*Official* Sri Lanka in England 2021 (white ball)

[Magrat Garlick]

Well this is a thing that is scheduled

England ODI: Eoin Morgan (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Tom Banton (added 1 July), Sam Billings, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
England T20: Eoin Morgan (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, George Garton (added 19 June), Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

SL squad (Both forms): Kusal Perera (capt, wk), Kusal Mendis (wk), Niroshan Dickwella (wk) (sent home for biosecurity breach), B Oshada P Fernando, Avishka Fernando (injured during T20), Danushka Gunathilake (sent home for biosecurity breach), Pathum Nissanka, Ramesh Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya da Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananajaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Asitha Fernando, Binura Fernando, Shiran Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana.

1st T20I, Wednesday 23 June, 18.30 local (D/N), Cardiff
2nd T20I, Thursday 24 June, 18.30 local (D/N), Cardiff
3rd T20I, Saturday 26 June, 14.30 local, Southampton

1st ODI, Tuesday 29 June, 11.00 local, Chester-le-Street
2nd ODI, Thursday 1 July, 13.00 local (D/N), The Oval (London)
3rd ODI, Sunday 4 July, 11.00 local, Bristol

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Who needs a WTC Final when you can play a meaningless bilateral LOI series instead?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Who needs a WTC Final when you can play a meaningless bilateral LOI series instead?

i remember a promise of british jam

 

[MW1304]

I had no idea this was happening.

I'm so glad we rested our IPL players so they could be fresh for this.

 

[cnerd123]

I presume this will count towards the ODI Super League rankings? Makes them slightly more important than JAMODIs if so. SL will be desperate for a win or two - they're currently dead last, which means they'll need to play a qualifying tournament in order to enter the 2023 WC lol

 

[CricAddict]

Eng looks so strong and in their own conditions. SL in a wretched rut of form. SL are going to get smashed and white-washed. If it doesn't rain.

 

[CricAddict]

Is Angelo Matthews dropped?

 

[Migara]

Is Angelo Matthews dropped?

His daughter is ill. She is suffering from a congenital cardiac condition, and by the rate Mathews is skipping tours, could not be in great health.

 

[Migara]

Eng looks so strong and in their own conditions. SL in a wretched rut of form. SL are going to get smashed and white-washed. If it doesn't rain.

This is the usual take. But KJP and DG firing in the same game would bring a win 95% of times. Those two are the best players of pace in the team, and currently being in form.

Hope Oshadha Fernando makes an appearance instead of DDS. once again a better player of pace, and very good player on the back foot. My XI would be;

Kusal Perera
Dhanushka Gunathilaka
Avishka Fernando
Kusal Mendis
Oshada Fernando
Niroshan Dikwella
Wanindu Hasaranga
Dhanajaya Lakshan
Akila Dhananjaya/ Asitha Fernando
Dushmantha Chameera
Nuwan Pradeep

This provides batting up to #8 and 3 - 4 seamers and 2 - 3 spinners (on #9 selection)

 

[TT Boy]

Fancy England getting 400 if they bat first at the County Ground. Their RR in recent years is close to 8 at Bristol.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

England have called up George Garton.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jeez, SL look faintly two bob.

Livingstone's liquorice allsorts not all that bad an option in the format though. He's listed as an offie, but seems to bowl almost as many leg cutters.

No real spin, but pretty accurate.

 

[trundler]

Well this is a thing that is scheduled

This absolutely killed me

 

[Himannv]

As usual, the only positive thing to say is that Hasaranga did something good.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

the BBC commentators seem very focused on the match that's not in front of them

tbf with 55/2 after 11 and what happened yesterday you can excuse them for not pretending this is a contest

 

[wpdavid]

It was just a pleasant surprise to find some live cricket on BBC2 when I was channel hopping an hour and a bit ago.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

It was just a pleasant surprise to find some live cricket on BBC2 when I was channel hopping an hour and a bit ago.

Thanks, until your post I’d forgotten that this was on tv.

Or happening at all

 

[BoyBrumby]

See Jos has been given the evening off again.

Clearly playing two T20s in succession far too much for a chap of his obviously delicate constitution.

He barely had 8 weeks rest after his return from the IPL, after all.

 

[grecian]

This is ****, thought I'd go BBc and not get Rashid for England Tests, based on a ridiculosly different format, but luckily batted away as nothing by Jimmeh, who is actually great in the box. Always love how the English players take the piss out of Broads reviews as much as anyone, actually so does Broad.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

might just be that the pitch has been doing a lot all night lads