*Official* England Tour of Sri Lanka 2018

[wpdavid]

Perhaps the overriding conclusion is that England should never, under any circumstances, leave out Sam Curran; even if that means him taking the field in a wheelchair.
Seven wins out of seven since his debut. In his absence, we had the debacle at Trent Bridge, and now this one isn't looking too clever.

 

[harsh.ag]

England just ****ed up in their batting is all. Should have scored 500 at least.

 

[fredfertang]

England just ****ed up in their batting is all. Should have scored 500 at least.

lower middle order a big let down

 

[Adders]

Keaton Jennings is truly a gun at that short leg position.....not seen this since James Taylor

 

[Howe_zat]

I get why he's a better batsman away form home but why catching too? He shelled a bunch in the summer.

 

[TT Boy]

Stokes has bowled superbly but truly ordinary cricket from Sri Lanka. They have only been whitewashed at home twice, going to be the third time here.

 

[TT Boy]

Wagner would be proud of Stokes. Epic spell.

 

[TT Boy]

Was Zoysa in the changing room at tea?

 

[Howe_zat]

Four wickets for two runs.

 

[OverratedSanity]

8/51 is some collapse.

 

[Howe_zat]

I feel like watching England over the last few years has given me a skewed perspective on how much you can expect 5-9 to score, but still

 

[Gnske]

This is an Australian collapse

 

[Starfighter]

9/67 is a very impressive collapse.

 

[the big bambino]

Utter trash from the cougar hunters.

 

[fredfertang]

Good to see there's life without Sam Curran

 

[Flem274*]

what;s going on here?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I feel like watching England over the last few years has given me a skewed perspective on how much you can expect 5-9 to score, but still

What's with the weird mix of first and last names? (I know there are a lot of Silvas but...)

 

[Bolo]

Other than the specialist quick, I think everyone from England has made a major contribution this series. I can't remember seeing so many people chip in

 

[harsh.ag]

I just feel for Karunaratne

Still

 

[Prince EWS]

What's with the weird mix of first and last names? (I know there are a lot of Silvas but...)

I've noticed TV overlays for Sri Lankan names have tended towards a "whichever name is less common" rule. "Dhananjaya" was confusing at times in the first couple of Tests though, given the player I tended to think of as Dhananjaya was referred to as Akila.