Golden ball from Jack Leach.... classic slow left arm round to the right handed Chandimal... drift, grip and turn... bowled 'im
154-5
Pitched leg, hit the top of off
Golden ball from Jack Leach.... classic slow left arm round to the right handed Chandimal... drift, grip and turn... bowled 'im
154-5
"Four men went to Mo, went to Moeen Ali..."Moeen strikes again... Akila edges to slip... four for him... 229-8
"Four men went to Mo, went to Moeen Ali..."
It's all over, Sri Lanka 250 all out... England win by 211 runs with a day to spare
Herath run out going for a dodgy second... ends his career sprawling in the dust
Foakes 107, Jennings 146*, Stokes 62, Curran 48, Moeen Ali 8 wickets (4 + 4) and Leach 5 (3 + 2)
Add Jennings' 46 in the first innings and he's clear MoM
Well that was just about the complete performance. Exciting times.
Foakes looks a superb keeper.
Yes I’d say so. I wouldn’t drop Foakes after playing like that myself.YJB should be made to wait for his chance to return...
Not for me (Clive).
Foakes: century on debut, coming in at a perilous 103/5, and batting through to the end of the innings. Plus a quick-fire 37 in second innings. Couple that with keeping faultlessly on a turning pitch, standing up to the stumps for most of two whole innings, conceding not ONE single bye in the whole Test.
Him.
He was superb.Not for me (Clive).
Foakes: century on debut, coming in at a perilous 103/5, and batting through to the end of the innings. Plus a quick-fire 37 in second innings. Couple that with keeping faultlessly on a turning pitch, standing up to the stumps for most of two whole innings, conceding not ONE single bye in the whole Test.
Him.
Ooh I didn't realise that about the byes..
Yes I’d say so. I wouldn’t drop Foakes after playing like that myself.
Looks like we are finally seeing a bit of depth to the squad.
I wonder if the next time we’ll see Bairstow it’ll be as a batsman only at 1,2 or 3......Sort out the top order, and then we'll be looking extremely strong. The real challenge is to win test series away in a range of continents. We'll have to wait and see on that one.