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

[Maximas]

Congrats to SL, but... Jesus England. I know you were up against a stiff target, but 52/4, at home, against SL, is more than a bit embarrassing.

Apart from the Cook dismissal , this has been phenomenal bowling tbf, both ends too, Herath has them on a string.

 

[wpdavid]

The Bell dismissal was eerily similar to how McGrath got him in that Lord's spell in 2005. Yeah I just compared Dhammika with McGrath. Deal with it.

More to the point, Bell still leaving a gap you could drive a bus through. Well bowled of course, but he's still living off last summer instead of going on with it, career wise. Symptomatic of Engish cricket really.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Apart from the Cook dismissal , this has been phenomenal bowling tbf, both ends too, Herath has them on a string.

Honestly one of the better wicketless spells I've seen in a while. Bell, especially, just had no ****ing clue.

 

[viriya]

I blame Dimuth for that drop..

 

[OverratedSanity]

More to the point, Bell still leaving a gap you could drive a bus through. Well bowled of course, but he's still living off last summer instead of going on with it, career wise. Symptomatic of Engish cricket really.

Tad harsh. It did seam back in a pretty long way.

 

[SOLID MATTIC]

So who replaces Cook if he takes the fall for this?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lol Billy

 

[Spark]

Billy is having a shocker

 

[wpdavid]

Lets hope Cook resigns tonight rather than waiting for tomorrow.

Comprehensively outplayed. Well played SL.

God knows what India will do to us over 5 tests.

I think we know exactly what India will do to us.

Cook's goose is probably well and truly, er, cooked, but he's been appallingly let down by his senior players, yet again. Too much arrogance and too much living of occasional past glories. You really want someone like Allan Border to come in and scare the bejeesus out of the useless ****s, but I don't think English cricket produces anyone like that nowadays.

 

[Spark]

That's not out, surely?

 

[Viscount Tom]

How the **** did Bowden get back on the elite panel.

 

[Maximas]

swear I saw a little mark on the glove, up near the wrist, maybe not

 

[Spark]

Not the foggiest clue how he gave that. "Yeah, they've appealed and it's near the gloves, that's good enough"

 

[wpdavid]

Not the foggiest clue how he gave that. "Yeah, they've appealed and it's near the gloves, that's good enough"

Gives him the chance to do his oh-so-quirky dismissal thing, which I suppose is all that counts.

 

[wpdavid]

Thing that strikes me is how readily people write off SC seamers because their career average and strike rate are less than spectacular. Er maybe it's because they spend more than half of their test career playing in SC conditions?

 

[OverratedSanity]

swear I saw a little mark on the glove, up near the wrist, maybe not

I know you like SL but come on.

 

[BeeGee]

How bad is Bowden?

Horrific, that's how bad.

 

[Spark]

Thing that strikes me is how readily people write off SC seamers because their career average and strike rate are less than spectacular. Er maybe it's because they spend more than half of their test career playing in SC conditions?

Nah, let's be reasonable here. Their seamers have been, by and large, terrible.

 

[Contra]

gone! hahaha

 

[Maximas]

Thing that strikes me is how readily people write off SC seamers because their career average and strike rate are less than spectacular. Er maybe it's because they spend more than half of their test career playing in SC conditions?

No these bowlers have crappy records because they have spent most of their careers bowling genuinely poorly