England v Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka comprehensively beat England in Group A

[NZcricketfan]

Marching towards that quarter final exit.

join the kane train thivagar

 

[Thivagar]

SL players lack brain, especially pace bowlers, many of them know less about pace bowling than an Australian school pace bowler

 

[habibi hayya]

whatta shot

 

[yeh cheez]

300 up for England

 

[Thivagar]

Lakmal sucks.

Betting is bad for you

 

[habibi hayya]

wow....this is an embarrasement

 

[Thivagar]

Lakmal sucks.

I take it back

 

[Thivagar]

Kiri got upset after Herath's injury and left the forum

 

[yeh cheez]

lol Lakmal with 2 beamers in one over, throw out.

 

[NZcricketfan]

I sense five wickets for woakes

 

[Thivagar]

3 dropped catches, our best bowler is injured, and the other main bowler got kicked out

 

[yeh cheez]

309-6
50 overs

 

[Saeed]

Sri Lanka will lose this by at least 100 runs.

 

[Iffitheking]

Well played England...

 

[Thivagar]

LOL Mahlea doing the post inning interview instead of Mathews

 

[Kiri]

His bowling first and second fingers too SL's best spin bowler goes. Fractured fingers for sure

Blessing in disguise maybe? Tharindu Kaushal pls!

 

[Kiri]

LOL Mahlea doing the post inning interview instead of Mathews

It doesn't have to be Mathews

 

[shaz619]

LOL Mahlea doing the post inning interview instead of Mathews

Dilshan didn't too bad in the end did he, certainly better then the seamers. In fact i think it wouldnt be beyond lanka if matthews deliberately told lakmal to bowl that full toss so he could be taken off and dilshan could come on. They saved like 15-18 runs there from those last 3 balls

 

[Kiri]

Pathetic from SL to be honest. Fielding blunders in the beginning means England have gotten 70 runs too many.

 

[shaz619]

Dilshan should have bowled at the dead last 5 in tandem with Hearth who should have finished his 10 over spell

 

[Kiri]

Dilshan should have bowled at the dead last 5 in tandem with Hearth who should have finished his 10 over spell

Exactly. Malinga was used way too early.

 

[battler]

So if Sl finish 4th in their group, it sets up a India vs Sri lanka q/f
Wow how delicious!

 

[Buffet]

Weird captaincy from Mathews here. I don't think that he used his bowlers rightly.

 

[Thivagar]

Dilshan didn't too bad in the end did he, certainly better then the seamers. In fact i think it wouldnt be beyond lanka if matthews deliberately told lakmal to bowl that full toss so he could be taken off and dilshan could come on. They saved like 15-18 runs there from those last 3 balls

Lakmal is a good bowler, he's been our best pacer for some time now. But he bowls like a dunce every 4-5 game. No way Mathews was gonna get a part timer spinner to bowl at the death.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Good effort from England.

As usual, Dilshan and Sanga are the key. If these 2 fail, Lanka will face a massive defeat.

 

[Kiri]

Good effort from England.

As usual, Dilshan and Sanga are the key. If these 2 fail, Lanka will face a massive defeat.

Mathews or Mahela?

 

[Saeed]

I think south asians teams naturally suck at fielding.

 

[Thivagar]

Blessing in disguise maybe? Tharindu Kaushal pls!

That guy is a spinner, bowled 6 front foot no balls and gave 150 runs of 17 overs . SL will probably fly in Prasana or Randiv LOL. What happened to that Chinaman ? He was getting smashed by the likes of Chamara Silva and Maharoof in SL's domestic matches lol. Dananjaya ? MYSTERY ? LOL

 

[NZcricketfan]

I think south asians teams naturally suck at fielding.

We grow up on lush grassy fields. Much harder to learn to field with bad outfields

 

[shaz619]

Lakmal is a good bowler, he's been our best pacer for some time now. But he bowls like a dunce every 4-5 game. No way Mathews was gonna get a part timer spinner to bowl at the death.

In that particular situation Dilshan was the better option imo because Malingas overs had been wasted early on and England tend to struggle with their timing against slow bowling from the word go and Herath/Dilshan did pretty well. Dilshan proved in the last 3 balls he bowled that he should have finished his quota in the last 5-10 overs. You have to think outside the box sometimes, a pressure over from a pacer is not a rule you have to follow at the death.

