England v Sri Lanka 1st ODI ends in a tie

[#GreenRoars]

England Team
AD Hales, JJ Roy, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, JM Bairstow, JC Buttler†, MM Ali, CR Woakes, DJ Willey, AU Rashid, LE Plunkett

Sri Lanka Team
MDKJ Perera, MD Gunathilaka, BKG Mendis, LD Chandimal†, WU Tharanga, AD Mathews*, MD Shanaka, MF Maharoof, S Prasanna, N Pradeep, RAS Lakmal

Toss : England win and choose to bowl

 

[HitWicket]

Expecting England to replace the injured Stokes with Bairstow in the usual top 6 given his form and go in with 5 bowlers and Root. Id probably be looking at :

Roy
Hales
Root
Morgan
Buttler
Bairstow
Ali
Woakes
Willey
Jordan
Finn/Plunkett

 

[#GreenRoars]

Expecting a good game of cricket.

 

[#GreenRoars]

England win the toss and choose to bowl,

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Rooting for Lankans ...

 

[HitWicket]

England casually got a guy with 3 fc hundreds and 21 fc fifties down at 11 .

 

[anuk]

the match is a bit too late for me but excited to watch the highlights tomorrow of the new lankan super star seekuge prassana

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Lol he had a minute to flick that. England have a rubbish LOI bowling lineup and an amazing batting lineup. We have to attack them for 50 overs consistently. Babar and Hafeez will do well Im sure. Gotta pick an aggressive opener.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

God even I want to bat here in the power play. We should play an attacking and deep batting line up here.

 

[Hasan123]

Mathews needs to bat through. He's the key wicket. Plenty of power hitters around him.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

No chance for England with this mediocre bowling line up, we will smash them 5-0.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Prasana on fire.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Our batsmen must learn from Prasanna.

 

[Hasan123]

Lankans got a decent power hitter in Prasanna

 

[Justcrazy]

England bat right down to number 11

 

[Justcrazy]

England casually got a guy with 3 fc hundreds and 21 fc fifties down at 11 .

They looking to out bat oppositions

 

[Abdullah719]

Who is this Prasanna guy and where has he been?

Fifty off just 24 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

Prassana is getting boundaries at will here

 

[#GreenRoars]

Slapped it for
Great batting from Prasanna.

 

[Justcrazy]

This two need to be careful and not get out , lots of overs to play here still.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Mathews should play anchor role here.

 

[Justcrazy]

188.4

33 overs

 

[#GreenRoars]

Prasanna

 

[Justcrazy]

false shot played at wrong time.

 

[Hasan123]

Pathetic shot from Prasanna

 

[Hasan123]

How many times will Sri Lanka go back to Tharanga

 

[Justcrazy]

six down

 

[Hasan123]

Lankans have lost there heads

 

[Justcrazy]

How many times will Sri Lanka go back to Tharanga

He should be opened with , Ford always uses him down the order.

If he is played he has to be opening

 

[#GreenRoars]

Shanak can hit big too, but here he need to stay with Angelo.

 

[Justcrazy]

200 / 6

36 overs

 

[#GreenRoars]

How many times will Sri Lanka go back to Tharanga

It was pointless to drag him down the order, he is suited for opening slot.

 

[Hasan123]

It was pointless to drag him down the order, he is suited for opening slot.

Exactly, should have picked someone else if there not going to use him correctly

 

[Hasan123]

He should be opened with , Ford always uses him down the order.

If he is played he has to be opening

Should have picked someone else instead of wasting him.

 

[Hasan123]

Shanka is a good talent. Hope he is given a long rope.

 

[Justcrazy]

220 / 6

39 overs

 

[Hasan123]

Well done by Plunkett there

 

[Justcrazy]

Matthews gone

 

[#GreenRoars]

Worst time to be run out.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka have lost there way here .

 

[Justcrazy]

251 / 7

5 overs left

 

[#GreenRoars]

Last 30 balls, i hope SL will get 300.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka need couple of big hits here and make a strong finish.

