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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka 2012
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Spikey
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thought it was pretty obvious that was a joke...?
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Doesn't matter. It's just comforting on those occasions when the "Spikey is always wrong" axiom is on your side.
Spark
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taste itttttttttttt
Migara
International Coach
Congrads to the English for keeping their #1 spot.
SL has some serious problems opening the innings. Both Dilshan and his partners have been **** since late. It's time somebody from the middle order put their hand up. My picks are Mathews and Sanga to open the innings, followed up by MJ, Sam, Chandimal, Dilshan and PJ
SL has some serious problems opening the innings. Both Dilshan and his partners have been **** since late. It's time somebody from the middle order put their hand up. My picks are Mathews and Sanga to open the innings, followed up by MJ, Sam, Chandimal, Dilshan and PJ
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Comment makes no sense whatsoever
I watched the matches and Swann was pretty poor for a large portion of 2/4 innings
Herath is not a great bowler by any means but at least he was consistent
Furthermore, he did not have the luxury of coming onto bowl in every innings with the opposition at 3 for **** all
And finally, Eng knew he was the major threat and were still powerless to stop him
Like it or not, Eng are (in name anyway) the No. 1 team in the world and he dominated
Cricketismylife
U19 12th Man
Congratulations to England, they deserved to win. Their bowling has been amazing all winter. I think the most impressive thing is not necessarily the wicket taking ability, which you expect to be decent, but the way that the attack controlled the run flow when they werent taking wickets. At no point this winter have either Pakistan or SL got away. The only really big partnernship I can think of was the Azhar/Younis one in the 3rd test and even that one was very slow and wickets fell extremely quickly either side of it. Easy to say SL missed a trick by batting too slow, but hard to take on an attack which bowls so consistently and accurately. Batsman wise England still have massive issues imo. This SL attack is poor and was even worse in this test match (with Welegedera out). Herath was the only test quality bowler in the attack. I believe the the bowlers have consistently proved they can handle any batting lineup in any conditions, I still feel the batting wont cope against quality bowling (ie SA this summer). At the same time I expect SA to struggle with the England bowling and I have a feeling that the English tail with Bresnan, Broad and Swann may be the difference for that series.
For SL good performance considering their schedule and recent form. However there were some big disappointments. I'm not worried about Sangakkara/Dilshan, they have long term records to show that they can perform and you cant expect the whole line up to be in form continuosly. I always think you need 6 batsman who have the proven ability to score runs, and expect 4 of them at least to be in form. SL were set back by having Thirimanne who effectively meant they were playing 5 batsmen. They have to find a way to replace Thirimanne with Chandimal, maybe Mathews opening the only way.
The biggest worry is the bowling. While I knew Prasad and Lakmal wouldnt do anything and arent test standard, I had hopes that Randiv could cause problems and make SL into a 2 man attack at least in home conditions. He had a terrible game and even though Im not a kneejerk type of fan, I think this could be it for him. Even in home conditions with a line up struggling for form and confidence, he was completely ineffective. It's disappointing when you compare it to the damage caused by both Herath and Swann (who bowled to better players of spin). It's even more disappointing when you consider that Dilshan outbowled Randiv and looked a bigger threat. Not sure where SL go from here with the 2nd spinner. Right now we are a 1 man attack at home and a 0 man attack away. I'm not asking to go from this to a world beating attack, but there is a real need to make some sort of improvement here, and find another bowler who is at least capable of averaging 35ish. Not sure why Kulasekera doesnt play ahead of Lakmal/Prasad.
For SL good performance considering their schedule and recent form. However there were some big disappointments. I'm not worried about Sangakkara/Dilshan, they have long term records to show that they can perform and you cant expect the whole line up to be in form continuosly. I always think you need 6 batsman who have the proven ability to score runs, and expect 4 of them at least to be in form. SL were set back by having Thirimanne who effectively meant they were playing 5 batsmen. They have to find a way to replace Thirimanne with Chandimal, maybe Mathews opening the only way.
The biggest worry is the bowling. While I knew Prasad and Lakmal wouldnt do anything and arent test standard, I had hopes that Randiv could cause problems and make SL into a 2 man attack at least in home conditions. He had a terrible game and even though Im not a kneejerk type of fan, I think this could be it for him. Even in home conditions with a line up struggling for form and confidence, he was completely ineffective. It's disappointing when you compare it to the damage caused by both Herath and Swann (who bowled to better players of spin). It's even more disappointing when you consider that Dilshan outbowled Randiv and looked a bigger threat. Not sure where SL go from here with the 2nd spinner. Right now we are a 1 man attack at home and a 0 man attack away. I'm not asking to go from this to a world beating attack, but there is a real need to make some sort of improvement here, and find another bowler who is at least capable of averaging 35ish. Not sure why Kulasekera doesnt play ahead of Lakmal/Prasad.
stumpski
International Captain
Your openers can't get runs, your opening bowlers don't take wickets, and your middle order has a combined age of 157 - but tbf, we were lucky that Sanga ran out of form on this trip. Was expecting a big knock from him at some point. The dismissal of Prasanna J this morning was a key moment too. Had he been there at lunch with 25 or so it could have been a very tricky chase.
And as the comms were saying this morning, if only we'd chased like that at Abu Dhabi ...
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zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Bresnan's Test wins?
10 wickets
Innings and 83 runs
181 runs
9 wickets
8 wickets
Innings and 157 runs
Innings and 83 runs
319 runs
Innings and 242 runs
Innings and 8 runs
8 wickets
And none of them very close
10 wickets
Innings and 83 runs
181 runs
9 wickets
8 wickets
Innings and 157 runs
Innings and 83 runs
319 runs
Innings and 242 runs
Innings and 8 runs
8 wickets
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
Bres is just that good
Seriously I do think it speaks volumes that we lose 4 test in a row, bring Bresnan in and win. The same thing happened in the Ashes at Perth, and our wins against India became stronger once Bresnan started playing.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
Why not have MJ open in tests as well?
