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Need to recall Monty for the final test .... well it would make a game of it current figures v Essex 22 0 0 133
current figures v Essex 22 0 0 133 
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England duly wrapped up the game & the series 80 for 1.
Cook finished unbeaten on 47.
Hayes went for 11 & Compton will be pleased that he came in & remained not out on 22.
His, Compton's, place was certainly under threat & 9 in the first innings didn't help. However the competitors for the number 3 spot all contrived to have very average days of their own in the Counties, so I imagine that he might be given the final Oval Test to get his act together.
Sri Lanka will be greatly pleased at their second innings improvement. If they can manage 2 of those then they will certainly give England a game.
Much criticism has been leveled at Authorities for arranging early May games in the North East & I think some of that is probably justified. We will see what the balmier conditions in the South East of the country do for the tourists!!
Cook finished unbeaten on 47.
Hayes went for 11 & Compton will be pleased that he came in & remained not out on 22.
His, Compton's, place was certainly under threat & 9 in the first innings didn't help. However the competitors for the number 3 spot all contrived to have very average days of their own in the Counties, so I imagine that he might be given the final Oval Test to get his act together.
Sri Lanka will be greatly pleased at their second innings improvement. If they can manage 2 of those then they will certainly give England a game.
Much criticism has been leveled at Authorities for arranging early May games in the North East & I think some of that is probably justified. We will see what the balmier conditions in the South East of the country do for the tourists!!
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Didn't take Cook a second to decide on that. Angelo Mathews says he would have as well, if he could actually win one...England win the toss and bat Posted at 10:30
Summer has come today at Lords & there should be little chance of showers today or tomorrow. Sunday & Monday look rather unsettled though. 23C or 24C expected today.
England no change to the side, Sri Lanka ..
The story behind that was...Milinda Siriwardana is injured, replaced by Kusal Perera, who was only added to the squad late on. Perera has an interesting story, he's only just come back from an erroneous drugs ban.
Kusal Perera, the Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman, is free to resume playing cricket with immediate effect after the ICC lifted the provisional suspension imposed on him for doping. The ICC said there was no decisive evidence that Perera, who was suspended in December 2015, had used performance-enhancing substances after a detailed examination of the Qatar-based testing facility's finding 19-Norandrostenedione - the banned substance - in Perera's sample.
The withdrawal is the result of a sustained challenge from Perera's legal team, who according to the ICC "in a recent letter", had "suggested for the first time that the Qatar laboratory might have misidentified impurities in the samples as 19-Norandrostenedione, given the very low concentrations of that substance found in the samples".
In response, the ICC said it hired an independent expert to review all of the Qatar laboratory's findings. Though the expert concluded the lab had correctly identified the substance in the samples, the expert's view was that the lab's finding was not sustainable. This was because, "for various scientific and technical reasons, it could not be ruled out that the 19-Norandrostenedione was produced naturally in the player's body and/or formed in the samples after the player provided them."
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There didn't appear to be a great deal in this pitch for the bowlers from the get go. They also managed to serve up enough dross that England got to 50 without loss fairly comfortably. Then there was a drinks break & Mathews brought himself & Herath on. They gave nothing away & the runs dried up. Hales went 20 odd balls without scoring & then took a horrendous whack at something that wasn't there to be whacked. He was easily caught for 18.
That bought in Compton who was/is in real danger of being dropped for the Pakistan Tests unless he gets a good score. On this showing, other English number 3's can start oiling their bats. Out for 1, another playing a poor shot to an average ball,
That brings in the current number 2 batsman in the world - Joe Root. Unfortunately Joe has not exactly been in sparkling form this series, with only 1 decent knock to his name.
He was undone quite quickly by the Lords slope, being plumb infront to one that he thought was missing by miles for a paltry 3.
Meanwhile captain Cook is watching this from the other end in disbelieve, as he nudges towards another 50.
An unfortunate James Vince has to come in before lunch & negotiate a difficult few.
England 74 for3 at the break with the captain with 48 of them...
That bought in Compton who was/is in real danger of being dropped for the Pakistan Tests unless he gets a good score. On this showing, other English number 3's can start oiling their bats. Out for 1, another playing a poor shot to an average ball,
That brings in the current number 2 batsman in the world - Joe Root. Unfortunately Joe has not exactly been in sparkling form this series, with only 1 decent knock to his name.
