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 :cb

[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 :confused:

[HH81]

Cook out 0-1 :grr::doh:

[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 :rolleyes:

[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]

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]

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.

[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.

They must've been reading this!

Pietersen out for 151, England now 411-6.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England 460 All Out.

Sri Lanka 4-0 after 1 over at close of play.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Sri Lanka 84-2 @ Lunch on day 4 trailing by 101 runs.

[jodjam]

Should level the series now......94 to win.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

England win by 8 wickets, a fine performance!