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

[flibbertyjibber]

Oh well he fails again. Not bad to fail in the 80's all the time though.

 

[91Jmay]

Hales will be absolutely kicking himself. This bloke looks an absolute spud, but that is a fantastic catch. Hales footwork there was lazy, didn't get back enough.

 

[Groundking]

Nooo Hales Why? Why would you play such an awful shot after you've already gotten 6 from the over?

 

[wpdavid]

I guess Hales just doesn't want a test hundred to his name.


(c) I. Chappell wrt Graham Gooch about 35 years ago.

 

[Howe_zat]

Sri Lankan fielding keeping them in it. I'm ok with this

 

[Groundking]

Root is just so fantastic to watch, it looks so effortless from him.

 

[YorksLanka]

Hales will be absolutely kicking himself. This bloke looks an absolute spud, but that is a fantastic catch. Hales footwork there was lazy, didn't get back enough.

actually mate, he is a handy bowler who is known as a partnership breaker in SL, he has a knack of getting wickets early into his spell..

 

[91Jmay]

actually mate, he is a handy bowler who is known as a partnership breaker in SL, he has a knack of getting wickets early into his spell..

Seemed like runs were on offer every delivery, I can see him being a partnership breaker though the two tend to go hand in hand sometimes. His average is nothing to sneeze at anyway!

 

[YorksLanka]

Seemed like runs were on offer every delivery, I can see him being a partnership breaker though the two tend to go hand in hand sometimes. His average is nothing to sneeze at anyway!

agree with you about the catching from us today, been very good..

 

[91Jmay]

Love watching Herath bowl. So skillful.

 

[StephenZA]

Good session from England. Root such a quality player.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Root is just so fantastic to watch, it looks so effortless from him.

Like Bairstow last week he looks like he is playing on a different track to anyone else. Thing is he does it so often it frightening.

 

[Groundking]

Like Bairstow last week he looks like he is playing on a different track to anyone else. Thing is he does it so often it frightening.

Yeah, for Root it's every other innings he has a knock where he looks like he's a playing a totally different game, the only thing with it is when he is at godly levels he doesn't go really big enough for me, that's pretty much the only thing against him atm IMO. If he went 200+ more regularly when he's in this kinda mode he'd be way ahead of flat track bull Smith and Williamson.

 

[91Jmay]

Stinking dismissal, Root really needs to start putting these kind of attacks to the sword with big hundreds. He looked so good as well.

 

[Stapel]

Now, there's a wicket I didn't see coming.

 

[Groundking]

Yeah, for Root it's every other innings he has a knock where he looks like he's a playing a totally different game, the only thing with it is when he is at godly levels he doesn't go really big enough for me, that's pretty much the only thing against him atm IMO. If he went 200+ more regularly when he's in this kinda mode he'd be way ahead of flat track bull Smith and Williamson.

FML, Oh well it was still a good knock, and Bairstow is the form man in the team, so we should still comfortably get past 350 or so, and I think our bowlers will be very hard to handle on this pitch.

 

[GIMH]

Finish work early to watch Joe Root, put tv on watch Root get out

**** off

 

[Howe_zat]

****'s sake I just got home

 

[Stapel]

Yeah, for Root it's every other innings he has a knock where he looks like he's a playing a totally different game, the only thing with it is when he is at godly levels he doesn't go really big enough for me, that's pretty much the only thing against him atm IMO. If he went 200+ more regularly when he's in this kinda mode he'd be way ahead of flat track bull Smith and Williamson.

I think asking for 200+ is a bit over the top. But yeah, Joe Root seems like the guy that gets out in the 70s or 80s when you don't expect it.

 

[StephenZA]

Soft dismissal...