He was undone quite quickly by the Lords slope, being plumb infront to one that he thought was missing by miles for a paltry 3.
Meanwhile captain Cook is watching this from the other end in disbelieve, as he nudges towards another 50.
An unfortunate James Vince has to come in before lunch & negotiate a difficult few.
England 74 for3 at the break with the captain with 48 of them...
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Things improved after lunch (once Vince was out ), with Bairstow giving a typical belligerent display. They added 80 runs to put a bit of respectability on the score before Cook was out for 85.
Moeen came in & added a further 63 runs with Bairstow before he was out for 25.
Woakes remained 23 not out at the close with Bairstow now on 107.
Close of play England were 279 for 6. A huge improvement on 84 for 4 but you have to feel that it was far fewer than it should have been for far too many wickets.
), with Bairstow giving a typical belligerent display. They added 80 runs to put a bit of respectability on the score before Cook was out for 85.Moeen came in & added a further 63 runs with Bairstow before he was out for 25.
Woakes remained 23 not out at the close with Bairstow now on 107.
Close of play England were 279 for 6. A huge improvement on 84 for 4 but you have to feel that it was far fewer than it should have been for far too many wickets.
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Trust a Yorkshire man to pull England out of the mire, yet again
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England settled for a very respectable 416 all out .
Bairstow carried his bat for 167 while Woakes chipped in with the 3rd, highest score of 66. He is making a very large case for inclusion even after Ben Stokes' returns..
Sri Lanka continued in the sort of form they discovered in the last innings at Durham though & showed what a placid pitch this actually was if played sensibly.
The opening pair added a ton before Karunaratne was caught behind for 50. That was the England's bowlers only success of the day though & play will resume today with Sri Lanka hoping to build a first innings lead out of a 162 for 1 wicket situation..
Bairstow carried his bat for 167 while Woakes chipped in with the 3rd, highest score of 66. He is making a very large case for inclusion even after Ben Stokes' returns..
Sri Lanka continued in the sort of form they discovered in the last innings at Durham though & showed what a placid pitch this actually was if played sensibly.
The opening pair added a ton before Karunaratne was caught behind for 50. That was the England's bowlers only success of the day though & play will resume today with Sri Lanka hoping to build a first innings lead out of a 162 for 1 wicket situation..
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A much better day by the England bowlers.
All of the bowlers (with the exception of Moeen) took wickets, but special mention should be made of Woakes. Cook gave him the responsibility (rather than the world's current best bowler, Anderson) of opening the bowling this morning with Broad & he didn't disappoint. He set the tone for the day by taking a wicket with his first ball & finished with the miserly figures of 3 for 31 off 17 overs.
Sri Lanka all out for 288. They will be bitterly disappointed from an overnight position of 162 for just the loss of a solitary wicket.
England's problem is now a fine balancing act between runs & the weather.
Cook does not turn out in his usual opening slot, that is left to woefully out of form Compton to accompany Hales. Injury issues for the captain & it will be interesting to see when he comes out...
All of the bowlers (with the exception of Moeen) took wickets, but special mention should be made of Woakes. Cook gave him the responsibility (rather than the world's current best bowler, Anderson) of opening the bowling this morning with Broad & he didn't disappoint. He set the tone for the day by taking a wicket with his first ball & finished with the miserly figures of 3 for 31 off 17 overs.
Sri Lanka all out for 288. They will be bitterly disappointed from an overnight position of 162 for just the loss of a solitary wicket.
England's problem is now a fine balancing act between runs & the weather.
Cook does not turn out in his usual opening slot, that is left to woefully out of form Compton to accompany Hales. Injury issues for the captain & it will be interesting to see when he comes out...
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They were a familiar 50 for 3 when Bairstow came in on a hat trick ball. In a slower than typical style he knocked off 32 before he fell just before the close. Hales remains the one bright spot, not out on 41England 109 for 4
Prior to that Compton had gone for 19, Root (who is having a hugely disappointing series) for 4 & Vince for a first ball duck.
Vince & Compton are in real danger of being dropped.
The only good news is that England lead by 237 runs already & Sri Lanka have struggled seriously with the bat...
