England added 119 runs after the fall of the 6th wicket, if Sri Lanka can match that, it’ll be potentially a very awkward little chase for England
Lol its deliberate... They keep doing it until they find the ball that starts to do something. F***in cheats. Have been doing it since Stokes took over.The ball does not go through the umpires ring equipment
it’s that simple , no conspiracy
The ball change is down to the umpires not the players. It's like saying it's deliberate to appeal for a catch that might or might not have nicked the bat. It's the umpire that decides, not the players.Lol its deliberate... They keep doing it until they find the ball that starts to do something. F***in cheats. Have been doing it since Stokes took over.
Angelo Mathews: Replacement ball 'changed the entire momentum of the game'
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Nah they keep damaging the ball though. I get that dukes ball has been an issue in recent memory but England keep changing unusually the most. Others side don't resort to it as muchThe ball change is down to the umpires not the players. It's like saying it's deliberate to appeal for a catch that might or might not have nicked the bat. It's the umpire that decides, not the players.
New zealand do it a lot.Nah they keep damaging the ball though. I get that dukes ball has been an issue in recent memory but England keep changing unusually the most. Others side don't resort to it as much
Finally getting highlighted
I think there's a simple solution. Teams should just suck it up, like they used to do. And maybe if they bowled better the ball wouldn't go out of shape in the first place.New zealand do it a lot.
The ball change itself is not a problem, but it does seem like the replacements are always in like 50% better shape which is not on imo.
Possible, but I do think it makes the game a little less exciting. Maybe the ring can be adjusted a bit to allow the ball to get worse before it really warrants a change.I think there's a simple solution. Teams should just suck it up, like they used to do. And maybe if they bowled better the ball wouldn't go out of shape in the first place.
Maybe teams could rediscover the apparently lost art of bowling cutters and subtle changes of pace in tests.Possible, but I do think it makes the game a little less exciting. Maybe the ring can be adjusted a bit to allow the ball to get worse before it really warrants a change.
Sri Lanka have done much better than everyone expected.Think while there are very real concerns at how smaller cricketing nations are treated by the big 3, it’s very easy to blow things out of proportion whenever the smaller team have a sticky period, Sri Lanka are still in this just about
I did say I thought they’d struggle in this Test, but after all, they are a decent team all roundSri Lanka have done much better than everyone expected.
Potts was really jammy at the start of his career with trash wickets so it's karma in a way.Gotta feel a bit for potts, could easily have been brilliant career-changing figures if we could catch, but could be his last match conceivably now, but with Wood injury he should be okay, but we'll see.
Is Stokes expected to return for the second test then? Last I'd seen he was out for the summer.Gotta feel a bit for potts, could easily have been brilliant career-changing figures if we could catch, but could be his last match conceivably now, but with Wood injury he should be okay, but we'll see.