Another reverse sweep... and Root perishes.
124 from 146 balls is a great knock from the captain
301-7, lead 255
124 from 146 balls is a great knock from the captain
301-7, lead 255
[Cricket] Sri Lanka vs England 2nd Test Kandy
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Curran gone for a gozza 
Played down the Bakerloo
301-8
Dananjaya has 5 and is on a hat-trick...
Played down the Bakerloo
301-8
Dananjaya has 5 and is on a hat-trick...
It's suddenly got very gloomy and the groundstaff are on the move... that would be a pity.
Rashid gets a shocker... he clearly HIT that one... no reviews left
305-9, lead 259
Sri Lanka definitely in with a sniff... great contest.
305-9, lead 259
Sri Lanka definitely in with a sniff... great contest.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Oh dear. Rashid gone as well now
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Rashid gets a shocker... he clearly HIT that one... no reviews left
305-9, lead 259
Sri Lanka definitely in with a sniff... great contest.
You can barely even call it an inside edge given it pretty much came off the middle of the bat.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Rashid gets a shocker... he clearly HIT that one... no reviews left
305-9, lead 259
Sri Lanka definitely in with a sniff... great contest.
Glad we didn't waste our reviews earlier
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Not to worry, the Burnley Lara is in. 
Moshe Gariani
Well-known member
- Mar 10, 2005
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80/20 England according to Athers.
Ben Foakes 51* (102 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) and a Test batting average of a touch over 70
The light meter is out... and there is lightning in the distance... and they are off.
England 324-9, leading by 278
Burns 59, Root 124 and Foakes 51* have put England in the box seats.... but it's not a done deal.
England 324-9, leading by 278
Burns 59, Root 124 and Foakes 51* have put England in the box seats.... but it's not a done deal.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
No further play today.
BensGrandad
New member
Most on here suggested setting a target of 250 would be enough for us to win so has this winning target estimation changed as we are 278 ahead?
Not for me - I think they'll struggle to get 250 batting 4th. However, sure Root would like whatever additional runs we can get.
Arkwright
Arkwright
Pundits this morning thought 230 would be enough. Scoring rates seem high but so is the wicket strike rate.
If we could add another twenty two runs I think three hundred is a physiological thing. We still need to bowl well and keep to good lines and lengths.
England are so lucky to now have the likes of Curran, Foakes, Moeen and Rashid in the lower order, one always seems to get a score.
We have been Horst Roobesch with the use of reviews in this match. Foakesy didn't review one he should have, Rory and Stokesy reviewed ones they shouldn't and Rashid and Mo couldn't review ones that would have been reversed. The reviews should be kept for the palpable errors and not the 50/50 guess work.
BensGrandad
New member
I accept that it is a time changes approach thing but I do not like to see players using the reverse sweep what was wrong with the traditional way to bat that has served well for so many years
Times do change and I’d imagine the review system (DRS) has had the biggest impact on this. The days of padding up to the spinners are long gone and whilst we lost wickets to the reverse sweep it was also a hugely profitable shot.
If you can play it well, why not use it. It makes a captains job far harder if you are able to score all around the ground.
BensGrandad
New member
Age I suppose but I preferred seeing a batsman pad up to spinners that were outside the line of the stumps. What I dont understand is if they were outside the line of the stmps then why are they not now. The ball will still not hit the stumps so shouldnt be LBW.