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Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

have the Sri Lankans left it too late in declaring or will they skittle us out for sub 150?

I'm going for the latter.

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:21 am

I concur.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:45 pm

MadJohn wrote:

A little unfortunate in this Test. We've bowled with a fair bit of discipline on a damn good pitch and Sri Lanka's innings was built on two very very good knocks. We missed the chance to put similar runs on the board, and that was in a large part due to a very poor piece of luck with Vaughan (who was looking fantastic), and two horrendous decisions with Pietersen and especially Cook. Little margins like that can decide Test matches.

That said, Monty has been disappointing, and you get the feeling that if we could swap spinners England would be 2-0 up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinners_%28UK_band%29

Take any two you like!

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:44 am

The wicket is spinning like a dervish and Muralitharan will go through 'em like grass through a goose... sadx

andyp · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:54 am **Posts:** 856

Or would do if it wasn't raining ....

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:08 am

They're on lunch aren't they?? 152/1 - 45 behind. Muralitharan has done nowt in 16 overs except give 30 runs away. :roll:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:18 am

Oh bollocks, Cook gone first ball of the afternoon. :evil:

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:41 am

And Bell's nashed now too.

What's the drill, we're allowed to get 50's but not centuries?

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:23 pm

Tax Paying Poolie wrote:

have the Sri Lankans left it too late in declaring or will they skittle us out for sub 150?

I'm going for the latter.

I've been thinking of sending in a slogan the BBC can use when advertising this sport

'Cricket, slightly more interesting then golf'

Do you think it will catch on?

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:23 am

Each to his own Mr Avenger. :grin:

Now let me see........five days basking in the sultry temperatures of Sri Lanka, where even the rain is pleasant, or two hours feeling your feet slowly vanish on a windswept terrace.....

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:00 pm

Lets hope the pitch is better for the test in Galle. Sl were just content to have a totally flat track in Colombo so there was little chance of us getting a result.

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