27th Match - England v Sri Lanka

[James]

England v Sri Lanka
21st June
Headingley Carnegie

 

[straw man]

You all thought the dark horses of this world cup would be Pakistan, West Indies, NZ or Bangladesh...

But no, it was Sri Lanka all along! No one suspects Sri Lanka.

Fooled by Sri Lanka's guise of mediocrity England will be ripe for the plucking tonight.

 

[stephen]

Sri Lanka are still on paper the only side outside the top 4 that have any kind of chance of making the semis. It would require them winning pretty much everything and some of the top 4 losing pretty much everything, but it's still doable.

 

[aussie tragic]

The way I see it is that BD is the 'best of the rest' and should win against AFG and may win against Pak, which would give them a maximum of 9 points.

This means that Aus (10) and NZ (9 with better NRR) are already in the semis and Eng (8) will be locked in once they beat SL tonight and India (7 with better NRR) will be locked in once they beat AFG tomorrow.

However, with Eng having to play Aus, NZ and India in last 3 games, a loss against SL tonight will place the Hosts on shakey ground...go Sri Lanka

 

[mr_mister]

SL winning this would be awesome and also classic SL. I'm definitely rooting for them

 

[CricAddict]

The way I see it is that BD is the 'best of the rest' and should win against AFG and may win against Pak, which would give them a maximum of 9 points.

This means that Aus (10) and NZ (9 with better NRR) are already in the semis and Eng (8) will be locked in once they beat SL tonight and India (7 with better NRR) will be locked in once they beat AFG tomorrow.

However, with Eng having to play Aus, NZ and India in last 3 games, a loss against SL tonight will place the Hosts on shakey ground...go Sri Lanka

BD have done themselves proud this tournament. Shakib has been a supreme star and has won hearts. If not a semi which looks unlikely now, them ending in 5th position will totally justify how they have played.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah for the good of the tournament I'm hoping SL have a good day

 

[mr_mister]

Threw a stewy diver on Kusal Perera to take MOM paying $21

Starting to really rate this bloke

 

[cnerd123]

I'm willing to endure more randycricfreak garbage as long as it means keeping BD alive in this tournament. Go Lanka!

 

[trundler]

Young man Matthews been a waste lately. Needs to fulfill his potential today.

 

[Jarquis]

Boooooo

 

[harsh.ag]

Rashid continues to hold his place.

 

[91Jmay]

Rashid continues to hold his place.

He's been a big part of England's success and so many modern captains have a hard on for wrist spin. He is close to the drop though I'd imagine.

 

[Stapel]

SL winning this would be awesome and also classic SL. I'm definitely rooting for them

I can't see that happen.....

 

[91Jmay]

Archer is so good against left handers.

 

[King Pietersen]

Jofra

 

[Burgey]

What a ****ing low side.

 

[King Pietersen]

Well this is a tidy start!

 

[stephen]

Threw a stewy diver on Kusal Perera to take MOM paying $21

Starting to really rate this bloke

Ya just lost your stewy diver, whatever that is.

 

[91Jmay]

Not the worlds best shot. If he'd have just tried to time it was a boundary all day just massively tried to over hit it.