Results for tag: third test
Posted by:
mvaughan
on Feb 2, 2012 at 08:24:14 AM
First things first. Just about anyone and everyone who has an opinion on cricket has been very quick to rubbish England's performance in the Second Test and that's fair enough. But let's not forget one thing: Andrew Strauss' men were awful for a session and a half on day four but they weren't actually that bad for the rest of the Test. They put themselves in a winning position and they traded very low in-play on Betfair when chasing a small target. England may have blown a great chance to level the series but it's not like they were under cosh for the whole of the match so we need to remember that before calling it an all-round dreadful performance.
There was nothing disappointing about this column's tips though, with an initial lay of the draw at 2.2 and a mid-match back of Pakistan...
Posted by:
mvaughan
on Jun 15, 2011 at 02:45:34 PM
There are two pieces of team news ahead of the Third Test and together, they're the last thing a struggling Sri Lanka team wanted to hear. Not only is their captain Tillekaratne Dilshan out with an injury but England will also welcome back James Anderson to the fore.
In honesty, it's not so much Dilshan's role as captain that's the problem. It's his batting they will miss. Kumar Sangakkara will take over, just a couple of months after resigning from the position, so none of this is new territory for him. But whilst senior batsmen Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have struggled to make a real impact so far with the bat, Dilshan has been the outstanding performer scoring 50, 10 and of course that magnificent 193 which, in retrospect, was the innings that allowed the tourists to salvage...