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

[wpdavid]

Let's hope he doesn't prod his way to a career-prolonging 40 in the second innings.

 

[91Jmay]

See ya Nick. No one can argue he has been hard done by at all. 8 Test matches, a couple of scores of note + some hideous dismissals. Borthers Borthwick in for Pakistan.

 

[_Ed_]

Surprised to see calls (albeit Cricinfo comments) for Hales to be dropped. That was a bad dismissal, and I'm not absolutely convinced by him yet, but he's scored 80s in his last two matches. Surely he's earned a few more chances.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Surprised to see calls (albeit Cricinfo comments) for Hales to be dropped. That was a bad dismissal, and I'm not absolutely convinced by him yet, but he's scored 80s in his last two matches. Surely he's earned a few more chances.

Well some people are ******s, we should know that from the standard of comments you usually get on cricinfo.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yet another ********* batting display.

 

[Shady Slim]

finally sl get a review right lol

 

[Gnske]

And he falls 77 short of what would have been a fine 80

 

[91Jmay]

Root probably regretting not converting some of those 70s into hundreds right about now. Great review to be fair.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Brilliant session for SL. Pathetic by England.

 

[Gremlin]

I think that has sealed Compton's fate. Borthwick must be next surely, his spin may be an asset in the winter too. As for Hales, I think he needs to put that one down to experience, remember that dismissal when you are thinking about heaving a spinner out of the park on his second ball. Middle order rescue required once again!

 

[MW1304]

That was a horrible half hour or so. Sri Lanka were terrific straight after the drinks break though, absolutely no let up from them. Hales played a horror shot but it was the three dead straight overs from Mathews that provoked it. They got their lines perfect and we just seemed to crumble rather than trying to play out good bowling.

 

[91Jmay]

Mathews bowled well but there was balls that Hales could have worked into gaps rather than leave. He is too block or slog still for my liking.

 

[MW1304]

He is but it was tactically good stuff to Hales. Bringing on spin after tying him down was good thinking, it seems like they'd learnt from how he's got out playing unnecessarily big shots in the series, only they stopped him from getting the 80 first.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah, Hales would have been better off throwing his hands at Mathews I think. Plenty of stuff in his half.

 

[StephenZA]

Excuse me whats happening? Have not been able to watch? SL bowling well? England batting badly? Overcast?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So how long do we give Vince? Not really done anything yet and pressure must be building on him too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Excuse me whats happening? Have not been able to watch? SL bowling well? England batting badly? Overcast?

As usual the correct answer will probably be a little bit of everything.

 

[91Jmay]

Everything except it being overcast. Nothing wrong with conditions.

 

[Kirkut]

Need to work little bit on their batting before Pakistan series.

 

[OverratedSanity]

So many uncertainties in England's battingineup now. Hales has played a couple of impressive innings but some of his dismissals have been atrocious, Compton 's career looks over, Vince hasn't done too much, Root is awesome but has conversion issues which, if the rest of the lineup is as unsettled as it is, is a big problem... Pakistan are going to push England really really hard imo. If Amir doesn't wilt under the pressure, I fully expect them to win one test, at the very least.