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

[Jacknife]

Not what was needed.

 

[GIMH]

Woeful

Good job we got these early runs, bloody hell

 

[Athlai]

England reverting back to the World Cup "we'll keep the match interesting" mode.

 

[Jacknife]

That one seemed to bounce more, than the other deliveries.

 

[Spark]

If anything it shows how horrible SL were at the top, because England are still "going" at a run a ball.

 

[Uppercut]

Sri Lanka need to take the bowling PP now.

 

[wpdavid]

Apart from re-emphasising how unbelievably bad we are at the batting powerplay, there's an interesting demonstration of our inability to think on the spot, compared to SL. In the last game, when Anderson was creating carnage with the new ball, SL sent in Randiv ahead of Matthews to protect the latter and give themselves at least a small chance of setting a target. OK, it didn't work because Matthews didn't get as many as he might have and our openers weren't troubled, but it showed the ability to think rather than play the game by numbers. Today, having lost the first wicket at the start of the power play, surely Trott was not the man to send in at 87 for 1 and the fielding restrictions in place. Morgan, or even Swann, could have had much more of a dart with the field in. But that would have required the ability to think, of course.

 

[Jacknife]

Wow, that kept really low to Morgan, I wouldn't have thought this pitch would get any easier to bat on.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The start could be what wins England the game. Anything over 250 will be very hard to chase down i reckon.

 

[The_roc]

Somebody in England management must realy think KP is the chosen one.

Last ODI century was 2008, and in his 30 knocks since then his average is 23 with 2 x 50's.

Almost makes you wonder if we should put Bell at 3 and bring back Ravi.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Somebody in England management must realy think KP is the chosen one.

Last ODI century was 2008, and in his 30 knocks since then his average is 23 with 2 x 50's.

Almost makes you wonder if we should put Bell at 3 and bring back Ravi.

I don't mind dropping KP but good god we can't bring back Bloopara, no bottle at all. Rather blood Bairstow or Taylor myself or let Samit Patel have a run in the side if you need the bowling option.

 

[GIMH]

Bringing back Ravi is never the answer. Would rather just give up a batsman altogether.

 

[Furball]

Somebody in England management must realy think KP is the chosen one.

Last ODI century was 2008, and in his 30 knocks since then his average is 23 with 2 x 50's.

Almost makes you wonder if we should put Bell at 3 and bring back Ravi.

Bell deserves dropping before Pietersen does.

 

[Uppercut]

Should give John Barnes a go imo.

 

[The_roc]

Would be happy to give Taylor a go. Very promising youngster.

Just seen the artists impression of the final development at Old Trafford. What a wretched mess. Somebody on the committe must have bought a job lot of red paint

 

[The_roc]

Should give John Barnes a go imo.

John F Barnes? Would have thought he was a bit old

 

[Jacknife]

Trott looking a lot better today.

 

[Spark]

Trott looking a lot better today.

Because he's actually got set. His start was pretty similar. (And the bowling is much worse, obv)

 

[The_roc]

Not a bad score given the slooooow outfield

 

[wpdavid]

Trott looking a lot better today.

You'd think that someone as good as him should be able to adapt his game to the 50-over format. And ha has done well so far, especially with the 2 quick wickets after he arrived at the crease.