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England v Sri Lanka | 1st Test | Galle | Mar 26-30, 2012

Someone said England were the best fielding side in the world! Not fielding like one, are they?
 
cricketindiafan said:
Someone said England were the best fielding side in the world! Not fielding like one, are they?
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Actually they were fielding like minor polygods until Monty dropped two. An individual weak link in a brilliant fielding side. Watch the day of test cricket before you make useless johnny-come-lately comments like this in future.
 
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Sl dealing in :4. SL on top right now, considiring England will have to bat last here.
 
Good comeback by Sri Lanka, but England should still feel confident of getting a big first innings lead.
 
SL back in the game due to englands ineptness in the field
 
What a chance missed by England here. 15/3 and have almost let them score 300.

Might cost them the game.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Its on a track at home, nothing new! Mahela specialises in scoring fanciful hundreds at home.

Plus if england could actually catch!
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It has been a brilliant anchor innings under pressure.The first bad drop came when he was on 150. Caught-and-bowled chances (one, on 95) are mighty tough and sometimes don't stick, as people who've played the game will know.

The fielding was immaculate until Monty spoilt the innings. One person. And Mahela has been brilliant, not lucky or a home track bully. IMO.
 
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Shayan said:
Good comeback by Sri Lanka, but England should still feel confident of getting a big first innings lead.
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I wouldn't say that yet. We still don't know how many SL will end up with. England have a few batsmen looking to find form. A big lead isn't a certainty.
 
I was trending worldwide thanks to Monty Panesar and his wonderful fielding lol...Didn't feel bad since he dropped one off broads bowling!
 
cricketindiafan said:
Aah taking out your frustration on me? Understandable but utterly poor in taste coming from someone who is a mod now. Are you threatening me or advising me?
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Not frustrated. Just explaining for others that your opinion is poorly formed and redundant, because you haven't watched much at all of the day let alone the full day, and are just making a useless trolling comment. Nothing more.
 
velu said:
and there goes their #1 ranking :D
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Well its inevitable but they might just stay on top for a little more while. Maybe they are destined to lose it against India? :P

I don't see them losing this series. 1-1 is worst they can achieve because SL are really poor side now, batting and bowling wise (even at home).

velu said:
jimmy's expressions in your avatar is priceless :farhat
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thats what happens to English bowlers in SC. :P
 
Monty has made the same mistake of bowling a little quicker and flatter. When he flights, he's much more threatening, but looks like the plan is to have him hold one end and attack from the other.
 
Whippy said:
Not frustrated. Just explaining for others that your opinion is poorly formed and redundant, because you haven't watched much at all of the day let alone the full day, and are just making a useless trolling comment. Nothing more.
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whipster .. you dont need to get emotional when you are trolled :sachin
sadly only we indians are a sensitive bunch :nasser
 
Whippy said:
Not frustrated. Just explaining for others that your opinion is poorly formed and redundant, because you haven't watched much at all of the day let alone the full day, and are just making a useless trolling comment. Nothing more.
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I'm not so sure. It is fairly obvious Jawardene struggles on bouncy or seaming pitches. He averages in the low 30's/ high 20's in Oz, in Nz, in Sa & in England.

He is pretty much seen as a flat track bully here in oz.

Sangakarra gets much more respect.
 
I rate Sanga higher, but the two Galle innings by Mahela (against Oz and Eng) have been superb. I used to have the same doubts though.
 
England been taught a lesson today by King of HTBS, Lucky his 2nd in comand in regards to HTBs Samarweera was run out luckily.

Intresting to see if england have learnt anything from beatings they got in UAE when they come to bat.
 
can't believe England let Sri Lanka get near 300. Thought it was going to be 200, 250 tops.

Good effort though. Especially Anderson. These conditions are better suited for his bowling than Pakistani, indian pitches.

How did Swann bowl? Didn't watch much of it.
 
wrongun said:
I'm not so sure. It is fairly obvious Jawardene struggles on bouncy or seaming pitches. He averages in the low 30's/ high 20's in Oz, in Nz, in Sa & in England.

He is pretty much seen as a flat track bully here in oz.

Sangakarra gets much more respect.
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Sanga is different class to mahela. Sanga has proved himself a lot more in tougher conditions and against better bowlers.
 
