England vs Sri Lanka T20 - 20/5/14

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wtf is that

Not a sell-out I notice, and this performance won't help bring back the crowds.

bowling and fielding both 4/10...piss poor

WTF is this bowling

lmao more pies

england wont be chasgin down 190

dado I bet the 6's are even more annoying

edges where only 4

Big score this

Disgusting majority of the balls were full tosses, what is this rubbish?

190+ matched at 22.

pathetic

do England have 180+ runs in them, i think not

England Chased down more than this when they defeated Sri Lanka in the world cup

183 it is

Malinga the only worry in the bowling everyone else average

May 20, 2014 -- 7:24PM, Dado7029 wrote:

England Chased down more than this when they defeated Sri Lanka in the world cup

Completely different conditions.

May 20, 2014 -- 7:27PM, Dado7029 wrote:

Malinga the only worry in the bowling everyone else average

Kulasekara?

Long England batting line-up as well

A very competitive total, Malinga may be the only worry, but if he bowls 4 overs taking 2-25, England will need with say 5 extra's chucked in, in those 4 overs. 153 off 16 overs, unlikely I would say and the market is probably favouring Sri Lanka for value.

BONELESS WONDER KOLLOPSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

carnt see eng getting these to be honest

England have loads of power here but do they have the physcological strength ? This match will be decided in the heads of the England batsmen.

lol no point in them stepping onto the field then

I'm backing them to win + could be a shower shortly so DL might come into play

Of course there is, we can do some trading

Free runs !

can anyone confirm the name of that song that was playing just before start of the innings there? been on in a few 20/20 games recently - cheers

kesha and pitbull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W55f3l61AHY

GSM

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May 20, 2014 -- 5:55PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

also cant understand how carberry is ahead of lumb

confirmed

WTF is this, those big forearms and he doesn't go cross-bat on a single shot just slices it shocking

This is pathetic, england come on FFS

hales and morgan or busto for engerland

just play normal you dick

LOL

DROPPAGE

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What a waste from bell :(

bell completely brainless from he moment he walked in

that's REALLY poor from a senior batsmen.

there are better much T20 batsmen in the world who understand that you see off malinga, particularly his early overs.

Do they think this is a 50 over match - just no aggression.

What a mug Root is, given so much credit for being so average FFS

Pathetic from Root.

this partgnership is the game

Mugged off a wide delivery and was super slow before that, Root you need to opt yourself out of the team for a bit

I dont fancy England to win this.

Ok Eng did beat Scotland of late
but otherwise very poor eg Dutch defeat etc etc etc ¬

love to be on England here at wasp prices

some massive price movements tonight?

wouldn't it be great to have the betfair implied chance up instead.

would have been particularly entertaining for the Sussex-Kent match in 2011.

12/1 England on the wasp looks the value here

START THE CAR

yep begining of the end

This is not on England can't field and sri lanka catch these catches takes the p

WASP is all-in on SL tonight, wine and prostitutes if they win.

Morgan what a waste, utter rubbish

those that do the wasp odds are filling their boots on here, must be making fortunes.

Not one SL bowler has gone for 10 an over yet.

I can't stand Pietersen but even he would be preferable to some of the dross on offer tonight.

yeah pietersen's delhi daredevils have been in great form and he is leading by example


ohhhh no they are sh1t, and so is he

time to lay off my wasp bet

these two making a go of it

or not lol

RAVI TO THE RESCUE

WTF easy full toss, sri lanka smacked those WTF England

this could be close if hales stays in

that could have been a great over nothing special really bowling wise

LMAO

lol

class from malinga. real class.

WTF Hales straight bat this time on this one, as its low and a straight bat drive would have reaped reward there i feel

how the hell they going to get 16 off this next over

Hales could have done this, damn

england lose by 11 runs, nap

Unlucky there that could have gone to the boundary instead bowled, FFS England could have won this wasn't actually that tough a few batsmen just ruined it but wasting time

Not being give the wide ball either FFS

england got nowhere near dado, relax!

Slinger masterclass.
As for England, Root still living off his big score at Lords (where he was dropped early), meaning the batting order is wrong, we haven't found a replacement for Swann yet, we can't field because we're unfit, and we can't bowl death overs.
Otherwise, we're fine.

4 off the 19h will never win

Disgraceful that england didn't try the innovation, Carberry, Root and Morgan failed England from winning this today, could have won this without scoring too many off malinga

poor, utterly poor from England that's all that can be said about this performance

root is simply not a 20 20 man

Laid off at 1.02 in case

too little too late 4 off the 19th ridcioulous

Could have easily found those extra runs with one big over in the middle overs.

attacked all of the wrong balls at the wrong time with the wrong shots - same old story

For such a long batting line up they played far too negatively in the middle overs.

I can't say how anybody can say that was utterly poor from England. It was the fielding that was poor, little else. If they had caught Perera, INSTEAD OF DROPPING AN ABSOLUTE DOLLY, they wouldn't have been chasing 184. The batting was fairly good, I thought and not many teams chase down 184, which they shouldn't have been chasing. CATCHES WIN MATCHES, end of story

That last Malinga over. Woakes in with 3 balls left, isn't it correct just to give him absolute license (yes, obviously much easier said that done but he can strike a good ball) rather than look for a single to get Bopara on strike to try for one attempt at a big shot before looking for another single to get him back on strike again.

The 1 Dot 1 to leave a miracle required was searingly inevitable. And with a different mindset Woakes may have connected with his first ball which was more hittable than almost any other Malinga ball today.

You always get the feeling with England no matter what total they are chasing they end up giving themselves too much to do with too much negative batting in the middle of the innings. Its easy to hit out near the end when you have nothing to lose.

That negative batting in the middle means they have to chase a total with 2 overs less when. With such a long batting line up would it not be better to have someone move up the order earlier whose job is to score at 2 a ball or get out trying.

Thats why England are rated lower than most, because they either go slow, at the start, or slow in the middle, or slow at the end. Were not very good, as I said England are more interested in the proper cricket.

here's the problem...Carberry 7 / Bell 13 / Root 5 / Morgan 5 - 30 runs from 4 of our ' big shots ' and by the way these runs were off 62 balls. That's 7 overs to get 30 runs for 4 wickets !

*42 balls

Why we are playing Ian Bell, at his age, baffles me and Joe Root, shouldn't be in the side either. Why don't they play Matt Prior, he doesn't keep for Sussex, so can field and bat, as he will score alot quicker than most, whilst Buttler is the obvious choice for scoring quick runs and wicketkeeping.

cheers fellas. read a few things on this thread. took 735 great british pounds after my 5% betfair tax. chin chin the vodkas in

I've honestly never seen a cricket player any level that makes as many mistakes as carberry

think james taylor of notts deserves a chance