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There’s a cheap joke here. Was it Hitlers, he only had one ball ?TMS saying Jayasuriya is warming up
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There’s a cheap joke here. Was it Hitlers, he only had one ball ?TMS saying Jayasuriya is warming up
In all seriousness, England were on course for a points deduction, good thing we got them out within 80 overs!Chance to get England’s over rate up a bit!
I can’t believe Sri Lanka are opening with spin , which is good news for those in attendanceIt was surprisingly sporting of England to carry on with Bashir and Root in the low light when you could argue the optimal approach is to bring back Wood for a burst at the tailenders.
Unlikely they'd extend the same to the Australians.
I'm fairly sure this is the first time it's ever happened in the first or second innings of a test hereAnyone remember the last time in a test in England that a team has opened bowling with two spinners on day one ?
First season that Woakes has been officially made the attack leader.We're on track for one of the most difficult summers for touring batsmen since they started covering pitches.
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Forecast suggets an early lunch tomorrow and that'll be about it for major interruptions. Plenty of time.In a perfect world England score towards 500 and have the weekend off, after bowling Sri Lanka out after declaring by lunch on Friday
some bad weather around sadly so hopefully they will be time for a result
Two spinners opening the bowling, Lawrence must have thought he was back in the middle order for a moment!Duckett is a decent player of spin , (kiss of death) and Lawrence has just played a nice shot through legside
and they are going off
Scores of 500+ have become quite rare in England in recent year, obviously we did so against Australia last year but it’s not looking a 500 pitch now, it looks like it’ll play quite nicely but the odd ball here or there will do somethingIn a perfect world England score towards 500 and have the weekend off, after bowling Sri Lanka out after declaring by lunch on Friday
some bad weather around sadly so hopefully they will be time for a result