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

danzydab

U19 Cricketer
sri lanka could have done a brave baz-esuqe selection and picked mahesh theekshana, he looks pretty good.
should be a thrashing as windies are a stronger team.

vishwa and rajitha are decent seamers on their day,

the batting maybe on par with windies
 

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State 12th Man
sri lanka could have done a brave baz-esuqe selection and picked mahesh theekshana, he looks pretty good.
should be a thrashing as windies are a stronger team.

vishwa and rajitha are decent seamers on their day,

the batting maybe on par with windies
They have a fair few who have played here in 2014 and 2016, Mathews has a good record here, the others have middling records (which is more than the Windies who had far less Test experience or expertise to speak of), but if the pitches in England of late are anything to go by, they should be good decks, I’d be more concerned about their bowling here
 
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CartyDurham

International Captain
Potential big news. Stokes appears to have a serious hamstring injury and being carried off in a 100 game this evening
 

Silver Silva

International Regular
sri lanka could have done a brave baz-esuqe selection and picked mahesh theekshana, he looks pretty good.
should be a thrashing as windies are a stronger team.

vishwa and rajitha are decent seamers on their day,

the batting maybe on par with windies
West indies are not a stronger team than sri lanka
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Can’t work out who replaces Stokes assuming it’s as bad as it looks.

Pope takes the armband but who fills the all-rounder slot?
 

reyrey

U19 Captain
Can’t work out who replaces Stokes assuming it’s as bad as it looks.

Pope takes the armband but who fills the all-rounder slot?
They'll probably bring in another batsmen. They should drop Lawrence back into the middle order and bring someone else in to open.

My preferred option would be to bring in another bowler and have Woakes bat at 6 or 7.
 

CartyDurham

International Captain
They were talking earlier this afternoon that Lawrence is coming in to open, on the early Hundred game

if it’s a bowler to come in it’s potentially Potts . Pope was named as vice captain earlier this summer so I’m going to assume he will step up to captain
 

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State 12th Man
They'll probably bring in another batsmen. They should drop Lawrence back into the middle order and bring someone else in to open.

My preferred option would be to bring in another bowler and have Woakes bat at 6 or 7.
Agreed, if another batter comes in (Cox?), our seam attack will begin to look a tad thin, which is not ideal when you’ve got Wood and Atkinson
 

CartyDurham

International Captain
Stokes has been sitting in the dug out area . Though now he is on crutches shaking hands at the games end
 

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