[Cricket] England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Investec Test, Chester-le-Street, May 27-31, 2016

Titanic · May 28, 2016

England 400-7 (111.1 overs) :clap2:

With Ali 80*, I guess England will be looking to bat on at this pace (last 10 ovs 62/1 RR 6.20) to give him a shot at getting to a 2nd Test hundred?

Beach Hut · May 28, 2016

400/8 Broad out

Titanic · May 28, 2016

Oh dear... Broad gone for 7

Another nick... not good movement of his feet after an earlier short one... loose drive... and another catch for the replacement keeper Mendis.

England 400-8

edna krabappel · May 28, 2016

SkySports just zoomed in on an England flag at the back of the stand, upon which was written in large letters "That Tinpot Club From Sussex" :lol:

I think the writing on the red cross bit (wasn't entirely visible) read "Crawley Town". Fair one there by the flag owner

Titanic · May 28, 2016

Lunch, Day 2

England 408-8 (116 overs)

Moeen Ali 85* (135 balls, 10 fours)

98 runs, 26 overs, 2 wickets, RR3.77 in the session.

pasty · May 28, 2016

Ali ton up :clap2:

Titanic · May 28, 2016

Been away for an hour and a half (40 minutes of which was lunch) and Moeen Ali has motored on to 137*

England 472-9 (125.3 overs)

Finn just perished... swiping at a slog sweep and top edging a catch to the grateful bowler Herath!

Herath's 300th Test wicket :clap2:

Finn(10) and Ali (the rest) put on 72 for the 9th wicket at over 5 an over!

pasty · May 28, 2016

Absolutely pointless bringing Anderson in at 472. Declare FFS.

Titanic · May 28, 2016

pasty said:
Absolutely pointless bringing Anderson in at 472. Declare FFS.

Piling on the agony is never pointless... a decent burst before tea is probably the target.

Titanic · May 28, 2016

Moeen Ali brings up his 150 with a SIX :clap2:

151* (193 balls, 17 fours, 2 sixes) :clap2:

His highest Test score and only the 5th by an England no.7 :clap2:

pasty · May 28, 2016

Titanic said:
Piling on the agony is never pointless... a decent burst before tea is probably the target.

Understand that, but when the score is like this I never see the point in putting your main strike bowler in the firing line. Ok, so the Sri Lanka attack is not that frightening, but it doesn't take much to break a finger, or twist an ankle or something.

Titanic · May 28, 2016

England 498-9 declared (132 overs) :clap2:

Moeen Ali 155* (207 balls, 17 fours, 2 sixes) came in at 227-5, and lead the tail in adding 271 for 4 wickets :clap2:

Titanic · May 28, 2016

Oi Nick... dropping catches is not going to endear you to the captain and selectors :nono:

Titanic · May 28, 2016

3 down already....

This is not impressive.

Beach Hut · May 28, 2016

56/3 we could be back where we were last week

Jimmy Grimble · May 28, 2016

67-4

Woakes impressing.

Titanic · May 28, 2016

67-6

Woakes impressing.

jakarta · May 28, 2016

Titanic said:
67-6

Woakes impressing.

Or conversely Sri Lanka not impressing. These mismatches are not helping Test Cricket...

BensGrandad · May 28, 2016

Could we get them following on tonight, have we got time and the overs to do it.

Beach Hut · May 28, 2016

BensGrandad said:
Could we get them following on tonight, have we got time and the overs to do it.

Nope, play finishes at 18:30

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