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**Official** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2016
- Thread starter Howe_zat
- Start date
Sri Lanka certainly haven't had the best of the marginal calls in this test. As soon as the umpire has called no ball the ball is dead, so although I don't think hales would have changed his stroke he's not out. Sri Lanka aren't as far off England as many think.
Compton
International Debutant
No they're quite a bit off. England are better in most - all? - departments.
Niall
International Coach
Very much so.
The two previous tests were routs and while Sri Lanka have been more competitive here, a win for them is pretty unlikely.
England are better, but not as much as I thought. Sri Lanka have a decent developing seam attack and I would imagine there top 5 have out scored England. We will win because of Broad and Anderson and runs from 6 and 7.
Bates. And he isn't even playing FC any more because he's so underwhelming with the bat. Criminal that Somerset got rid of him after signing sixteen million all-rounders.
Aside from him, you're looking at Foster and Read and neither of those guys are anything other than short term.
I haven't seen a whole lot of footage of Simpson, Richardson or Roderick, but they might be younger guys to look at alongside Foakes/Wheater/Buttler (who I've always considered on the batsman-keeper side of the spectrum in terms of their glovework).
Oops.
sunilreddy
Banned
Time and again Asian teams touring England and Australia lose seminal moments of test matches, thanks to incorrect or marginal decisions.
Hales and Cook top two scorers from top 5 (both teams) in the series. Root hasn't contributed but hope you aren't seriously suggesting he is anywhere near the Lankan top 5.
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Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Would you like some sauce with that chip on your shoulder??
So far the England top 5 have scored 679 to Sri Lanka's 622. Sri Lanka could of course go ahead today, but they've already lost 25 top 5 wickets to England's 21.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
waaaah
sunilreddy
Banned
The most shittiest umpiring ever....Asian teams always get robbed by umpires..these oz and eng teams can't win without the help of corrupted umpires.
Stapel
International Regular
Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering what you meant earlier.
Howe_zat
Audio File
not enough bites last time.
Compton
International Debutant
England top 5 have out scored the Sri Lankan top 5 despite winning twice by an innings
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Like the incorrect shot selections their batsmen make or the poor bowling? Both of those make more of an effect on the game then the odd poor umpiring decision.
Groundking
International Debutant
We need to take advantage of the clouds and clean up ASAP before the rain returns, but these two have found a wee bit of form and are looking stubborn to get out.