**Official** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2016

[flibbertyjibber]

Very good catch that. Can only boost his already sky high confidence. Well bowled Jimmy too.

 

[91Jmay]

That was a bad drop. No footwork what so ever.

 

[Gnske]

Mendis really has the luck virus today

Did a Haddin there Bairstow

 

[91Jmay]

Sri Lanka doing well here, if they can set us 150 you never know.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah should have been taken, wouldn't have carried to slip so at least he went for it, we have seen too many chances in the last year in our cordon where nobody has moved at all.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bring back Bell all is forgiven. Crap drop from Vince.

 

[grecian]

If he does it's more telling of England's bowling strategy than anything else, but he's certainly having a good game here.

His keeping has been generally pilloried ever since people stopped being able to have a go at him for his batting. Don't know where people might turn if he keeps putting in performances like this. Probably saying he should get dropped for tweeting too many exclamation marks or something.

His keeping is crap, hence people talk about his keeping.

Hildreth would have snaffled that slip catch BTW, and the one yesterday.

 

[Shane_Lee_fan82]

does anyone know how much it suppose to rain ?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Quite a bit today but supposed to be clear tomorrow and Monday.

 

[Niall]

Cricket fans are great.

https://twitter.com/benglaze/status/733973667651158016

 

[Kirkut]

Not a big fan of Anderson's hair cut, his old military cut looked better. Still nowhere as awful as Steyn's latest hair cut.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What a crap shot by Chandimal so soon after the resumption.

 

[Niall]

Aye very bad, its the middle of a third day of a test where we have lost a lot due to rain and England winning is an absolute certainty bar thunderstorms.

Somewhat infuriating if you have been looking forward to the test after a zillion t20 games.

 

[Daemon]

Is Shanaka any good with the bat? Might be a good 5th option with the ball from what I saw in the WT20s, though I suppose Mathews' presence makes him a bit unnecessary.

Claiming Shanaka's 3 wickets ftr

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Race against time against the weather to get it done today I guess. Probably be more rain at some point.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Unlucky Mendis, luck ran out I guess.

Jimmy could bag a 10fer.

 

[Daemon]

The sad thing is they're not even playing that badly, they just don't look up to it at all.

 

[StephenZA]

Looks like this series is going to be as bad as watching SA try cope with Indian spin in the last series.... I hope SL do improve.

 

[viriya]

This series SL batting is just lambs to the slaughter. I cab't bear to watch.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Durham's pitches have been pretty flat this season, I'd be surprised if it does anything like as much as this. Apart from the fact that Durham could do with the Test lasting 5 days.