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

[Silver Silva]

Brave decision against this fearsome pace attack of England

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Sri Lanka win toss and bat

TMS reckon England would have chosen to bowl

Mark Butcher on Sky agreeing, because he says with the weather the best way to win might be to bat once, I do hope it doesn’t come down to that!

 

[Silver Silva]

Mark Butcher on Sky agreeing, because he says with the weather the best way to win might be to bat once, I do hope it doesn’t come down to that!

How many overs you think England would need to bat to beat Sri Lanka ?

 

[Howe_zat]

Judging by the met office forecast, the weather will probably take the morning session tomorrow and maybe a bit of the evening session today and Saturday morning. So we probably have the equivalent of a four-day game, which has been enough overs to get a result for Tests in England since 2014.

There's not really a good reason to deviate from normal MOs yet.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

How many overs you think England would need to bat to beat Sri Lanka ?

Probably quite a lot considering your batting lineup is quite strong!

 

[Silver Silva]

Judging by the met office forecast, the weather will probably take the morning session tomorrow and maybe a bit of the evening session today and Saturday morning. So we probably have the equivalent of a four-day game, which has been enough overs to get a result for Tests in England since 2014.

There's not really a good reason to deviate from normal MOs yet.

So we probably need to bat 150 overs across both innings to ensure a draw ..
That should be our aim

 

[Howe_zat]

So we probably need to bat 150 overs across both innings to ensure a draw ..
That should be our aim

Nah. SL are a real team with some good Test players that easily make this England side. They should be aiming to win.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

c Surrey b Surrey

Perfect for the occasion

 

[Howe_zat]

Karunaratne is one of those aformentioned players I'd take for England looking at the team sheet, good scalp

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

Blimey. That was a loose shot.

 

[Silver Silva]

Nah. SL are a real team with some good Test players that easily make this England side. They should be aiming to win.

I don't know a lot about these England players but most of the England fans on here have been saying this is an easy win for them, so we have to consider that there must be a reason to be that convinced of victory, plus a draw here wouldn't be a bad start since we've had very little prep and it's classic English seam conditions

 

[chris.hinton]

This is going to be a farce

 

[Silver Silva]

Some terrible shot selection by both openers ..
Unlike Dimuth

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Oh dear. This won't last long

 

[flibbertyjibber]

How many overs you think England would need to bat to beat Sri Lanka ?

Way this is going about 20

 

[Silver Silva]

Wow this is embarrassing, have we forgot how to bat ?

 

[Howe_zat]

I don't know a lot about these England players but most of the England fans on here have been saying this is an easy win for them, so we have to consider that there must be a reason to be that convinced of victory, plus a draw here wouldn't be a bad start since we've had very little prep and it's classic English seam conditions

I mean I was pretty confident England will win this, but that's not because there's a huge gulf between the sides, that's because SL don't have anyone close to Joe Root and the difference between the bowling attacks is mostly who's playing at home. I'd give them a better chance of winning a Test in England than West Indies in Australia for example and they still picked up a win.

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Anyway while I was typing this we took another two wickets so what do I know

 

[chris.hinton]

6-3 ffs. No wonder people aren't interested

 

[Molehill]

Blimey. That was a loose shot.

I guess a loose shot is better than no shot!!

 

[Howe_zat]

Chris Woakes in England: 126 wickets at 21.50
Shane Warne in England: 129 wickets at 21.94