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Title: First test Post by: larwood on Friday, November 30, 2007, 09:58:39 Starts tomorrow at Kandy[5am].My team would be Michael Vaughan (capt), Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior (wkt), Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, James Anderson.Got to be Jimmy,Harmy is still not 100% fit,guess jimmy isn't either but i would go for him over Harmy at this point.
I'm debating if getting up at 5 would be a good idea,not sure if it is tbh :( Title: First test Post by: Boeta on Friday, November 30, 2007, 11:16:29 there's no way they are going to play 7 batsman larwood. it's gonna be:
1 a cook 2 m vaughan 3 i bell 4 kp 5 p collingwood 6 o shah/r bopara 7 m prior 8 r sidebottom 9 m hoggard 10 j anderson/s harmison 11 m panesar noise is that anderson will get the last seamer's spot. even though broad doesn't seem to be in contention he wouldn't half improve that tail a bit. shah v bopara is a very hard call to make Title: First test Post by: fatbury on Friday, November 30, 2007, 11:57:13 two spinners for me
Cook Vaughan (c) Bell Pietersen Collingwood Bopara Prior Swann Hoggard Anderson Panesar Title: First test Post by: cib on Friday, November 30, 2007, 13:14:34 Quote from: "Boeta" there's no way they are going to play 7 batsman larwood. it's gonna be: 1 a cook 2 m vaughan 3 i bell 4 kp 5 p collingwood 6 o shah/r bopara 7 m prior 8 r sidebottom 9 m hoggard 10 j anderson/s harmison 11 m panesar It'll be that, with possibly Shah nicking the last recognised batman's slot. Personally i'd like them to stick Harmy in and him to rip them to shreads, but being low confidence i can't see either happening (i wait to be proved wrong on the second part :) ) Title: First test Post by: Boeta on Friday, November 30, 2007, 13:26:32 personally as long as they don't pick harmlessone i'll be happy
Title: First test Post by: lebowski on Friday, November 30, 2007, 13:34:53 i think gbh is shot now
Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Friday, November 30, 2007, 14:57:41 Cricket still exists? Christ i've been way off the ball recently :shock:
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Friday, November 30, 2007, 15:08:46 i'm watching SA v NZ right now rich.
anyway...boeta's line up looks spot on to me, shah and anderson in ahead of boparda and harmison. didn't shah do quite well on the sub-continent when he first came on the scene? Title: First test Post by: cib on Friday, November 30, 2007, 15:55:13 in India yeah, before getting dropped on return to here, couple of tours ago
Title: First test Post by: STFC Village on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 06:11:12 We've made a cracking start, SL are 40-3 after 13 overs
Title: First test Post by: hansgruber on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 06:15:52 4 down now. Go Hoggy!
Title: First test Post by: hansgruber on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 06:20:17 5 down. Hoggard's on fire!
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 09:12:16 woop! finally broke that partnership, p. jayawardane b monty c cook \o/
get rid of sangakarra's and we could bat tonight... Title: First test Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 09:18:48 looks like that they are doing well
Title: First test Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 09:50:45 180-7 at tea
Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:08:47 Bloody hell that's a good start :shock:
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:17:52 182-8, still about an hour and half of scheduled play left so might still finish them off today.
Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:18:18 Let's hope so. And let's hope we bat well.
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:25:16 sangakarra's out!
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:27:48 187 all out
told you we'd have a bat! Title: First test Post by: hansgruber on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:30:22 ace. Always like a comedy run out
Title: First test Post by: lebowski on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:32:19 great start, we dont want to be in the field for too long in that heat.
i feel like a broken record here, but hoggard must be the world's best bowler to left handed batsmen? Title: First test Post by: hansgruber on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:36:55 vaughan back opening has got to be a good thing. Touch wood.
Title: First test Post by: hansgruber on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:41:38 0-1 Cook LBV Waas
Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 10:42:44 Oh..... :-))(
Title: First test Post by: lebowski on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 11:48:37 how many times has cook got out like that?
too often is the answer! Title: First test Post by: axs on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 11:57:33 bad light, not a bad start!
Title: First test Post by: Boeta on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 12:47:28 Quote from: "lebowski" how many times has cook got out like that? too often is the answer! cook will always be a prime lbw candidate cook will always score a lot of runs so it's fair trade-off Title: First test Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 13:07:39 Overall though a good performance from the bowlers by the looks of things
Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 13:15:43 49-1 at the close. A great day for us.
