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Post by Robin on May 11, 2006 15:57:36 GMT 1
First test is under way with Flintoff (fresh from his appearance on Deal or No Deal  ) captaining the England team for the first time on home soil! A good start from England and Trescothick in particular, 199-1 at tea. |
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2006 16:20:01 GMT 1
Good news!
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Post by Robin on May 11, 2006 16:39:48 GMT 1
Trescothick departs for 106, another impressive innings from the Cornish man. England continue to slog along rather slowly at 233-2
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Post by Maximo Mark on May 11, 2006 20:01:15 GMT 1
I'm going to one of these!  |
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Post by frag on May 12, 2006 11:47:33 GMT 1
346-4 now... run rate's at around 4 for the past few overs, after a slow start to the day.
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2006 11:57:56 GMT 1
Need to pick it up in case the weather changes...
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Post by Zodiac on May 12, 2006 16:51:07 GMT 1
551-6 declared. Good stuff UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF US DON'T HAVE SKY  |
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 18:15:45 GMT 1
A great debut for Sajid Mahmood - 3 wickets in his first 3 overs as Sri Lanka close on 91-6. Could be over tomorrow...
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Post by frag on May 12, 2006 18:27:44 GMT 1
Yep. Sri Lanka have a lot to do to avoid an innings defeat... I know they're good at one-dayers, but are they supposed to be this rubbish in test matches?
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Post by Panda on May 12, 2006 18:38:11 GMT 1
Yep. Sri Lanka have a lot to do to avoid an innings defeat... I know they're good at one-dayers, but are they supposed to be this rubbish in test matches? They're not a great test nation but they're not supposed to be this rubbish in tests. That said, England have been virtually unstoppable at home over the last few years and we should win this series comfortably. Pakistan will be tougher but we should win that one as well. |
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Post by Panda on May 13, 2006 15:18:49 GMT 1
Sri Lanka all out for 192 this morning and are following on. They're 74-1, still 285 behind England.
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Post by Admin on May 13, 2006 15:55:30 GMT 1
Who took the last 6 wickets, did mahmood get any more? bbc seemed to feature more about the test century for bad hair pietersen than a 3 wicket haul for a debutant, seemed a bit odd to me.
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Post by Panda on May 13, 2006 15:57:53 GMT 1
Who took the last 6 wickets, did mahmood get any more? bbc seemed to feature more about the test century for bad hair pietersen than a 3 wicket haul for a debutant, seemed a bit odd to me. Mahmood stayed on 3. Hoggard got 4, Flintoff 2 and one was a run-out. Hoggard took the first wicket of Sri Lanka's second innings. |
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Post by Panda on May 13, 2006 18:45:20 GMT 1
Monty Panesar took 2 wickets this afternoon as Sri Lanka closed on 183-3, still 176 behind England.
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Post by frag on May 14, 2006 23:49:30 GMT 1
On the fourth day, both runs and wickets pretty much doubled from what I can remember, Sri Lanka are ahead and it's slipping away from England... bet we'll be really rubbish according to the papers tomorrow  |
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Post by Panda on May 15, 2006 18:07:54 GMT 1
Sri Lanka look to have dug in for the draw. Sounds like there were quite a few dropped catches.
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Post by Admin on May 15, 2006 20:21:37 GMT 1
Yup, we cocked up badly, although the weather didn't help, how often would the weather come to our rescue in the past?
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Post by frag on May 17, 2006 18:51:37 GMT 1
Disappointing, but fair play to Sri Lanka...
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Post by Panda on May 28, 2006 12:47:00 GMT 1
In the 2nd test, England's bowlers have come good this morning, the last 5 wickets falling for 12 runs. England's target to win is 78.
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Post by Tom on May 28, 2006 12:52:07 GMT 1
Brilliant, we should do it now, thanks for the update I'd forgotten about this!
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) captaining the England team for the first time on home soil! 
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