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

[Viscount Tom]

Stop ****ing about Broad bowl full ffs

 

[Spikey]

what's peter siddle doing playing for england

 

[CWB304]

Yes - but that Broad no ball might make just that little bit too much. If you were picking an English XI who would make your team?

The only player I definitely wouldn't be playing is Patel. Strauss I guess is debatable too.

I definitely wouldn't be playing KP or Bell, as they seem to have almost insurmountable problems - partly technical, and partly mental - against Test quality spin bowling in the SC.

 

[Burgey]

I definitely wouldn't be playing KP or Bell, as they seem to have almost insurmountable problems - partly technical, and partly mental - against Test quality spin bowling in the SC.

But that's not quite the question you were asked.

 

[Spikey]

trott offering less in the field than monty tbh

 

[NUFAN]

I definitely wouldn't be playing KP or Bell, as they seem to have almost insurmountable problems - partly technical, and partly mental - against Test quality spin bowling in the SC.

Out of the 28 completed scores so far in this Test match, Bell has the second highest score.

If he somehow improves, you know from these almost insurmountable problems, he should do well.

 

[smash84]

just love this word pollyannaists

 

[Ruckus]

what's peter siddle doing playing for england

He must have had plastic surgery...but he looks like a woman now.

 

[Spikey]

yeeeeeeeeeeeees

 

[Spark]

Loves batting against England, doesn't he? Quality 50.

 

[Spark]

just love this word pollyannaists

Pollyanna principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Spikey]

swann bowl around the wicket? yeah sure whatever beefy.

 

[CWB304]

Out of the 28 completed scores so far in this Test match, Bell has the second highest score.

If he somehow improves, you know from these almost insurmountable problems, he should do well.

Good point. If Bell manages to build on his last innings I'll be a happy man. Unfortunately having watched him for the entirety of his Test career I am pretty certain that fifty was a false dawn and he'll revert to being clueless in his remaining knocks in SL.

An aggressive team for the future-type XI for this series would have been:

1) Cook, 2) Strauss, 3) Trott, 4) Hales, 5) Prior, 6) Bairstow, 7) Patel/Bresnan (depending on pitch conditions), 8) Broad, 9) Swann, 10) Anderson, 11) Panesar.

 

[Stapel]

Hmmm, the lead is getting a bit too big to expect a thriller. I guess SL will feel this is enough.

Otoh, we're not even half way! Self-applying English batsmen should be able to make it a good a decent fight.

 

[smash84]

getting a royal spanking from the tail

 

[smash84]

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Otoh, we're not even half way! Self-applying English batsmen should be able to make it a good a decent fight.

sounds like a misnomer these days

 

[NUFAN]

Good point. If Bell manages to build on his last innings I'll be a happy man. Unfortunately having watched him for the entirety of his Test career I am pretty certain that fifty was a false dawn and he'll revert to being clueless in his remaining knocks in SL.

An aggressive team for the future-type XI for this series would have been:

1) Cook, 2) Strauss, 3) Trott, 4) Hales, 5) Prior, 6) Bairstow, 7) Patel/Bresnan (depending on pitch conditions), 8) Broad, 9) Swann, 10) Anderson, 11) Panesar.

Sorry Ian - even though you averaged around 100 in 2011, we are going to pick a chap called Hales who averages barely 40 in First Class Cricket instead of you.

Yeah that would work well..

 

[Spark]

Decent effort for no result.

 

[smash84]

hahaah......caught on the boundary but 6 runs

 

[Spark]

Genuine question, CWB - would you have dropped Michael Clarke from the Australian Test side this time last year?