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[csnew]

Was watching the aussies bowl. Find it odd that Mckay and Doherty grunting every ball.
Does that not count as distracting the batsman?
Won't be long before someone takes it up.

[alexhilly1492]

sri lanka keep dropping joe root, more than dave warner managed

(thanks to gary lineker on twitter for that)

[rawpace]

Carnage last over from Ravi Bop, what a way to end the innings!

[Twelfth Man]

Great end from Ravi, just what he and England needed. Should be a good total thanks to that last over!

[fromthehip]

still thinking it's England's to lose

[The_Bird]

still thinking it's England's to lose

And Broad has just lost us the game. Woeful bowling, length balls to a dirty slogger, fair play to Kulasekara but the length's are all wrong.

[Nickauger]

#batted

[PedalsMcgrew]

Fully deserved win for Sri Lanka. Also nice to see a team being a bit adventurous and moving Kulasekara up the order to bat in the powerplay. Can you imagine England doing that with a Butler or a Morgan in the same position? It would never happen......

[praguetaz]

Hoping there are a few more Bopara converts out there now.. He seems a better proposition than Morgan and Buttler today in this format of the game and it might come down to run rate in the end.....

[The_Bird]

Hoping there are a few more Bopara converts out there now.. He seems a better proposition than Morgan and Buttler today in this format of the game and it might come down to run rate in the end.....

Bopara is competing for a place with woakes and a second spinner not the keeper and a no.5 batsman. We all know what Ravi is capable of and it's a boring topic, if he can string some good performances over a long period then brilliant but let's remember what has happened in the past please.

[Gerry SA]

Sorry but England's team selection has to be questioned.

Broad in the last 3 years has taken 30 odd wickets at nearly 40 a piece. The economy is also nearing 6rpo.

Bresnan's stats shows his bowling isn't threatening. He averages over 36 per wicket. That's not exactly a match winning statistic.

If Trott misses out in Cardiff, then England should play 5 bowlers. One which has to be Tredwell.

[The_Bird]

Sorry but England's team selection has to be questioned.

Broad in the last 3 years has taken 30 odd wickets at nearly 40 a piece. The economy is also nearing 6rpo.

Bresnan's stats shows his bowling isn't threatening. He averages over 36 per wicket. That's not exactly a match winning statistic.

If Trott misses out in Cardiff, then England should play 5 bowlers. One which has to be Tredwell.

Agree with everything bar dropping Trott. He's our leading run scorer! Tredwell has to play.

[Gerry SA]

Agree with everything bar dropping Trott. He's our leading run scorer! Tredwell has to play.

Trott hurt his thigh?

Thought I heard Hussein or Artherton say he was a major doubt for Cardiff.

[Laver & Wood]

Agree with everything bar dropping Trott. He's our leading run scorer! Tredwell has to play.

He's not talking about dropping Trott - he had a clear thigh strain so will probably miss the match....  Big loss to your batting.

[The_Bird]

Apologies Gerry, makes more sense...