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[cricketfan6969]

http://www.coolsport.tv/nfl-hd-stream-2.html
if you click on the button that says 'sky sports 2' you should get the good link i'm on.

[ProCricketer1982]

Come on rooty.. Need a ton fella. Cooks woeful again

[Sam]

Good point, he has got good stats but as a team without a recognised test spinner I would rather take a more experienced 4th seamer such as plunkett & with Jordan doing well in the odi's can't see how he can be left out. Who would you drop to get woakes in?

I'd have him in for Jordan personally.

[joeljonno]

Root and Prior proving that they still are deserving of a test place. Let's just hope they continue this through the series and hope it is not just a one off.

[smilley792]

Root, prior, bell and Ali have batted well today.


Cook robson, and ballance played shots and or innings, not quite befitting off a test. But it is only one innings so far.


Is this the first time in 26tests we will go passed 400?

[smilley792]

Well batted root. Nice ton.

[joeljonno]

Good stuff from the team, could do with them going on for a while longer in the morning.

[Buzz]

few people eating humble pie this evening over Root and Prior (mine was pretty tasty...)

[Giraffe208]

few people eating humble pie this evening over Root and Prior (mine was pretty tasty...)

Mine too!

On some occasions, this one included,  it's nice to eat the pie than to be proved right!

[Buzz]

Having recovered from my humble pie indigestion. I watched the highlights last night

It was very noticeable how all the English batsmen are standing much taller at the crease than previously - I am not sure who the batting coach is at the moment - but there is a clear technical change.

It will be interesting to see how long the players are able to keep doing that and if it reaps benefits over the longer term.

[skip1973]

To be fair it's a pretty ordinary attack they are facing. What's everyone tipping from here? I will go draw.

[pie-man]

Ive always been a fan of Prior and cant understand why he was out of favour with the white ball cricket for England.

Root, for me, still needs to prove his point.  Watching the highlights, I don't think he got many good balls.  SL seemed to lose a few yards of pace (there wasn't much to start with) throughout the day and Root got a lot of balls on leg stump.

That's said, I think Root, like Prior, has real heart and is hungry for it!

[Alvaro]

Having recovered from my humble pie indigestion. I watched the highlights last night

It was very noticeable how all the English batsmen are standing much taller at the crease than previously - I am not sure who the batting coach is at the moment - but there is a clear technical change.

It will be interesting to see how long the players are able to keep doing that and if it reaps benefits over the longer term.

It was the running that struck me, more than anything.
That and the SL seamers faded noticeably.

Still, some feel good factor can never hurt. Looking forward to Sangakkara batting on this pitch.

[skip1973]

What Root needs now is time in a position, stop the shuffle.

[smilley792]

all out 450, or declare passed 500(as cook has no balls)

sri lanka 2 downby end of play.