ICC Champions Trophy, 8th Match, Group A: England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Jun 13, 2013

[brightonmark1234]

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

England Team
cook bell trott JE Root, EJG Morgan, RS Bopara, JC Buttler†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson

Sri Lanka team

MDKJ Perera, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, HDRL Thirimanne, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, RMS Eranga, SL Malinga

latest score 63 for 1

Ian bell the man out playing a crap shot to get out

 

[Benson]

were loose

 

[jakarta]

No wonder so many people pay good money to see Trott bat, he's going at better a run a ball.

 

[sten_super]

Reasonable start in what commentary suggests are tricky conditions. 260 looks like it would be a good score on this wicket, 240 competitive.

I'm hoping that England win only one of their two remaining games as I have tickets for the semi final at Sophia Gardens...

 

[Simster]

Cook survives an inside edge whistling past his stumps. Along with his dropped catch and about three other airy fairy shots. I have no idea how he is still in.

 

[brightonmark1234]

cook got 50 now and go on and get 100 +

 

[sten_super]

Relatively attacking stuff now from these two - wonder if the pitch is flattening out a bit? I like the way that they've kept the scoreboard ticking over; dot balls create pressure (at least for everybody except Trott) but they've been able to take 4+ singles off pretty much every over since Bell was out, and are now able to plunder a few boundaries off the 5th bowler.

 

[Simster]

Good stuff here from Trott and Cook - pat pat, dot dot, single here, single there. Hopefully they'll still be there tomorrow tea time.

 

[Simster]

Sake, waste of a review I think...


Well forward, it'll go to umpires call.

 

[Simster]

Cook is such a dick. Whenever HE is out, he always refers it. Cock.

 

[Benson]

Root and Trott have scored 70 runs between them but only two boundaries. Top one day play!

160/2 after 34overs.

 

[brightonmark1234]

get a move on and the run rate is too slow

 

[sten_super]

get a move on and the run rate is too slow

Good lord there's no satisfying some people. I'd say so far (ridiculously flat pitches aside) this is pretty much a textbook ODI innings. That's not to say that they won't mess it up from here but so far so good.

 

[Willow]

Trott has done his job, now he needs to get out and let someone else get some quick runs in the power play.

 

[brightonmark1234]

Good lord there's no satisfying some people. I'd say so far (ridiculously flat pitches aside) this is pretty much a textbook ODI innings. That's not to say that they won't mess it up from here but so far so good.

okay sorry

 

[Willow]

Alec Stewart in the TMS summarizer's chair - the Gareth Southgate of cricket commentaries.

 

[Mackenzie]

The boys will start twating it soon.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

That Joe Root is going to be a VERY good cricketer.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Trott gone. Time for Root and Buttler* to get BUSY.


*or Morgan

 

[sten_super]

Oh my days could that have been timed ANY better? Well played Trotty, great sacrificing.