*Official* England Tour of Sri Lanka 2018

[wpdavid]

All I know of this match is the current scorecard and Jon Agnew's lunchtime report of Five Live. Something along the lines of the pitch being incredibly difficult to bat on, Burns batting very well and Buttler batting brilliantly. And that 220 would be a seriously good first innings score on this track. Is that about right?

 

[theegyptian]

It's not that bad a wicket at the moment wpdavid imo, but the signs are it's going to get worse quickly.

 

[Stapel]

I think Root's and Moeen's wickets had nothing to do with the pitch. And Foakes wasn't out, really. SL on top, imho.

 

[StephenZA]

220-250 runs would probably be par for first innings; SL chasing anything over 200 in the last innings day 4 would be really tough.

Its actually a nice competitive wicket.

 

[StephenZA]

I think Root's and Moeen's wickets had nothing to do with the pitch. And Foakes wasn't out, really. SL on top, imho.

That was just bizzare not to review, very believable good appeal by the SL though.

 

[StephenZA]

Or the batsman has a low attention span.

My comment was more about the DRS showing the wickets are 'wider' than they appear than a comment on a batsmen.

 

[91Jmay]

Feel like 200 is minimum but not a terrible score. Lanka batsmen aren't great against spin usually.

 

[cnerd123]

Going well for England. Based on past results, they're on track to post 350 here.

 

[theegyptian]

Rashid batting is box office. Hoping to see him bat at 3 next game for the lolz.

 

[Daemon]

Surely the tail doesn't get runs again. Surely.

 

[Groundking]

Glad to see Burns and Buttler get a score, has it been difficult batting?

Getting past 250 would be an ok effort with them having to bat last.

 

[cnerd123]

Tail, what tail?

England just has as never ending middle order.

 

[91Jmay]

Ball is turning off the straight. Leach bowls accurately he should take plenty of poles. I'd feel very good about 250.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The most irritating lineup in test history.

 

[91Jmay]

Could go over quickly now.

Curran should hit out.

 

[vcs]

Should be an interesting match. England are a nice team that way, they don't bat opponents out of the game. Just keep giving you hope and then take it away cruelly.

 

[wpdavid]

Could go over quickly now.

Curran should hit out.

May as well. Single of the first ball of an over probably isn't the way to go now.

 

[MW1304]

Perfect over. No idea why he took the single on the one before. Seems to have got the picture now though.

 

[91Jmay]

He has some power for a small bloke doesn't he. Those weren't small hits.

 

[Groundking]

A nice repreive there.