Champions Trophy - England and Wales 2013

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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

he won this for sl.  well played Sangers.

The Kulasekhara move isn't quite working the way Mathews hoped it to. Kula is trying to slog, but not connecting with most. The hundred for Kumar Sangakkara. Fine knock.

P!ss poor throw costs England a crucial wicket. 

Great innings by Sanga so far

England mess up a peach of a chance.  incompetent.

Poor fumble and poor throw. Gotta be a run out at this level.

Another decent over by Anderson until the final ball. He's only got 1 over remaining so will probably be saved until the last.

At this rate the game isnt going to the last. England need wickets

Poor bowling from Bresnan

Sri Lanka need 76 of 10 overs. James Anderson can bowl only one of those 10. The 5th bowler also has 1 left, so does Graeme Swann. So Broad and Bresnan have a job to do.

ah well, it shows England how badly this approach , planning and coaching is.

they need a better line up , different game plan and better bowling.  not in the same class and being shown up on their own turf.

This game is all on Bresnan/Broad as Swann/Anderson only have an over left each

As I type Bresnan goes for 4, not looking promising...

has swann still got 1

Heat firmly turned on England. #prayforawicket

More poor bowling from Bresnan

Stop giving the slogger length for gods sake Bresnan

no way this lot will beat nz.

sky right. nz and sl it is. such good teams , hope they do well.  England need to rebuild niw, they've gone backwards badly.

Well, Kulasekhara opening up after the powerplay.

Bresnan bowling length to a guy who looks at sea against the short stuff

Trust in Stuart Broad. #spiritoftheoval2009

msp83 wrote:Well, Kulasekhara opening up after the powerplay.

Not sure hes opening up as much as Bresnan feeding him hittable stuff

Root has strained his ankle or something from that diving boundary save earlier- he is still limping!!

Sri Lanka cruising home now.

57 from 48. England can still pull this off.

5 good balls then you man sausage it up with a rubbish leg side one Broad. Not good enough from him and Bresnan today. Not good enough at all

Bowlers aside from Swann and Anderson have been poor, middle order bailed out by Bopara again.

England can beat NZ but not if they play like this.

Anything positive for England here?

Not really, even broads limits are being cruelly exposed again.

Srilanka need 57 of 48. England need wickets. Broad and Bresnan not really coming to the party as yet.

Singles, dots, wickets. All are fine for England.

Sri Lanka have won barring a miracle

Pah, 2 sixes in a row for Sri Lanka. Too short by Swann. Bowlers have flucked this up. Well done to Sangakarra.

New Zealand v England is probably a quarter-final now. Weather is sh!te in Cardiff on Sunday, England might be done.

and that is why you need to acclelerate your innings..


For some reason i got caught up in the thinking that teams dont hit 300 any more.. Nope - fact is they do on the oval. We royaly have feicked this up.. Root needs to open I cant say it enough. He is busy. We need to start with that intent with his quality of an all round game

Kulasekhara is turning it on. Less than run-a-ball now. They need 41 of 42.

Dont think so duty. England probably out.

STOP BOWLING LENGTH TO THE SLOGGER!!

Isn't it direct to the semis?  So NZ and SL through? Eng and Aussie out?

This getting over very soon.

How funny is that as well- They bring on the pinch hitter. What a brave and positive move. Something England would never do. And we lose.

Well played SL you have exposed us and you deserve it. We still dont get this game.. Hopefuilly we will learn

Hope Finn comes in next game for Bresnan. Bresnan is very much hit-and-miss with his batting - he's often required for a mere slog in the last few overs - and Finn is a much greater threat with the ball.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Isn't it direct to the semis?  So NZ and SL through? Eng and Aussie out?

we have to play NZ- If we win we go to the semis!

Not with giles I fear.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Isn't it direct to the semis?  So NZ and SL through? Eng and Aussie out?

NZ - 3 
Eng - 2
SL - 2
Aus - 1

Top 2 go through, England will have to win to guarantee a semi-final place, a draw leaves it up in the air, a loss and England are out.

A 30 ball 50 for Kulasekhara.

mystiroakey wrote:and that is why you need to acclelerate your innings..


For some reason i got caught up in the thinking that teams dont hit 300 any more.. Nope - fact is they do on the oval. We royaly have feicked this up.. Root needs to open I cant say it enough. He is busy. We need to start with that intent with his quality of an all round game

You're deluded if you think this is the fault of the top order Mysti. They weren't the ones collapsing and bowling utter rubbish

England were on track for a higher score before the middle order failed. The problem this game was the bowling after Swann and Anderson, and the middle order.

Oh NZ are better. Beat SL and us.  They will win it.  Vetorri will stuff these guys.

Bowling was too weak today. 265 should have been more than enough, 293 should have been a stroll for England. Not the batsman's fault.

Hold on, we haven't lost yet. Nasser still believes! Come on Bressy!

6 fingered tractor boy wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:and that is why you need to acclelerate your innings..


For some reason i got caught up in the thinking that teams dont hit 300 any more.. Nope - fact is they do on the oval. We royaly have feicked this up.. Root needs to open I cant say it enough. He is busy. We need to start with that intent with his quality of an all round game

You're deluded if you think this is the fault of the top order Mysti. They weren't the ones collapsing and bowling utter rubbish

Nope. I am not. and i dont blame the top order i blame the system and the selectors and the rigidness of it. As i have mentioned a zillion times over. This just proves it over again. As every game we do proves it!

Duty India would have got 320.