Sri Lanka A in England

[Migara]

Tour us underway. and the 1st match is against Leics.

JK Silva*†, SM Warnapura, HDRL Thirimanne, SC Serasinghe, ARS Silva, PBB Rajapaksa, CKB Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, S Prasanna, RMS Eranga, ABT Lak****ha

Very well balanced team. I would liked to have Nuwan Pradeep and Prasad there but they are out for different reasons

Ones to watch

Kaushal Silva - wicket keeper batsman, and a very good one at that. Big runs from him will put more pressure on PJ
Sachithra Senanayake - Off break bowler, whom I think should be bowling to Aussies in August
HDRL Thirimanne - Compact opening batsman.
PBB Rajapakshe - dasher of Jaya mould. If he gets two hours at crease, he takes the game away.
S. Prasanna - unorthodox leggie, who bowls top spinning and back spinning leg breaks, in Anil Kumble like pace.

 

[vcs]

LOL at the swear filter fail.

 

[Migara]

Would have been Tharanga Laksitha TBH.

 

[Himannv]

Will be interesting to see how Bhanuka Rajapakse does. He's in form at the moment. Scored 166 and 50 odd not out at a exceptional SR in his last game although it was against a pretty ordinary attack. He also did well at under 19's recently against England. Hope he does well and starts knocking on the door of the first team.

 

[superkingdave]

James Taylor WAG

 

[MW1304]

Taylor

As I've said in the other thread, should be next in line for Ingles.

 

[Howe_zat]

Batting more or less on his own again. C'est la vie.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Has to be the man we turn to next. If we pick Bopara ahead of him i will cry.

 

[Howe_zat]

Hell of a lot of extras. Second top scorer.

 

[S Chanderpaul]

Another 200 on the cards!

 

[Howe_zat]

He'll run out of partners.

 

[Anku31]

Senanayake has an excellent FC record.I wonder why he hasn't been selected for SL yet!!

 

[MW1304]

Senanayake has an excellent FC record.I wonder why he hasn't been selected for SL yet!!

Taylor's dealt with him alright so far - both spinners it seems (Prasanna has just as good a record as Senanayake, actually). WAG.

But, yeah, agree with you. Sri Lankan supporters seem angered by it, and they know best.

 

[Bonnie Prince C]

James Taylor is a star in the waiting. Definitely has to be ahead of the likes of Bopara.

Interesting that SLA decided to put Leicestershire in to bat first when they have 2/3 spinners in their bowling attack.

 

[Migara]

Pathetic show by SL A batsmen. Looks like they want to emulate their seniors. Kosala Kulasekara's performance is a shock (5/65 and 41*), but Shaminda Eranga, looks the real deal by the looks of it. Every wicket was taken by bowling straight.

 

[superkingdave]

Lol, Taylor just scored a 7,

Recent overs . . . . 4 . | . . W . 1 4 | . . . . . . | . . 2 1lb . 7

 

[Howe_zat]

I refuse to believe that Wayne White has taken them apart with a devastating spell, so that'll be one of the more embarrassing days in the Sri Lanka A record books.

 

[Himannv]

Just saw the scores on this and I'm shocked and very disappointed. Poor game by the A team but Kosala Kulasekara seems to be having a good game so far.

 

[marc71178]

Lions squad named

I'm pretty sure that the county championship games were taken into account when making some of those picks.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Would rather not have seen Meaker just yet, but I rate Brooks, and he's an Oxfordshire boy too, so no issues with that one. The Root call seems a bit weird, mind, and Kieswetter as a specialist bat in the four-day is an interesting one.