England vs Sri Lanka

Trampas · 22-05-2011 9:42am #1

Morgan makes the test squad

Andrew Strauss (Middlesex, captain)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Ian Bell (Warwickshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Alastair Cook (Essex)
Steven Finn (Middlesex)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Kevin Pietersen (Surrey)
Matt Prior (Sussex)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Tremlett (Surrey)
Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)

booth70 · 22-05-2011 10:56am

Bopara or Morgan was really the only selection headache.....Morgan's 193 sealed it in his favour.....the rest of the squad picked themselves

Morgan should get an extended run this summer against SL and India.....the no: 6 slot is his own to lose now

Dozen Wicked Words · 22-05-2011 12:14pm

I think its got drawn series written all over it, Sri Lankas batting too good and bowling too average for anything else, hope I am wrong and England whitewash them, but doubt it!

Morgan definitely the better bet than Bopara but he has these home tests to prove it.

Blue Magic · 23-05-2011 1:35am

Will be very interested to see how Morgan handles the Sri Lankan attack. Feel this could be a massive summer for him to cement his place at no. 5/6 in the middle order

England are second in test side rankings behind India, am I right?

booth70 · 23-05-2011 6:58pm

Blue Magic wrote: »

Will be very interested to see how Morgan handles the Sri Lankan attack. Feel this could be a massive summer for him to cement his place at no. 5/6 in the middle order

England are second in test side rankings behind India, am I right?

India
South Africa
England
Sri Lanka
Australia

......In that order

riffmongous · 23-05-2011 11:37pm

England can go top this summer though right? At least that was the vibe I was getting from cricinfo..

reb73 · 24-05-2011 4:14pm

riffmongous wrote: »

England can go top this summer though right? At least that was the vibe I was getting from cricinfo..

Not if Sri Lanka / India decide to show up and bring their A game! It'll be interesting, England do appear to have a well balanced squad and have been performing well over the last couple of years.

booth70 · 27-05-2011 6:30am

Quite surprised Sangakkara hung on....thought hot spot was pretty conclusive that he did get a feather on it.....he is normally a walker....unless he genuinely thought he did not edge it.

LondonIrish90 · 28-05-2011 6:25pm

Ton up for Alastair Cook.

Him and Trott look tobe continuing their form from down under. Not for the first time this partnership looking really solid.

Must say, Sri Lanka simply don't have the attack to win test matches.

Dozen Wicked Words · 28-05-2011 7:16pm

Anderson wont bowl again this test.

LondonIrish90 · 29-05-2011 4:51pm

150 up for Trott now. Unbelievable player with an unbelievable temperament.

Bell quickly closing in on a half century too.

booth70 · 29-05-2011 7:41pm

Hopefully Strauss will declare tomorrow morning as soon as Bell gets his hundred and try and make a match out of this....weather permitting!

Dozen Wicked Words · 29-05-2011 8:06pm

booth70 wrote: »

Hopefully Strauss will declare tomorrow morning as soon as Bell gets his hundred and try and make a match out of this....weather permitting!

Yeah, not holding my breath, its been terrible. Don't think Strauss has it in him to declare in the morning.

Inquitus · 30-05-2011 5:05pm

dooferoaks wrote: »

Yeah, not holding my breath, its been terrible. Don't think Strauss has it in him to declare in the morning.

Match fixing allegations are sure to stem from this collapse if England win, 43-7 on what is a benign wicket.

booth70 · 30-05-2011 5:53pm

What a great game test cricket simply is......who would have thought a result would have been possible after all that rain.....and England won with 30 overs to spare!!

For England to win without Anderson was even more remarkable.....Tremlett was superb.....Sri Lanka were simply blown away

Well done England

LondonIrish90 · 30-05-2011 7:53pm

Inquitus wrote: »

Match fixing allegations are sure to stem from this collapse if England win, 43-7 on what is a benign wicket.

Absolute rubbish.

I'd love you to name me a single Sri Lankan who genuinely gave his wicket away cheaply.

Brilliant bowling from England and nothing more. Also, you say a benign wicket, yet I can remember a fair few games in Cardiff that have been very exciting, both in test and limited overs cricket. Obviously something in it that keeps the batsmen guessing.

Great advert for test cricket!

SSK · 30-05-2011 11:11pm

Tremlett was fantastic today, he's turned into a quality test bowler. England look a superbly balanced side at the moment, their tests against India will be fascinating.

SD7792 · 31-05-2011 12:04am

Can see this going straight for a 3-0 now. Even Australia got a draw out of their first test against England for gods sake :P

England look very strong in both batting and bowling and if Anderson is fit and they can bring back the fielding standards of the winter then they may have a very successful summer (until mid July anyway :P)

booth70 · 31-05-2011 1:23pm

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish.

I'd love you to name me a single Sri Lankan who genuinely gave his wicket away cheaply.

Brilliant bowling from England and nothing more. Also, you say a benign wicket, yet I can remember a fair few games in Cardiff that have been very exciting, both in test and limited overs cricket. Obviously something in it that keeps the batsmen guessing.

Great advert for test cricket!

Totally agree with you......the glorious uncertainties of TEST cricket......this is why test cricket will always remain the ultimate test!

Can't wait for England v India:)

ClareVisitor · 01-06-2011 1:08pm

Inquitus wrote: »

Match fixing allegations are sure to stem from this collapse if England win, 43-7 on what is a benign wicket.

I'll reiterate LondonIrish90's repoly, only one of the lower order was out to an ill-advised swipe at the ball, the others were the result of good disciplined bowling.

dfx- · 03-06-2011 5:43pm

Pietersen out for two, Morgan 66 no....

Corsendonk · 03-06-2011 6:10pm

dfx- wrote: »

Pietersen out for two, Morgan 66 no....

Morgan out for 79, century looked on the cards.

LondonIrish90 · 03-06-2011 10:07pm

Great knocks from Morgan and Prior this evening. Their partnership probably gave England the advantage at the end of day one.

Some beautiful strokes played by the pair of them, and Morgan really deserved a century. Great to see him already showing why he is the man to replace Collingwood for the long term.

Cremated · 03-06-2011 10:10pm

I agree with Morgan but the bowling to Prior was at times awful...

Gordon Gecko · 03-06-2011 10:32pm

Some of the wicket-keeping today wouldn't have looked out of place in Division 14, must be a case for Sangakarra taking back the gloves given that his batting (admittedly superlative 9 times out of 10) hasn't really been greatly affected since he gave them up.

booth70 · 04-06-2011 5:59pm

211 for 1 plays 486:(

This pitch puts some of the flat pancakes on the subcontinent to shame but having said that I thought England's bowling was awful today

Good counterattacking innings from Dilshan

Dozen Wicked Words · 04-06-2011 7:10pm

Yeah, Dilshan had a great day, Englands bowling very poor. Tickets available tomorrow if you have a spare £60 to get in!

Gordon Gecko · 06-06-2011 3:40pm

479 all out: who'd have believed England would be going into their 2nd innings with a lead?

Dozen Wicked Words · 06-06-2011 3:47pm

Sri Lanka Cricket Board in big financial trouble apparently, so if anyone has a few bob to give them. Overspent massively on the Cricket World Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13666155

mike65 · 07-06-2011 3:55pm

Conchir · 07-06-2011 4:28pm

Matt Prior... they're saying he threw his glove, it hit a bat and that broke the window. The look on Strauss' face was priceless.

England need a wicket, and fast. Are Sri Lanka just hoping for a draw at this stage?

England vs Sri Lanka

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