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

[nitinbwj]

Lawrence out - 70/3 Eng

[Lord]

need another wicket before 100 mark, preferably ROOOOTTTT

[vvvslaxman]

I have a feeling England will become like the old England (collapse prone) shortly.With positive approach of guys like Bairstow they adopted this philosophy. It worked for guys with poor defensive techniques.  Now chinks are being exposed.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Lord said:

need another wicket before 100 mark, preferably ROOOOTTTT

Their batting ends at 6. They are in dangerous situation. There is no stokes to bail them out.

[Lord]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Their batting ends at 6. They are in dangerous situation. There is no stokes to bail them out.

 

Yeah but SL bowling is too crappy to trouble Root.

[Lone Wolf]

Brook Root Smith these guys have solid techniques.

Lankans are at least 50-60 runs short.

But what fight they have shown.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

 

Yeah but SL bowling is too crappy to trouble Root.

They can open the other end. Brooks will be the key.

[putrevus]

They need couple more wickets. If SL win this test, there would be no stopping them.

[nitinbwj]

Brooke and Root are very cautious at the moment 

[Lord]

This spinner is too bad. They could have played Hasaranga, Theekshana or even Wellalage

[Lord]

Just now, nitinbwj said:

Brooke and Root are very cautious at the moment 

 

there comes the reverse sweep

[rollingstoned]

6 minutes ago, Lord said:

This spinner is too bad. They could have played Hasaranga, Theekshana or even Wellalage

Nah he's doing a good job. This is what we need Jadeja to do abroad. 

[Lord]

Just now, rollingstoned said:

Nah he's doing a good job. This is what we need Jadeja to do abroad. 

 

Get hammered? He's going at above 4 RPO on 4th day pitch

[Tillu]

Not sure England is going to chase this.

[rollingstoned]

Just now, Lord said:

 

Get hammered? He's going at above 4 RPO on 4th day pitch

That is the avg rr for this game. Others are also conceding that much. 

He picked up 2 wickets with beauties in the first innings. None of those other white ball spinners you mentioned would have done it. 

[Chaos]

This root guy is annoying. He rides on luck a lot.

[vvvslaxman]

16 minutes ago, Lord said:

This spinner is too bad. They could have played Hasaranga, Theekshana or even Wellalage

But he is their no.1 test match spinner.

[vvvslaxman]

They just need to nail Brook and Root. They can put the squeeze on. Pressure will be massive.

[nitinbwj]

12 off 40 partnership.

Bazball 

[rollingstoned]

Nitish Reddy or someone needs to do what Ratnayake is doing. Bowl wicket to wicket at 130 ish pace with control. Anything more is a bonus. 

Edited August 24, 2024 by rollingstoned