22nd Match - England v Sri Lanka

[viriya]

Dilshan is an overrated fielder now. Numbers say so, evidence confirms it.

SL will struggle to restrict Eng <300 if they go wicketless in the first 10. 350 a possibility too.

 

[WalkingWicket]

That isn't really the tone you started this discussion in though is it?

ho-hum maybe it was. I'm deffo going to start watching it when Jurassic Park ends on ITV2+1

BTW what is Warnie saying that is so annoying?

OK, perhaps by saying 'What does Hales have to do to get a game?' suggested that he was in great form, but it was rather a comment on Ballance being in poor form, and that Hales should come in.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Brilliant start to get 50 up so early. Got to make this count now.

 

[viriya]

SL selections make very little sense.. Senanayake should've played over Dimuth in this game. Dimuth will do nothing for you for a 300+ chase because the bowling is weak, so what's the point of the extra batsman?

 

[Cabinet96]

Various nonsensical combinations of "being aggressive is good". Also I thought his assessment of the Sri Lankan drops was harsh.

No one hates it more than me, but it's just the narrative () for pretty much every English pundit/person in the media nowadays. Even the good ones like Nasser. Not really worth getting worked up about one bloke doing it anymore.

 

[grecian]

Poor commitment. Moeen is batting.

I actually get really nervous when he bats, and I don't seem to be a good luck charm.

 

[viriya]

No one hates it more than me, but it's just the narrative () for pretty much every English pundit/person in the media nowadays. Even the good ones like Nasser. Not really worth getting worked up about one bloke doing it anymore.

It's more that he went on for a minute on how SL have been "poor, very poor in the field" when you can guarantee that if it were the Aussies he would just bring up some excuse. SL haven't fielded brilliantly but it's not like they've dropped dollies and misfielded.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I actually get really nervous when he bats, and I don't seem to be a good luck charm.

Better luck for him than the bloke sitting on the bog in Jurassic Park though.

 

[Cabinet96]

I actually get really nervous when he bats, and I don't seem to be a good luck charm.

Nervous is what watching sport is all about IMO. Fair enough if you don't like it though.

 

[Adders]

An Ian Bell cover drive is the most beautiful sight in cricket.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

An Ian Bell cover drive is the most beautiful sight on cricket.

Still not as good as a Vaughan one was.

 

[viriya]

Obviously not byes.. irrelevant though.

 

[YorksLanka]

SL selections make very little sense.. Senanayake should've played over Dimuth in this game. Dimuth will do nothing for you for a 300+ chase because the bowling is weak, so what's the point of the extra batsman?

Because if we are chasing 300+ an extra batsman is going to help that not an extra bowler. Also we have to look at the strength of the opposition and you must see that England have a very good bowling line up?

 

[Uppercut]

No one hates it more than me, but it's just the narrative () for pretty much every English pundit/person in the media nowadays. Even the good ones like Nasser. Not really worth getting worked up about one bloke doing it anymore.

I think it's broadly true, but we don't need to hear about it for EVERY minute of every game. The way Warne twists events so they fit into his story () is especially grating. Like, choosing to bat was an aggressive move (for reasons that need no explaining) and that's why England are now doing well.

 

[Cabinet96]

Still not as good as a Vaughan one was.

Better debate is whether the Vaughan off stump cartwheel is better than the Bell chip to the ring fielder.

Oh ****, spin on already. Here's where it goes sour.

 

[grecian]

Nervous is what watching sport is all about IMO. Fair enough if you don't like it though.

Ah, but you are young with nerves of steel, I used to be like that, but my sporting teams I support have rather eroded this.

I forgot Samuel L. Jackson was in Jurrasic Park

 

[Zinzan]

Dilshan is an overrated fielder now. Numbers say so, evidence confirms it.

SL will struggle to restrict Eng <300 if they go wicketless in the first 10. 350 a possibility too.

Agree, I think Dilshan has dropped more catches in the last couple of months than over his whole career.

 

[viriya]

Because if we are chasing 300+ an extra batsman is going to help that not an extra bowler. Also we have to look at the strength of the opposition and you must see that England have a very good bowling line up?

Dimuth is not gonna help with a 300+ chase. SL will only chase that if one of the big 4 gets a big one, and if they do they need the lower order to get quick runs. Dimuth is only useful for a crisis, and if SL are 4 down early, he can't win you the game. Just get you a more respectable loss.

So why not try to limit the total you have to chase by picking Sena instead?

 

[Uppercut]

Better debate is whether the Vaughan off stump cartwheel is better than the Bell chip to the ring fielder.

Oh ****, spin on already. Here's where it goes sour.

Bell definitely can't compete with the Vaughan off-stump cartwheel. The way he held the pose for a good three seconds before realising what had happened was textbook.

 

[WalkingWicket]

Moeen what the f***