LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
And how much would they have seen quality spin in England? Shaikh brought up his maiden 50 not long before lunch, good for him!
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***Official*** England vs Sri Lanka 21st August-10th September 2024
- Thread starter LangleyburyCCPlayer
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mackembhoy
International Regular
Yep Yates, Rew, James and Aldridge the only ones that have played Division One cricket in the XI.
Then Harmer/Dawson are the only spinners any of them will have faced of any real quality.
mackembhoy
International Regular
As much as it's great Shaikh is scoring runs against a test attack on his FC debut.
He's got no chance of playing for England if he scores a 44SR. A sad state of affairs.
He's got no chance of playing for England if he scores a 44SR. A sad state of affairs.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
The pesky English weather has got in the way again, Sri Lanka will kick off their 2nd innings tomorrow 185 runs behind after a brilliant 91 from Hamza Shaikh and a punchy 78 from Kasey Aldridge
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
He did score at a quicker rate in the tour match against the Windies the other day FWIW
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Bit of cloud, but for now at least it looks nicer than yesterday
mackembhoy
International Regular
Looks like they've had a much better hour.
Interesting that despite going at just under 5 an over, a bunch of young county cricketers against a test team can manage 15 overs in an hour of purely seam.
Yet in a weeks time we'll be lucky to get 13
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Good comeback from the Lions to restrict Sri Lanka to 306 after a fine start from the tourists, Farhan Ahmed, 16 years of age and making his FC debut the pick of the bowlers
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Lions looking to knock off the target quickly, but early spin from de Silva does for McKinney as he is stumped attempting a big shot
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
De Silva on a hat trick…
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
No hat trick, but the Lions still looking to play shots with the close of play just a few overs away
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Shaikh and Yates safely see it through to the end of the day on 47/2. Should knock the runs off fairly easily tomorrow, but Sri Lanka might be encouraged by the success of Ahmed and de Silva
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
Shaikh out LBW for 16 on day 4, but Yates hits an unbeaten half century to see the game through with Rew
chris.hinton
International Captain
England Lions (Really the 3-4th choice side) beat Sri Lanka.
The Test Series is going to go one way and not many people are going to give a toss now the Premier League has started and Football has kicked in
The Test Series is going to go one way and not many people are going to give a toss now the Premier League has started and Football has kicked in
mackembhoy
International Regular
The 1st test starts on a Wednesday as well. Weather has started to turn too, so may be harder to bat.
England makeshift side could be a leveler though. Doesn't sound like we're calling up a Stokes replacement so Woakes at 7 with an extra bowler seems the likely scenario.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
I hardly call it a 'makeshift' side. There are only 2 real absences. Sure missing Stokes affects the balance, but there should still be 6 proper batters in there. Potentially a bit more of a tail with Atkinson, Bashir and presumably Wood though.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Should still be too strong even if there's a issue with the sides balance
LangleyburyCCPlayer
State Regular
It’s not a good look for Sri Lanka (the second innings arguably more concerning as the conditions were better for batting), but it is their first game here and their first long-format game for a while. Expect England to win the first Test pretty easily even without Stokes and Crawley, but equally I think Sri Lanka will grow into the series
mackembhoy
International Regular
I mean using a number 6 to open is the very definition of makeshift.
But yes it's not a makeshift team, but we are definitely weaker by the 2 absentees.
We saw that Stokes being used solely as batsman was a big issue for us in the previous 12 months.
Throw in a makeshift opener and gives Sri Lanka more of a chance if it was the same XI we finished the WI series with, which is more my point.