***Official*** England in Sri Lanka 2012

[mono]

are the two chucks covering this series

 

[Flem274*]

Broad's bowling over his last 8 Tests has been h4x, and he's bowled at better batsmen and in tougher conditions than Philander.

Broad has bowled at Indians, and is English. Makes him ****ing ****.

 

[Spikey]

England should have tried a new bowler maybe. Briggs? He would have been better than Swann.

#Buuuuuuuuuurn

 

[Furball]

Jimmeh's 3 wickets take him past 250 wickets, making him only the 6th English bowler to pass the milestone. He's also taken more wickets at a better average than the class of 2005.

 

[theegyptian]

Can't help but feel there's a slight over-reaction here. I mean, he dropped a massive skier. Yes he should have taken it, but he's not the first person and he won't be the last to stuff up a skier. Yes the fact he missed another one moments before - once again, not first and won't be the last to miss one like that, makes it funny as crap. But it seems we're going a bit over the top here. I mean 'No professional cricketer should field that badly.' is just crazy. He had a bad day...remember when KP had a bad series of catching?

this was always going to happen with monty. he has massive lapses all the time in county cricket. he seemingly works hard on it in practice just he seems to have no kind of ability. The fact is he's going to miss ~50% of his chances that come his way. I hope after this tour I never see him in a england shirt again.

Its embarrassing and there's a good chance it's going to cost england this match

 

[Debris]

It's close. I can't remember what Walsh's catching was like, would rather have can't throw than can't catch I think.

Did Tufnell's fielding ever improve? Is Panesar Tufnell Mark 2?

 

[Burgey]

It's close. I can't remember what Walsh's catching was like, would rather have can't throw than can't catch I think.

Walsh was a much better catcher than Monty.

My grandmother is a better catcher than Monty. She's 90 and is getting over pneumonia, and walks with a frame.

 

[Flem274*]

Walsh was a much better catcher than Monty.

My grandmother is a better catcher than Monty. She's 90 and is getting over pneumonia, and walks with a frame.

Is that you Geoffrey?

 

[Burgey]

My ginger freckle-y little brother is there, I hate to think how he is.

Crisp, I imagine.

 

[Migara]

So now we know what it takes to stop the English bowling attack in their tracks - Mahela Jayawardene on his home turf.

The man is a beast.

Ha ha! this is not even his home turf. Wit and see what he can do on SSC pancacke if there was a test.

 

[superkingdave]

Swann's form starting to get a little worrying, good job he has Windies at the start of the summer to give him some confidence, can't see Panesar being anything other than a liability against SA. Bresnan, Broad, Anderson, Finn?

 

[Arachnodouche]

I think it's somewhat ridiculous and a sad indictment of the modern game that someone like Jayawardene, as easy on the eye as his batting is, has 30 Test centuries.

 

[CWB304]

this was always going to happen with monty. he has massive lapses all the time in county cricket. he seemingly works hard on it in practice just he seems to have no kind of ability. The fact is he's going to miss ~50% of his chances that come his way. I hope after this tour I never see him in a england shirt again.

Its embarrassing and there's a good chance it's going to cost england this match

No, going into the match with two frontline batsmen who can't cope with accurate spin bowling will cost England the match, not the dropped catches of someone who actually brings something to the table in his primary suit.

 

[NasserFan207]

I think it's somewhat ridiculous and a sad indictment of the modern game that someone like Jayawardene, as easy on the eye as his batting is, has 30 Test centuries.

Why?

 

[weldone]

I think it's somewhat ridiculous and a sad indictment of the modern game that someone like Jayawardene, as easy on the eye as his batting is, has 30 Test centuries.

When you don't rate a player highly and he doesn't do well in test cricket then test cricket is the real test.

And when he does well at the highest level, test cricket isn't good enough any more.

Get lost!

 

[wpdavid]

Jimmeh's 3 wickets take him past 250 wickets, making him only the 6th English bowler to pass the milestone. He's also taken more wickets at a better average than the class of 2005.

Minor point, but from the class of 2005 Simon Jones' average is superior.

Doesn't alter the bigger picture, of course.

 

[wpdavid]

Swann's form starting to get a little worrying, good job he has Windies at the start of the summer to give him some confidence, can't see Panesar being anything other than a liability against SA. Bresnan, Broad, Anderson, Finn?

Swann will have more lefthanders against SA, which should help. OTOH he may not be needed much against WI in the first half of the season - you can see our quicks cleaning up without too much bother.

 

[mono]

I think it's somewhat ridiculous and a sad indictment of the modern game that someone like Jayawardene, as easy on the eye as his batting is, has 30 Test centuries.

I think it's amazing how he has only 30 centuries.

 

[Ruckus]

There is a signficant, but not excessive, difference between Steyn and Philander atm and Anderson and Broad imo. Expect the former will perform at a very high level much more consistently than the latter as well...a different class.

 

[Furball]

Minor point, but from the class of 2005 Simon Jones' average is superior.

Doesn't alter the bigger picture, of course.

Jones was cut down in his prime.

Was comparing Jimmeh to Flintoff, Harmison and Hoggard, who are all in the 200 club.