England Vs. SriLanka

[JASON]

England 3 for 98 after 27.0 overs Flintoff 9, Trescothick 56

England may have done enough already to win this game. 200 plus is quite likely to be a winning score on this pitch.

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BTW did this guy who tried to meet her majesty the Queen at Buckingham palace, make it to Rose Bowl ?

[Scaly piscine]

figures, rains just as Flintoff gets his eye in

[JASON]

and it starts to pour down! covers are called in and the players
leave the field

End of over 32 (4 runs) England 118/3 (RR: 3.69)
DNT Zoysa 7-0-34-1 (1w) - Northern End
A Flintoff 21* (38b 2x4) ME Trescothick 64* (95b 7x4)

Looks like there may be a long delay . Does anyone know what the weather forecast is for the rest of the day and tomorrow ?

[Sehwag309]

Natwest Challenge would have been a good series to try that out

He scored 99 in the middle order anyways but would have been interesting him at 3 or opening

[Scaly piscine]

Today: Rather cloudy. Some rain at times

Tomorrow: Cloudy initially but becoming brighter. Some showers possible

[Sehwag309]

Rain or Not, We will get to see Ashes preview next week

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Sehwag309

Natwest Challenge would have been a good series to try that out

He scored 99 in the middle order anyways but would have been interesting him at 3 or opening

I think it's fine for Flintoff to open in good batting conditions, especially in Sri Lanka where the opening 15 overs is cannon fodder time for the bowlers. I wouldn't have Flintoff at the top 3-4 in most English conditions, a good batting wicket at Lord's would be an exception to this

[JASON]

SL have themselves to blame for letting England off the hook by dropping catches (both Tresco and Freddie) , But Billy Bowden helped Tresco with one big decision as well (caught behind Off Maharoof).

SL cannot blame Billy, but themselves.

With Freddie set and Tresco looking good England should make 240-250 easily.

This should be at least 50 runs more than what SL can achieve on this pitch if Harmo and Goughy get going with Freddie and Wharf.

[Scaly piscine]

Trouble is they'll have to get their eye in again and if England's innings goes into the second day that screws England up even further.

[superkingdave]

I think Sri Lanka will be happy with anything less than 250, if they get a quick wicket on resumption it could be an easy win.

[luckyeddie]

I've just driven to Southampton and back this morning - 7 hours on the road for a half hour interview.

It rained most of the way there (let me rephrase that - it POURED) then stopped 25 miles North of Southampton. On the way back, same - dry for a bit then 150 miles of rain.

If that lot all makes its way to the Rose Bowl, they won't play for a week.

[Scaly piscine]

The weather forecasts I've seen all suggest Saturday will have much better weather, although still a little mixed with cloud & sunshine. Ideally England would get their last 18 overs in today then that would be it, meaning it would be relatively fair to both teams. Being a cynic I bet England end up batting in the morning TWICE and Sri Lanka get the sunshine tomorrow.

[Scaly piscine]

Play abandoned for the day, this is where ICC's general bungling kicks into full effect I think.

[bugssy]

Originally Posted by luckyeddie

I've just driven to Southampton and back this morning - 7 hours on the road for a half hour interview.

It rained most of the way there (let me rephrase that - it POURED) then stopped 25 miles North of Southampton. On the way back, same - dry for a bit then 150 miles of rain.

If that lot all makes its way to the Rose Bowl, they won't play for a week.

so i gues it was raining then mate! throw some our way. nsw drought striken 95% of the state.

[marc71178]

Well, my money went on the overpriced SL side pre-game - but will accept it being rained off (stake refunded)