***Official*** Sri Lanka in England

[wpdavid]

til dil is gone..

Good job - he'd had so many escapes you fancied him for a quick hundred. Lets see if we can get rid of Vaas now, especially as he seems to be lining up as the latest in a long line of bowlers that can bat a bit who England just can't shift.

 

[alternative]

i say 130 or something like that... but seriously good bowling from england..

 

[a massive zebra]

All out for under 100?

A very eminent possibility.

 

[alternative]

Kulasekara out.. so i say 100 now..

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Shocking shots for the last two wickets.

 

[a massive zebra]

Does Murali like batting at 11 or something? He is a far better batsman than Mr. Malinga.

 

[GIMH]

Bloody hell what a fantastic day for us so far. Can't wait to watch the highlights tonight.

I'm not going to say that this will be over on Saturday though, so let's hope we've learned some lessons from Lord's!! The fact that they batted first will benefit us, i think.

 

[Jamee999]

Loving it.

 

[Langeveldt]

LOL at Englands fielding..

 

[silentstriker]

LOL at Panesar's fielding, actually. Wow, I always though its not a big deal if you are a bad batter/fielder if you can bowl really well. But now, I don't think so. He takes bad fielding to a whole new level. That catch was just........wow.

 

[wpdavid]

LOL at Panesar's fielding, actually. Wow, I always though its not a big deal if you are a bad batter/fielder if you can bowl really well. But now, I don't think so. He takes bad fielding to a whole new level. That catch was just........wow.

You do wonder what on earth is going on at some of the counties when we end up with players whose fielding is so poor. Ditto Mahmood's palpable lack of fitness at Lord's.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

He works bloody hard at it though that's the odd thing, always the last to leave fielding practice. Must be a rabbit-in-the-headlights thing, or just lack of concentration.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Panesar works harder at his batting / fielding than almost anyone in the England team atm, he just doesnt have the hand / eye coordination. You cant really do much about that but keep working at it and hope it improves with time.

 

[a massive zebra]

Warmest congratulations to Mr. Malinga who has just passed his highest ever test score.

 

[wpdavid]

Panesar works harder at his batting / fielding than almost anyone in the England team atm, he just doesnt have the hand / eye coordination. You cant really do much about that but keep working at it and hope it improves with time.

But it does raise the question as to whether his bowling is so much better than Keedy, Swann & Brown that he deserves to be near the side given his inability to stop a ball, never mind catch it.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

But it does raise the question as to whether his bowling is so much better than Keedy, Swann & Brown that he deserves to be near the side given his inability to stop a ball, never mind catch it.

Valid point, Keedy was always never picked cos it was always mentioned how he was a great spin bowler but couldnt bat/field. Yet Panesar is in the same situation (and probably not even as good a spinner yet) yet gets in.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Monty strikes in his first over.

 

[a massive zebra]

Have any of them not struck in their first over?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Saj needed nine balls (though admittedly he had the drop from his first delivery), and Fred didn't strike until his third spell.

 

[Neil Pickup]

haha! wrighting off Sri Lanka again are we? like you did in the first test saying England will win by an innings. keep it up.

Style.