Not sure what the deal is with Cook. The captain sustained a knee injury while fielding & while he was back at the ground I am not sure what part he will take on the pitch..
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Its a tricky one if Compton and Vince are dropped,which they deserve to be,as neither have proved there worth in the test side.
Gary Balance is in very poor form and amongst the top 10 players in the national averages are Sam Robson,Jonathan Trott and Paul Collingwood.....surely not.
A bit of a dearth of decent English batsmen,at the moment.
Gary Balance is in very poor form and amongst the top 10 players in the national averages are Sam Robson,Jonathan Trott and Paul Collingwood.....surely not.
A bit of a dearth of decent English batsmen,at the moment.
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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Zidane wrote:Its a tricky one if Compton and Vince are dropped,which they deserve to be,as neither have proved there worth in the test side.
Gary Balance is in very poor form and amongst the top 10 players in the national averages are Sam Robson,Jonathan Trott and Paul Collingwood.....surely not.
A bit of a dearth of decent English batsmen,at the moment.
KP !!!!!
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NUTS !!!!!wazza wrote:Zidane wrote:Its a tricky one if Compton and Vince are dropped,which they deserve to be,as neither have proved there worth in the test side.
Gary Balance is in very poor form and amongst the top 10 players in the national averages are Sam Robson,Jonathan Trott and Paul Collingwood.....surely not.
A bit of a dearth of decent English batsmen,at the moment.
KP !!!!!
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Nice to see (from afar) that it is a typical English summer..
Rain delays start - lunch at 12:30 BST
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England declared on 233 for 7 meaning Sri Lanka needed 362 to win.
They started reasonably enough & survived 12 overs to reach 32 without loss.
For England, Hales just failed in his bid for a first Test ton, falling for 94.
Cook had never batted lower than number 3 - that when Strauss & Trescothick used to open the batting - but he carried his bat for 49, rather strange he didn't hang on for the fifty!!!
They started reasonably enough & survived 12 overs to reach 32 without loss.
For England, Hales just failed in his bid for a first Test ton, falling for 94.
Cook had never batted lower than number 3 - that when Strauss & Trescothick used to open the batting - but he carried his bat for 49, rather strange he didn't hang on for the fifty!!!
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Looks like an early 12:30 lunch is on the cards with the hope of some play later..
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Sri Lanka ended up 78 for 1 & the match drawn as most of Monday was washed out.
Bit of a sad end to a series that saw a new look Sri Lanka side out of its' depth for most of it.
England very much relied on individual performances to win through as the team effort was little better than that supplied by the opposition.
The one day & 20/20 matches to come but the teams for them will have little bearing on the selection for the next Test series up.
That is over a month away & starts on Thursday 14th July 2016 against Pakistan, again at Lords.
Bit of a sad end to a series that saw a new look Sri Lanka side out of its' depth for most of it.
England very much relied on individual performances to win through as the team effort was little better than that supplied by the opposition.
The one day & 20/20 matches to come but the teams for them will have little bearing on the selection for the next Test series up.
That is over a month away & starts on Thursday 14th July 2016 against Pakistan, again at Lords.
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England are now playing Sri Lanka in a 1 day series.
While the visitors may have been underwhelming in the 5 day games they look like proving hardy opponents in the shorter version of the game.
Yesterday, at Trent Bridge, they were put into bat & ran out the 50 overs with the very tidy score of 286 for 9. Skipper Angelo Mathews top scored with 73 & Seekkuge Prasanna was the other notable contributor with 59.
England began the 1 day series as we hardy supporters had to endure the Test series - with an early batting collapse.
It went from a horrible 30-4 to a shocking 82-6, Fortunately for England though their batting strength seems to be hidden down the order with wicket keepers & bowlers. Jos Buttler knocked off 93 & Chris Woakes ended the match unbeaten 95.
However, even with that England went into the last over requiring 14 to win it. Good bowling & nervous scampered runs meant that England needed a very improbable 7 off the final ball. Plunkett couldn't contrive to meet that challenge so did the next best thing & swung the bat for a mighty 6 to draw the game.
The next match of this five-game ODI series is at Edgbaston on Friday as they remain an exciting all square..
While the visitors may have been underwhelming in the 5 day games they look like proving hardy opponents in the shorter version of the game.
