**Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

[hazsa19]

This is the one time where I really enjoy David Lloyds commentary. He's absolutely right.

There are so many unwarranted breaks in play.

 

[Furball]

Hmm. But you sound as though there's some kind of line which a bowler needs to be above before he should play tests. The quality of the competition comes into play too.

Can see him being left out at some stage if Finn and Tremlett keep outbowling him. It's not like they really need his batting or anything.

Had Bresnan and Anderson stayed fit then I would've gone with the same bowling attack that played in Sydney and Melbourne.

The problem is that the likes of Finn, Dernbach, Bresnan, Shazad, Onions, even Tremlett, are relatively untested at the highest level but IMO Broad has had more than enough opportunities with England and I'm not convinced he's good enough to be playing Tests.

 

[keeper]

As far as excuse for broken windows go (and I've had a few in my time) the two ECB efforts to date are a few rungs lower down the credibility scale than "it was like that when I found that".

 

[Jacknife]

Had Bresnan and Anderson stayed fit then I would've gone with the same bowling attack that played in Sydney and Melbourne.

The problem is that the likes of Finn, Dernbach, Bresnan, Shazad, Onions, even Tremlett, are relatively untested at the highest level but IMO Broad has had more than enough opportunities with England and I'm not convinced he's good enough to be playing Tests.

It would have been interesting to see who they would have gone with if Bresnan had been fit. Like you I'd have gone with the attack that finished the Ashes, which imo has a little a bit more variety and atm is better.

 

[hazsa19]

As far as excuse for broken windows go (and I've had a few in my time) the two ECB efforts to date are a few rungs lower down the credibility scale than "it was like that when I found that".

I would love to see a glove break a window.

 

[Himannv]

Stop the press!!! Paranavithana has just scored 8 runs off an over doubling his score!!!!

 

[Jacknife]

I would love to see a glove break a window.

I don't know, these batting gloves are very hard nowadays and could easily go through glass window.

 

[Himannv]

I would love to see a glove break a window.

Thats not what happened, didn't you read the news?

The glove hit Ricky Ponting who ricocheted off a tv and hit a bat which broke the glass which cut someone who called ICC demanding an apology.

And it all happened in a house that Jack built.

 

[hazsa19]

I don't know, these batting gloves are very hard nowadays and could easily go through glass window.

Mine wouldn't

 

[Prince EWS]

Tremlett's been pretty disappointing in this match.

 

[keeper]

To be fair, Prior has very hard gloves.

 

[Jacknife]

Tremlett's been pretty disappointing in this match.

Yes, it's about his most disappointing performance for England, since he came back in.

 

[hazsa19]

I would love to experience batting on a day 5 pitch against a top class spinner.

 

[Spark]

Tremlett's been pretty disappointing in this match.

Yeah. Just looked so flat.

 

[Spark]

Bad shot.

 

[Jacknife]

That is some catch by KP, actually caught it behind him.

 

[hazsa19]

Don't see that from KP very often. And you see what happens when Broad pitches it up? It can't be easy to drive someone of that height, even if it seems like a half volley, especially if it swings a bit.

 

[Furball]

England into the tail here

 

[Jacknife]

Don't see that from KP very often. And you see what happens when Broad pitches it up? It can't be easy to drive someone of that height, even if it seems like a half volley, especially if it swings a bit.

You don't see him in the slips very often, he's taken some good ones in the gully mind.

 

[hazsa19]

Would love to show that replay to a bunch of baseball fans