***Official*** England vs Sri Lanka 21st August-10th September 2024

[Howe_zat]

Kiddo could get five here.

Vishwa getting out lbw from a left armer over the wicket on review has some irony to it.

 

[Aritro]

Just watching Hull for the first time. He has an action like Mohammad Amir, except with ganglier limbs.

 

[Nintendo]

3fer and counting for josh hull. Maybe vibes based selections are the way? Picked the second worst performing seamer across country cricket over the past few years because he's left arm, hits decent pace and tall, and now he's shredding sri lanka.

 

[Howe_zat]

Just watching Hull for the first time. He has an action like Mohammad Amir, except with ganglier limbs.

Early Amir would be a bloody result to say the least. He could make me wet myself

 

[Nintendo]

Also, love that woakes is now listed as RFM, OB on cricinfo instead of just RFM after yesterday. Glorious.

 

[reyrey]

Probably ought to have that record by now tbh. I don't have the facts and figures in front of me but I'd be willing to bet he's shelled a two digit number over the years

He's probably shelled 2 digits just in Ashes tests alone.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Woakes keeping things fairly tight just now. Last 7 overs: 7-5-2-2.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayee]

3fer and counting for josh hull. Maybe vibes based selections are the way? Picked the second worst performing seamer across country cricket over the past few years because he's left arm, hits decent pace and tall, and now he's shredding sri lanka.

Bowled well against the same (admittedly very undercooked!) opposition at Worcester for the Lions, maybe he’s one of those that looks better the higher the level he’s at? Or maybe it’s that he’s still in the embryonic stages of his pro career and the more he plays, the more his first-class record will revert to something more normal?

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Nice cricket all round there.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

That was epic village

 

[wpdavid]

Another drop ffs.

 

[Howe_zat]

If this test match were a student of mine I'd call its parents in

 

[wpdavid]

8 byes in the innings now and six wides. It's not what you'd call elite.

 

[Prince EWS]

3fer and counting for josh hull. Maybe vibes based selections are the way? Picked the second worst performing seamer across country cricket over the past few years because he's left arm, hits decent pace and tall, and now he's shredding sri lanka.

Haha this is a bit much.

He definitely looks better than his record - but you'd expect that given how bad it is - but getting two batsmen and one tailender out while going at 5po isn't really "shredding" anything.

 

[Prince EWS]

Probably ought to have that record by now tbh. I don't have the facts and figures in front of me but I'd be willing to bet he's shelled a two digit number over the years

Dravid probably did as well tbf.

 

[GIMH]

3fer and counting for josh hull. Maybe vibes based selections are the way? Picked the second worst performing seamer across country cricket over the past few years because he's left arm, hits decent pace and tall, and now he's shredding sri lanka.

Don’t want to get into a lengthy debate but I think calling these selections ‘vibes based’ probably makes it sound like a lot less thought goes into them than is the case.

You’d have to say they’re pretty bloody good at it whichever term you want to use for it, mind you. Though Hull not bagging 5 is a black mark in fairness

 

[Silver Silva]

The question has to be asked ..

Has the gap closed between County and Test cricket? Almost every debutant England try have found it easy at Test level

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayee]

The question has to be asked ..

Has the gap closed between County and Test cricket? Almost every debutant England try have found it easy at Test level

Not sure about that, think the main thing is that the calendar is absolutely chocker which has meant that some of the best players from teams like West Indies and Sri Lanka aren’t even trying to get into the Test team, and they don’t get enough time to adapt to the conditions compared to yesteryear when visiting teams would get at least 2 FC games against counties or a Lions select

 

[Aritro]

Who are the Sri Lankans who have dropped out of test cricket?

 

[mackembhoy]

Probably ought to have that record by now tbh. I don't have the facts and figures in front of me but I'd be willing to bet he's shelled a two digit number over the years

I feel it's only got worse than this since.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1543903046878601218