Title: First test Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 13:19:42 Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" 49-1 at the close. A great day for us. did Hoggard end up with 5? Title: First test Post by: Spud on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 13:22:33 Quote from: "Dachauer" Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" 49-1 at the close. A great day for us. did Hoggard end up with 5? Nope, 4 wickets for 29 runs. Title: First test Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 13:23:02 Quote from: "Spud" Quote from: "Dachauer" Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" 49-1 at the close. A great day for us. did Hoggard end up with 5? Nope, 4 wickets for 29 runs. bloody hell thats some return Title: First test Post by: Scot Munroe on Saturday, December 1, 2007, 17:17:33 it is on such a dead wicket.
Title: First test Post by: Summerof69 on Sunday, December 2, 2007, 08:11:50 The ball is already keeping low. At this rate the ball will be going along the floor by the fourth day.
Title: First test Post by: larwood on Monday, December 3, 2007, 12:22:35 Not looking so good after today,Sri Lanka finshed on 167-2,74 runs ahead.Its going to be a hard day tomorrow and with us having to bat last aginst Murali i don't really fancy our chances.Still we did well to get a few more runs on the board,always good to see the tail wagging.
And no matter what you think of Murali,to achieve the world record is an amazing feat.And he's beat Warne so its doubly brilliant :wink: Title: First test Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 09:52:08 we've fucked this up
Title: First test Post by: larwood on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 22:39:06 STFCDave,is that Malcolm X in your avatar?
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 22:41:34 hoggy's a cripple :(
Title: First test Post by: larwood on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 22:50:08 SOB!I heart Hoggy,bless his blond locks.
Harmy will be back for the next test now,maybe,guess we might opt for the second spinner instead? Title: First test Post by: STFC Village on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 05:48:52 Beginning to look a lost cause now, 65-4. Although one of those wickets was nightwatchman Jimmy.
KP and Vaughan gone cheap, so much rests on Belly and Colly staying together to help us save this one Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 08:00:03 141-6.
bugger, got up at lunch for this - still no heating :( Title: First test Post by: axs on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 09:43:54 chances of Bell and Prior batting for a whole session after tea? minimal methinks.
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 09:51:11 the rain will save us 8)
Title: First test Post by: axs on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 10:49:09 they're hanging on in there, one of them must go soon now the new ball is in play.
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 10:53:45 prior and bell out, game over it would seem.
i blame the dog that strolled onto the pitch Title: First test Post by: DMR on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 11:48:29 i blame asad rauf, the fucker :x
Title: First test Post by: axs on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 11:49:14 poor decision for sideys dismissal, he got a clear edge.
Title: First test Post by: larwood on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 13:42:51 Thats the series gone then.Gutted we lost,seemed as if we'd done enough :(
Thought we were going to be saved by the weather as well,bastard camera man pouring his bottle of water in front of his camera :x Title: First test Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 13:43:18 Pathetic waste of space :-))(
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 13:46:18 who is?
Title: First test Post by: larwood on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 14:01:33 I assume Rich is talking about the camera man :wink:
Title: First test Post by: Spud on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 16:16:00 I hate it whenever we lose and they use the good ol' "we'll take alot of positives out of the game!" how the fuck can you do that when you had a first innings lead and threw the game away!?
Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 16:22:44 it was only a first innings lead of 90 odd though!
Title: First test Post by: Spud on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 16:25:10 Quote from: "sonic youth" it was only a first innings lead of 90 odd though! Is that it? just 90 odd? Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 16:43:05 sri lanka scored 188 in their first innings, we scored 281.
Title: First test Post by: Spud on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 17:13:01 Quote from: "sonic youth" sri lanka scored 188 in their first innings, we scored 281. whoosh! Fact is, if we had bowled better we wouldn't have put ourselves in the position we were in on day 5. Title: First test Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 17:15:18 shit :oops:
if we'd batted better we'd have got a lead of more than 90 odd, so there Title: First test Post by: Boeta on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 17:20:28 the game was lost with the first innings batting. england had a great chance to put the game beyond sri lanka by scoring 360+ but failed to grasp the opportunity
Title: First test Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 17:25:57 To throw away a position of some strength is very disappointing.....I blame Alistair Cook.
Title: First test Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 18:18:07 Disappointing that we lost of course but it sounds as though the umpiring decisions were more than contraversial!
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