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

[zaremba]

I think in these sorts of situations if a wicket falls and they don't want to declare they should send Swann out with a licence to bat like a madman

 

[vcs]

This is the problem with UDRS.. the umpire gives a "let's stop everyone from fainting of boredom" decision and it gets bloody overturned.

 

[Burgey]

This SL attack has taken me back to the halcyon days of Graham Lebrooy and Ravi Ratnayake.

 

[Spark]

This is the problem with UDRS.. the umpire gives a "let's stop everyone from fainting of boredom" decision and it gets bloody overturned.

 

[TopCat]

The SL fielding is deteriorating fast.

From bad to worse to rubbish.

 

[zaremba]

Declaration imminent I feel

 

[Howe_zat]

I think in these sorts of situations if a wicket falls and they don't want to declare they should send Swann out with a licence to bat like a madman

Prior would probably score quicker. Misses are just as slow as leaves, and Swanny racks them up.

 

[GotSpin]

Even Ponting would decimate this piss poor aatack

 

[Spark]

This is verging on embarrassing now. Can't recall a Test side - a supposedly decent one at that - look so utterly uninterested on the park.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Lol. Rank slog from Bello. Think the peddle has been applied to the metal.

Nowt wrong with that hook tho.

 

[Spark]

Wow that's a shot and a half

 

[vcs]

This is verging on embarrassing now. Can't recall a Test side - a supposedly decent one at that - look so utterly uninterested on the park.

They have nothing to play for TBF. The amount of time taken out of the game means they are just idly waiting around for an England declaration so that they can attempt to bat out whatever time the weather permits and escape with a not-too-dishonorable 1-0 series loss. They were never in with any chance of winning after the first session today.

 

[TopCat]

Lakmal feeding the need for England to press to smash-it button.

 

[Spark]

They have nothing to play for TBF. The amount of time taken out of the game means they are just idly waiting around for an England declaration so that they can attempt to bat out whatever time the weather permits and escape with a not-too-dishonorable 1-0 series loss. They were never in with any chance of winning after the first session today.

Point still stands.

 

[superkingdave]

Another classy 100 for Ian Bell. It's just been way to eaasy for him out there, facing this attack.

An interesting stat, England's top 7 all average above 40 now with the bat.

TBF they all did before Colly retired.

 

[BoyBrumby]

They have nothing to play for TBF. The amount of time taken out of the game means they are just idly waiting around for an England declaration so that they can attempt to bat out whatever time the weather permits and escape with a not-too-dishonorable 1-0 series loss. They were never in with any chance of winning after the first session today.

Might at least try to look like they wanted to take wickets tho.

I always hate to see a team swallow it and SL have here.

 

[Burgey]

What are they talking about putting Vaseline on the edge of your bat for? The keeper could just walk up to the umpire and show the big goober on the ball. Be a ****ing giveaway wouldn't it?

 

[Spark]

Declare!

 

[Burgey]

West Indies in England last time were worse tbh, in terms of lack of interest.

 

[wpdavid]

Declaration imminent I feel

I wonder whether that might be held up if Morgan gets near 3 figures in the next 20 minutes or so.

EDIT - forget that last point. Apologies to said batsman for jinxing him.

EDIT 2 - odds on Prior running out Bell this time?