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

[samplepiece]

Another reprieve for Sangakkara. This could be costly.

 

[desi_launda]

Sanga's been too lucky

 

[Abhilash93]

A little bit of swing and seam today...so good to see after the road at Lords....still not the Headingley of yore though...spin will play a part...

 

[Noddy]

At Tea, SL move to 182/5

Sanga 62 and Chandimal 10 respectively.

Anderson and Plunkett have been the pick of the bowlers and suffered with dropped catches also.

SL, clearly have the better spin attack and with England batting last on this track, will need to put on at least 300 here, in all reality.

Cook doesn't seem to be very confident in Moeen's abilities for me.

 

[Abhilash93]

Sanga's been too lucky

Looks like the poms love to watch him bat.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 30 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

I think one of Jordan or Plunkett has to make way for a genuine spinner.

 

[trogger]

Cook doesn't seem to be very confident in Moeen's abilities for me.

Haven't seen a lot of him but his first class figures are very ordinary, just over a wicket a game@41 reads like the stats of a part timer even at that level so can't really blame cook for not backing him first day at headingley when he has 4 quicks to bowl.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

200 up for Lanka

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Chandimal looking good here. He needs to continue.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 more

Partnership worth 54 runs now

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Lots of boundaries coming

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would want this pair to bat through

 

[Wattoo]

Sanga has now become most test runs scorer from SL, crossing Mahela, What a legend

 

[Justcrazy]

Blinder to get Sanga

 

[Wattoo]

Oh!! I have jinxed him, he just got out.

 

[Batman_DB]

sanga was very lucky to get those 79

 

[desi_launda]

Wow good catch by Bell!

 

[Wattoo]

SL should atleast score 300-325 to make a game here.

 

[desi_launda]

Prasad

 

[Justcrazy]

Prasad gone

 

[Wattoo]

Another Gone!!

SL choking, ENg must dig deep now.

 

[MarkCooper]

This is my home ground. I've watched him bounce people out like that all season for Yorkshire.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms back here , 2 quick wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

Now chandimal gone

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka 229 / 8

Poms will bat today after all

 

[Wattoo]

Poor SL, I think game over for SL. Eng will surely win this match. score less than 250 in first innings is not a good score, untill and unless SL bowlers restrict eng withing this score.

 

[Wattoo]

Lanka 229 / 8

Poms will bat today after all

Why they are called poms?

 

[Justcrazy]

9 down

 

[Batman_DB]

229-9 great bowling tail enders often frustrate look at the WI vs NZL match

 

[Wattoo]

Hahaha, another gone!! WTH

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Broad got a hattrick .

 

[trogger]

Inevitable collapse from the soft sri lankans.

 

[desi_launda]

9 down mega collapse at the end

 

[desi_launda]

Broad already has a hat trick against india

 

[Justcrazy]

Hattrick for Broad

 

[desi_launda]

wait..broad gets another hat trick?

 

[Justcrazy]

3 runs by Pradeep

 

[Justcrazy]

232 / 9

Poms have ripped the lower order here

 

[Batman_DB]

its actually hat trick for broad

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Herath

 

[Justcrazy]

its actually hat trick for broad

Yes , split over .

 

[Justcrazy]

SL have lost 4 for 1 and England, preposterously, are close to wrapping them up for under 250

 

[Wattoo]

WOW Barbie got Hat rick. congrats!

 

[trogger]

Not the first hat-trick where the bowler and his side had no idea, merv hughes had one spread across two innings and three different overs and had no idea until after play finished.

 

[desi_launda]

Herath playing a blinder

 

[j_kazmi]

No one even noticed that broad got a hattrick until bumble eventually pointer it out. Crazy!

 

[desi_launda]

92.2 mph

 

[Wattoo]

Broad the first Englishman to take two Test hat-tricks.

 

[desi_launda]

Broad the first Englishman to take two Test hat-tricks.

how many have taken 2 or more hat tricks?

 

[trogger]

how many have taken 2 or more hat tricks?

wasim akram jimmy matthews, hugh trumble and broad.

 

[Batman_DB]

well done plunkett

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka make 257

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would like a couple of wickets today by stumps

 

[Justcrazy]

edged , doubt there

 

[desi_launda]

COok not

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka need a breakthrough here

 

[Justcrazy]

Just over 10 overs to go

 

[Justcrazy]

21 / 0

 

[Justcrazy]

25 for no loss , good start

 

[Nikhil_cric]

9 off 42 for Cook.

 

[Justcrazy]

Just 6 overs left

 

[Batman_DB]

both the openers need big scores at least a 100 partnership is expected

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka would dearly want a wicket here

 

[Justcrazy]

Three minutes left by my watch, Cook tying his shoelaces to try and make this the last over...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

England's day.

 

[Justcrazy]

Stumps - Day 1

England trail by 221 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Robert]

Well, that was pretty good, though if the Engerland could catch then SL would have been out for about 160.

Bowled Jimmy, S-Bro, Jordan and Plunks!

 

[MarkCooper]

A great day for Yorkshire(England)! Tomorrow is a full house with all tickets sold. Bat all day. Allllll day.

 

[Batman]

England v Sri Lanka | 2nd Test | June 20-24, 2014 | Leeds | Day 5

The second day scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time [10:00 GMT | 12:00 CEST | 15:00 PST]

Sri Lanka | 257
England | 36/0
England trail by 221 runs

 

[Kiri]

SL need wickets....and quickly. It's very dry as well so expect many runs today.

 

[MarkCooper]

Aww, back to daily threads. I liked the big long 5 day threads all in one place.

P.S. day 2 is the best day to bat at Headingley.

 

[Jabo]

Cook has been poor now for a while...

England need a series against Pakistan now because that's the only way Cook can come back into form and Finn should also make a comeback so he can get a ton of wickets against the likes of Pakistan batsman

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Cook flops again. This guy has become hopeless.

 

[Sherlock]

Oh Cook

 

[dravid the wall]

england going strong...they have good talented youngesters in test matches to fill the place of trott and kp...

 

[Wattoo]

Eng are crushing SL. SL in deep trouble.

 

[Robert]

So far so good. Need 400+ in the first dig to offset the threat of Herath in the fourth.

 

[Sherlock]

Can see Cook punching someone in the dressing-room, preferably if Warne walked in the corridor, seeing as though there are two youngsters showing how batting should be played out.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Ballance is quite a talented young bat. Certainly one for the future. Not sure about Robson though.