Off Topic Cricket - England 2021

Yes looks very good test match,sri lanka made a,great recovery....I'll be up at 4.30 am to watch!!!!

 

Dont forget we have tickets for the test vs Manchester in Pakistan in July..

Mmmm Thats very soon, I cant see non social distancing crowds by then

 

Hmm.
Fingers crossed
I had forgotten to be honest.
I’m going to struggle this year doing everything this year plus everything that’s been cancelled last year and moved to this this year ..hopefully!

 

2022 could be busy

 

Me too, the ticket was in my Christmas Cracker.

 

This test has draw written all over it.
Such slow pitch

 

You say that, we've just lost both our openers. Crawley and Sibley having a torrid time out there.

 

They can't possibly pick Sibley in India. He's a free wicket for the spinners.

 

I'm not sure about the draw

I don't think they have draws in Sri Lanka. It will be like playing on a different wicket day 3 onwards. With the difference in ability of spinners if we dont reach parity, we are ****ed.
And can selectors just leave Bairstow alone please. Apart from Root and possibly Stokes, he is our next best bat in all conditions. He goes through bad patches as even the best do but true class players work it out. Unbelievable decision that he is going to be the first batsman to be rested for the first two tests vs India, when he didnt play test cricket last year. How can selectors be so worried about him playing too much cricket in 2021 when they have so little confidence in him and will be the first to be dropped? They havent even given him a central contract for **** sake. We have so few batsmen who are even slightly comfortable vs spinners in Asian conditions, just a very odd decision.

 

Nah, India really aren't that good...

 

Blimey, I've just looked at the overnight scorecard. Have they moved this test match from the subcontinent? Our spinners didn't get one wicket. I bet that hasn;t happened very often in Sri Lanka. Incredible effort from Anderson (too old, can only do it in England)

 

****ing hell, do you shop at Harrods?!

 

Crawley's worth staying with but Sibley shouldn't be considered for India.

 

Good to see Joe Root still there on 135, great captains innings. 244-5 at present.

 

Joe Root keeping us in it, just 50-odd behind now, 4 wickets left.

 

Another monumental innings by Root, 186 before being unluckily run out by short leg. He must be absolutely knackered. Good job he has found form as the rest of the batting has been indifferent. Could be an interesting last two days.

 

I think fatigue got him in the end. He had started making a couple of mistakes in the overs leading up to this. Very smart, quick thinking, by Fernando.

Root has scored 418 runs in this series (to date). Sri Lanankan bowler has got him out thus far.

 

good to see root 66 converting his fifties into big hundreds again, like he used to.

 

Yeah, shame they didn't go off for bad light when just 6 down.

 

England all out for 344 and then the spinners got to work and so far Sri Lanka 72-7 Bess 4 & Leach 3