 

[Thivagar]

I think south asians teams naturally suck at fielding.

India is a good fielding side.

 

[shaz619]

Exactly. Malinga was used way too early.

Kiri how are you awake KFC? lmao, am doing some work

 

[shaz619]

India is a good fielding side.

India have improved in recent times, but lanka have always been the best from the sub continent

 

[Thivagar]

In that particular situation Dilshan was the better option imo because Malingas overs had been wasted early on and England tend to struggle with their timing against slow bowling from the word go and Herath/Dilshan did pretty well. Dilshan proved in the last 3 balls he bowled that he should have finished his quota in the last 5-10 overs. You have to think outside the box sometimes, a pressure over from a pacer is not a rule you have to follow at the death.

Lakmal is a good death bowler, Dilshan is a part timer and it is extremely risky to allow a spinner to bowl at the death because the batsmen will always look to smash. Dilshan can't change his flight like Herath so it made sense to bowl a death bowler at death rather than a part timer bowl at death just because he is bowling well. Mathews is a dunce regardless of this selection

 

[Buffet]

I think south asians teams naturally suck at fielding.

Not true. Indians are a good fielding side. I remember SL used to be a good fielding side too few years ago, but they are not doing well right now.

Only Pakistan has been regularly poor in fielding. I haven't seen much of BD/Afghanistan to comment on them.

 

[shaz619]

Lakmal is a good death bowler, Dilshan is a part timer and it is extremely risky to allow a spinner to bowl at the death because the batsmen will always look to smash. Dilshan can't change his flight like Herath so it made sense to bowl a death bowler at death rather than a part timer bowl at death just because he is bowling well. Mathews is a dunce regardless of this selection

He wouldn't have done any worse then the seamers that were getting smashed in that scenario trust me and Dilshans last 3 deliveryies never exactly went for 18 runs Butler wasn't timing his bowling so well was struggling a little bit with pace off the ball. But yeah I'd have preferred malinga/Herath at the death

 

[Kiri]

Kiri how are you awake KFC? lmao, am doing some work

) following the game...bit of KFC and doing an all nighter

 

[Thivagar]

Everything went down hill for SL after making Perera bowl at death, Mathews is too optimistic in Perera. Fielding has been pathetic, team starting line up selection has been pathetic and we don't deserve to win this garbage. They can blame the travelling schedule and etc but after all you are all international athletes, you are expected to cope with all this.

 

[BeautifulGame]

Sub continental teams dont have the infrastructure and the grounds are often bare and substandard so its easy to understand why.Infrastructure in India has improved massively in the last 10 years so now we are a very good athletic fielding side.

Also of players from teams like Nzl/Eng/SA/Aus play multi sports during their school days like rugby or football along with Croicket.These sports need excellenet fitness less so that helps.Whereas in sub continent its only cricket which doesnt require much fitness to play at school levels

 

[Thivagar]

) following the game...bit of KFC and doing an all nighter

Go to sleep man, waste of time with these jokes. Im gonna take revenge on these English teams on Don Bradman Cricket 14

 

[shaz619]

) following the game...bit of KFC and doing an all nighter

) man i should have done the same, am tryna cut down on the late night munchies. During Eng v NZ i consumed liked one pizza box then another for comfort to deal with the loss

 

[Thivagar]

Sub continental teams dont have the infrastructure and the grounds are often bare and substandard so its easy to understand why.Infrastructure in India has improved massively in the last 10 years so now we are a very good athletic fielding side.

Also of players from teams like Nzl/Eng/SA/Aus play multi sports during their school days like rugby or football along with Croicket.These sports need excellenet fitness less so that helps.Whereas in sub continent its only cricket which doesnt require much fitness to play at school levels

Butter, Ghee, Salt, Sugars are consumed 3-4 times than the recommended amount. No worry about fitness. Healthier body = more stamina = more reflexes = more power and etc. If I get to be an international athlete, you'll bet I'd have 6 packs and spend hours after hours in gym. Many of us would be in a better physical conditions than these bums.