 

[Batman_DB]

England need to sort out of their bowling if they wanna win the WC

 

[Batman_DB]

England batting is long strong and powerful they can falter at times but should come good most of the times. Bowling line up needs a look in maybe 1 good fast bowler and improvement in Rashid will shape things better.

 

[Justcrazy]

287 is the target

 

[hadi123]

Awesome start for Sri Lanka!

 

[SLCric]

Eng 17-3

 

[The_KING]

Brilliant start from SL. Hoping that they would win.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Awesome start from SL, woow.

 

[#GreenRoars]

4 down England, woow woow woow.

 

[Markhor]

If this doesn't give Pakistan hope I don't know what will.

England looking very ropey.

 

[#GreenRoars]

England under huge huge pressure.

 

[Adijazz1706]

England are surely gonna lose this, no way back it seems unless one of Morgan, Buttler and Moeen Ali gets a 100. Woakes and Willey can bat pretty well and Rashid and Plunkett can score 20s.

 

[Adijazz1706]

If this doesn't give Pakistan hope I don't know what will.

England looking very ropey.

In ODIs, Pakistan are beyond ropey, we are a shambles

 

[Hasan123]

Shocking peformance from England batting line up. England LOI bowling isn't that great no way should have Sri Lanka got 286. England need to be more ruthless, they did well to get to the world t20 final but honestly there reaction and talk after the final were they were saying we happy we got to the final and didn't expect to get there sums up there mentality. They thrive too much in being the underdog the way there going in LO they won't be under dogs for much longer. Wouldn't be suprised if they chocked in next year champions trophy knockout games

 

[HitWicket]

Shocking peformance from England batting line up. England LOI bowling isn't that great no way should have Sri Lanka got 286. England need to be more ruthless, they did well to get to the world t20 final but honestly there reaction and talk after the final were they were saying we happy we got to the final and didn't expect to get there sums up there mentality. They thrive too much in being the underdog the way there going in LO they won't be under dogs for much longer. Wouldn't be suprised if they chocked in next year champions trophy knockout games

286 is still under par in my opinion on this pitch.

 

[kashmiri bhaijan]

england's loi bowling isnt great ,, likely to concede big scores , if pak can cache in on dat , dat remains to b seen

 

[FreakCricket]

In ODIs, Pakistan are beyond ropey, we are a shambles

expect a 4-0 rubbing

 

[kashmiri bhaijan]

until morgan and butler r there sri lanka cannot take it lightly ,,

 

[#GreenRoars]

This pair can lead England to victory, so need to break this partnership ASAP.

 

[rhony]

I must say, this Lankan team has turned it around big time. Respect to Matthews and SL.

 

[HitWicket]

Nothing like high pressure scenario time to get yourself back in form .

 

[Muhammad10]

Morgan looking dangerous today. Welcome innings from his point of view, after his hopeless WT20 form with the bat.

 

[King Kong]

Good from Sri Lanka, but England will win the game though.

 

[Muhammad10]

Sadly enough, I don't have confidence in any of our batsmen to pull a Seekkuge Prasanna. From 120/4, we don't usually cross 210-220.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

expect a 4-0 rubbing

Nah,maybe 4-1.

 

[#GreenRoars]

This partnership is going good for now

 

[Muhammad10]

This England lineup has incredible depth (all the way down to #11). Therefore, even at 4-down so early, they can keep scoring somewhat freely.

 

[Speedster1]

Morgan gone. Game, set and match Sri lanka

 

[#GreenRoars]

 

[SLCric]

72-5

 

[Muhammad10]

Morgan is out to Pradeep. Sri Lanka well on top.

 

[Markhor]

This is like pre-2015 WC England in ODIs.

 

[Hasan123]

286 is still under par in my opinion on this pitch.

Yes seeing the scores in list A games this season it is.

 

[kashmiri bhaijan]

morgan gone !!!

 

[Muhammad10]

Sri Lanka's game to lose now. Even with England's depth in batting, this is a very tough ask.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Lol what happened. Came back from tarawih to this.

 

[#GreenRoars]

6 down. Come on SL, crush them.

 

[Smbhayi]

Wow that was a big turn around by Lankan side. thinks having a two match series with Ireland done lot of good for them.