*Official* Sri Lanka Tri-Series

[Zinzan]

Is their rain or something where is the game?

Sounds ominous from all reports, pissing down & very dark

 

[Zinzan]

I am at the ground... its raining hard here.. breeze blowing heavily from south - east ...think it will stop after 5-10 min

Likely to be any play today in your opinion Raghav?

 

[BeeGee]

No Guptill, injured or dropped?

He rolled his ankle while training.

 

[Howsie]

Reserve day tommorow apparently, when was the last time we had one of those?

 

[_Ed_]

dropping Guptill for Ingram

Surely not! That's pure lunacy.

 

[Raghav]

Likely to be any play today in your opinion Raghav?

Just started to rain heavily now..... its very dark. Cant think of play now...

It will take may be 1-2 hrs to start the play if the rain stops within 30 min, bcoz, the ground field is completely wet..

I am informed that we have reserve day tomorrow .. so, if we dont have play today, we will have the game tomorrow.

I think with the breeze coming, the rain may clear soon..we will surely have shortened game atleast

 

[Flem274*]

Pingas gonna smash em.

And Guptill in current form is poo. I'd back Aaron Redmond to score more runs.

 

[BeeGee]

The rain has stopped and the sky has cleared.

 

[Raghav]

The rain has stopped and the sky has cleared.

Its still drizzling.. brightened up.. but the rain did not stop..

 

[BeeGee]

Its still drizzling.. brightened up.. but the rain did not stop..

OK, maybe I should have said the rain is stopping. It looks like there's a lot of water on the covers.

 

[vcs]

You are appearing to understand it. Randiv would have never apologized. I earlier said he's a borderline prick. SLC with instruction most likely coming from BCCI, has forced Randiv to apologize. I said it way before the drama unfolded, that it is highly dubious why SLC got involved here.

Where did you get yourself that tinfoil hat, it looks nice on you.

 

[BeeGee]

...and the covers are coming off now. The coaches are out there taking a look.

Greatbatch is looking at the pitch and Mills is testing the bowler's run-up.

 

[Zinzan]

You at the ground Beegee?

 

[_Ed_]

This update came on Cricinfo a couple of minutes ago:
"The covers are coming off. Super soppers doing the thing that they do. No rain and no official announcement yet on the start of the game. Can't be too long, I guess."

 

[Raghav]

Sanga and Malinga out in the middle ..examining the pitch

I also could see McCullum and Watling doing some exercises near their dressing rooms

 

[BeeGee]

You at the ground Beegee?

No, I'm watching a live video feed.

They have those covers that cover the entire ground and it's taking a long time to get them off, about 80% done.

 

[Zinzan]

No, I'm watching a live video feed.

They have those covers that cover the entire ground and it's taking a long time to get them off, about 80% done.

Cheers, Sky NZ haven't shown any live pictures yet

 

[Raghav]

The Covers are removed as I type....SL team is doing catching practise at the boundary..

 

[Raghav]

nice!
btw where you staying?

I have a tamil friend who stays in Dambulla.. He is providing the accommodation to me

 

[Hurricane]

Has the rain completely stopped? Are there clouds in the sky. Has it stopped for good? Raghav?