27th Match - England v Sri Lanka

[slippy888]

Just 1 more wicket for Malinga would be the icing on the cake

 

[rythy]

Chokers. And this team is dreaming to win WC. lol

 

[harsh.ag]

"Jofra Archer following in the footsteps of Moeen Ali" - Sanga fire

 

[ankitj]

It sucks that England is not able to compete

 

[Spikey]

Udana's catch was ace btw

 

[Spark]

rrr is too high now imo

 

[cnerd123]

The problem with this lineup is that no one outside of Root, Stokes and occasionally Butler is willing to grind it out and score ugly runs. Everyone else gives you a chance and that too early in their innings.

 

[wrongun]

Pommie Chockers....The cup is on babaaaay!

 

[Spark]

The problem with this lineup is that no one outside of Root, Stokes and occasionally Butler is willing to grind it out and score ugly runs. Everyone else gives you a chance and that too early in their innings.

i mean, that's half the top six. that really should be enough

 

[Maximas]

rrr is too high now imo

A couple of blows and it's game on again, big ask though

 

[Bijed]

Well played Sri Lanka. Safe to say I wasn't the only person thinking we'd win pretty comfortably today (though as an England fan I'm always expecting pretty much this sort of thing) but we've been outplayed here.

 

[cnerd123]

i mean, that's half the top six. that really should be enough

Nah most sides atleast have lower order bats or tailenders who can act as pseudo cake, or their top order explosion comes from people willing to settle and get their eye in first (Rohit, Gayle, Warner, Finch, etc). England is literally all icing with one slice of cake that finds infuriating ways to get out and two other slices of cake that would rather be icing instead

 

[Spark]

A couple of blows and it's game on again, big ask though

usually i'd say so, but not literally when you're batting with #11

 

[Daemon]

This is the best thing ever but waking up to Burgey's posting tomorrow is going to be painful

 

[weldone]

The problem with this lineup is that no one outside of Root, Stokes and occasionally Butler is willing to grind it out and score ugly runs. Everyone else gives you a chance and that too early in their innings.

haven't seen Buttler grinding it out in ODIs...it's just Root and Stokes

 

[vcs]

This is good for a giggle, as all upsets are when your team isn't the one being upset. England will still get through comfortably IMO, probably not in first place, though.

Good from SL. I don't think England have beaten them in a World Cup in decades (did they beat them in '99?). Saying that, most half-decent teams have historically owned England at World Cups.

 

[harsh.ag]

Should have been caught...

 

[Maximas]

This is the best thing ever but waking up to Burgey's posting tomorrow is going to be painful

A constant ache if you ask me

Besides, Sri Lankans upstaging the establishment is a bit of a slap to his face too

 

[OverratedSanity]

That wasn't really as difficult as it looked initially.

 

[Borges]

This isn't over yet.