Champions Trophy - England and Wales 2013

Jayawardene does bugger all but scratch around for 18 balls looking horribly out of form, then comes down the track and smacks the bowler straight over his head for a six. Class!

Ball again. Jesus umpires, get on with it

Good over from Swann, just rattled through it, minimal damage. This is going to be very, very close.

Trott off with a right thigh injury. Hopefully that's just a precaution

Sri Lanka continue tofind it difficult to get Swann away. Only 23 of his 7 overs so far. Think Cook should keep him on, and perhaps bring Anderson on for an over or 2.

Please don't let Trott be injured for the 10th of July.

get broad off

This is rather pants from Broad

When he's bad he is very very bad.

Is it starting to slip from England? It will unless England get a wicket soon.

On the way out of this.  Gives more time to prepare for the ashes anyway.

Bopara back on, replacing Broad.

ermmmmm.

Some good fielding keeping us in this. Need a wicket like a hole in the head. Hopefully the powerplay will bring it...

Unlike Sri Lanka, England are doing good job on the field. Morgan, Root and Broad, all saving runs that could prove to be important at the end.

Its too flat.  You need dodgy decisions and people giving away wickets to stand a chance here.

Maybe the PP will bring a cluster of wickets, it does for most sides. Heads up England!

The 5th bowler, as well as Broad, are going at over 6. Not comfortable for Alastair Cook.

James Anderson, possibly England's last hope today.

JIMMY!!!!

Cook, looking for the wicket, has Anderson on, and he very nearly obliges the captain, the edge just out of the wicketkeeper's reach. Not a chance, Sanga just being a touch lucky.

mystiroakey wrote:JIMMY!!!!

What?

They are just milking him.  Why get excited?  England are done here.

Sri Lanka still need to score over 7 an over for the next 16. Sanga and Mahela are looking good, but all that England need is a wicket. They don't have the finisher Perera today, and the rest of the lineup is not as classy as the pair out there.

Spoiler:

We're not finished yet.

Were simply done. Big game on Sunday now.

Cook has kept one over from Swann back, and has brought Bopara on. As Atherton suggests, might be a good move, because the batsmen might go a little easy on him in this over as the powerplay sets in from the next.

PP time! England's chance has arrived.

No additional risk, yet 7 of that over. Batting powerplay. Batting powerplay has often been the undoing of many a good batsman. A decisive face in the game.

Goneeeeeeee! Jayawardene holes out.

Yes a wicket!! Jayawardene goes, good catch by Bairstow

Powerplay the undoing of Mahela. Massive, massive wicket. England are right back in it.

Kula in to try and take the attack to England in the powerplay. Interesting move from Angelo.

Short treatment coming for Kula I suspect

I understand why Kula has been sent in, but surely you send a proper batter in to keep the scoreboard ticking over here?

Fantastic over by the Burnley express.

SL need to go at 7.5 an over in the next 14 overs. Anyone's game at the moment.

terrible fielding miss.

Kulasekhar is trying to have a slog. Not really convinced this is the right move. Of course Kula might prove me wrong, but I thought someone like Chandimal should have come in and rotated the strike.

more of this loose stuff and it is a breeze for them.

is finn injured then?

Broad/Bresnan have been poor so far today. Really need them to up it in their final overs

torture to watch. they are just eating up the runs.  I think we knew agfter nz series eng couldn't get it right but it's a shame to see how far short they're getting now.

Singles not really hurting England but they do need another wicket. Getting Sangakarra out would be huge.

Come on sanga, get your ton and get out

finn is rated no.3 in this format and we dont play him..

lulz

we chose not to?

giles you donkey!

Superb over from Anderson, and credit to Buttler for saving 4 runs there. Could be massive in the context of the game.

18 ahead at this stage they are.

So close then. Just short of Bairstow. The pressure is increasing on Sri Lanka.

Ton for Sangakarra; will it be a match-winning one?

not enough par really was 320 here.  need to sort out or batting order. and play Finn.

100 for Sangakkara

Well played