England v Sri Lanka,First test

[fatbury]

damn got 2 wickets but now its raining

[larwood]

oh enjoy Morrissey next week too

  Thanks Fats.

429-8,Plunkett got Dilshan on 69.Its just the tailenders left now,no problem :-))( Oh and the weather.

[fatbury]

fingers crossed it clears up and we can rattle off those 2 wickets and the runs required

[fatbury]

play has resumed after lunch ! COME ON ENGLAND!

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

what a poor effort by England! a truly pathetic last day showing! not happy!

[larwood]

a truly pathetic last day showing

Hey be fair Rich,the last TWO days were awful
Fielding practice needed i think,you can't drop that many chances and win a test match.It was frustrating just watching it,it must have been a hell of a lot worse for the poor bowlers.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Harmy is back for the next test though so fingers crossed and Freddie should bowl Monty more

[Johno]

i haven't been on in a while in here...just to say, england were crap in there 2nd innings, poor bowling, didn't trouble the tailenders.

[larwood]

 poor bowling, didn't trouble the tailenders.

I'd agree, but you can't say the bowlers didn't create any opportunitys to get them out,wasn't it something like nine dropped chances?On another day we would have won comfortably.

[Johno]

very true....but having to get 4 tailenders out....and it wasn't all 9 in one innings surely?

[larwood]

and it wasn't all 9 in one innings surely

I don't think so,but we did put quite a few down it seemed most of them happened during their second innings,it was like some sort of dropping disease infected everyone.
It just bugs me when the bowlers get the blame,it wasn't all their fault  :x although some of the bowling was bad,especially on the last day.Still i think we can still win the series.

[fatbury]

I didnt think our bowlers were good enuf mind u ... id drop out Plunkett and Sajid for Harmy and Lewis (lets face it he shud have played the first test!)

[larwood]

id drop out Plunkett and Sajid for Harmy and Lewis (lets face it he shud have played the first test!)

I was surprised when Mahmood got the nod,i was sure Lewis would play.Tbf to Mahmood,he was on fire on the Friday,he was just steaming in,he bowled a great spell i know cause i was there I'd drop Plunkett for Lewis,but keep faith with Mahmood if Harmy is still unfit.
We do need Harmy back,i really don't like Fred opening the bowling as well as everything else he has to do.

[fatbury]

yeah .. im not really sure Freddie is a good longer term captain ..

[larwood]

im not really sure Freddie is a good longer term captain

Its too much for him i think especially in the long term,whilst Virgil is injured i have no problems with it.The only other player i think could do a good job as captain is Strauss.