Murali v/s the Master :cool:
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Murali v/s the Master :cool:
Finally started http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...bit/banana.gif
Yes lots of drama with Broad wrestling with his personal cricketing frustrations till he finally got that wicket. Anderson looking ok till his back problem happened and Sri Lanka putting on a good batting display down their innings with Jayawardene putting in a shift.
England lose Strauss but it could be a good day tomorrow for England if they can expose the weaknesses of the Sri Lankan bowlers.
I'd say SL have edged it so far (if only they had!) but I don't fancy their attack much. A good match up if Anderson recovers. I'd have picked onions on this pitch. Hoggy wouldve bowled well here i reckon.
Century for Alastair Cook :thumbup: and the Cook/Trott run machine rolls on (unless I have just hexed it :o )
Century for Jonathan Trott :thumbup:
Quality innings by Trott and Cook. Great opportunity for the boys to use this match as a batting practice and rack up some good runs.
Perhaps its time that the authorities should look at ways of encouraging a positive result from a weather effected test.
England win !!!! :thumbup: What a second innings performance SL 82 all out !
Well, I didn't see that coming!! What an amazing win!!
I had to check the BBC, thought I was having my leg pulled.
Well done England
just seen it on the box Stunner! :))
Jesus - I just thought that I would check teletext and see what the England total was and am still stunned by the result! Cracking day, well done the lads!
Great result and a great start to a summer of cricket.
Century for Alastair Cook :thumbup:
When will England declare ?
100 for Pietersen :thumbup: unfortunately in the time taken to post this we have lost 2 wickets :thunbdown:
Not surprised Alf. Wicketkeeper has been bowling well :closed:
1 more wicket required :thumbup:
Its all over! Well done England :thumbup: :D
Get India off their own lifeless pitches and suddenly their batsmen don't look so good do they?
Another series victory for England is on the cards - they don't have the attack to trouble our batting order and their batsmen evidently struggle in English conditions.
Just watching it on C5 and if the replay for lbw had been used and catch's stuck the Indians would not have see afternoon tea.
No wonder they didn't want replays.
We should have said home team has the say.
Well done England.
Well done Broady :thumbup: It looks a bit more respectable score now :rolleyes:
oooo! Good start - 1st Ball 1st Wicket ! :thumbup:
Broad gets a hat trick, India go from 267-4 to 273 - 9 . Remarkable
Well done M S Dhoni :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Fair play to the India team. The spirit of Cricket is still alive and nice to see. Thanks fellas.
Bloody hell England are on fire.
India 39 for 4 chasing 478 to win.
I suspect India are a bit demoralized after what happened yesterday - they had very little choice in the matter and yet from what I can tell they did no wrong. It was great sportsmanship.
56-6 now and Bresnan with 4-12. Add that to his 90 runs and it's going to be hard to drop him if Tremlett is fit for the next one. Great stuff from the Pontefract lad. it is Yorkshire day after all.
5 now for Bresnan. Probably still give man of the match to Broad but Bresnan is starting to run him close.
Wasn't expecting this from India. Are they Australia in disguise?
The "Wall" has been demolished and India are 75-4 at lunch. Great start for England :thumbup:
With all this nasty talk about riots, it's good to focus on something more positive - India 75 for 4 at lunch is a good start:thumbup:
224-9
More one sided than sellotape. Love it :)