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England v Sri Lanka 1st ODI ends in a tie

Ali gone too. Btw he's been wasted by England. They turn him to a slogger, kinda like pakistan thing. Should've been used him as an opener for LOIs.
 
Buttler is the danger man, if he is gone, England will lose.

And pathetic selections by England, their bowlers especially.

And Moeen Ali should be axed.
 
Now one can see the benefit of England having 11 batsmen in their side.

Even after an epic collapse like this, the game is still alive because a single hundred run partnership brings the game back to parity.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Well who is worse then?

I don't mean he is bad. Every one of them is very capable with the bat which is the great strength of this team that constantly bails them out.
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Woakes is the better batsman of all those batting below him today in my opinion. Yes if you want a quick pinch hit Plunkett or Willey may be more suited but as a complete batsman I'd take Woakes anyday.
 
It's a very good partnership.

If they survive much longer it will be difficult for Srilanka. As long as Buttler is there it is scary for Srilanka.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
He is the worst batsman in the team. Willey opens for Yorkshire and Northants in T20, Rashid is very good and Plunkett as a hitter is downright scary.
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Worst? I don't think so bro. Woakes is better than Moin, Adil and Willey. Though i believe Plunkett is better hitter than Woakes.

Woakes good thing is he can play accordingly and he is like a complete package who can play single double's game and can also hit big.
 
#GreenRoars said:
Worst? I don't think so bro. Woakes is better than Moin, Adil and Willey. Though i believe Plunkett is better hitter than Woakes.

Woakes good thing is he can play accordingly and he is like a complete package who can play single double's game and can also hit big.
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Woakes doesn't really have a going big game. He is very one-paced.

You are over-estimating him because this is the one exact situation where he is probably preferable to Adil, Willey or Plunkett; batting with a red hot top order batsman who scores very fast.

Moeen is a legitimate top order batsman. Can't at all be compared to Woakes. Willey opens in T20 and has a 40 ball hundred. I can't remember any really good limited overs contribution of Woakes. Certainly not the kind of achievements Moin or WIlley have.
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Now one can see the benefit of England having 11 batsmen in their side.

Even after an epic collapse like this, the game is still alive because a single hundred run partnership brings the game back to parity.
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there's another way to look at this. SL was collapsed early and of England have good bowlers SL wouldn't have reached 220 so may England don't need their 9th 10th 11th batsman to save the match :usman
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Woakes doesn't really have a going big game. He is very one-paced.

You are over-estimating him because this is the one exact situation where he is probably preferable to Adil, Willey or Plunkett; batting with a red hot top order batsman who scores very fast.

Moeen is a legitimate top order batsman. Can't at all be compared to Woakes. Willey opens in T20 and has a 40 ball hundred. I can't remember any really good limited overs contribution of Woakes. Certainly not the kind of achievements Moin or WIlley have.
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Moeen is indeed top order batsmen, but England is destroying him by playing him down the order. Yeah i know about Willey performances in NatWest and also in Royal London Cup.
 
#GreenRoars said:
Moeen is indeed top order batsmen, but England is destroying him by playing him down the order. Yeah i know about Willey performances in NatWest and also in Royal London Cup.
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The guy has talent but zero temperament, no consistency - not good enough at this level.




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I am looking at the England dismissals and despondent that Asif is not touring
 
England still in with a chance of winning.

116 from 93 balls would normally be a cakewalk, however a dismal 4 wickets in hand leaves practically zero margin for error.

Hopefully we do it though.
 
Smbhayi said:
there's another way to look at this. SL was collapsed early and of England have good bowlers SL wouldn't have reached 220 so may England don't need their 9th 10th 11th batsman to save the match :usman
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Being a good bowler doesn't mean you have to be a bad batsman. These guys are the best bowlers in England.
 
2 years ago in SL's previous tour to England,Buttler played similar kind of an innings chasing 300 and made century but England lost by 5 runs due to Malinga's brilliant bowling in last over...
 
