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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #180 on: January 15, 2021, 08:41:04 PM »
Quote from: alba caerulea on January 15, 2021, 06:35:45 PM
Id love to see Malan in that Ashes squad. I went on the last Ashes tour and he was the only batsman, excluding the Cook marathon, that showed anything resembling a backbone in terms of taking the attack on. However, whilst I dont think Ed Smith is averse to a left field selection, Malan will have to have a significantly better Championship season this year than last to be considered.
He got 332 runs in three games at 66 last year!! Given the Ashes squad might be massive he's got to be in with a shout. More generally it's good to see there's potential for pressure on the batting spots now, it's done wonders for the ODI side.

Forecast looks pretty poor for Galle, wonder how aggressive the declaration will be tomorrow!
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #181 on: January 15, 2021, 09:00:29 PM »
Quote from: edge on January 15, 2021, 08:41:04 PM
He got 332 runs in three games at 66 last year!! Given the Ashes squad might be massive he's got to be in with a shout. More generally it's good to see there's potential for pressure on the batting spots now, it's done wonders for the ODI side.

Forecast looks pretty poor for Galle, wonder how aggressive the declaration will be tomorrow!

I stand corrected, I forgot about that double ton! I remembered looking at scorecards and thinking he wasnt banging the door down but I reckon if he averages anywhere near that again he'll be on the plane
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #182 on: January 16, 2021, 04:55:39 AM »
Don't want to jinx him, but England haven't had a triple centurion since 1990...
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #183 on: January 16, 2021, 06:12:24 AM »
Bit naff from the lower end tbh
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #184 on: January 16, 2021, 07:17:01 AM »
Perera’s bat would make it on to the eBay tat page - with incredulous comments about fake SS stickers.

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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #185 on: January 16, 2021, 08:33:25 AM »
Quote from: t2ylo on January 16, 2021, 07:17:01 AM
Perera’s bat would make it on to the eBay tat page - with incredulous comments about fake SS stickers.

Thirimanne’s pads look rubbish as well! Black piping and tape over some of the logos I think - must be using ‘off the shelf’ SS’s. Considering the SS player issue pads he could have got that’s poor form in my book - no excuse for international players!
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #186 on: January 16, 2021, 08:50:18 AM »
Quote from: t2ylo on January 16, 2021, 07:17:01 AM
Perera’s bat would make it on to the eBay tat page - with incredulous comments about fake SS stickers.

His gloves look class though!
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #187 on: January 16, 2021, 08:59:30 AM »
Quote from: alexhilly1492 on January 16, 2021, 08:50:18 AM
His gloves look class though!

Perera has great pads and gloves but a dodgy looking bat, and thirimanne the reverse 😂
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #188 on: January 16, 2021, 09:24:35 AM »
Quote from: rickjames on January 16, 2021, 06:12:24 AM
Bit naff from the lower end tbh

Very strange to promote Leach over Broad if they'd decided they were going after some quick runs.
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #189 on: January 16, 2021, 09:34:13 AM »
Laurence looks like that 15 year old kid that comes out in a league game and looks completely out of his depth but inexplicably hits a 50 full of weird shots.
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #190 on: January 16, 2021, 09:59:11 AM »
Quote from: SLA on January 16, 2021, 09:34:13 AM
Laurence looks like that 15 year old kid that comes out in a league game and looks completely out of his depth but inexplicably hits a 50 full of weird shots.

Lawrence looked very assured for the vast majority of his innings, not sure what you're basing this on?
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #191 on: January 16, 2021, 10:29:26 AM »
Quote from: Jimbo on January 16, 2021, 09:59:11 AM
Lawrence looked very assured for the vast majority of his innings, not sure what you're basing this on?

Don't worry about it mate, always watching something different to the rest of us

Lawrence looked really assured until he got to 60, think he got the 100 in his mind and focussed on that rather than just batting imo
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #192 on: January 16, 2021, 10:34:54 AM »
Quote from: SLA on January 16, 2021, 09:34:13 AM
Laurence looks like that 15 year old kid that comes out in a league game and looks completely out of his depth but inexplicably hits a 50 full of weird shots.

I dont think he looked out of his depth at any point, quite the opposite in fact - very comfortable. Just got a bit giddy when he got to 60.
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #193 on: January 16, 2021, 11:19:43 AM »
This is some filth from the spinners
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Re: England v Sri lanka
« Reply #194 on: January 16, 2021, 11:25:13 AM »
Test match cricket isn’t the place to get overs under your belt. Leach selection is a very poor one.

Better to give root a go
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