Sri Lanka vs England
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Bastard!
If you could choose any number 10 to come in in these circumstances, it would be Hoggard mind. I once saw him bat out the best part of a day at Headingley to prevent Lancs winning the Roses match, the git. Sidebottom showed he can stick around first innings too. Anderson can't, next wicket down is game over!
If you could choose any number 10 to come in in these circumstances, it would be Hoggard mind. I once saw him bat out the best part of a day at Headingley to prevent Lancs winning the Roses match, the git. Sidebottom showed he can stick around first innings too. Anderson can't, next wicket down is game over!
I forgot Anderson was night watchman, there is more hope yet!
If only you had the steely Kiwi grit of Andy Caddick coming in next eh Braddy boy? Not such a stupid idea was it? 
It's game over lads, it's game over
It's game over lads, it's game over
Yup Sidebottom just gone.
So it's just me that saw the fecking enormous inside edge there then?!?!
Give me strength
Give me strength
At least now you have a dodgy umpires call to blame for your impending loss.
That and not picking Caddick of course
Bit late but anyway...
Shocker of a decision that.
Dear me.
How much technology and intervention is too much? I mean the 3rd Umprie would have seen the decision for what it was.
Shocker of a decision that.
Dear me.
How much technology and intervention is too much? I mean the 3rd Umprie would have seen the decision for what it was.
And thats it.
Hoggard bowled. Lost by 88 runs.
Bollocks
Well i didn't expect it to still be alive and us to take it this close the way things were going earlier.
Well i didn't expect it to still be alive and us to take it this close the way things were going earlier.
It's pissing it down outside, I'm still not dressed at 11.30am, and England have lost at the cricket
Nothing ever changes eh
Nothing ever changes eh
Cept your post count
That umpire and that inside edge. England could have hammered the daylights out of those lankan boys, what with Sidebottom at the crease, and just a handful of runs to get. Bloody cheats.
We finished 351 all out.
Prior had an amazing standactually, really did well, and Sidebottom offered up another valuable contribution too.
Sri Lanka are 25/2 after 11.
Now that all sounds good from an England PoV. However, inside those eleven overs Broad has received two warnings for running on to the wicket. One more and he'll be out of the attack for th rest of the innings.
Prior had an amazing standactually, really did well, and Sidebottom offered up another valuable contribution too.
Sri Lanka are 25/2 after 11.
Now that all sounds good from an England PoV. However, inside those eleven overs Broad has received two warnings for running on to the wicket. One more and he'll be out of the attack for th rest of the innings.
We've hit a bit of a brick wall here, with little difficulty Sri Lanka have moved on to 157/2.
Vaughan has cycled through the whole attack to no success. The pitch isn't somewhere he can look to with hope either.
And Jayawardene is well in on 65, got 300 odd at Colombo a year or two back.
On a different note, a streaker from the Barmy Army is expected to be deported from the country. It was the first example of its kind in international Sri Lankan sport.
Vaughan has cycled through the whole attack to no success. The pitch isn't somewhere he can look to with hope either.
And Jayawardene is well in on 65, got 300 odd at Colombo a year or two back.
On a different note, a streaker from the Barmy Army is expected to be deported from the country. It was the first example of its kind in international Sri Lankan sport.
So have you lot finally realized that Monty is nothing special?
Everyone's been talking about the 2nd test here then I see?!
If England weren't involved, you'd say it was almost certainly due to end in a fairly drab last days play draw. But we are capable of dumping all our wickets in 2 sessions, so who knows
If England weren't involved, you'd say it was almost certainly due to end in a fairly drab last days play draw. But we are capable of dumping all our wickets in 2 sessions, so who knows
Cricket used to have it's own pavillion in here because it was supposedly so popular...
At least on the first day i would have expected a bit of interest in here.
First test match at Galle since the 2004 Tsunami as well, an English charity contributed directly to the restoration of the ground and the revival of cricket in the town so i recall. It is a feel good story from that PoV.
And i guess the locals will be more than pleased about our fielding today too. Prior made some basic technical errors, which doesn't help.
First test match at Galle since the 2004 Tsunami as well, an English charity contributed directly to the restoration of the ground and the revival of cricket in the town so i recall. It is a feel good story from that PoV.
And i guess the locals will be more than pleased about our fielding today too
. Prior made some basic technical errors, which doesn't help.The England side do love to set records these days, and we've done it again.
Give it up for the record low score against Sri Lanka, 81 all out.
We were only set a modest 499 by the way.
In defence of a few fo the batting order, some of the deliveries were absolutely unplayable, but then again most of our fielding yesterday was vergin on the criminal.
It was an embarrassin run out that put us out of our misery.
The Galles will be happy, and good for them, but Engalnd, well...
Give it up for the record low score against Sri Lanka, 81 all out.
We were only set a modest 499 by the way.
In defence of a few fo the batting order, some of the deliveries were absolutely unplayable, but then again most of our fielding yesterday was vergin on the criminal.
It was an embarrassin run out that put us out of our misery.
The Galles will be happy, and good for them, but Engalnd, well...
It peaked when England finally won the Ashes and tailed off after that with brief interest around the time of the World Cup and the next Ashes series. I doubt we will need a special forum in the near future because interest is very low on here at the moment.
feck, 81 all out? 
was 33 for 6 at one point. 81 seems like a mammoth score.
great performance
I was hardcore, stayed up for nearly every session despite the whitewashing that took place
Not this time though, it's too much. Our batting is capable but liable to go 'English' at a moments notice, and our bowling attack is now one of the weakest in the world. No Flintoff, no Jones, inferior Harmison, injured Hoggard. Our mighty Ashes winning attack torn to shreads
How are we ranked as the 2nd best test nation ???
How are we ranked as the 2nd best test nation ???
I believe we're down to 5th after this result
Certainly not 2nd anymore
That would make far more sense, although I'd still feel aggrieved if I were one of the poor bastards still behind us, bar Bangladesh, they're total shite.