1st ODI: England v Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge

[pasty]

Will they survive to bat out their 50 overs?

 

[jakarta]

Will they survive to bat out their 50 overs?

All up to Mathews, if he goes they will fall in a heap, hopefully it make him hold back until the final 5 overs.

 

[crodonilson]

I really fear for Sri Lanka in this series.

 

[Taybha]

Score looks way below par on a very good pitch , 2 wickets each for Willey Plunkett and Woakes , Willey looked the best i reckon , 266-8 3 overs to go .

 

[pasty]

Be good to bowl them out

 

[pasty]

Run out off the last ball

286/9 off 50 overs

Eng require 287 to win @ 5.74 an over. If we do nothing stupid we should do that.

 

[jakarta]

Run out off the last ball

286/9 off 50 overs

Eng require 287 to win @ 5.74 an over. If we do nothing stupid we should do that.

At least 40 runs short, especially given the batting that England have got, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that the No.8 and 9 batsmen could see us home later on.

 

[pasty]

As I said, as long as we don't do anything stupid

Eng 12/2 off 3.4 ovs

Roy 3
Hales 4

 

[jakarta]

Well that was a crap start, time to get heads down and do a bit of Mathews type grafting.

 

[pasty]

Root b Mathews 2

17/3

 

[pasty]

'kin 'ell

Bairstow c Gunathilaka b Lakmal 3

31/4

 

[pasty]

Roy, Hales, Root and Bairstow combined score of 12

 

[Luke93]

Morgan gone too. 72 for 5. Game over in time for the referendum debate on BBC 1 starting at 8!

 

[Titanic]

What a shambles... I went away to do a bit of gardening... come back an hour later and England are 72-5 (16 overs)

 

[Titanic]

England in utter disarray. Ali drags on. 82-6 (18 overs)

 

[Luke93]

82-6. Ali gone.

Terrible slot selection up the order, and now Ali drags one onto the stumps.

I've always preferred red balls...

 

[BensGrandad]

It s a good job we have a strong batting line up as mentioned by some earlier..

 

[jakarta]

Shambles...

 

[jakarta]

Nuts currently being pulled out of the fire by Buttler & Woakes but top order should be looking at themselves, this is not a fearsome Sri Lankan attack...

 

[banjo]

Yep making a go of it.