England v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | June 20-24, 2014 | Leeds

[Bilal7]

Yep. They were kind enough to answer it.

Can I have your autograph?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

SL need to score at least another 250 runs to win this match.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka lead by 2 runs with 8 wickets remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka need to bat tomorrow whole day , to save the game.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Jayawardhane finds gap

 

[Justcrazy]

Runs will matter here , the more the lead by stumps today , the better for Lanka.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 28 runs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Cook needs to bowl a few more overs from Ali here. He may do the trick.

 

[Justcrazy]

lead 24 runs now , once it gets to get 75 , with these two at crease , Poms will feel uneasy .

 

[Justcrazy]

Chasing 250 on final day can be tricky , with Herath bowling .

 

[Justcrazy]

Sangakara looking solid again, his current average is 58.86 !!!! staggering.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

lead now 30 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Pulled away by Jayawardhane.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

50 for Sangakara

 

[Justcrazy]

Kumar Sangakkara becomes just the fourth player to score seven half-centuries (or more) in a row in Tests after Weekes, Flower and Chanderpaul

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 59 runs.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

beautiful drive By Jaya

 

[Justcrazy]

22 overs left in the day , Lanka would look to have a lead of 100 at least by stumps.

 

[Sakss]

Sanga you legend

 

[Kiri]

Can I have your autograph?

Not unless Sr Lanka win this Test

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 67 runs already here.

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Both teams have played dominoes during this match

I wouldn't like to see roboson, ballance, ali etc chasing on the fifth day

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would look to get another couple before the stumps here.

 

[Batman_DB]

england are in real danger now!!! if they don't get 2 wickets before stumps lankans gonna win this 1 and the series

 

[thivaakar]

How do they measure RPM when a spin bowler is bowling ?

 

[thivaakar]

Sanga gone. Below his average performance for Sanga

 

[Justcrazy]

Ali strikes

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sang a gone.

 

[London_Lahori]

Damn, watching the footie and just switched to see Sanga gone.

Was hoping he'd get a ton.

 

[London_Lahori]

Hoping Eng need to chase 250+

 

[Ruri]

HA! I love you Thirimanne!

 

[Batman_DB]

moeen get his 1st wicket with a pitch

 

[Justcrazy]

Ali gets another

 

[Batman_DB]

thirimanne is rubbish

 

[Justcrazy]

That was a ripper by Moeen , an off spinners delight.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Ali turning into

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka lead by 68 runs with 6 wickets remaining

 

[Batman_DB]

mathews the danger man a lead around 200 will be quite a task for the english batsmen

 

[thivaakar]

Thirimanne have been hanging out with Chandimal lately

 

[Batman_DB]

i really want moeen ali to succeed with the bowl

 

[Justcrazy]

Matthews walks in , this pair needs to stay till stumps for lanka here

 

[thivaakar]

Guys its only day 3.

 

[Justcrazy]

Herath won't mind the look of that over from Moeen, but he needs another 100 runs at least to play with

 

[Justcrazy]

two more days in the game left ..... looks like a result pitch here.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jaya and Mathews need to make it count here. Chandimal is pretty much useless with the bat these days.

 

[Justcrazy]

Big shout !!!

review is wasted

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka lead by 77 runs with 6 wickets remaining

 

[thivaakar]

Russel Arnold needs to defend every SL player's fault OMG

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka lead by 82 runs with 6 wickets remaining

 

[leatherface58]

Thirimanne might be the most mediocre player out there. He has looked worse than Chris Martin in this series.

 

[Electron]

Match firmly in England's control now.

 

[Justcrazy]

50 for Mahela here

 

[Ruri]

Cookie nosepicking on camera, ugh.

 

[Justcrazy]

7 overs remaining , these two must stay together.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms trying hard for another wicket here.

 

[Justcrazy]

lanka cross 200

 

[Justcrazy]

This could be last over today.

 

[Batman_DB]

lead is 100 now game going away from England's grasp need to keep under 200

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Good shot By Matthews

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 more

Matthews playing shots and getting the lead up.

 

[Justcrazy]

stumps

Sri Lanka lead by 106 runs with 6 wickets remaining

 

[Batman_DB]

lead is 106 with 6 wickets in hand Lankans will fancy their chances now very good chance of stretching it past 250 which will be a match winning score

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would need to make sure they get the lead over 250 .

Still possible.

 

[MMHS]

Suddenly this est is tuning into an interesting one. Had Sangakara stayed till stumps, I would have said SL ahead, but still 106/4 is not bad considering that both their inform batsman are at the wicket with Chandimal waiting. At Lords ENG showed vulnerability against Herath; may be another 125 & we can get a very interesting end, particularly, if it's a cloudy day.

 

[IcedEarth]

Jaya and Mathews need to make it count here. Chandimal is pretty much useless with the bat these days.

That was just after the breezy 45 he made in the first innings.

 

[MarkCooper]

We'll chase down anything they set. Little Herath will be run ragged as we smash him over his head.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That was just after the breezy 45 he made in the first innings.

Yeah but Chandi is not very dependable with the bat. Hasnt been in sometime. Especially when you're looking to win the match.

 

[MarkCooper]

By the time we are done with Herath, he will have a stomach as flat as Misbah's.

 

[London_Lahori]

Anything over 200 and England could choke to Herath.

 

[lameduck]

I agree with one of the earlier posts. SL lower order batting is worst I've seen. After Chandimal, SL batting is like a house a cards waiting to be poked at. And Thirimanne's horrible run against anderson hasn't helped. Should have played played Vithange who looked in form and also could have been a handy part time spinner. I can only see England winning this.

 

[Robert]

I think SL will win.

Out-of-form Cook and the noobs will collapse to Herath for about 160.

 

[Munna]

First session to hold the key, if England can take a few wickets early on then it should become a very tight match for both teams having an equal chance to win

 

[Kiri]

We'll chase down anything they set. Little Herath will be run ragged as we smash him over his head.

By the time we are done with Herath, he will have a stomach as flat as Misbah's.

This pretty much sums it up.

 

[Kiri]

Anything over 200 and England could choke to Herath.

Refer to above post.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

SL need to bat until tea on the 4th day at least and then pickbup 3/4 wickets before the end of day's play to stand a chance of winning.

 

[OZGOD]

This match is intriguingly poised but you would have to say England still have it to lose. If they can roll Jayawardene early tomorrow there's really not that much batting to come. England need Aussie Rob and Zimbo Gaz to stay at the wicket for another big one.

 

[Convict]

So the best new talents to emerge for England in recent times are the two antipodeans and the Zimbot

 

[trogger]

This match is intriguingly poised but you would have to say England still have it to lose. If they can roll Jayawardene early tomorrow there's really not that much batting to come. England need Aussie Rob and Zimbo Gaz to stay at the wicket for another big one.

Yeah looking like it's the two at the crease or bust for SL, they need at least another 150 and fair few will have to come from this partnership.

 

[SL_Fan]

Still Eng well on top imo. Moeen's 2 wickets late in the day turned the game around for Eng big time. Plus Herath hasn't been bowling all that well this series. I don't think he's fully fit tbh. So still a long way to go for SL to make a game of it.

 

[Robert]

So the best new talents to emerge for England in recent times are the two antipodeans and the Zimbot

And the Bajan. We love our multinational side - an example of how the world should work.