Magrat Garlick
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*Official* England in Sri Lanka 2021
- Thread starter theegyptian
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
The database has been done for a year. Sim not so done.
weeman27bob
International Regular
Joe Root feels like the sort of cricketer who should be much shorter than he is
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Utterly stupid team selection from Sri Lanka. Vishwa should obviously be playing, but even Chameera might be a more useful option than a 3rd spinner here. And what use is Shanaka if your not going to give him a bowl? Poor stuff
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
With the round the wicket strategy working well in England and the off spinners making hay it almost feels like it's no longer an advantage to bat left handed in tests, at least in certain conditions. I've certainly seen quite a few situations where a couple more right handed batsmen would have been an advantage.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
He doesn't appear to be short of confidence, does he. Great to see from a debutant.
Bahseph
State Captain
Dilruwan is definitely not up to it anymore. I just feel that Sri Lanka picked three spinners because that's what they do at home. V. Fernando over Dilruwan would be an upgrade imo. He bowled well in SA in 2018 on pitches that weren't full of seam movement.
On Hasaranga,there is something there. You get the feeling he isn't used to constructing a spell or bowling his stock ball but I see room for improvement if he bowls more. Not to say he is of Test standard right now.
On Hasaranga,there is something there. You get the feeling he isn't used to constructing a spell or bowling his stock ball but I see room for improvement if he bowls more. Not to say he is of Test standard right now.
chris.hinton
International Captain
What happened to Sri Lanka? this is a very poor side at the moment, England really dont have to play their best cricket to win this at a canter
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
There is enough in the pitch but the SL bowlers can't hold a consistent line and length. They have such long delivery stride they deliver from very low point and quite flat. Got to get higher and extract bounce out of the surface. There's definitely enough on the pitch but they aren't using it well enough. England batting quite well too, not rushed but not letting go off balls that can be punished. Root is awesome in picking the length and playing either deep or fully forward. He should be ideally getting lot more runs than he does.
chris.hinton
International Captain
I wouldnt have Bairstow in this test side, I think we have better players and youngsters to pick from. He has failed as a test player
47 today doesnt really cut it
47 today doesnt really cut it
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah I agree. He changes his pace nicely and looks like he has good attributes (decent revs, drift and turn) but is far too inconsistent currently. You can't be offering as many freebies he does as a frontline test match bowler
Bahseph
State Captain
If you had two good spinners like SL had with Herath and Dilruwan back in the day then I could see him playing because he can bowl some wicket taking balls. But Shanaka is the fifth bowler in this line up. Not Hasaranga.
chris.hinton
International Captain
They should bat with discipline, Their 1st innings was naive. They should at least make a fight of it.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Sri Lanka look so flat out there it beggars belief
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm totally baffled by these tactics. New ball is offered and you don't bowl your seamer who's bowled all of 8 overs? Eh?