Yesterday, at Trent Bridge, they were put into bat & ran out the 50 overs with the very tidy score of 286 for 9. Skipper Angelo Mathews top scored with 73 & Seekkuge Prasanna was the other notable contributor with 59.
England began the 1 day series as we hardy supporters had to endure the Test series - with an early batting collapse.
It went from a horrible 30-4 to a shocking 82-6, Fortunately for England though their batting strength seems to be hidden down the order with wicket keepers & bowlers. Jos Buttler knocked off 93 & Chris Woakes ended the match unbeaten 95.
However, even with that England went into the last over requiring 14 to win it. Good bowling & nervous scampered runs meant that England needed a very improbable 7 off the final ball. Plunkett couldn't contrive to meet that challenge so did the next best thing & swung the bat for a mighty 6 to draw the game.
The next match of this five-game ODI series is at Edgbaston on Friday as they remain an exciting all square..
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Well it was an unusual day in Britain yesterday & not just for referendum reasons..
Sri Lanka batted first & had a steady total of 254 for 7 wickets at the end of their 50 overs. It was probably an under par score on what looked like a belter of a wicket. That was more than in part due to some excellent fielding & bowling from the England side that never allowed a really decent partnership to build.
The England openers then did the absolute unthinkable (like voting to exit Europe ) & proceeded to knock off the required runs between themselves in 34 overs..
Roy was not out for 112 & his partner, Hales, for 133 as they made mincemeat of the Sri Lanka attack.
Under the new series points system England now have an unassailable 13 to 3 lead over the visitors..
Sri Lanka batted first & had a steady total of 254 for 7 wickets at the end of their 50 overs. It was probably an under par score on what looked like a belter of a wicket. That was more than in part due to some excellent fielding & bowling from the England side that never allowed a really decent partnership to build.
The England openers then did the absolute unthinkable (like voting to exit Europe
) & proceeded to knock off the required runs between themselves in 34 overs..Roy was not out for 112 & his partner, Hales, for 133 as they made mincemeat of the Sri Lanka attack.
Under the new series points system England now have an unassailable 13 to 3 lead over the visitors..
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Jason Roy's 162 seals England ODI series win against Sri Lanka
Fourth one-day international, Kia Oval
Sri Lanka 305-5 (42 overs): Mendis 77, Mathews 67*, Chandimal 63*, Gunathilaka 62
England 309-4 (40.1 overs), revised target 308: Roy 162, Root 65
England won by six wickets (DLS)
Jason Roy scored a second century in three games to give England a series-clinching six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international.
Roy made 162, the second-highest score by an England batsman in an ODI.
It led England to 308, their second-highest successful ODI chase, with 11 balls to spare in a match reduced to 42 overs because of rain at The Oval.
Sri Lanka posted 305-5, a total increased by the DLS method, but could not stop England taking a 2-0 lead.
Last Sunday,the 3rd ODI at Bristol had to be abandoned because of rain.
Apparently,the UK is having a bit of a wet summer......strange that ! :-"
Third one-day international, Bristol
Sri Lanka 248-9 (50 overs): Chandimal 62, Mathews 56, Plunkett 3-46
England 16-1 (4 overs)
No result
Fourth one-day international, Kia Oval
Sri Lanka 305-5 (42 overs): Mendis 77, Mathews 67*, Chandimal 63*, Gunathilaka 62
England 309-4 (40.1 overs), revised target 308: Roy 162, Root 65
England won by six wickets (DLS)
Jason Roy scored a second century in three games to give England a series-clinching six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international.
Roy made 162, the second-highest score by an England batsman in an ODI.
It led England to 308, their second-highest successful ODI chase, with 11 balls to spare in a match reduced to 42 overs because of rain at The Oval.
Sri Lanka posted 305-5, a total increased by the DLS method, but could not stop England taking a 2-0 lead.
Last Sunday,the 3rd ODI at Bristol had to be abandoned because of rain.
Apparently,the UK is having a bit of a wet summer......strange that ! :-"
Third one-day international, Bristol
Sri Lanka 248-9 (50 overs): Chandimal 62, Mathews 56, Plunkett 3-46
England 16-1 (4 overs)
No result
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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Another South African saving the English cricket team 