Smbhayi said:
there's another way to look at this. SL was collapsed early and of England have good bowlers SL wouldn't have reached 220 so may England don't need their 9th 10th 11th batsman to save the match :usman
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I don't think England bowled particularly poorly today to be honest, the scores just been made to look bigger than it is due to some poor batting early on. In the 2 one day games played at this ground so far this season the average score has been 416.
 
HitWicket said:
I don't think England bowled particularly poorly today to be honest, the scores just been made to look bigger than it is due to some poor batting early on. In the 2 one day games played at this ground so far this season the average score has been 416.
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I think they bowled very well. With the exception of a few players batting has been abysmal. This has made for a very watchable game, but it's very poor batting nonetheless.

That 286 is not enough which such awful batting is a demonstration of just how high the par is. England bowled well (and so did Srilanka).
 
That may well be the game, but Buttler has left a platform for the rest to hit out if possible. The run rate just kept climbing as they took single after single-there's been no way to release the pressure. Now we see if Willey and Rashid can finish it or if they will get bowled out cheaply. Woakes has batted quite well.
 
While a lot of pundits or claim cricket matches are not interesting these days, they forget that cricket as a sport is more dynamic. One place we have England being 82/6 for nearly chasing this down, while Zimbabwe on one hand losing 4 wicket for 4 balls. Different teams in terms of quality yes, but still.
 
Rawstar said:
2 years ago in SL's previous tour to England,Buttler played similar kind of an innings chasing 300 and made century but England lost by 5 runs due to Malinga's brilliant bowling in last over...
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England doesn't have a defacto right to win - what is important that the team put in a fighting performance - which they have clearly done.

Impressed with how SL have come out to play these ODIs.
 
Executioner said:
Wield the bat yes like Harbhajan but Wiley and Woakes can bat like a proper batsman,and bat sensibly at that.
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Adil is bordering on all rounder status and ahead of someone like Harbhajan. Plunkett though is probably similar to Harbhajan though in both his quality and style.
 
Its a bit refresshing to see SL come up with such a performance. Poor Asia Cup, WT20 despite being defending champions. Also struggled against a transitional and struggling Pakistan side last year in ODIs and T20s.

However, they need some more experience
 
HitWicket said:
Adil is bordering on all rounder status and ahead of someone like Harbhajan. Plunkett though is probably similar to Harbhajan though in both his quality and style.
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Oh didn't know much about that. However, not much he can do right now
 
On the contrary i think it was touch and go, because we couldn't clearly see where the feet was landing.

There was no evidence that he had nothing behind the line. The stump cam gave indication that he may have had something behind the line and then slipped.
 
Executioner said:
On the contrary i think it was touch and go, because we couldn't clearly see where the feet was landing.

There was no evidence that he had nothing behind the line. The stump cam gave indication that he may have had something behind the line and then slipped.
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I actually thought the stump camp was more damning and the side on view was the one that made it look marginally tighter.
 
SL used to be one of the best fielding sides in the world. Not sure what happened these days. Few drops and plenty of misfields
 
Plunkett is dangerous. I knew this would go down to the wire despite the one sided start to the English innings.
 
HitWicket said:
I actually thought the stump camp was more damning and the side on view was the one that made it look marginally tighter.
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By cognitive bias(towards the batsman) made me feel it was a no-ball. But we could notice that his feet did slide a bit but we couldn't pin point where the feet made an impact on the ground.

I think it could have gone either way. No doubt calling it a fair delivery is controversial but I can totally understand WHY. I am inclined to think it this way "you cannot call something a no-ball unlesss you proper evidence that there was nothing behind the line".

BUT, if you would ask me, I may have given it a no-ball but not with any certainty
 
Very impressive knock by Woakes. If only our 'batsmen' could rotate strike like this in any situation, let alone under such massive pressure.
 
Woakes playing legendary innings here. At least he has proved me right that he is better player than Moeen, Willey, Adil
 
Woow, brilliant yorkers from Pradeep. Come on, you are on your way to become hero today Nuwan.
 
Yorker is so underrated in world cricket right now. Too much obsession with all the back of the hand slower ball these days.
 
Shaba Nuwan, need one more yorker. Otherwise i am sure Plunkett will smash you out of the park.
 
woakes is such a capable player, deserved to have taken his side over the line
 
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