England will find if the pitches are flat and the ball doesn't swing, but if there's imperfect conditions and you have to grind to 250 or something they will flop to any team.
I think he is refering to the test team, though fmd, the article is extremely difficult to follow.
How are Sri Lanka not considered a big outfit as far as I can see every test nation has had ups and downs. I feel the smaller sides can stake a claim.
England have won plenty of games in tough conditions since the last WC. Sure they prefer it when it's flat, but guys like Root and Buttler have scored plenty of tough runs. The fact is they rarely make 250 because even in tougher conditions they regularly score 300. Sometimes they'll collapse and get it wrong and that's the price they pay for their aggressive batting tactics but it doesn't happen very often. To their benefit also is the fact they only need to win two knockout games to win the tournament. The main worry is not the batting, it's the bowling - they often have to look for above par scores with the bat because the bowling is still average. The bowling won't get them out of a jam like say an Australian team of the past could with Starc or Mcgrath.
As night follows day England will struggle on the sub continemt pitches the side is so unsettled this may well be a bye for Sri Lanka.
I feel it is around that mark and the ODI side are doing well we really need to take the series in Sri Lank and then stay there entering the world cup.
Looking at that, he could be talking about anything. He's either confusing the ODI side an the test side or the journalist is mashing up his quotes. I don't like journalists so lets blame him.
Weird that it took two new members to post the actual possible takes
They also got bundled out of the Asia cup by Bangladesh and Afghanistan, quite convincingly too, the ODI side is in complete tatters and won't make the 2023 WC if things don't improve in the next couple of years
Tickets will be available on the day for grass embankment seating. Other tickets you will have to purchase online, sometimes if the grounds are not full for test matches, you should be able to get tickets from the ground.
All I can tell you that may help is that the BA are in the midst of negotiations with the SL board to put a stop to this really unfair two tiered ticket pricing. Keep an eye out on the BA facebook page for updates.
one of the most depressing blindly optimistic sentences i have ever read, and i have read the words 'james franklin will be a good allrounder when he comes back'
Worse than anything ever written about the wheel.
Who exactly considers SL a big outfit right now in LOI's ? Have you seen how terrible they are right now in the shorter formats? They are ok at home in Tests, but for how long ? Herath is probably ( I think he has already confirmed it) going to retire after the Eng series. They are in free fall right now.
When was the last time tickets for a Test match were sold out in SL ?
