Sri Lanka vs England | 4th QF | WC'11 | Colombo | 26/3/11

[Afridi_Fan]

Again down the track, edged for 1.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

2 more to Bell. Good running.

 

[Robert]

dont worry .. england will win .... to me they are the best players of spin outside sub continent

Bell is very good anyway.

Typical muddled England ODI thinking: they have gone in with Strauss-KP, Strauss-Prior and now Strauss-Bell as openers....

 

[Afridi_Fan]

21/0 in 6.

 

[ScotRaz]

Dilshan doing a Abdur Rahman. bowling striaght, keeping it tight, building the pressure.

 

[James]

Please explain why malinga has been replaced?

saving him for later.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Beautiful

 

[adnan yasin]

saving him for later.

seriously thats crazy ....and so negative ..

 

[SOSami]

Just get a solid start. Nothing to worry about with the SL bowlers, Mendis maybe for England but apart from that, there is nothing to stop England posting a big score on this pitch.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

1 to Bell.

26/0 in 7.

 

[Atif]

26/0 after 7 overs.

 

[James]

Just get a solid start. Nothing to worry about with the SL bowlers, Mendis maybe for England but apart from that, there is nothing to stop England posting a big score on this pitch.

Is this Bell's day at last?

 

[James]

seriously thats crazy ....and so negative ..

agreed.

great shame!

not.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

1 more to Bell.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Strauss is getting frustrated. He needs to calm down.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

1 to Strauss.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

 

[Atif]

Strauss has been bowled ) Dilshan

 

[SOSami]

Is this Bell's day at last?

haha the stage is set for Bell.

It's his kind of pitch, his kind of bowlers. No excuse not to really post a big score today and I hope he keeps his head. He's handled Murali pretty well over the years.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Strauss was being frustrated and he got Dilshan-ed.

 

[mastermind_quad]

bowled ...

 

[James]

Good wicket to lose. He didn't have a clue out there. Get a right-hander in.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

29/1 in 8.

 

[SOSami]

Flippin' 'ek Strauss. Stupid shot.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Now Bell needs to stay there.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

1 to 3rd man.

 

[mastermind_quad]

good shot for single

 

[mastermind_quad]

@Sosami when you became green to red ......congratz ...D

 

[Afridi_Fan]

That could have been close.

 

[mastermind_quad]

risky single

 

[SOSami]

@Sosami when you became green to red ......congratz ...D

A few weeks ago.

Thanks MQ.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Bell

 

[mastermind_quad]

gone ...

 

[Atif]

Bell )

Collapse coming up ?

 

[mastermind_quad]

oh common England ...245-260 will be very good score here .....stick to wkt ..like what ryder and taylor did other day

 

[Afridi_Fan]

England are messing up all the advantage that they had after winning the toss by this horrid start by losing wickets.

 

[mastermind_quad]

Bopara in

 

[Munna]

england are playing like

 

[ScotRaz]

 

[sam]

31/2 after 9

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Herath.

 

[Munna]

herath = amazement ?

 

[Atif]

32/2 after 10 overs.

 

[mastermind_quad]

how come Luke Wright still in the team ....Adil Rashid would have been much better option

 

[mastermind_quad]

single to lo ....

 

[mastermind_quad]

saved atleast 1 run

 

[James]

Cheers Ian. Becoming a parody of himself is Ian Bell.

Off to work. Hoping to return to good news...

 

[mastermind_quad]

Lankans fielding well....not giving easy singles

 

[mastermind_quad]

@Whippy All the best for today's match....

 

[mastermind_quad]

single to start

 

[mastermind_quad]

misfiled & single

 

[Afridi_Fan]

 

[mastermind_quad]

 

[mastermind_quad]

atleast 60-70 runs partnership with SR of 75+ is needed here .

 

[mastermind_quad]

huge appeal....

 

[mastermind_quad]

not reviewing

 

[mastermind_quad]

looks close ....good bowling

 

[sam]

How did that miss the stumps?

 

[mastermind_quad]

song dedicated to Herath ...

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[mastermind_quad]

huge appeal for stumping

 

[mastermind_quad]

not out

 

[sam]

Sanga appeals unnecessarily for a stumping. Doctrove obliges too.

 

[Strike!]

Sanga up to his usual tricks.

 

[jusarrived]

HOw can he not know that it was not out ? idiot

 

[mastermind_quad]

another huge appeal for stumping ...this time umpire not reviewing it .....haha..overdone by Sangakara

 

[sam]

Sanga appeals a little too much. It may cost him a worthy referral some time.

 

[Maula Jutt]

Appealing again. Sanga loves appealing.

 

[mastermind_quad]

review time

 

[Maula Jutt]

review

 

[Munna]

that review i think is just out of desperation!

 

[mastermind_quad]

very close

 

[Maula Jutt]

On-field call. Not out.

 

[mastermind_quad]

it'll come to on filed umpire to take that decision ...not out should be .....

 

[Robert]

Good opportunity for Bops here.

 

[mastermind_quad]

yes it is not out

 

[sam]

Sanga wasting a referral. The earlier one was closer.

 

[mastermind_quad]

they appealed 7 times in last 12 deliveries

 

[mastermind_quad]

2 to end the over ....51/2 after 16

 

[sam]

Yeah, Sanga overdoes it just too much. Where's Chappel amid all this excitement?

 

[Munna]

its the batsman who is unplayable atm