Test Match Series England V S L

[HH81]

Lunch day 1 ....

SL 66-3

Not too bad, although they have recovered a bit after been 15-3.

Think England need to win this series to keep number 1 in the world

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

277-8 now, cannae see England winning this one, could be a struggle in the 4th innings too.
M Jayawardene is flying, currently 166 no.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

289-8 at close of play.

[HH81]

I turned it off at tea and went out.. what went wrong? Nightmare.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Only saw the last few mins of the day, Monty dropped Jayawardene twice which obviously didnae help.

[HH81]

Got them for 318 all out.

South Africa won 1-0 in New Zealand so think England need to match that to keep number 1 spot

[HH81]

Cook out 0-1

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

57-3 @ Lunch, not looking good.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Pietersen and Prior gone quickly after lunch, looks like spin on the sub-continent is going to be Englands undoing again.

[HH81]

Bell out, what a joke 157-9

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England 193 All Out.

Sri Lanka 21-3 after 10 overs.

[jodjam]

This sort of match will hopefully ensure T20 never takes over. Test match cricket is still the best form of the game.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Sri Lanka 84-5 at the end of day two, good bowling effort by England who are just over 200 behind with 5 wickets left to take.

[derekHFC]

England needing 340 to win on a difficult pitch.

I cant see them getting 200.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Currently 31-1, I'd be surprised if England can get anywhere near their target, good luck though!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

111-2 @ close of play at the end of the 3rd day, decent effort so far.

[HH81]

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England needing 340 to win on a difficult pitch.

I cant see them getting 200.

Currently 158-4. Small chance i would say.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Now 203-4, getting interesting!

[derekHFC]

Very interesting now, but very boring as well.

This is why i can't watch test stuff at times.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

250-5, 90 runs behind, century for Trott.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The game takes another huge turn, 259-8 @ Lunch

[derekHFC]

With only Broad, Anderson and Monty left, it seems a SL win all the way now.

Whilst Broad is handy with the bat, neither Anderson nor Panesar are much of a threat with the latter not even great at defending.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

264 All Out, what a collapse!

[jodjam]

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264 All Out, what a collapse!

These run chases always seem getable but history shows they hardly ever get chased down. Quite close this time tho.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Sri Lanka all out for 275 in the first innings of the 2nd test.

England are currently 95-0 just after lunch.

Todays 1st session has been the only wicketless session of the series so far.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England are 154-1 at close of play on day 2, the rest of the test is set up for a good finish.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England now 213-2, Cook out for 94.

[jodjam]

Englands batsmen finally backing up the bowlers good work.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

239-2 @ Lunch. If England are going to tie the series I think they'll need to increase the run rate and get a decent lead and give them selves enough time to bowl Sri Lanka out then bat again if required. KP will be the key man here.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England now 347-4.
Pietersen is playing very nicely, currently 105 no.
England lead by 72.