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[Cricket] Cricket- 3rd Test, Oval, September 6th-10th, 2024, Sri Lanka tour of England



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CHAPPERS

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Jul 5, 2003
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Was there yesterday. The last hour or play was absurd and I would rather they have gone off than leak all those runs, even if it meant missing some play personally. Good day out nonetheless.

I also basically predicted Brook would get out the ball before it happened. A very odd innings.
 








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Reviewing when plumb is a sign of arrogance.
 


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Pogue Mahone

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Blimey, I switch over for the cycling and check back - 6 down.

Sri Lanka deserve to win this. Or, at least, England don’t.
 












Jeremiah

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A target of nearly 200 may be too much for Sri Lanka but England have approached this Test Match in a slipshod way. IMO
 




Pavilionaire

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Jamie Smith murdering their bowling, gets his team into a good position, then hits the ball to the fielder on the final ball before tea. England limp to 156ao, a lead of 218.

Another 30 mins of Smith after tea and the game could have been out of sight for us.

Credit to Srii Lanka but England have done their best to throw this test away.
 




hans kraay fan club

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In many respects I hope England don’t win this. Their approach to the match, right from the Duckett fancy shots on Day 1, has been arrogant and complacent.

A chastening defeat will probably be worth more in the long run, than a reinforcement of the belief that they can play however they like and still win.
 


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hans kraay fan club said:
In many respects I hope England don’t win this. Their approach to the match, right from the Duckett fancy shots on Day 1, has been arrogant and complacent.

A chastening defeat will probably be worth more in the long run, than a reinforcement of the belief that they can play however they like and still win.
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If they win, they won’t learn anything
 


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Pavilionaire said:
Jamie Smith murdering their bowling, gets his team into a good position, then hits the ball to the fielder on the final ball before tea. England limp to 156ao, a lead of 218.

Another 30 mins of Smith after tea and the game could have been out of sight for us.

Credit to Srii Lanka but England have done their best to throw this test away.
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Agreed. BBC report gushing over Smith's innings. Yes, he played OK, took the bowling on and got away with it, right until he stupidly got out before tea. Poor batting all round by England. If they lose, hope they learn some lessons, because Australia will be a different prospect.
 




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CHAPPERS

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Another quick note on yesterday is how the light was absolutely fine to play from 10am onwards. The lights were on from about 11:30 anyway. Seems ridiculous to have been forced to play spin in the afternoon under lights.
 


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CHAPPERS said:
Another quick note on yesterday is how the light was absolutely fine to play from 10am onwards. The lights were on from about 11:30 anyway. Seems ridiculous to have been forced to play spin in the afternoon under lights.
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Should have just gone off rather than get your fast to bowl spin, stupid giving all those runs away.
 


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hans kraay fan club said:
In many respects I hope England don’t win this. Their approach to the match, right from the Duckett fancy shots on Day 1, has been arrogant and complacent.

A chastening defeat will probably be worth more in the long run, than a reinforcement of the belief that they can play however they like and still win.
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I agree with this. We have become so complacent it is embarrassing. It seems they just try to make the most outlandish selections they can. In additionBeing attacking is one thing but our openers have basically just slogged.
 


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Berty23 said:
I agree with this. We have become so complacent it is embarrassing. It seems they just try to make the most outlandish selections they can. In additionBeing attacking is one thing but our openers have basically just slogged.
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Duckett's shot was poor for Test cricket; Lawrence's was poor for village cricket. Sometimes you have to use craft to build an innings, you can't always just slog your way to a good score.
 




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Really frustrated with how England have gone about it this test - from Pope's uber aggressive field placements to the lax approach to batting it's been a bit of a shambles. Real end of season, let's have a bit of a muck around stuff at the highest level of all.

That said, I think Sri Lanka have been a bit better this summer than people have given them credit for - some proper players in that side - and I think they would very much deserve to take a win back with them.
 


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Jeremiah said:
A target of nearly 200 may be too much for Sri Lanka but England have approached this Test Match in a slipshod way. IMO
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Yeah, about that... :ROFLMAO:
 


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