Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 4:09 pm  

Decent bowling no doubt, but the Sri Lankan batting has been absolutely horrendous.

Shows a great mentality in the England team though, would have been easy to think there was no way of winning the game and just go through the motions.

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 4:34 pm  

Wow! 82 all out.

England win by an innings and 14 runs.

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 4:36 pm  

Wow indeed. I'd been following this match from a distance, and turned over after the Reading Swansea game. Fantastic achievement to earn a victory from what looked like a bore-draw this morning.

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 4:43 pm  

Abysmal by the Lankans.

To lose a test from that position is unforgivable.

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 5:09 pm  

Good from England, good in that they manufactured a win in a way that the 'Number 1' teams in world cricket have done in the past. How many times have we sat watching an England collapse and you're sat there thinking 'this game was safe 20 mins ago' and Gough was walking out with his helmet looking to big for his head.

I think the signs are good for England, 3 bowlers, against a good team, it wasn't hooping all over the place or anything they just got a sniff and I guess Sri Lanka sensed it and lost their nerve.

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 10:18 pm  

someone got on england at 999/1 and some bigger bets coining it in too more here

someone got on england at 999/1 and some bigger bets coining it in too more here

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Mon May 30, 2011 11:32 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Found this one too dull to watch. Nice to see Cook and Trott continuing their good form though and Bell in the runs.

Like I said a bit dull

A great bowling effort from England and although the batsmen collapsed as it was mainly due to the pressure England created. Unbelieveable!

Re: Super Cricket - End v SL 1st Test : Tue May 31, 2011 12:30 pm  

If that had been Pakistan collapsing so poorly with massive odds against a result either way, the ICC anti-corruption unit would have been all over this game like stink on a camel.