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

[danzydab]

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

 

[Howe_zat]

10 years since the last draw in England that didn't have at least a day washed out, so rain very much required for a 1-1 nowadays. England dropping a test is pretty plausible, so it's 3-0 or 2-1 for me.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

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

 

[CartyDurham]

Missing watching a test match badly. All this dull 100 stuff is mind numbing

 

[CartyDurham]

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

 

[Silver Silva]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

What odds on a SCurran recall?

 

[CartyDurham]

What odds on a SCurran recall?

I’ll give you 8/1 but only to a 10p stake

 

[CartyDurham]

was it Jamie Overton who had a test appearance where he took wickets and scored in one innings 90 odd?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

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]

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

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

was it Jamie Overton who had a test appearance where he took wickets and scored in one innings 90 odd?

Took 2 for 146, scored 97 with the bat in his only innings, which I suppose qualifies him for Genuine All-Rounder status?

 

[CartyDurham]

Took 2 for 146, scored 97 with the bat in his only innings, which I suppose qualifies him for Genuine All-Rounder status?

Be interesting to see how the go as Stokes has just been limping whilst using crutches

I think Potts may come into the squad as an extra bowler

 

[wpdavid]

West indies are not a stronger team than sri lanka

The SL batsmen are ranked more highly than their WI counerparts, aren't they. No idea about their bowlers though.

 

[wpdavid]

What odds on a SCurran recall?

With Smith moving up to bat at 6, and Curran at 7. Might be an option, but I'd have much preferred us to pick a proper opener to replace Crawley instead of putting Lawrence there.

 

[Silver Silva]

The SL batsmen are ranked more highly than their WI counerparts, aren't they. No idea about their bowlers though.

West Indies have not won a test series vs Sri Lanka (Home or Away) in over 20 years.

 

[chris.hinton]

No way Stokes should have been playing in the 100. He should have played for Durham instead