Eng vs SL: First Test

[Rob H]

great cut shot there by Maharoof. Sri Lanka started well.

 

[Oxy]

Bootha's started his 'so and so is a reverse swing bowler' and listed about 20 Eng bolwers who can do it! - coming from his mouth is so rich bearing in mind his libellous comments on the subject in the 1990s. Now hes an expert on a subject he once thought was illegal!

 

[Rob H]

Monty with a stop!

Monty Panesar's fine leg fan club

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.L 129/6

Partnership of 44.. (needs a partnership ot 200 plus here lol...)

 

[Oxy]

Hoggardd laughing as he comes into bowl - great stuff!

 

[Oxy]

c&b by Hoggy - the laughing paid off, and his 200th test wkt!

 

[Rob H]

Congrats Hoggy, 200 test wickets. What a way to do it too.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Mahroof gone c & b to hoggard

200th test wicket congrats!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Time seems to fly it seems like only yesterday hoggy was making his debut @ lords v pakistan.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Jayawardena fighting a lone battle in middle.

 

[Rob H]

Bumble frustrated he can't say anthing in the crappy 3rd man spot.

 

[Rob H]

What a ripper, Freddie gets Jayawardene, brilliant bowling.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Jayawardena goes to a rip snorter from flintoff.

well made 61.

S.L 131/8

 

[Oxy]

Beauty from Freddie - unplayable. Could Eng win it TODAY????

 

[Rob H]

Is Nasser saying Chavinda Vaas?

 

[Easa]

Can someone describe the Jayawardene dismissal? Thanks.

 

[Easa]

131-8

 

[Rob H]

Edge, dropped by Cook, went up in the air again and Strauss can't make it.

 

[Oxy]

Another simple chance spilled by Strauss in the slips off Blunkett

 

[Rob H]

Another simple chance spilled by Strauss in the slips off Blunkett

Very harsh to call him that

 

[Rob H]

spanking cover drive, what a shot from Kalusekera

 

[Rob H]

4 more, slower ball and dispatched to that cover boundary

 

[Oxy]

Jonty Panesar doing the biz in the field....

 

[Oxy]

Very harsh to call him that

oops - I did mean Plunket!

 

[zaf1986]

Could SL hang on for a draw? Tomorrow is heavy rain...

 

[Rob H]

edged and gone. Very good catch by Trescothick. Hoggard does it again. Vaas gone.

 

[Rob H]

192 all out. Good short bowling from Freddy and all over.

 

[Rob H]

Murbarak bowled by Hoggard playing on.

 

[Rob H]

54/1 good start for the Lankans

 

[zMario]

Sri Lanka 115-1, I smell a wicket now.

 

[zMario]

Can SL bat any slower?

 

[zMario]

GONE!

Panesar STRIKES!!!!!

Tharangas gone!

 

[zMario]

Tharanga gone for 52, brilliant knock, when SL needed it, but he should have stayed

 

[zMario]

Jayawardene walks in for Sri Lanka, Avg 46, top scorer in the first innings.

He's gotta stay at the crease till the end of the day, for SL to have any chance of not losing!

 

[Big Mac]

Jonty Panesar

 

[zMario]

My 500th Post!!!!

Oh wow, that was close to bowling Jayawardene, and that would be disaster for Sri Lanka!

 

[zMario]

Good save by Panesar, could have gone for four!

 

[zMario]

Back to the defensive method, Sri Lanka, or how I like to call it, the boring method unless Pakistan is playing

 

[zMario]

England 551-6 dec,

SL 192 + 120-2

Sri Lanka are 239 runs behind!

Not looking good, maybe rain can save Sri Lanka

Sangakkara still on 46!

 

[zMario]

Why has the crowd all of a sudden gotten so loud?

BEATS THE OUTSIDE EDGE!!

Hoggard does drugs - happy pills )

 

[Big Mac]

Crowd got loud cos Gerrard equalised in the FA Cup final

 

[zMario]

BEAUTIFUL SHOT BY JAYAWARDENE!

I mean, what a shot. Balanced, and smacked it through the covers!

SL 124-2

 

[zMario]

Gerrad? Who are they?!

 

[Rob H]

Gerrad? Who are they?!

FA cup final, Gerrard scored to make it 3-3.

 

[zMario]

Man, from the stump cam, the boundary looks so short. Against Panesar, I think the best shot would be sweeping him, for the left handers (Sangakkara).

