Sri Lanka vs England

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First stop, Kandy. :)


So, who is it for you then?

Anderson or Harmison?

Shah or Bopara?



And you know, being a cricket commentator on TMS must be an alright kind of job, do the same travel as the players, but none of the physical exertion. Not to mention loads of material for anecdotes to pass on to the listener eh.
 
A TMS broadcaster has to be one of the best jobs in the world. Drink, watch cricket and eat the cakes that listners send in.

Blowers is God.

I went to the Kandy and Colombo tests in 2003. Draw in Kandy, Vaughan scored a ton. In Colombo we got slaughtered, Jayawardene scored a big one - we lost the series 1-0.

I have high hopes this time. I think they should go for Anderson over Harmison. Im not sure about the pitch and weather though. Dont know if 3 seamers in Sidebottem, Hoggard and Anderson is a good idea or not.

I really like Shah, but think hes better up the order. I think Bopara will get the nod for the number 6 slot.
 
gaffs said:
A TMS broadcaster has to be one of the best jobs in the world. Drink, watch cricket and eat the cakes that listners send in.

Blowers is God.

I went to the Kandy and Colombo tests in 2003. Draw in Kandy, Vaughan scored a ton. In Colombo we got slaughtered, Jayawardene scored a big one - we lost the series 1-0.

I have high hopes this time. I think they should go for Anderson over Harmison. Im not sure about the pitch and weather though. Dont know if 3 seamers in Sidebottem, Hoggard and Anderson is a good idea or not.

I really like Shah, but think hes better up the order. I think Bopara will get the nod for the number 6 slot.
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Who the hell sends them cakes? And why?
 
I was planning to get up early for this...but that would now mean 3 hours sleep.
Jimmy over Harmison, he needs to earn his place back.
 
I don't think Harmison can be relied upon as this are, if he ever will be again. And the Windies tour of a few years back aside, he's no fan of touring is he.

I think at least with Shah and Bopara, whoever they choose to go with, they both should perform well.



A question i should have put in the OP, and one that some probably have a sweep going on, the England lads even.

Murali is five off the record, could well clinchit in Kandy in the next few days, but which luckless batsman will be immortalised as the 709th wicket?

I reckon there is a chance he may just fall short in Kandy, and it will be Colombo where it happens. My guess is, Vaughan.

And in a way that is only good and proper, part of me feels that the record shouldn't go through him knocking over some tail-ender you know.
 
Bopara got the nod over Shah.

And Anderson edged out Harmison, though that is not so debatable.

And um, i didn't catch the name but one of the Sri Lankans is to retire after this match apparently. Odd timing.

Oh, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat btw. ;)
 
just checked the England game's score as I was checking India's

43 for 5 :eek:
 
Though you could argue that the first two wickets were due to loose shots, Hoggard has been on the money nearly every time so far this ession, and Sideobttom hasn't given Sri Lanka an opening either.

Adn loose or not, Jayasuriya was done for with an amazing catch from Pietersen by all accounts. One to see for sure.
 
I finally don't actually watch a test match and the buggers start winning

For my country, I will continue to leave the TV off. I might even get some sleep, what an extraodanary thought that is
 
great days play for england,hoggard again comes up with the goods.Monty played well too,hopefully build a nice lead of 150 or so and get them on very turning pitch.
 
Murali is just one away now, then the record is his.

Taken four of today's five wickets, Sidebottom and Collingwood the men in.

186/6


EDIT: Just left the field due to rain.
 
If we're chasing more than 220 in the final innings we'll lose.
So we probably need a minimum of a 50 run lead.
 
And Murali has it.

Collingwood was the wicket.

He and Sidebottom had seen Murali off to begin with, really good stuff, then the new ball and they had some respite, but he returned and there you have it.

This however amazing individually, masks the fact that England hae managed to build a lead of 87 so far. And that ain't half bad all things considered.
 
well done Murali. Did it in far fewer tests than Warne as well. He has said he aims to reach a 1000.
 
We're steadily on our way to inevitable defeat here aren't we? If they're anything less than 3 wickets down before they tie the scores, which is starting to look very likely, if anything they'll be in poll position with us batting last on a worsening pitch against a chucker (congratulations to him incidently, though we all know Warne was more worthy though, for his correct action, and his inferior bowling surfaces / greater competition for taking wickets within his own team)

Bah humbug

(Least he plays for and not against Lancs or I'd be even harsher!)
 
Jayasuriya seems determined to go out with a bang. 6 fours off the last Anderson over. Would be a fitting end to a great career if he can score one of his swashbuckling centuries here and immediately announce test retirement.
 
Brad Cantona said:
We're steadily on our way to inevitable defeat here aren't we? If they're anything less than 3 wickets down before they tie the scores, which is starting to look very likely, if anything they'll be in poll position with us batting last on a worsening pitch against a chucker (congratulations to him incidently, though we all know Warne was more worthy though, for his correct action, and his inferior bowling surfaces / greater competition for taking wickets within his own team)

Bah humbug

(Least he plays for and not against Lancs or I'd be even harsher!)
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Brad usually you talk alot of sense but wtf is wrong with you?:o the icc cleared his action and he has broken warne's record with far less matches played! Your argument is almost petty! It's like trying to discredit a footballer's scoring record by saying he had too many tap-ins or that he was off side when he scored a few of his goals or that his closest rival couldn't get enough games because their team had too many class strikers:nono:

BTW have you forgotten that THE EVER LOVABLE WARNE WAS ACTUALLY BANNED FOR USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS? or did that slip your mind?
 
