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[WalkingWicket37]

Cook dropped on 1
Ali golden duck

Hales is virtually opening today anyway.

[fromthehip]

Ali can't just slog over extra all the time

[WalkingWicket37]

Pointless game anyway - used to give people a game.
England with no real chance of winning.
Hales coming in against the opening bowlers wearing a cap.
Cook there to captain, only batting up the order so he does something.

This match feels more like a Subday friendly than an ODI

[Stuey]

Pointless game anyway - used to give people a game.

Yeah, it has the feel of a friendly arranged to get Cook in the runs. This is the best cricket team in England, the strongest side should always be picked. Giving people a game is not for this level.

[csnew]

Wild slog from hales.
Typical England, Taylor does well at 3, so let's move him down to 5. That will help his confidence

[Stuey]

Wild slog from hales.
Typical England, Taylor does well at 3, so let's move him down to 5. That will help his confidence

Agree, Hales at 3, Taylor to 5, Bopara dropped all to benefit the skipper who shows no sign of being a good ODI player. Probably not the best way to enthuse a collective team spirit before the WC.

[ppccopener]

anyone backing AC to get a hundred here?
just throwing that out there...

[Kieron_BT]

Probably will get a 100. Smart thinking from Sri Lanka really.

Win the series, let Cook have another shocking series, dead rubber let him score a 100 and keep his WC spot, makes the opposition weaker for the tournament!

[Percy]

I fear that even if AC does score a hundred the old adage of "one swallow doen't make a summer" comes in to play.

[seedy]

Cook had the audacity to stand there for that. Get off

[Andythomo21]

Taylor just gone. Struggling to say the least!!

[Andythomo21]

Cook has had a shocker.  Someone else must get a chance!  Whether they do any better is a different matter?!

[Stuey]

His luck run out finally.
Seeing cook in the side reminds me of a Cuckoo egg hatching in another birds nest. It looks all wrong and ungainly and refuses to budge at the expense of the rightful inhabitant.   

[ppccopener]

that's very funny!

[uknsaunders]

Showed Cook getting out in this series. Been done LBW 3 times, twice sweeping. Right on cue Morgan get's out in the same fashion.