3rd Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 9-13, 2016

[pasty]

Cook gone.

Cook lbw b Pradeep 85

164/5

Bit of bugger right before tea

 

[CHAPPERS]

Awful from Cook. The plan had been telegraphed the previous ball.

 

[Bold Seagull]

27 from the previous 10 overs to that wicket. Cook LHB, Bairstow RHB, partnership well set but they ran very few singles in that period. A few well struck boundaries, but at this level you've got to make it difficult for the bowling, and they just seemed to allow the pressure to build.

 

[pasty]

Tea Day 1

England 165/5

 

[Taybha]

Bairstow must have stepped in some right lucky doggyDOO today

 

[Pavilionaire]

New ball taken and, boy, do Sri Lanka need a wicket in these last 10 overs!

 

[Pavilionaire]

5 overs to go, Bairstow 11 runs away from a ton. Will his desire to reach three figures before the close be his undoing?

 

[pasty]

Bairstow ton up

 

[Pavilionaire]

Great stat from Cricinfo - Bairstow is the first England wicketkeeper to bag more than one ton in the same series since Les Ames did it in 1930 - 86 years!

I'm surprised Stewart or Prior never managed this.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Great stat from Cricinfo - Bairstow is the first England wicketkeeper to bag more than one ton in the same series since Les Ames did it in 1930 - 86 years!

I'm surprised Stewart or Prior never managed this.

Great stat. I too am surprised.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Looking forward to tomorrow. 23degrees. Be there for 11am, beer starts 11am

 

[edna krabappel]

Great stat from Cricinfo - Bairstow is the first England wicketkeeper to bag more than one ton in the same series since Les Ames did it in 1930 - 86 years!

I'm surprised Stewart or Prior never managed this.

I'm going to question that, as I distinctly remember Alec Stewart- famously- scoring two hundreds in the same match, against the West Indies in Barbados.

Perhaps they meant in successive matches. Or did Jack Russell keep wicket in that game??

Edit: I'll pipe down. According to Wikipedia, Russell did indeed play in that one.

Anyway. I just love Jonny Bairstow. He plays with such emotion. It's great to watch.

 

[Mackenzie]

I'm going to question that, as I distinctly remember Alec Stewart- famously- scoring two hundreds in the same match, against the West Indies in Barbados.

Perhaps they meant in successive matches. Or did Jack Russell keep wicket in that game??

Edit: I'll pipe down. According to Wikipedia, Russell did indeed play in that one.

Anyway. I just love Jonny Bairstow. He plays with such emotion. It's great to watch.

Jonny Bairstow, short, ginger and from Yorkshire. Do you think he might have a bit of a temper?

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm going to question that, as I distinctly remember Alec Stewart- famously- scoring two hundreds in the same match, against the West Indies in Barbados.

The lady has foolishly attempted to join the conversation with a wild and dangerous opinion of her own. What half-baked drivel! See how the men look at her with utter contempt.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Cricinfo stats are always correct. They're like Andrew off TMS.

 

[Eeyore]

Great stat from Cricinfo - Bairstow is the first England wicketkeeper to bag more than one ton in the same series since Les Ames did it in 1930 - 86 years!

I'm surprised Stewart or Prior never managed this.

Very surprised by that. Although I wouldn't question CricInfo. Stewart has scored more than one century in a series before (in the same match at Bridgetown in 1994) but he often was playing as a batsman. Prior did score three Test centuries in 2011- but they were all in different series.

 

[Pavilionaire]

The lady has foolishly attempted to join the conversation with a wild and dangerous opinion of her own. What half-baked drivel! See how the men look at her with utter contempt.

Women! Know your limits!

 

[Simster]

The lady has foolishly attempted to join the conversation with a wild and dangerous opinion of her own. What half-baked drivel! See how the men look at her with utter contempt.

Lovely stuff.

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[CHAPPERS]

Looking forward to tomorrow. 23degrees. Be there for 11am, beer starts 11am

Used to go into the Spoons in Balham for a cheeky pint at 9am. Always made for a long day that did.

 

[pasty]

Morning everyone. And here we go. PLAY.