England vs Sri Lanka 3 tests

[Plugger35]

Awful review, that missed the bat by a mile.

Root needs to go to Specsavers, Blind Freddy could see that wasn't out.

 

[Plugger35]

Now they miss a genuine edge, probably more Smith's catch than Root's catch though.

 

[RookiePick]

Get in the bin Dimuth

 

[Plugger35]

Sri Lanka going into lunch with both their openers gone after chopping on against Woakes.

Not a great start for them but their best batsmen seem to be further down their batting order.

 

[Plugger35]

Aravinda de Silva making an appearance at lunch but he is looking more like Arjuna Ranatunga, he has been in a good paddock.

 

[Plugger35]

Nissanka falling to the leg side trap.

Their top order has toppled again.

 

[Plugger35]

A jaffa from Potts to bowl Mathews.

Then he gets the captain for a duck.

Sri Lanka in all sorts of trouble now.

 

[Plugger35]

Kamindu looking like Sri Lanka's best batsman again, he is putting up a good fight, he just needs someone else to stay with him.

 

[sabso]

Positives: wonderful century from Atkinson, ended by rathnayake taking fattys farken caaaaatch.
Magic ball from Potts to clip angelos off bail
Defiant innings from kamindu, England eventually bought his wicket
Batsmen trying to stay in / England not sending in a nightwatchman

Negatives: Sri Lanka have looked substandard with bat and ball
Roots fielding
Lawrence not knowing the rules
Michael Vaughans commentary: hammered away, hammered away, hammered away

Get in the bin Dimuth

*Frank

 

[Plugger35]

That catch reminded me of the 1982 MCG Boxing Day test match where Botham dismissed Jeff Thomson with a rebound catch.

 

[BrownYouGun]

Not sure why England are playing 5 bowlers, all the word I hear is that they are preparing for ashes series in Australia but there is no way they can get away with 5 bowlers in Aus. Woakes especially is fine in the UK but proven not to be good enough in Aus so would’ve thought this series is the perfect time to move past him

I seriously don’t rate Atkinson at all but hard to argue with his performances to date

 

[MJG14]

Stupid end to a terrible innings from Pope.

 

[Plugger35]

The Pope captaincy curse continues, his batting form has turned to shit since he got the captain's armband.

 

[Plugger35]

A bad shot from Brook and an even worse drop.

That could be costly, Brook already making Sri Lanka pay with a six.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

How good are Root's cover drives.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

god the kayo streaming quality is atrocious on chrome browser...

i could barely see that root got out then and there's nothing i enjoy more than seeing root get out

It's terrible on my browser too. No issues on my tv.

 

[Plugger35]

No let off for Brook this time, with England's lead over 350 now that wicket doesn't matter too much though.

They probably already have enough of a lead.

 

[Plugger35]

Nice Oasis reference from Broad.

 

[Plugger35]

Another ton for Root to go to 34 test tons.

"How does he make batting look so easy".

Batting against a tired mediocre Sri Lankan bowling attack helps.

Take nothing away from him though, it's still a great achievement.

 

[Plugger35]

Pistol with another bad lbw call, he is out of form, he's umpiring like Joel Wilson.

 

[FreoRicci]

Another ton for Root to go to 34 test tons.

"How does he make batting look so easy".

Batting against a tired mediocre Sri Lankan bowling attack helps.

Take nothing away from him though, it's still a great achievement.

Find Williamson’s centuries better. Just played 100 tests, for 32 100s.

Root 34 test centuries at 144 matches.

Shows the discrepancy in lack of respect for non- big 3 test countries

 

[sabso]

Positives:
of course Root getting 2 centuries in the match
Can't wait to see Kamindu bat again, the man is magic

Negatives:
England can't be bothered to bat a third innings when they have a big lead, by and large. It smacks of a naive approach to playing cricket - you can afford to stay in and protect your wicket. Pope, Brook, Woakes, Atkinson and Root gave their wickets away. How can you turn the screw and demoralise an oponent when they get to bowl you out twice.
Sri Lanka have more than 4 players who can bowl so why is Dhananjaya not changing things up at times?

Pistol with another bad lbw call, he is out of form, he's umpiring like Joel Wilson.

He's umpiring like Richmond play

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Positives:
of course Root getting 2 centuries in the match
Can't wait to see Kamindu bat again, the man is magic

Negatives:
England can't be bothered to bat a third innings when they have a big lead, by and large. It smacks of a naive approach to playing cricket - you can afford to stay in and protect your wicket. Pope, Brook, Woakes, Atkinson and Root gave their wickets away. How can you turn the screw and demoralise an oponent when they get to bowl you out twice.
Sri Lanka have more than 4 players who can bowl so why is Dhananjaya not changing things up at times?

He's umpiring like Richmond play

IM completely lost on your point here

 

[Plugger35]

Another terrible lbw review from Pope, even Pistol wasn't pulling the trigger on that one.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Find Williamson’s centuries better. Just played 100 tests, for 32 100s.

Root 34 test centuries at 144 matches.

Shows the discrepancy in lack of respect for non- big 3 test countries

With all respect, Root has been able to do it over 144 tests. You're underestimating long term consistency. What was Williamsons issue with only making 100 tests?


Williamson only made 36.95 vs Australia, 36.85 vs England, and 37.86 vs India.

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