Panesar is bowling off spin into the left hander, so it would be quite easy to sweep him, or slog sweep him to the boundary.

Different case for the right hander, and as soon as I see some more of Panesar, I'll judge on what shot the right hander can play easily

 

[zMario]

FA cup final, Gerrard scored to make it 3-3.

Ah....

Ok, football.

Something I'm not interested in

 

[zMario]

20 overs left in the day!

CUT SHOT! BEAUTIFUL SHOT, but cut off by the man on the boundary!

 

[Big Mac]

Gerrad? Who are they?!

Exactly

 

[zMario]

OMG, you won't believe what I just saw.

ATN gets their feed from Dish Network!

ATN took off their logo, for a sec, and it said Dish Network!!!

 

[zMario]

Drinks Break - SL 127-2.

 

[zMario]

I fount out a shot for the right handers, back foot cover drive!

Panesar is bowling a bit short, so it's possible to either pull the ball, or go on the backfoot, and hit it through the covers!

AND THEY FOLLOW MY ADVICE! THATS FOUR!

 

[zMario]

Now that I look at it, it was pretty close to my advice, as the ball kept a little low, so a backfoot cut shot looked better I guess

Sri Lanka 131-2

 

[zMario]

Liam Plunketts on,

lol, theyre saying that Plunkett failed in Pakistan because he had to bowl on flat pitches!

What a stop by Pietersen! That was always gonna be four, but well stopped

 

[zMario]

Full toss by Plunkett, shudve been put away!

 

[zMario]

Man, that ball went down the legside, that shud have been put away as well by Jayawardene.

He's really being defensive!

 

[zMario]

Another full toss by Plunkett, this is rediculous by Jayawardene, and Plunkett keeps bowling the full tosses...

Somethings gotta give, a wicket or a four!

BEAUTIFUL SHOT BY JAYAWARDENE, FINALLY!

 

[zMario]

Hahaha, that fat man almost fell out of the crowd, and onto the ground

 

[zMario]

Sangakkara gives Panesar the charge!

I think Panesar has found out his weakness, hes not bowling wide, and getting the ball into the batsman anymore

 

[zMario]

Sangakkaras 50 off 121 balls, 4 fours, 0 sixes, low strike rate!

 

[zMario]

good running, 138-2

 

[zMario]

Flintoffs back into the attack!

 

[Rob H]

zMario, when the end of play comes around can you turn the lights off?

 

[zMario]

I thought it would have been four when Jayawardene hit that, but I think they got 3,

147-2, well fielded by Pietersen, coming from square leg!

 

[zMario]

Good shot by Jayawardene, and the fielder messed it up a bit, Pietersen.

BEAUTIFUL SHOT AGAIN!

However, he doesnt get a four again

 

[zMario]

9 runs from the over, Sri Lanka 153-2!

Run rate of 2.50 in this session, 24 overs, 60 runs, 1 wicket. Very high over rate, 15.3

 

[zMario]

Good shot, fine!

It's called leg byes, but they all matter. Flintoff unhappy.

Looked like bat to me!

 

[zMario]

CHANCE OF A RUN OUT!!

Well, omg it almost went for four!

Hahahhaa!

Actually, it hit his bat!

 

[zMario]

Classical shot by Sangakkara, FOUR MORE!

SL 162-2

 

[zMario]

Short ball, and padded away to fine leg!

 

[zMario]

Sent back, but he was safe I think!

 

[zMario]

Excellent running, Excellent fielding by Collingwood. SL 167-2

 

[zMario]

Outside edge, FOUR for Sangakkara!

SL 171-2!

 

[zMario]

Slow goings for Sri Lanka now, theyre 178-2!

 

[Big Mac]

Jonyy Panesar makes it 178/3

 

[zMario]

OUT! Sangakkaras gone!

Outside edge to Panesar, and Jones takes a good catch!

BIG HUGE WICKET! THIS COULD CHANGE THE MATCH!

Sangakkara gone for 65!

 

[Big Mac]

ahahaha change the match?!? What game are you watching

 

[zMario]

Nightwatchman sent out,

Maharoof walks in, and I have a feeling that he'll get out today!

 

[zMario]

Well, it'll make it easier for England to roll over the Lankans

That changes the match doesn't it?

 

[zMario]

HES GONE!!!!

I told you!

Nope, Maharoof survives!

 

[Easa]

zMario talking to himself.

Calm down there.