the ball also and can add a little batting to the tail..
Dissector
International Debutant
Dissector
International Debutant
So a similar situation but the DRS didn't ultimately change the outcome of the game. And offhand I can't remember any other 9th wicket situations where DRS made a difference so it looks like this match was a bit of history: perhaps the first test where DRS indubitably altered the result .
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah I thought Panesar and Anderson, Cardiff 2009, would be there, but that of course was the 3rd innings too.
King Pietersen
International Captain
Nice write up from Aggers about England being imaginative, and bowling with real heart on such a flat pitch. Cook did well with inventive field placings, and although the game seemed to be drifting away, the ideas didn't stop coming. They did brilliantly to get so many wickets in the final session, and all the bowlers were excellent on the final day. Anderson was the best bowler on show, Plunkett did a good job, Jordan took a couple of key wickets, and Broad bowled one of the best final overs of a Test match of all-time. I was worried how we'd get on with both Jordan and Plunkett in the side, with neither being blessed with McGrath-esque control, but they were both excellent. Plunkett was the only bowler to get anything out of the surface consistently, and really showed what a difference an extra few mph does on a flat deck. He might not have taken a heap of wickets, but he could certainly do a job as an enforcer-type bowler from now on in Test cricket, nice return for him, and I'd like to see him given a good run.
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
I imagine both teams will be largely unchanged going into Headingley - apart from Prasanna J being replaced by Chandimal because of injury, given the Sri Lankan attack suffered a bit from a lack of match practice in the first innings I don't think we should be drafting new bowlers into the team, and our batting unit worked rather well - particularly the top order, England had a solid game too.
Zinzan
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SB Doull and SB O'Connor 10th wicket partnership of 1 run from 64 balls to draw the match
Completely forgot about this
flibbertyjibber
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You wonder how much a new voice in the ear of Cook in the dressing room has helped. The plans which were good under Flower when he came in went stale, probably the best captained game by Cook since India.
BeeGee
International Captain
Yeah, but that was another of those dubious Fleming "lets try and artificially manufacture a result" games. NZ declared 150 runs behind Aus with only 6 wickets down, ffs.SB Doull and SB O'Connor 10th wicket partnership of 1 run from 64 balls to draw the match
His plan to win test matches against Aus was to turn them into ODI style run chases because NZ had a better chance of beating Aus in that situation than in a proper test match. The Aussies bought into it because they backed themselves to beat NZ in any situation.
Anyhoo, to get back on topic... go Sri Lanka!!
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Migara
International Coach
Sri Lanka almost payed for being negative, from Launch to tea Sanag only scored 15 runs. If he and Mathews had been bit more expansive, it would have put bowlers off target and made the other batsmen the life easier.
For the next match PJ will not be fit. Thirimanne is struggling and it's going to get worse. Time to get Chandimal in as the keeper with Vithanage, who is a fearless player. MAthews have to move up to #4. Don't think we need Kule. Lakmal can take his place
Karunarathne, Kaushal Silva, Sanga, Mathews, MJ, Chandimal, Vithanage, Eranga, Herath, Lakmal, Pradeep
For the next match PJ will not be fit. Thirimanne is struggling and it's going to get worse. Time to get Chandimal in as the keeper with Vithanage, who is a fearless player. MAthews have to move up to #4. Don't think we need Kule. Lakmal can take his place
Karunarathne, Kaushal Silva, Sanga, Mathews, MJ, Chandimal, Vithanage, Eranga, Herath, Lakmal, Pradeep
Viscount Tom
International Debutant
I've heard that Lakmal's not fit for the 2nd test so I reckon both sides will play the same XIs
YorksLanka
International Debutant
I read today that Lakmal hasnt recovered sufficiently to make it but I called for Kula to be replaced also due tot the lack of pace from him(irrespective of his ability to swing the ball). I would replace him with Prasad as he can also swing it and it a fiar bit quicker which i think will suit the headingley wicket better. Ihadnt looked at replacing Thirri but i must say i do like the idea as he is Anderson's bunny at the moment and tbh, Vithanage batted well during ODI's (despite it being a differnet format, i feel that good form is good form)- also as you say, he is young and doesnt seem to worried about batting in these conditions..
YorksLanka
International Debutant
well said Sir, sorry was typing whilst you posted about Lakmal(not doubting your statement with my original post).
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Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah, Kula needs to stay in the side, we need a bit of experience and someone to turn to if the run-rate needs controlling, I thought Kula bowled all-right at Lords, he's our most experienced pace bowler in the squad too I think. Thirimanne won't and shouldn't be dropped, he's only had one test in the vice captain position and needs to be backed, I'd give him this and the SA test back home before we started thinking about dropping him. Migara's comment that "he'll only get worse" doesn't really make sense to me because it's just a matter of him getting through the early stages, elsewhere on the tour he has batted quite well after getting a start.
It's just weird IMO that they've basically given Thirimanne a guaranteed place in the side/the vice captaincy when it basically means Chandiguns has to sit on the bench, who is more proven at Test level anyway. Plus you've got those other guys like Vithanage and Priyanjan around the set-up as lower middle order players; it seems strange to give someone whose place is going to constantly be under threat that level of responsibility.
Admittedly there aren't many options given the preponderance of previous captains already in the line-up, and a cast of bowlers who seemingly rotate at random are never going to get that responsibility. Basically leaves you with PJ or the openers.
Kaushal Silva should have got the vice captaincy IMO.
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I don't advocate dropping him right this second or anything, but I'd have held off giving him the vice captaincy until he'd proven himself and built up some credit in the team.
Admittedly there aren't many options given the preponderance of previous captains already in the line-up, and a cast of bowlers who seemingly rotate at random are never going to get that responsibility. Basically leaves you with PJ or the openers.
Kaushal Silva should have got the vice captaincy IMO.
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I don't advocate dropping him right this second or anything, but I'd have held off giving him the vice captaincy until he'd proven himself and built up some credit in the team.
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Yeah, I'd just argue that there's less chance of him being replaced in the side in the short-term. Better opener than Karunaratne, and there's less depth in that position than down at #5 or #6 IMO.
I'd say PJ, but he's old and injured every second Test; or Kula, but he's not a guaranteed selection.
TBH when Mathews is off the field Mahela seems to run the side anyway, which he also seemed to do when Malinga was named T20 captain.
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