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England under jamee999 (Sri Lanka 2002)

Jamee999

Hall of Fame Member
This is a story about my England team on the road to sucess or failure

Teams for first test.

ENGLAND

N Knight
M Vaughan
G Thorpe
G Hick(cptn)
N Hussain
M Ramprakash
A Stewart(wk)
A Giles
M Saggers
P Hutchinson
M Hoggard

SRI LANKA

M Attapatu
S Jayasuria
P de Silva
H Tillikaratne
R Arnold
R Kaluwitharana(wk)
D Samaraweera
W Vaas
C Bandara
D Zoyza
M Muralitharan

Hick has won the toss and has chosen to bat,more later.
 

Jamee999

Hall of Fame Member
SRI LANKA HOLD ON FOR GUTSY DRAW

England batted first

324

Ramprakash 86
Hick 45
Bandara 4/99

Sri Lanka

346

Da Silva 64
Jayasuria 57
Giles 5/87

England

343

Vaughan 78
Hick 72
Hussain 72
Bandara 4/105

Sri Lanka

257/7

Jayasuria 117
Tillikaratne 47
Hick 3/75

Test Match Drawn.

England's 1st innings was made up of 3 good partnerships,the opening one of 58,Thorpe and Hick for the third wicket put on 57 and a sixth wicket partnership of 77 between Ramprakash and Stewart.

This left the game level and either side could still win it.

Sri Lanka batted well with no big stand-out score and had a small 1st innings lead of 22.

3 scores of 70 which were played at crucial times,Vaughan's opening, Hick's middle order score leading on to Hussain's.

So chasing 322 Sri Lanka put on 124 for the 3rd wicket,with Saneth Jayasuria (117) making a crucial century, which could have won the game but Graeme Hick (3-75) and Ashley Giles(89-2) spun the game away from Sri Lanka but not quite enough to secyre the victory with an 8th wicket stand of 34 between Samaraweera and Bandara being enough to hold the game to a draw.

Jayasuria won MOM for his 2nd innings 100.

Next the teams for the second test.
 

Jamee999

Hall of Fame Member
Teams

1 change for England "Jack" Russell replacing the injured Alex Stewart.

Un Changed Sri Lanka.

ENGLAND

N Knight
M Vaughan
G Thorpe
G Hick(cptn)
N Hussain
M Ramprakash
A Stewart(wk)
A Giles
M Saggers
P Hutchinson
M Hoggard

SRI LANKA

M Attapatu
S Jayasuria
P de Silva
H Tillikaratne
R Arnold
R Kaluwitharana(wk)
D Samaraweera
W Vaas
C Bandara
D Zoyza
M Muralitharan

Hick lost the toss Sri Lanka bat first.
 

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