England vs Sri Lanka 1st test debate

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Englands side vs Sri Lanka: 1st test

1) Andrew Strauss (c)
2) Alistair Cook
3) Jonathan Trott
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Ian Bell
6) Eoin Morgan
7) Matt Prior (w-k)
8) Stuart Broad
9) Graeme Swann
10) James Anderson
11) Chris Tremlett


Feel free to discuss the match under this thread

Start of play............Delayed brilliant.

Rain once again getting in the way.

so annoying

liam

bloody rain has come to interrupt the match once again.i have a gut feeling that KP is going to score big in this match.

I have a feeling the rain's going to get in the way for the remainder of the test.

Ian Bell would be my pick too get big runs in this match.

very annoying isnt it shanky....

Can see KP making runs in this match though with all the hype that's been surrounding him going into this match.

If he doesnt there may well be some serious question marks over his place with some good youngsters coming through, like hildreth and taylor.

liam
forgot to tell you in my earlier post.
this is shanky.the same person whom you had told to post over here.
you said good man shanky.well let me tell you i am only 17.i am still a kid.


MRscotland
yes mate.i hate the bloody rain.

good man shanky for making it over liking it or not?

Thats two of us then Shanky,i'm only 16

liam
forgot to tell you in my earlier post.
this is shanky.the same person whom you had told to post over here.
you said good man shanky.well let me tell you i am only 17.i am still a kid.


MRscotland
yes mate.i hate the bloody rain.

Also glad you've came over Shanky

Still raining,can't see play starting for a few hours.

i had joined this forum months back even before you but hadnt posted too much.but i am impressed by this site and from now on i will certainly post regularly over here on cricket.its the only sport that i follow.i am also there on CMS and Ja606.i will post on all 3 forums.are you there on any other forum mate?i love posting on multiple forums bcoz you can discuss with a wider range of people.

MRSCotland

i am loving it.are you a 606er?

Jimmy Anderson out for a few weeks with a side strain,won't bowl in the second innings and likely won't play in the 2nd test.

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:i had joined this forum months back even before you but hadnt posted too much.but i am impressed by this site and from now on i will certainly post regularly over here on cricket.its the only sport that i follow.i am also there on CMS and Ja606.i will post on all 3 forums.are you there on any other forum mate?i love posting on multiple forums bcoz you can discuss with a wider range of people.

I'm on Ja606 but won't post too much on it. This sites number 1

What county side do you support mate?

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:MRSCotland

i am loving it.are you a 606er?

I didnt post much but had an account this site is a lot better though

mate i dont support any particular side as such simply bcoz i dont care who wins as long as they keep producing excellent young talents.i watch county cricket to watch individual talents who i think have the potential to play for england.so as long as the talented players play well and make a case for selection i dont care if a particular team wins or loses.

what will be ur england odi team for the summer?

MRS
i would also like you to pick your england odi team for the summer.

Bit like me shanky but I have admit I do like essex for some reason.

My team for the odi would probably be

Cook
Davies (wk)
Trott
KP
Bell
Morgan
Woakes
Broad
Swann
Anderson
tremlett

i would go for

Cook(c)
Kieswetter(wk)
Trott
KP
Taylor
Morgan
Fat Sam
Bresnan
Broad
Shahzad
Swann

Mine would be:

1. Cook (c)
2. Kieswetter (W-K)
3. Hildreth ( I don't think Trotts a one day player)
4. KP
5. Bell
6. Morgan
7. Patel
8. Broad
9. Woakes
10. Swann
11. Anderson

Surrey supporter - but I don't think Tremlett is best suited to 1 days.

no reason to pick bell over taylor.he has been given enough chances and has failed time and time again in odi cricket although there is no doubt that he is an excellent test player.taylor has got an amazing record in all forms of the game and should be given his chance.


liam

if trott isnt an odi player then neither is bell.not only bell's average but also his odi s/r is comfortably inferior to that of trott.
and taylor has got the best list a record by a mile much better than hildreth.so taylor has to be there.i would stick with trott.i think we need a reliable run scorer and he is our most reliable player.i would play taylor at 5 instead of bell.

anderson is our most precious commodity in the test team.and we have got a test series against the world no 1 side this summer.so i would rest jimmy from the odis this summer.7 tests are enough for him.

i think bresnan bowled well in the wc and deserves a chance to prove himself ahead of woakes who although an outstanding first class bowler doesnt have a great list A record.

I was very close to putting Dernbach into my team as every time ive seen or heard about him he has been very impressive, and i'm sure corpral will back me up on that.

Indeed Mr Scotland. Until this season I did not think Dernbach was an international bowler or that he had the potential to become one. His performances for Surrey this season have been rather mixed.

What he does have is the ability to mix it up and he also has a well disguised slower ball. He's also showed up well playing in effect for England seconds. If I was a selector I would have him in mind for T20 but I think I would want to see a bit more before including him in the longer forms of the game.

Anderson goes early for England.

Anyone else agree that Night Watchmen are pointless?

Cook and Trott starting to form a partnership.

Alistair Cook gets his 50.

Batted well Cook has. Rapidly becoming englands best batsmen.

He's batted slowly but well.

Trott for me is Englands best batsman at the moment with Cook not too far behind. Cook's only 26 aswell so will have plenty of years to improve and not only become England's best batter but maybe even the worlds.

I do enjoy watching Cook though and he is the future england captain no doubt about it, even tried a pre medetated shot a while ago!

One thing I worried going into this series was his consistency. He would have one good series but then the next play terrible but the early signs in this are he's going to have two back to back excellent series'.

England scoring more freely now....

Could be a hundred for both these batsmen with none of the sri lankan bowlers offering any threat.

Run rate starting to creep up aswell.

Sri Lanka look like there missing Muralitharan.

Spinners just don't seem to be doing anything on this pitch.

Mendis just does not rip it enough to turn it on this surface.

Cook and Trott make there 100 partnership last bowl before tea.

Evening session about to start.

Cook should defintely be on for a hundred now with very little threat from the sri lankans.

The way things are going I can see these two batting it out till the end of the day.

Sri Lanka need a burst of life but I don't see where it's going to come from.

Definitley missing Murali and Malinga.... bit of a shame really.

Wonder how different this match would be if they were playing.

Would definitely have broken this partneship by now...

Yep long before Sri Lanka will.

A hundred for both f them should be nailed on right now

Cook and Trott making batting look easy.