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

[grecian]

Girliest name to play for England since Patsy Hendren tho. Jade? GTFO.

Well i always think Kim Barnett, but that's because my sisters called Kim.

Broad really can't buy a wicket, it's quite funny really.

 

[Jacknife]

Great bouncer from Jimmy. Well that looked on the cards, roughed him up with the 2 short balls, then a fuller one, straight to Cook, 5 fer on for Jimmy.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Kulasekara definitely a little windy facing the short stuff. Good, hostile spell from Jimmy and suckers his man with a full length ball.

 

[Howe_zat]

Jimmy thoroughly owned Kulasekera in that over.

4-16 now, in his 5th over. Deserves five.

 

[GIMH]

Jimmy is God

 

[Jacknife]

Bres has bowled well but imo you can see, that he's still a little short of being 100% with his pace being a little down.

 

[superkingdave]

Why take jimmy off after 1 over when he has the chance of a michelle?

 

[centurymaker]

wow srilanka getting owned in an odi....

 

[BoyBrumby]

Have to say, I think I rate Dernbach as a limited overs bowler, just quietly.

Also: his name, I used to go for Durn-batch, but the comms seem to be preferring Durn-back.

 

[Howe_zat]

4 of Bresnan's 12 runs have been wides. Miserly but clearly not on top form.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He's smacked the cover off that. Pfft.

 

[Jacknife]

WTF kind of umpiring is that, clear as **** edge, that could be heard by everyone. The wide before that was bad enough that he gave, that went straight above the batsmen back.

 

[Howe_zat]

I can hardly think of a more unimportant decision, but the fact that we haven't got DRS is inexplicable. Does anyone know the reason given?

 

[BoyBrumby]

I can hardly think of a more unimportant decision, but the fact that we haven't got DRS is inexplicable. Does anyone know the reason given?

Costs too much. Durrr.

 

[Jacknife]

Why isn't Jimmy being given the chance to take 5, seems very strange, with only 2 wickets to take.

That would have been some catch by Kieswetter.

 

[GIMH]

I can hardly think of a more unimportant decision, but the fact that we haven't got DRS is inexplicable. Does anyone know the reason given?

No, but I've noticed the commentators keep saying "no UDRS in this game" - are we having it in the rest of the series?

 

[Jacknife]

This is why that umpire **** up gets on my nerves.

 

[superkingdave]

Just finish it off properly, stop trying to buy people wickets ffs

 

[Jacknife]

Just finish it off properly, stop trying to buy people wickets ffs

Agree, I don't want them to take the shine off this performance because it has been really good.
There we go, Swanny does the business, should be the end of the innings mind.

Well that's that, good stuff from Kieswetter, good game from him. Good stuff from England all round, Jimmy was excellent, Bres showed what he was about and Dirtbag really impressed me, Swanny good as usual.
One thing that does my head in is, why don't England bowl more yorkers, Jimmy used to have a lovely yorker when he first came on the scene and if Broad could add it to his repertoire, he would be a much bigger threat.

 

[superkingdave]

Maybe doesn't bode well for Cook's ability to control Broad. We have seen in tests he needs to be handled firmly at times, he obviously will want to bowl but sometimes you have to say no.