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Post by rewardman on Aug 31, 2024 15:29:49 GMT 1
Way to go Joe Root.
A century in each innings and now the leading English test centurion all by himself.
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Post by Panda on Aug 31, 2024 18:12:26 GMT 1
And he's now just 95 runs behind Cook's all-time total for England in tests.
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Post by Panda on Aug 31, 2024 19:19:54 GMT 1
Sri Lanka 53-2 at the close after bad light ended play early, still 430 behind.
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Post by Panda on Sept 1, 2024 17:35:53 GMT 1
England bowl Sri Lanka out for 292 to win the 2nd test by 190 runs and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Gus Atkinson got the player of the match award after his century in England's first innings and taking 5-62 in Sri Lanka's 2nd innings.
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Post by Panda on Sept 6, 2024 0:02:00 GMT 1
Josh Hull will make his debut for England against Sri Lanka at The Oval. His first class bowling figures aren't exactly impressive but at 6ft 7, England clearly he has the physical traits to be the type of fast bowler they want. He seems like a bit of a "project" but England can have a good look at him now and see whether they can mould him into someone who could do some damage in The Ashes.
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Post by rewardman on Sept 7, 2024 0:07:08 GMT 1
Captain Pope hits a century as England post 221-3 on a rain-interrupted first day of the third test.
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2024 0:26:12 GMT 1
It was mostly bad light that affected play with some questioning the current rules where the decision to stop for bad light is solely down to the umpires.
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Post by rewardman on Sept 7, 2024 0:33:39 GMT 1
It was mostly bad light that affected play with some questioning the current rules where the decision to stop for bad light is solely down to the umpires. My mistake. I read there was some controversy over the decision. Have they changed the rules? I can recall umpires asking players if they were comfortable playing on in poor light and the team bowling would often use spinners to mitigate the dangers.
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2024 0:51:16 GMT 1
It was mostly bad light that affected play with some questioning the current rules where the decision to stop for bad light is solely down to the umpires. My mistake. I read there was some controversy over the decision. Have they changed the rules? I can recall umpires asking players if they were comfortable playing on in poor light and the team bowling would often use spinners to mitigate the dangers. Yes, there was a rule change a few years ago. Previously, the umpires used to "offer" the batsmen the light and they could choose to play on or go off. You still get situations where the umpires tell the bowling team they can only bowl spin (it's happened several times in this series) but if the bowling team refuses, the umpires will take the players off. Understandably, Sri Lanka didn't want to bowl spin on the first morning of a test match where they've won the toss and decided to bowl.
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Post by rewardman on Sept 7, 2024 20:36:44 GMT 1
Finely poised after day 2 with Sri Lanka over 100 behind with five wickets in hand. It does look like there will be a winner in this one too.
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2024 21:33:31 GMT 1
Good fightback by Sri Lanka from 91-5 to 211-5. England were hampered by having to bowl their spinners after tea. Chris Woakes even tried bowling off-spin at one point. Disappointing day overall for England having thrown away a good position in their innings, collapsing from 290-4 to 325 all out. Apart from Duckett's 86 and Pope's 154, no other England batter reached 20.
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Post by Pablo on Sept 7, 2024 23:20:14 GMT 1
Great (and funny) seeing Chris Woakes bowling spin. The actual spinners have nothing to worry about though.
Looks like old 'Bazball' has returned. Too many cheap wickets from aggressive shots by England and some complacent play. Hope it's just an experiment of some sort and not a sign of things to come.
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Post by Dave on Sept 8, 2024 11:21:35 GMT 1
They should really have gone off for bad light half an hour earlier, but they wanted to get on with the game. It cost them about 40 runs which they should recover from if they bat sensibly in the second innings.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 11:26:49 GMT 1
Josh Hull gets an early wicket but they're now off for rain. 223-6.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 12:59:28 GMT 1
Sri Lanka all out for 263, 62 behind England. They put on 123 for the 6th wicket. Their next highest partnership was 36. 3 wickets each for Hull and Stone.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 13:46:42 GMT 1
England 35-2 at lunch. Duckett and Pope gone. England's lead is 97.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 15:35:09 GMT 1
England 70-6. Sri Lanka favourites from here.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 16:59:09 GMT 1
England 140-8 at tea after Smith's quickfire 67. The lead is 202.
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Post by Panda on Sept 8, 2024 17:39:30 GMT 1
England all out for 156. Sri Lanka chasing 219 to win.
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Post by o on Sept 8, 2024 20:51:21 GMT 1
Some terrible batting from England there, but also some great Sri Lankan bowling followed by awful England bowling!
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