England v Sri Lanka | 1st Test | June 12-16, 2014 | Lord's

[Adil_94]

Bitter Botham

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[Adil_94]

Botham so bitter

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[leatherface58]

England forgot Lanka has Sanga and that monster FTB Mahela in their side. These two will run 'em ragged and deservedly so.

 

[Kwremb]

Wonder how England ended up 5/200 in this drab road of a pitch

 

[Batman_DB]

sanga finally got this lords 100

well done thats 100 no 36

 

[Energetic]

I think this match will just kill Test Cricket IN England. Its not what fans in stadium came to see - run feast. Don't understand what England were trying to do.

 

[Batman_DB]

it will be a draw

sad to see a such a flat track in lords except the 1st session in the 1st day nothing really happened

 

[Aman]

This game has draw written all over it, hopefully Sanga can go big and make the English suffer a bit

 

[Varun]

Absolute highway.

Everytime Lanka tours, these are laid out.

 

[desi_launda]

Absolute highway.

Everytime Lanka tours, these are laid out.

Yeah so that the lankan batters dont get homesick and miss the pitches back home

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Broad is bowling quite well out there.

 

[MarkCooper]

Looking like 600 players 600 draw

 

[Nikhil_cric]

And Jimmy gets rid of Thiri. England need to get rid of the tail quickly if they want to win.

 

[desi_launda]

Thirimanne :

 

[Justcrazy]

318 / 4

Match shapping up well

 

[Justcrazy]

Sangakara looking immovable here

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would fancy there chances if they can get Sanga here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka Trail by 246 runs here

 

[Justcrazy]

Sangakara is a beast

He is averaging 58.72 currently

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would look to avoid follow on here first , then take it from there.

 

[Justcrazy]

Umpires concerned about light here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership here

 

[Justcrazy]

345 . 4

100 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Sanga is looking well set , Poms would be worried

133 not out so far

 

[Justcrazy]

Playing both Plunkett and Jordan in test matches is a Mistake. Both are better in shorter format. Finn , Tremlett , Onions would have been better choice.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sun shine is back and its bright again , Good for Poms.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka trail by 221 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Justcrazy]

Ali has been wicketless so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Sanga moves to 140

 

[Justcrazy]

partnership 90 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Ali gets his first wicket in Test Match

Sangakara gone

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would like to add another 100 runs at least

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Matthews looking set here

 

[Munna]

I was right yesterday when I said only Sanga could save this for Sri Lanka and indeed the man has done it already imo.

Still I hope for a tight finish in this match.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms missing swan here . They need to stick with one specialist spinner.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka trail by 179 runs here

 

[Justcrazy]

400 up for Lanka

 

[Justcrazy]

Plunkett strikes

 

[desi_launda]

If england wrap up the Lankan tail quickly, match could get interesting

 

[Justcrazy]

Kula is no mug with the bat.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would like to wrap this up quick here.

 

[Justcrazy]

9 overs remaining , Jordan is back

 

[desi_launda]

Jordan gets Kulatrundler

 

[Justcrazy]

Jordan strikes

That is why he was brought back

 

[Mr Consistent]

Kulasekara gone 2nd wicket for jordan

 

[Justcrazy]

Can Poms knock out lanka today itself ?

 

[Mr Consistent]

Sri Lanka 415/7
Stumps - Day 3

 

[Mr Consistent]

Sri Lanka trail by 160 runs with 3 wickets remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka trail by 160 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps

 

[Adil_94]

Lol Vaughan calling Jaya a great of the game.

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[thivaakar]

it will be a draw

sad to see a such a flat track in lords except the 1st session in the 1st day nothing really happened

Exactly, tired of seeing ugly flat pitches in India during international and IPL games and now this ?

 

[Anfield]

England can still win it. It's not a sure draw.

 

[Ruri]

Lord's is such a massively flat pitch. The only hope for results there is from cloudy days and a broken up 5th day. Which hasn't happened, this looks like mostly a draw.

 

[Batman]

England v Sri Lanka | 1st Test | June 12-16, 2014 | Lord's | Day 4

The fourth day of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka to be played today at Lord's, London

Sri Lanka will start on 415/7, 160 runs behind to England 1st innings score 575/9d.

Can they get closer to England score?

 

[Saeed]

It will be a draw.

 

[Kiri]

Looks most likely a draw. England still have a chance to take 3 remaining wickets quickly and score 150 more runs quickly. Given SL's conservative captain, they won't go after the target.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Two full days of cricket left. I hope this is not a tame draw.

 

[Mr Consistent]

:4 by mathews moved to 97

 

[saiyan0312]

Mathews is on for a lords ton.

 

[saiyan0312]

after 30 years their number 6 is abt to score a ton at lords. The last one for srilanka was mendis in 1984

 

[Mr Consistent]

100 for mathews at lords well done

 

[saiyan0312]

another one for lords. Well done.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

SL all out. Good performance by them. Eranga and kyla need early wickets here.

 

[leatherface58]

Embarrassingly flat surface. England should bat on as practice for next game and to tire the Lankans out.

 

[Justcrazy]

Mattews is a solid batsman

 

[Munna]

They must do something about the pitch at Lords and prepare a more balanced one for the next season.

 

[Robert]

Embarrassingly flat surface. England should bat on as practice for next game and to tire the Lankans out.

Yeah. You need an extraordinary bowler on that deck and we don't have one.

Warne asked the English commos if there was any chance that England had a say in the wicket preparation. Lloyd, who was England coach once replied "No chance. Zip. Nada."

 

[Mr Consistent]

England 27/0...England lead by 149 runs with 10 wickets remaining
Lunch - Day 4

 

[leatherface58]

Yeah. You need an extraordinary bowler on that deck and we don't have one.

Warne asked the English commos if there was any chance that England had a say in the wicket preparation. Lloyd, who was England coach once replied "No chance. Zip. Nada."

Warney should have asked Russell Arnold as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms lead by 149 runs already here

 

[Justcrazy]

If poms can get quick runs next two sessions they can put Lanka batting under pressure on the final day.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Cook is back in form now. Can look forward to bashing mediocre bowling attacks on flat tracks all summer .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Oh well even flat tracks and SL bowling can't save Cook .

 

[Kiri]

Eranga the destroyer

 

[Kiri]

Cook is back in form now. Can look forward to bashing mediocre bowling attacks on flat tracks all summer .

Oh well even flat tracks and SL bowling can't save Cook .

) Well there goes your statement

 

[Justcrazy]

Cook is out of form.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

) Well there goes your statement

Eranga bowling well it has to be said. Though Cook has been terrible as well. Last 34 innings, he averages less than 30 with the bat!

 

[Justcrazy]

If poms want result they need to score at a fast rate.

 

[Electron]

This dull track will lead to a draw. Both teams have been equal.

 

[Justcrazy]

Eranga bowling well it has to be said. Though Cook has been terrible as well. Last 34 innings, he averages less than 30 with the bat!

He will come back , he is too good player yo be dropped.