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

[Maximas]

Anyone here rate Andrew Strauss as a commentator? He just sounds odd. Can't take him seriously

Decent bit of insight as a very recent former player, I find him pretty good now that I'm used to his voice

 

[Spark]

Anyone here rate Andrew Strauss as a commentator? He just sounds odd. Can't take him seriously

Much better than his first few Tests where he sort of yelled with the mic all but inside his mouth from how it sounded.

 

[greg]

Why doesn't Bell field at second slip?

Shifted around the batting order, shifted around the field...

 

[Spark]

Was going to comment that Broad must be a bit asleep to be bowling so many short pitched balls but now Anderson's doing it too...

 

[Flem274*]

Imagine if commentators weren't allowed to moan about over rates or slip fielders. What would they even talk about?

 

[Spark]

That pitch map from Broad is dreadful.

 

[wpdavid]

Was going to comment that Broad must be a bit asleep to be bowling so many short pitched balls but now Anderson's doing it too...

Boycott's been ripping into them on TMS, and quite right too. The conditions are massively in their favour, but they're wasting them.

tbh England have shown all the killer instinct of a guinea pig in this match. So many dropped catches, our middle order completely failing to capitalise on the foundation laid by the top 3, and now our vastly over-rated openers not bothering make use of the conditions.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Someone needs to have a word. Back of a length, back of a length, back of a length...

Pitch it up!

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This has been total crap so far. Get Plunkett on.

Never thought i'd be saying that.

 

[wpdavid]

Someone needs to have a word. Back of a length, back of a length, back of a length...

Pitch it up!

Apart from anything else, it's more evidence that broad shouldn't be anywhere near the captaincy if Cook does step down later this year.

 

[Maximas]

Pretty pleased we managed to get through that, also glad England persisted with the wrong length for a while. After the break we have to try and get the scoreboard ticking a bit quicker, with the potential for wickets to fall in clumps and our tail being crap we need to get England under pressure and seeing that lead disappear and then getting that target set. Really have to try and control this game from now

 

[wpdavid]

Pretty pleased we managed to get through that, also glad England persisted with the wrong length for a while. After the break we have to try and get the scoreboard ticking a bit quicker, with the potential for wickets to fall in clumps and our tail being crap we need to get England under pressure and seeing that lead disappear and then getting that target set. Really have to try and control this game from now

SL will be quietly fancying their chances here. The openers in no trouble, with the two best batsmen in the match to come, and Matthews & Chandimal in decent nick. A lead in excess of 200 is by no means out of the question, and they know as well as anyone that England won't find that easy on a 4th innings pitch.

 

[Spark]

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England are making a good case for having the world's worst slip cordon: Alastair Cook has only caught 65% of chances in his Test career.

ouch

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Great review

 

[Maximas]

Yet another chance for Karunaratne to play a career defining innings

 

[Maximas]

Peach

 

[Goughy]

Ill say it quietly but I am finding Plunkett exciting to watch.

 

[Maximas]

If England get Sanga early they win the game IMO

 

[Pup Clarke]

First time I've had a proper look at Jordan and am wondering how a guy is playing tests with that run up. His action is also very mechanical as well.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Oh and has there been any comments on the sub fielder? Can Broad looked like that about a decade ago!