gunnar hendershow Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Sri Lanka was pitiful outside of Jayawardene today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yeah, and it's crazy - his innings has helped ensure that they're favourites to win the test now, but that's mostly down to England's recent batting form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 England's target is 340 - it should've been 290-odd, but for a no ball for what would have been the last wicket. Bloody unlikely, but we'll see how it goes. C'mon England! ...it's also worth £45 to me if they do manage to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 This test match has just become amazing. England need 100 to win with 5 wickets remaining...and Trott who's got his century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 85 runs needed with four wickets left. Trott and Broad in with Swann, Anderson and Panesar to come. So it's really left up to these two and possibly Swann to get the bulk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted March 29, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yeah this is going to be an awesome conclusion, no matter what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Game over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Bollocks. Trott's gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just two wickets remaining. Thankfully Anderson is one of them. He can dig in when he wants to and maybe get a 30 or so, but that still leaves us short... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 So much promise and it ended with a whimper. Boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted March 29, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Lost by 75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plubby Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I want to lol, England but right up until Trott got out, that was a compelling test match. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted March 30, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Stuart Broad has been ruled out for the remainder of the series in Sri Lanka with a right calf injury. Possible replacements in the England squad for the final Test in Colombo include Steve Finn and Tim Bresnan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 4, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Great start to the day, getting Sri Lanka out quickly. Now we're 11-0 at lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted April 7, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 lol, Strauss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mr. potato head Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Any IPL fans on EWB? It's the only cricket we get on TV here for the most part, so I've been watching some of it on weekends. Great finish just now to Rajasthan Royals vs. Delhi Daredevils. Rajasthan looked like they'd pull off the chase all the way through, but Delhi was able to silence them in the last couple overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 14, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yorkshire batsman Jonny Bairstow has been called up by England to face West Indies in the first Test of the summer at Lord's. Bairstow, 22, has six caps at both one-day international and Twenty20 level, but is yet to make his Test bow. He is likely to bat at number six after Ravi Bopara was ruled out by a thigh injury. Durham pace bowler Graham Onions is the only other player in the 13-man squad who did not play a Test last winter. But all-rounder Samit Patel, who played in both Tests in Sri Lanka, is left out. Bairstow plays as wicketkeeper alongside his batsman duties for Yorkshire, but will be able to concentrate on scoring runs if he plays for England with Matt Prior also in the squad. He scored an unbeaten 41 on his one-day international debut against India and was 60 not out in England's 38-run win over Pakistan in their Twenty20 meeting in February. Bairstow follows in the footsteps of his father, David, who played four Tests for England between 1979 and 1981, including two against the West Indies. His first-class average of 46.37 is bettered by that of Nottinghamshire's James Taylor, who is also 22. Taylor scored 118 for England Lions against the West Indies in the first innings of a four-day match. "We have had many conversations about that," national selector Geoff Miller told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek. "It is a tough decision but it is nice that we have got one or two lads knocking on the door to try and fill those places when they come available. "The call was for Jonny, but that does not mean it is the end of an opportunity for James Taylor. It is just a matter of him continuing to work hard and score a lot of runs and prove us wrong." Miller added that it was too early to be sure that Bopara would be back in contention for the second Test at Trent Bridge on 25 May after the Essex man was diagnosed with a grade-two muscle tear. "We are not going to make any rush decision on that, we are going to let him get his body ready so he can justify a selection," he added. The third and final Test against West Indies is at Edgbaston on 7 June, with a one-day series and Twenty20 international to follow. England then play a one-day series against Australia, followed by a three-Test series against South Africa. England Test squad against West Indies: Andrew Strauss (Middlesex, capt), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Alastair Cook (Essex), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 17, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've not long woken up after my night shift - how we doing on the whole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Not bad, 204-6, Chanderpaul has been incredibly boring to watch apparently. I haven't really been watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornswoggle4PM Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Australian batsman Luke Pomersbach arrested in India over assault after IPL match Sad to hear this, he's been on the verge of Australian selection at his best, but clearly has some issues he needs to sort out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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