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

[YorksLanka]

tbh i press mute when he is commentating as i agree that he is useless..surprised at cook tho for lashing out, looks like the pressure is getting to him and thats a shame for a young man...

 

[Shri]

So do something about it. Say that he was a better player than he is a commentator. Troll him back. "Something should be done about it"? Bitch please.

 

[grecian]

I agree with most what Cook says, but the "something should be done about it" is a bit stupid.

 

[social]

Jonathan Agnew ‏@Aggerscricket 1m
Cook tells me that Warne’s criticism of his captaincy is ‘personal’ and ‘something needs to be done’ about it

give me a price cook

Alastair Cook hits out at criticism by Shane Warne and says 'something has to be done' about 'personal attacks' - Telegraph

Media mismanagement 101

 

[social]

I agree with most what Cook says, but the "something should be done about it" is a bit stupid.

Much of what Warne has said has been 100% correct and even if it wasn't, this will just add fuel to the fire

 

[grecian]

Much of what Warne has said has been 100% correct and even if it wasn't, this will just add fuel to the fire

Warne is a **** speaking with hindsight, how the **** it can be 100% correct unless you have a alternative-dimension crystal-ball, I have no ****ing idea.

 

[social]

Warne is a **** speaking with hindsight, how the **** it can be 100% correct unless you have a alternative-dimension crystal-ball, I have no ****ing idea.

Warne predicted that Oz would win in Australia and much of his rationale was based on Cook's captaincy style

Unfortunately, Cook proved him correct and has done nothing since to dispel his concerns (FMD, just last week Warne said Cook should declare earlier, he didn't and the rest is history)

Anyway, be interesting to know what Cook thinks about other media pundits as Warne has hardly been Robinson Crusoe

 

[grecian]

Warne predicted that Oz would win in Australia and much of his rationale was based on Cook's captaincy style

Unfortunately, Cook proved him correct and has done nothing since to dispel his concerns (FMD, just last week Warne said Cook should declare earlier, he didn't and the rest is history)

Anyway, be interesting to know what Cook thinks about other media pundits as Warne has hardly been Robinson Crusoe

It is, and there's nothing to say that would have caused a win, so as even you know, he's not 100% right asit's conjecture. Was Warne praising Cook's captaincy when we won in England, I don't think he was, so this 100% is really quite an odd percentage.

 

[social]

It is, and there's nothing to say that would have caused a win, so as even you know, he's not 100% right asit's conjecture. Was Warne praising Cook's captaincy when we won in England, I don't think he was, so this 100% is really quite an odd percentage.

Tbh, I don't remember but I know he was highly critical of Clarke after the second test at Lords so he was hardly biased in that regard

Interesting thing about timing of this is that there were 3 articles published in the Telegraph last week (written by Vaughan, Berry and Boycott IIRC) which were all highly critical of Cook so maybe it's a case of him feeling the pressure and choosing the easiest target

 

[GIMH]

Early declaration would have made the target a lot more chaseable for SL.

 

[grecian]

Tbh, I don't remember but I know he was highly critical of Clarke after the second test at Lords so he was hardly biased in that regard

Interesting thing about timing of this is that there were 3 articles published in the Telegraph last week (written by Vaughan, Berry and Boycott IIRC) which were all highly critical of Cook so maybe it's a case of him feeling the pressure and choosing the easiest target

I also don't remember as most of the drivel from Warne escapes my head after a few minutes because of it's mind-numbing awfuless. Yet again I'm not sure why you can call it 100% correct and not just opinion. It's not something that can be proved remotely so your just talking up Warne's bollox for no reason. I'm 100% correct in saying we would have lost if we'd declared when Warne wanted We wouldn't have got as close as we did to win, unless we Declared exactly when we did. I'm 100% sure that the only way we would have got so close if because Cook showed the greatest captaincy that was ever know to man in any endeavor rather than just sporting, but militarily, financially and damned well ***ually.

See that was nonsense, but so was your statement.

Not sure Cook mentioned Warne either TBH.

 

[Maximas]

Early declaration would have made the target a lot more chaseable for SL.

Perhaps, but at the end of the day the pitch won, in the current climate of new hope and re-building after a catastrophic winter I don't blame Cook at all for wanting to play it a bit safe and ensure England wouldn't lose.

 

[Spark]

Re Cook lashing out: were signs of this at the end of the Ashes tbh. Was very, very testy when asked about his captaincy - there was one interview where Nasser asked him what he'd learned and he replied "well I'm not about to tell you, am I" (or very similar).

Part and parcel of the job, etc

 

[FBU]

You don't just drop a guy after one bad test match, I don't care if he's Anderson's bunny, you back him in and show him the faith he deserves given he has been earmarked as someone who is going to be very important to our batting line-up in the coming years. The guy scored 90 odd in Australia 36 hours after stepping off a plane ffs, the guy can play, suddenly dropping him for one bad test does no good at all, way too reactionary

Don't worry Headingley isn't Anderson's favourite ground. Probably his least favourite in England. Anderson has got Sangakkara out 7 times and I will be hoping that becomes 9 but I doubt that will happen either.

 

[Maximas]

Getting a real nasty feeling that Kulasekara is going to be dropped for Prasad, having watched what happened at Lords with the high scoring rate in the first innings I would say that dropping Kula, who not only regularly takes early poles but provides control throughout the innings would be a mistake, especially for a guy like Prasad who's more likely to misfire than fire

 

[fredfertang]

If Alistair Cook can't come up with a decent riposte to being baited by a bloke like Shane Warne it really doesn't say very much for a public school education

The ECB need to book him a couple of hours with Peter Kay on the subject of how to deal with hecklers

 

[YorksLanka]

Getting a real nasty feeling that Kulasekara is going to be dropped for Prasad, having watched what happened at Lords with the high scoring rate in the first innings I would say that dropping Kula, who not only regularly takes early poles but provides control throughout the innings would be a mistake, especially for a guy like Prasad who's more likely to misfire than fire

i certainly hope so for this match and this wicket...Headingley is not traditionally a wicket where containment of runs comes into play. The ability to take wickets here is far more important and i genuinely think that Prasad, with his extra pace, ability to also swing the ball(not as much as Kula tbf) and reasonable tailend batting, will be a good replacement. Again, I am a big fan of Kula but i think we must adapt our side when possible to make it the strongest possible and in my opinion, that is making this change for this match ( and also Vithanage for Thirimanne in this match as i have already said before..- headingley has had a little spin after day three also, i think(?) that Swann had a big haul there for England, which would be another reason for this second change- (going from memory so apologies if this isnt the case ). Good luck to SL and i am hoping that we get to day three as i have tickets...lol

 

[Maximas]

You can't just keep throwing firepower at the batsmen and expect to take more wickets, our success in the UAE was driven by putting the ball in the right places and extracting a bit of movement, we can kiss that goodbye if we pick prasad and Pradeep in the same lineup. Also...

Career strike rate:
Prasad - 82
Kula - 74

Not only is the tactic of going for as much firepower as possible quite flawed IMO Sri Lanka simply don't have the personnel capable of doing it properly

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Nice early swing for Jimmy. Need some early wickets after putting them in.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Early declaration would have made the target a lot more chaseable for SL.

Lose to win etc.