***Official*** Sri Lanka in England

[Jamee999]

Got'im!

 

[Pedro Delgado]

And another!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Flintoff seems to bowl so much better when he doesn't open the bowling.

AND HOGGARD GOT THARANGA AGAIN LOL

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Good start being eroded here for the Ceylonese.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

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[Barney Rubble]

Flintoff seems to bowl so much better when he doesn't open the bowling.

AND HOGGARD GOT THARANGA AGAIN LOL

I really don't think he likes taking the new ball. He prefers to bowl after we get the chance to work on the ball a little bit.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Dilshan in at 5 ahead of Jayasuriya - strange. I'd have thought they'd bat him in the top 5, at least - he was opening the batting for them a couple of months ago, after all.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Damn it. It's all going wrong for me.

 

[Jamee999]

Bloody hell.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Dilshan in at 5 ahead of Jayasuriya - strange. I'd have thought they'd bat him in the top 5, at least - he was opening the batting for them a couple of months ago, after all.

Probably will go in after lunch.

Jones three catches?

 

[Steulen]

Probably will go in after lunch.

Jones three catches?

They were coming right at him (without any deviation in Kumar's case). He's not that poor a keeper that he misses those.

 

[alternative]

Whoa! lankans seemed to be on top of things a moment or two ago, but now have fallen away.. giving england the edge at the lunch break..

 

[GIMH]

It's quite the myth that Jones is a bad keeper, he has taken an awaful lot of catches lately

 

[Neil Pickup]

106 catches in 29 Tests suggests he's doing something right.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Suggests we have a very good bowling attack. I'd venture Read would have more catches to his name in the same time span, but obviously his batting was woeful. I'm not anti-Jones by the way, he's doing okay.

 

[alternative]

til dil gone, Lewis is on fire..

 

[a massive zebra]

106 catches in 29 Tests suggests he's doing something right.

Catches per match is one of the least reliable statistical criteria for measuring players. If it had any real validity then Gilchrist would be a far better keeper than Bert Oldfield, Don Tallon, Rod Marsh or Ian Healy. A high catches per match ratio merely suggests that the bowlers in his team create a relatively high amout of chances behind the wicket and take a lower proportion of their wickets without the use of a fielder.

 

[superkingdave]

Well just got home to see Sanath depart, from what i've heard Fred is bowling pretty darn well. It's a shame Daryl had to have his say again

 

[alternative]

Hoggard picks up yet another wicket..
SriLankans are just out character it seems..

 

[adharcric]

Wow, England's pace attack is dominating ...