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

[Zinzan]

I'd say 280 would have the Lankans well in front......I;m not confident of us chasing 200 tbh. Herath will be a handful.

200? You're expecting it to turn that much? Herath's not that threatening away from home is he?

 

[Adders]

200? You're expecting it to turn that much? Herath's not that threatening away from home is he?

Well it is hard to say. The wicket was all over the place at the end of Englands innings but as YL said it did get the heavy roller twice in a matter of an hour and half so it probably did flatten out a fair bit. Sri Lankas bowlers just bowled better on it though and lets be honest if Ali got 2 of the 4 wickets to fall so far you've got reckon Herath is going to pose a greater threat.

If Sri Lanka can maintain the discipline with the ball they showed at the back end of Englands innings and the wicket starts to play like it did yesterday morning again, I don't think I'm overstating 200 as being a very tough chase. But admittedly there is a couple of "ifs" in there.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

This is absolutely abysmal cricket from England. What the **** is going on? Lackadaisical is not the word.

 

[Maximas]

This is unbelievably crucial this new ball

 

[Goughy]

This is absolutely abysmal cricket from England. What the **** is going on? Lackadaisical is not the word.

Aye, it is rubbish.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well we win or lose the game in the next hour.

 

[Adders]

Well we win or lose the game in the next hour.

I'm calling it now......lose.

 

[Flem274*]

Don't be so sure. Never underestimate the ability of the Sri Lankan seamers to emulate stick cricket.

 

[smash84]

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ack. This is so hard to watch. Some poor body language, strange bowling at times. It's so hard to fathom how England have fallen so far so quickly. I don't want to take credit away from Sri Lanka, but some really abject cricket being played certainly helps them.

Could all turn around quickly if England get a wicket, but it's hard to see where it will come from.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Hallelujah! Pitch it up and see what happens FFS.

 

[Flem274*]

Excellent anti-jinx from Heef there.

 

[Maximas]

good ball, MJ showed a lot of grit in that knock, potentially a matchwinning one, that delivery is the blueprint for Eranga to follow when he gets the cherry

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Excellent anti-jinx from Heef there.

Shame I'd already done the damage by smashing my TV in frustration and had to follow it on Cricinfo instead.

 

[Flem274*]

Shame I'd already done the damage by smashing my TV in frustration and had to follow it on Cricinfo instead.

If it's any consolation I'm sure it was the fastest remote throw ever seen, just bad luck it was one of your rare good deliveries.

 

[Maximas]

The short ball will really test Chandimal, had some problems with it leading into this series

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

The short ball will really test Chandimal, had some problems with it leading into this series

Well said.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

If it's any consolation I'm sure it was the fastest remote throw ever seen, just bad luck it was one of your rare good deliveries.

No one was here to clock the speed for me, sadly.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good catch, for a chunkster Ballance is a good fielder.

 

[Flem274*]

Chandimal looked a bit mucky his entire innings.

Pls send in Herath for a slog.