Cricket Thread

[Bluemoon dan]

71-6 in 19 overs. A Lancashire-esque T20 innings this.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's a test match at an end of a summer feel 2 up a bit complacent pressure of Sri Lanka and they look like they come out to enjoy this test match because you see a lot of smiles on they faces..

This is the downside of “Bazball”. Uber aggression means there will be low scores from time to time.

It seems none of our players can defend, hence their need to smack the ball around.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

71-6 in 19 overs. A Lancashire-esque 50 over innings this.

Slight edit.

We’d be 25-4 off 3 overs in T20!

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

England are showing disrespect to Sri Lanka, apart from Pope’s century we would be losing this match by tea today

 

[waspish]

This is the downside of “Bazball”. Uber aggression means there will be low scores from time to time.

It seems none of our players can defend, hence their need to smack the ball around.

The ball doing so much is when Bazball fails if you keep going at it

 

[waspish]

Will we get another 50 here? 3 wickets left

 

[DTKOAG]

Jimmy Anderson would have a field day on this wicket

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

This could be the wake-up call that England needed, after series against the Windies and Sri Lanka that, until today, seemed a bit too easy to manage. They'll need a very different mindset when they come to the big boys.

 

[jimharri]

If England can get close to 250 ahead (and yes; it's a long way away right now), it could still be an interesting final innings. But you'd have to fancy the Sri Lankans from where we are right now. 175 - 200 wouldn't be enough to defend, in my opinion.

 

[crooky]

Another 50-60 runs (and out) will make for a cracking game.