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

[vic_orthdox]

Cook ain't being dropped from the team.

 

[GIMH]

Cook has the last laugh when we win this match

 

[Furball]

If only England had a number 4 batsmen with 8,000 Test runs at 47.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Wow, Pietersen's average really did plummet.

 

[Flem274*]

Send that old random guy who went into the comm box out to skipper

 

[Adders]

If only England had a number 4 batsmen with 8,000 Test runs at 47.

We've got one at No 1...........fat lot of good it's done us.

 

[hendrix]

Why didn't SL start off with 2 pacers?

 

[viriya]

Eng to win the match and Moeen Ali to credit Cook's pep-talk for his run-a-ball 200..

 

[hendrix]

Mathews looks like the most Sri Lankan Sri Lankan I've ever seen. It's as if every Lankan I've ever met was rolled up into one.

 

[Cabinet96]

John Etheridge ‏@JohnSunCricket 43s

If Cook does resign (unlikely at this stage), I think Eoin Morgan would be best man to replace him. But he's not in the team at the moment.

Dear God I thought this had passed after he wasn't included in the first test squad.

 

[ImpatientLime]

What the hell has Morgan done to warrant calls for him to be made test captain?

Never mind including him as a batsman alone.

 

[viriya]

Mathews looks like the most Sri Lankan Sri Lankan I've ever seen. It's as if every Lankan I've ever met was rolled up into one.

He is a Tamil (15% of the population) Christian (7.5% of the population).. first Tamil to captain SL but I think a lot of Sri Lankans are unaware of that fact.

 

[Spikey]

he also isn't little (little sri lankans make up 92% of the population)

 

[Cabinet96]

So when do we start believing?

Edit: "Rain around" as I type.

 

[viriya]

The odds of a draw have shot up to 34% from <10% already..

 

[hendrix]

He is a Tamil (15% of the population) Christian (7.5% of the population).. first Tamil to captain SL but I think a lot of Sri Lankans are unaware of that fact.

is he full Tamil? Because it seems that he has other features as well. Some type of perfect amalgam of every Sri Lankan I've met.

 

[social]

Makes it easier to bowl when the batsmen aren't playing any shots

Root should have learnt that from the Oz tour

 

[viriya]

is he full Tamil? Because it seems that he has other features as well. Some type of perfect amalgam of every Sri Lankan I've met.

It's quite possible but I have no idea.. he doesn't "look" Tamil the way Murali did I guess..

 

[viriya]

Draw at 43%... eww

 

[Prince EWS]

Makes it easier to bowl when the batsmen aren't playing any shots

Root should have learnt that from the Oz tour

Jono to post about de Villiers.