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

[maltaseagull]

BBC live text is funny:



"I think Sri Lanka have bowled pretty much the length required, they haven't given away many scoring opportunities."

Vic Marks adds: "But they problem is they haven't got anyone out, because I think batting will get easier."
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Gone! Where did that come from? Alastair Cook will have to wait for the 10,000-run milestone after playing a pretty awful drive to give Dasun Shanaka a first Test wicket. Miles wide of off stump, Cook reaching for it, getting nowhere near and only edging behind to Dinesh Chandimal. How curious.
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WICKET

Compton c Thirimanne c Shanaka 0 (Eng 49-2)

 

[Titanic]

England 50-2 (21.2 overs)

 

[Taybha]

EEE by gum

 

[Titanic]

Root fails... driving... caught at 3rd/4th slip.. out for 0

Shanaka 2.2-2-1-3

England 51-3 (22.2 overs)

Vince, on debut, at the wicket before lunch with England under some considerable pressure here.

 

[maltaseagull]

Oops Now Root gone.
49-1
49-2
51-3

Welcome back to normal England

 

[Titanic]

Dushmantha Chameera welcoming James Vince to Test cricket with some short stuff round the wicket

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day One

England, having been inserted, 57-3 (27 overs, RR2.11)

Hales 38* (86 balls, 7 fours) Vince 0* (15 balls)

Undoubtedly the star of the morning is Dasun Shanaka on debut with 5-2-6-3

 

[Mackenzie]

Shanaka got the yips a bit in that last over before lunch. I'll be watching his first over back with interest.

 

[Titanic]

Another one gone driving... Vince caught at gullydriving on the up... out for 9... not what we needed

England 70-4 (30.2 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Stokes hasn't read the script... three FOURs in three balls

82-4 (31 overs)

 

[pasty]

Stokes hasn't read the script... three FOURs in three balls

82-4 (31 overs)

Better?

 

[Titanic]

Shocker

83-5 (31.5 overs)

Poor shot from Stokes... dollied up to mid-on

 

[pasty]

Not a very auspicious start to the summer of cricket

 

[Exile]

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.

What a load of bullshit.

 

[pasty]

Hales 51 no

 

[Pavilionaire]

Afternoon everyone. Great start for Sri Lanka here, I see the Headingley hoodoo has struck our top order once again. James Taylor already sorely missed.

 

[Mackenzie]

It'll start raining soon.

 

[doogie004]

128/5

 

[Titanic]

50 partnership for Alex Hales 58* and Jonny Bairstow 34* from 12.3 overs

England 133-5 (44.3 overs)

Slow going for England.

 

[Titanic]

The brollies are going up... early tea?