[Cricket] England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Leeds, May 19-23, 2016

[Titanic]

Test match cricket returns for the English summer, with England v Sri Lanka at Headingley.

England Squad: AN Cook*, MM Ali, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, JT Ball, SCJ Broad, NRD Compton, ST Finn, AD Hales, JE Root, BA Stokes, JM Vince

Sri Lanka Squad: AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, PVD Chameera, DM de Silva, N Dickwella, RMS Eranga, N Pradeep, HMRKB Herath, FDM Karunaratne, RAS Lakmal, BKG Mendis, MDK Perera, KTGD Prasad, MD Shanaka, JK Silva, TAM Siriwardana, HDRL Thirimanne

This part of a so-called 'Super Series'...

The three Test matches score 4 points each, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 are worth 2 points each.

 

[Titanic]

Alastair Cook approaches 10,000 Test Match runs... just 36 needed.

What a prolific young man he is... still only 31... 126 matches, 9964 runs, 28 hundreds, 47 fifties, average 46.56

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Some hit and miss weather during the next few days, wondering if approx. 3/1 the draw is any value.

 

[Titanic]

James Vince has just received his England cap from Graeme Swann. Thoughts turn immediately to the man he replaces in the side, James Taylor. What a cruel blow he received last month. Not that is has stopped him from being an absolute champion:

‏@jamestaylor20 Best of luck to the England boys today! Think it's going to be a special summer, these boys are going to achieve some great things! #ENGvSL​

 

[pasty]

Sri Lanka win toss and BOWL

 

[Titanic]

Alastair Cook proves that, even after 126 Test Matches, he is still a useless tosser.... Sri Lanka win the toss and will bowl.

 

[Titanic]

England: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Nick Compton, 4 Joe Root, 5 James Vince, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Steven Finn, 11 James Anderson

Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Kaushal Silva, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Dasun Shanaka, 8 Rangana Herath, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Shaminda Eranga 11 Nuwan Pradeep

 

[Titanic]

Steady start for England... not much pace or bounce... a little movement in the air and off the pitch... patience is the key here...

England 8-0 (5 overs), Cook 8*(17) Hales 0*(12)

 

[pasty]

After the crash bang wallop of the T20 World Cup, isn't it lovely to just sit back, chill and relax to the sights and sounds of proper cricket.

 

[Titanic]

After the crash bang wallop of the T20 World Cup, isn't it lovely to just sit back, chill and relax to the sights and sounds of proper cricket.

 

[Bold Seagull]

County Champions. First test of the summer in Yorkshire. Where are they all!?

 

[Postman Pat]

Boycott......

Co-commentator - Do you know why the Sri-Lankans are wearing black armbands?
Boycott - Is it because your bowling is so bad
Co-Commentator - No it's because lots of people have died in floods in Sri Lanka......

 

[Exile]

Boycott......

Co-commentator - Do you know why the Sri-Lankans are wearing black armbands?
Boycott - Is it because your bowling is so bad
Co-Commentator - No it's because lots of people have died in floods in Sri Lanka......

 

[Simster]

Boycott......

Co-commentator - Do you know why the Sri-Lankans are wearing black armbands?
Boycott - Is it because your bowling is so bad
Co-Commentator - No it's because lots of people have died in floods in Sri Lanka......

Oh my DAYS.

 

[Titanic]

Cook gone... caught behind chasing a wide one. 16 from 52 balls, 2 fours. Still 20 short of 10,000.

Nice first wicket for Shanaka on debut.

England 49-1 (20.1 overs)

Nick Compton under some pressure to justify his place here...

 

[pasty]

First one down, and Mr Cook will not be reaching 10K test runs today.

AN Cook c Chandimal b Shanaka 16

Eng 49/1

 

[Titanic]

Compton gone for 0...blimey

Propping forwards, outside edge... taken low down by first slip.

49-2

 

[Postman Pat]

Nick Compton under some pressure to justify his place here...

OOOPPPS.

Gone.

 

[Taybha]

Tra Chuck

 

[pasty]

And just like buses, you wait all morning for 1 wicket then....

NRD Compton c Thirimanne b Shanaka 0

Eng 49/2