[Cricket] First Test in Sri Lanka

[pasty]

Buttler c Kaushal Silva b Herath 33 Great catch.

Eng 258-5, lead by 397

 

[Titanic]

Jennings and Foakes are kicking off

12 and then 17 off the over... 293-5, lead 432

Only the weather can save Sri Lanka.

 

[Titanic]

A * for Foakes would leave him with the highest batting average in Test cricket

 

[pasty]

Be interesting to see if a declaration comes today or not. Might be worth having half an hour or so at the openers?

 

[jakarta]

300 up and even Jennings now going for it...

439 lead, Declaration shortly?

 

[pasty]

** STATATTAK **

First time England have ever scored 300+ in both innings in Sri Lanka.

 

[Titanic]

Root in his whites on the balcony.... lead 448... only 11 overs left in the day... it's coming soon... perhaps after this over.

 

[pasty]

300 up and even Jennings now going for it...

439 lead, Declaration shortly?

Root has his whites on.......

 

[jakarta]

450 lead, Declaration and a tricky few overs for Sri Lanka shirley?

 

[Titanic]

Foakes goes... caught in the deep.

319-6, lead 458

Unselfish from the debutant.

 

[pasty]

Another wicket, but still no dec

 

[Titanic]

England declare... 322-6 (93 over)

Jennings 146* (280 balls, 9 fours)

Lead 461, with 7 overs and 2 days to go.

 

[pasty]

WTF? One ball and now the declaration. Ho hum

 

[jakarta]

Bloody stupid, should have declared some time ago OR let Jennings get his 150 but neither happened...

 

[sams dad]

Bloody stupid, should have declared some time ago OR let Jennings get his 150 but neither happened...

I wonder if Root would have declared if he was the batsman on 146?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I always rated Keaton Jennings. Class batsman.

I don't. Ok in domestic but not test class. But there again we don't have a viable alternative.

 

[Arkwright]

Be a good one to lose, two days to get 400 (odd) with the quicks having little involvement with the new ball and Rashid and Moeen bowling a four ball every over. Yes, we should win easily but I think it could be closer than the pundits are predicting.

Shame Burns ran himself out, started to convert his County form to England and looked fairly comfortable.

 

[jakarta]

SL 98-3 at Lunch, just need another 360 odd runs then.

 

[Titanic]

Poor shot from Mendis... a bonus wicket for Leach... 144-4

 

[Titanic]

Golden ball from Jack Leach.... classic slow left arm round to the right handed Chandimal... drift, grip and turn... bowled 'im

154-5