*Official* Group B Discussion - South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, England - Page 52

Pratters · 25-09-2009, 01:21 PM

I think the decision to bowl Kulasekara and take Mendis off backfired. Mendis and Murali together could have really applied the pressure. As it is, the match won't go to the 50th over.

Well played England though, to hang on. I saw 7-8 overs after coming home from dinner and thought their batsmen were really struggling out in the middle and thought they were dire. They did the important thing though. It is still not over. Makes this group interesting though.

Pratters · 25-09-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Uppercut

You're watching a game on paper. I could score those runs off Murali the way he's bowling today.

Murali will always be threat.

Uppercut · 25-09-2009, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pratters

I think the decision to bowl Kulasekara and take Mendis off backfired. Mendis and Murali together could have really applied the pressure. As it is, the match won't go to the 50th over.

Well played England though, to hang on. I saw 7-8 overs after coming home from dinner and thought their batsmen were really struggling out in the middle and thought they were dire. They did the important thing though. It is still not over. Makes this group interesting though.

You're not watching the match, are you? They bowled together for 7 or 8 overs and were dominated.

Uppercut · 25-09-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Pratters

Murali will always be threat.

Haha, can't argue with that!

Well, we'll see now. England were paying 1.06 at one point there so this would be a serious choke.

King Pietersen · 25-09-2009, 01:24 PM

Shah gone. Could be a chance for Sri Lanka here. Be interesting to see how Prior goes. Morgan is vital now.

wpdavid · 25-09-2009, 01:24 PM

Here we go ....

Scaly piscine · 25-09-2009, 01:24 PM

Yep there we go another cameo.

Pratters · 25-09-2009, 01:24 PM

They should have carried on together IMO Uppercut. Mendis offered hope in the form of ms hits by batsmen and the next thing we know, he is taken off.

Arjun · 25-09-2009, 01:25 PM

I'm very impressed with England's batting here. Lots of singles were scored, and more importantly, huge partnerships were built. That has had its effect on the Lankans, who seem to have lost their bite here. How much of a contribution was made by the sixes hit by Collingwood is a question- some of them were very tough shots to play.

wpdavid · 25-09-2009, 01:25 PM

The description on cricinfo sounds like it turned miles. Did it really?

Uppercut · 25-09-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pratters

They should have carried on together IMO Uppercut. Mendis offered hope in the form of ms hits by batsmen and the next thing we know, he is taken off.

Kula looked like he could nab one too to be fair. But Mendis could be seriously dangerous against new batsmen with four overs left.

wpdavid · 25-09-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pratters

They should have carried on together IMO Uppercut. Mendis offered hope in the form of ms hits by batsmen and the next thing we know, he is taken off.

We'll see. My thought at the time was he was running out of overs so they saved him for after the breakthrough. There's still time of course.

EDIT
Admittedly I thought he'd get more than one over at this stage.

Uppercut · 25-09-2009, 01:27 PM

Half a mile outside the line.

Jungle Jumbo · 25-09-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wpdavid

The description on cricinfo sounds like it turned miles. Did it really?

More just went straight on from around the wicket,

GIMH · 25-09-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Uppercut

You want him to, ideally, but it was a good effort anyway. Compare his performance to everyone else who's tried batting on this pitch, it's just a class above.

Must have been good if you're praiding a Colly ODI innings

Anyway, can't watch, not sure whether I should be glad or not about that. Eeek. Nervous, but we'll do it.

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Pratters Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 20,794	I think the decision to bowl Kulasekara and take Mendis off backfired. Mendis and Murali together could have really applied the pressure. As it is, the match won't go to the 50th over. Well played England though, to hang on. I saw 7-8 overs after coming home from dinner and thought their batsmen were really struggling out in the middle and thought they were dire. They did the important thing though. It is still not over. Makes this group interesting though.

25-09-2009, 01:24 PM	#770 (permalink)
King Pietersen International Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Suffolk, England Posts: 3,339	Shah gone. Could be a chance for Sri Lanka here. Be interesting to see how Prior goes. Morgan is vital now.

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Pratters Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 20,794	They should have carried on together IMO Uppercut. Mendis offered hope in the form of ms hits by batsmen and the next thing we know, he is taken off.

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wpdavid Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,916	The description on cricinfo sounds like it turned miles. Did it really?

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