Devil_forever said:
Brad usually you talk alot of sense but wtf is wrong with you?:o the icc cleared his action and he has broken warne's record with far less matches played! Your argument is almost petty! It's like trying to discredit a footballer's scoring record by saying he had too many tap-ins or that he was off side when he scored a few of his goals or that his closest rival couldn't get enough games because their team had too many class strikers:nono:

BTW have you forgotten that THE EVER LOVABLE WARNE WAS ACTUALLY BANNED FOR USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS? or did that slip your mind?
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If the striker scored all his goals from an offside position with his hand, and the authorities changed the rules to make it acceptible for this to happen because of him, then yes perhaps it would be somewhat similar

He plays for my team, so I don't think I'm all that bias. And I'm not alone in my view either, many greats from the game have expressed their displeasure at his technique. And I don't believe you can replicate his action in a laboratory, when the pressure is on and he feels the need to give one a bit of extra juice, he chucks it. We can all see it with our eyes

Warne does have that failed test around his neck, but at the same time, take one look at Shane Warne's physique and you'll see he's not really in the business of pushing his body to the physical limit now. It should have been a 2 year ban but it was reduced to one year, so clearly the authorities bought his story to some extent
 
Devil_forever said:
Brad usually you talk alot of sense but wtf is wrong with you?:o the icc cleared his action and he has broken warne's record with far less matches played! Your argument is almost petty! It's like trying to discredit a footballer's scoring record by saying he had too many tap-ins or that he was off side when he scored a few of his goals or that his closest rival couldn't get enough games because their team had too many class strikers:nono:

BTW have you forgotten that THE EVER LOVABLE WARNE WAS ACTUALLY BANNED FOR USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS? or did that slip your mind?
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Yes, Murali did nothing wrong except get no balled a few times and then have his action scrutinised and cleared. Some people just don't want to accept that he's a worthy rival to Warne.
 
surf said:
Yes, Murali did nothing wrong except get no balled a few times and then have his action scrutinised and cleared. Some people just don't want to accept that he's a worthy rival to Warne.
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Only because most umpires didn't have the guts to do so. No wonder after the reaction mind.

And he isn't a rival for Warne.

He chucks plain and simple. He might just be able to scrape within the new very generous regulations under lab conditions but if you tested him in a real game his elbow bend would be far far more than the legal requirement.

Even then he has needed to play loads of games against Zimbawe and the like to get his figures.

Warne might be an utter cnut but he is by far the most talented spin bowler of this, and possibly any, generation.
 
Wibble said:
Even then he has needed to play loads of games against Zimbawe and the like to get his figures.
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He has taken more than 50 wickets against every test playing nation.
 
Cricinfo says 163 were against those two teams. Warne took only 17 since Australia don't play many tests against the second rate test nations.
 
if you deduct another chunk of wickets which he chucked to get he needs to keep going for another decade or so to equal Warne's record ;)
 
June 1989 - August 1989
64th (Ashes Series)
Australia 4 - 0 (2 Drawn)

November 1990 - February 1991
65th
Australia 3 - 0 (2 Drawn)

June 1993 - August 1993
66th
Australia 4 - 1 (1 Drawn)

November 1994 - February 1995
67th
Australia 3 - 1 (1 Drawn)

June 1997 - August 1997
68th
Australia 3 - 2 (1 Drawn)

November 1998 - January 1999
69th
Australia 3 - 1 (1 Drawn)

July 2001 - August 2001
70th
Australia 4 - 1 (0 Drawn)

November 2002 - January 2003
71st
Australia 4 - 1 (0 Drawn)

July 2005 - September 2005
72nd
England 2 - 1 (2 Drawn)

November 2006 - January 2007
73rd
Australia 5 - 0 (0 Drawn)

So pretty much every year we've played them for the last 2 decades then! Only once in defeat did we even keep it down to 1 :(
 
Wibble said:
Only because most umpires didn't have the guts to do so. No wonder after the reaction mind.

And he isn't a rival for Warne.

He chucks plain and simple. He might just be able to scrape within the new very generous regulations under lab conditions but if you tested him in a real game his elbow bend would be far far more than the legal requirement.

Even then he has needed to play loads of games against Zimbawe and the like to get his figures.

Warne might be an utter cnut but he is by far the most talented spin bowler of this, and possibly any, generation.
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I've been looking closely at footage of his action. First of all nearly all bowlers chuck, that's a fact. The reason why his action looks worse is because he can't fully straighten his elbow, in addition he's got a mental rubber wrist(helicopter like), which doesn't help his action look smooth. He doesn't particularly straighten is arm, which is the key.




Sure he's got an advantage, but genetics plays a large part in sports. He's the best spinner ever, perhaps even the best bowler.
 



Check out - 2:49. A no ball was called for this delivery. As you can see there's feck all straightening. His arm is bent, yes, but it stays bent. Further on, there's footage of him during the tests. . .which he passed - With an action he always uses.
 
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