Anderson was very good, Broad/Patel/Monty were okay, Swann was pants, the out-cricket was excellent until Monty's dropped catches
 
Dont let them score 350. SL pitches are way better for spin bowling then those in UAE. Lets see how Eng bat this time around.
 
England have let slip their edge.

If SL score 350+ then it's game on and the balance tilts in SL's favour.

Monty may rue those dropped catches.
 
The great Mahela. What a player. The next highest score is 27. The awesomeness of that cannot be over emphasized.
 
Inziquicksingle said:
The great Mahela. What a player. The next highest score is 27. The awesomeness of that cannot be over emphasized.
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Agreed. England bowled and fielded to a high standard for most of the day. The decisive factors between 200 and 300 all out will be Jayawardene's brilliance and Monty's dropped chances.
 
Whippy said:
Agreed. England bowled and fielded to a high standard for most of the day. The decisive factors between 200 and 300 all out will be Jayawardene's brilliance and Monty's dropped chances.
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And Anderson's caught and bowled. That is tough to take on a follow through, but Anderson is supposed to take stuff like that.

Reminds me of how he missed Hussey at Adelaide, and both times the batsmen made the most impact on the batting.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't someone by the name of C. Bannerman also score 160 odd (was it 168?) in the first Test of them all and this innings holds the world record for a batsman scoring the highest percentage of his teams runs. I believe it was over 60% of the runs for his team. Jaya is around the 58% mark right now. Whippy, Ruri, fix the mistakes in my post if you know what I'm talking about.
 
Good angle, didn't think of that. Gooch carrying the bat against West Indies had a pretty good percentage, not sure what the top ten are though.
 
Inziquicksingle said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't someone by the name of C. Bannerman also score 160 odd (was it 168?) in the first Test of them all and this innings holds the world record for a batsman scoring the highest percentage of his teams runs. I believe it was over 60% of the runs for his team. Jaya is around the 58% mark right now. Whippy, Ruri, fix the mistakes in my post if you know what I'm talking about.
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Correct.

List so far.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283999.html

To think, a record made in the first official Test still stands today.
 
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Watching the highlights now. Mahela dropped 4 times? :O England had a great chance to skittle them out for a low score and grab the test by the scruff of the neck but let this opportunity go.

350 is a good first innings score. England need to bat well on day 2.
 
Whippy said:
Good angle, didn't think of that. Gooch carrying the bat against West Indies had a pretty good percentage, not sure what the top ten are though.
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What abou Stewart vs Pakistan at Lord's in 1992?
 
Top notch innings from Mahela.

Though Sri Lanka in the driving seat regardless if they get 350.

There is already plenty of turn and bounce is there for spinners to use.
 
LOL England vs SL ... it's really tough for me to decide which team I want to see losing.

With lots of pain and agony, Go Lanka Go. :P (thank you, very much Pom media)
 
Welegedra lucks out against some damn good Anderson bouncers, Anderson gets last laugh with his 4th wicket 6th ball of his second over.
 
5 for Jimmy, takes Jayawardene! And you all said that Jimmy wouldn't do well in the SC!
 
Sri Lanka have massively turned around the game. First notched up 300 and now got Cook out on 0.
 
I think Bell will score a ton here. There is no Ajmal to bamboozle him. He is good against orthodox spinners.
 
What the hell was Trott trying to do? He got Finned in the face by the wicketkeeper.
 
No cluelessness which I suppose is encouraging...just a bit lazy. Trott's dismissal was plain weird and Strauss missed a sweep. Needs a big partnership or two from the England team in the next few sessions or they are going to have problems.
 
Bell is playing the spinners absolutely brilliantly. Great shots.

:hopefullynotjinx
 
majiz said:
their 'days' dont seem to come along too often in asia at the moment5 down i reckon
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Lols, rubbish line-up in asian conditions.

Once again the bowlers will try to save the batsmen. This happens just too often with England it seems.
 
Whippy said:
Bell is playing the spinners absolutely brilliantly. Great shots.

:hopefullynotjinx
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No mystery spinners like ajmal, murali etc. he'll do well. Has the technique and shots against spin and moves his feet accordingly in order to counter spin on these subcontinent surfaces.

Should do well in Sri Lanka. Thought he'd do well in UAE too, sort of surprised me there.

ah prior out too. Bell the man of crisis (finally)? :D
 
Bell is back.

So is everyone else. Back in the hutch that is.
 
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