 

[shaz619]

Go to sleep man, waste of time with these jokes. Im gonna take revenge on these English teams on Don Bradman Cricket 14

) ) ) I use to do that on Brian Lara, to complete a challenge I had to make tendulkar get a hundred to unlock something and after he got the hundred I would deliberately run him out

 

[Thivagar]

) ) ) I use to do that on Brian Lara, to complete a challenge I had to make tendulkar get a hundred to unlock something and after he got the hundred I would deliberately run him out

I never had Brain lara, had BL 99, Cricket 07, Ashes cricket 2009 and now DBC14. DBC is so hard man, especially in the first person view since the ball release doesn't exactly come out like it is in the real life and you can't pick a short ball or yorker till it has left the hand. I once hit 1000 with Sanath and Tharanga against India at the beginner level after the 2011 WC Loss

 

[shaz619]

I never had Brain lara, had BL 99, Cricket 07, Ashes cricket 2009 and now DBC14. DBC is so hard man, especially in the first person view since the ball release doesn't exactly come out like it is in the real life and you can't pick a short ball or yorker till it has left the hand. I once hit 1000 with Sanath and Tharanga against India at the beginner level after the 2011 WC Loss

Brian 2005 was a really good game, i use to have EA 04 and 07 they were good. I heard, Don Bradman is prob the best cricket game ever made? certainly the most realistic. I got the demo, can barely hit a ball in the nets lmao

 

[Thivagar]

Brian 2005 was a really good game, i use to have EA 04 and 07 they were good. I heard, Don Bradman is prob the best cricket game ever made? certainly the most realistic. I got the demo, can barely hit a ball in the nets lmao

My computer was whack then so BL2005 was too good to run on my previous PC. DB14 is the best game ever, but the stadiums don't resemble anything so it kinda doesn't give you that subcontinent feeling. Other than that it is a jem, it takes time though. It took me like months to move from County to Shield to National team(SL). Currently a captain for BBL and a regular in IPL. Im a Leg spinning all rounder . Haven't played in couple of months with school and etc.

 

[Kiri]

Thiri not getting dismissed in the 1st over is a good sign.

 

[Kiri]

If SL are to win this game, they need to score runs.

#RanjitFernando

 

[Thivagar]

SLC : Lets switch our top order batsmen Chandimal with middle order batsmen Thirimanne for no reason

 

[Thivagar]

Thiri doing what Tharanga has been doing since 2004

 

[Thivagar]

Chandimal must come before Mahela and Mathews. Nobody cares where Karunaratne bats since his going to eat balls and get out anyway

 

[Thivagar]

) ) Thiri's six attempt lands inside 30rd yard cirlce

 

[Thivagar]

Broad looks less feminine with shaved head

 

[Kianig89]

This is looking an exciting prospect

 

[desi_launda]

RRR is 6.55

 

[Thivagar]

Broad talks smack to Dilshan at the end of the over, the next first ball Dilshan faces Broad :

 

[Thivagar]

Take that BROAD. Never talk smack to DIlshan 2 sixes

 

[desi_launda]

 

[Thivagar]

10th 50th partnership between Dilshan and Thirimanne in 20 innings

 

[shaz619]

bhai with that dive though!

 

[shaz619]

Lanka looking good here, they can chase this down if these two carry on like this and get a 100 partnership

 

[Rayyman]

Well bowled Woakes


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[Thivagar]

Thiri

 

[Justcrazy]

67.0

12 overs

 

[Rayyman]

Thirimanne batting well


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[siddharth]

Finally a team chasing a 300 + score brilliantly after Ir vs WI..looking at the attitude of Lankans,they will win this.

 

[Thivagar]

Thirimane

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka batting well , should win this game.

 

[Justcrazy]

84 / 0

15 overs

 

[Thivagar]

3 stitches in HErath's finger and it is not broken

 

[Justcrazy]

91 / 0

16 overs

 

[Thivagar]

: for Thirimanne

 

[Justcrazy]

up for Lanka.

 

[Thivagar]

No : for Dilly

 

[Thivagar]

Should have sent Karuna or Chandi

 

[Thivagar]

Root is not chucking today

 

[Justcrazy]

Easy for Lanka here

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka need to use a pinch hitter here and get some big overs , bring required rate down.

 

[SLCric]

 

[Thivagar]

Thirimanne :