Golden ball from Jack Leach.... classic slow left arm round to the right handed Chandimal... drift, grip and turn... bowled 'im
154-5
Pitched leg, hit the top of off
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[Cricket] First Test in Sri Lanka
- Thread starter Perry Milkins
- Start date
Pitched leg, hit the top of off
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Wicket
1st ball after tea... Moeen turns one away from the left-handed Dickwella and Stokes takes a good low catch at slip... 190-6
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
and another ...six down
Seven down... Moeen Ali gets another... this one gripped, bounced and was spooned by Mathews to Buttler at a short mid-wicket.
197-7
197-7
Moeen strikes again... Akila edges to slip... four for him... 229-8
Moshe Gariani
Well-known member
- Mar 10, 2005
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"Four men went to Mo, went to Moeen Ali..."
another for Rashid...
England one wicket away from Test victory in Galle... and the diminutive and retiring Rangana Herath comes to the crease for the final time.
It's all over, Sri Lanka 250 all out... England win by 211 runs with a day to spare 
Herath run out going for a dodgy second... ends his career sprawling in the dust
Foakes 107, Jennings 146*, Stokes 62, Curran 48, Moeen Ali 8 wickets (4 + 4) and Leach 5 (3 + 2)
16 wickets for the three England spinners.
Herath run out going for a dodgy second... ends his career sprawling in the dust
Foakes 107, Jennings 146*, Stokes 62, Curran 48, Moeen Ali 8 wickets (4 + 4) and Leach 5 (3 + 2)
16 wickets for the three England spinners.
It's all over, Sri Lanka 250 all out... England win by 211 runs with a day to spare
Herath run out going for a dodgy second... ends his career sprawling in the dust
Foakes 107, Jennings 146*, Stokes 62, Curran 48, Moeen Ali 8 wickets (4 + 4) and Leach 5 (3 + 2)
Add Jennings' 46 in the first innings and he's clear MoM
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Well that was just about the complete performance. Exciting times.
Foakes looks a superb keeper.
Foakes looks a superb keeper.
Not for me (Clive).
Foakes: century on debut, coming in at a perilous 103/5, and batting through to the end of the innings. Plus a quick-fire 37 in second innings. Couple that with keeping faultlessly on a turning pitch, standing up to the stumps for most of two whole innings, conceding not ONE single bye in the whole Test.
Him.
Perry Milkins
Just a quiet guy.
- Thread starter
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YJB should be made to wait for his chance to return...
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Yes I’d say so. I wouldn’t drop Foakes after playing like that myself.
Looks like we are finally seeing a bit of depth to the squad.
Ooh I didn't realise that about the byes.
Jennings still edges it (pardon the pun) for me. When you look at the two scorecards and the wickets falling around Jennings in both innings and how he got us in to positions to take advantage I'd say he was the most instrumental in the victory. The rest of the top four scored 73 runs over the two innings.
He was superb.
and from the bowlers - no wides or no balls... and just 3 leg byes in the extras total. Remarkable.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Sort out the top order, and then we'll be looking extremely strong. The real challenge is to win test series away in a range of continents. We'll have to wait and see on that one.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I wonder if the next time we’ll see Bairstow it’ll be as a batsman only at 1,2 or 3......