Srilanka tour of England 2024 (3 Tests) - Discussion Thread

[Frustrated]

4 minutes ago, putrevus said:

How did SL think they could compete with this bowling attack in England.

SL had no choice. None of their frontline pacers hv recovered from injury.   

[Frustrated]

Even the 3rd string Lankan bowling attack has been able to put the Eng batters in deep trouble.  

[Strangering]

10 minutes ago, Number said:

England beating pulp out of hapless unpaid Lankans. How is that quality test cricket ?

Hapless Lankans did beat the pulp out of Indian in the ODI series recently. What does money have to do with talent? 

If that were the case, India would be winning everything in Cricket. 

[Lone Wolf]

Root Gone... Lankans back in it come on

[Sgattick10]

Yayy Root out 

[Frustrated]

21 minutes ago, Sgattick10 said:

Another 100 coming up for Root 

100 Minus 58.  

[Lone Wolf]

There were some unlucky dismissals for Lankans especially Chandimal one...

Poms got the rub of the green in this game so far.

[New guy]

Unpopular opinion but Sri Lanka and Pakistan compete better in England than India

[putrevus]

15 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

SL had no choice. None of their frontline pacers hv recovered from injury.   

That is sad. Even though they got few wickets now, I don't know if they can keep this up..Their spinners look awful also.

[putrevus]

17 minutes ago, New guy said:

Unpopular opinion but Sri Lanka and Pakistan compete better in England than India

SL it is myth but Pakistan you are correct, they have  won and  drawn even five test series.SL play only two test series for most part.So if they get one draw , it looks like they have competed well.

Edited August 22, 2024 by putrevus

[Adamant]

31 minutes ago, New guy said:

Unpopular opinion but Sri Lanka and Pakistan compete better in England than India

Not since the GOAT Asian captain came to party.

 

Kohli was leading by 2-1 the last time he toured England.

 

All Hail !

Still remember the Oval match where his leadership won us the match.

Edited August 22, 2024 by Adamant

[Frustrated]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

That is sad. Even though they got few wickets now, I don't know if they can keep this up..  Their spinners look awful also.

Jayasurya has been superb.  20 overs 50/2 on a day 2 english wicket which is not conducive to spin.  

Edited August 22, 2024 by Frustrated

[putrevus]

17 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Jayasurya has been superb.  20 overs 50/2 on a day 2 english wicket which is not conducive to spin.  

It was reversing after 35 plus overs.So pitch is quite abrasive.Bashir took 3 wickets on first day.

[vvvslaxman]

Without Stokes we have to see how England plays. He gave.them a mental edge. This team looks more like.pre-stokes captaincy  where they play conservatively and perish. Absence of Stokes means their tail becomes longer. No crawley either

 

[Frustrated]

M Wood is the only batter in the english line up who knows how to execute bazball irrespective of the situation & the pitch.  

[rageaddict]

17.2

Mark Wood to Chandimal, no run, 143kph, short and quick on off, sharp bounce as Chandimal gets hit on the thumb. He immediately calls for the physio. It looks like Chandimal's index finger and thumb are in pain. We have a slight delay as the batter is having a chat with the physio. His thumb is slowly swelling and the batsman is walking off the field. Hopefully that isn't a serious injury. Wood's pace and bounce can be brutal at times. The batsman is retired hurt and walking back to the pavilion as the Sri Lankan captain enters the field

 

Wood injures Chandimal, retired hurt.

[rollingstoned]

Such a slow outfield. 

Woods pace forces Chandimal to retire hurt. 

[rollingstoned]

2 hours ago, Frustrated said:

M Wood is the only batter in the english line up who knows how to execute bazball irrespective of the situation & the pitch.  

He is getting lot of coaching from clouderson on the boundary. 

Broad is a natural as a commentator. 

[vvvslaxman]

SL is a one innings team. 

[vvvslaxman]

England batting is very light weight with mo crawley and Stokes..slightly longish tail and a noob keeper. They still got the lead.