Sri Lanka's Tour of England and Ireland

aklemalp · #1 May 16, 2016, 10:04 AM

Test cricket returns.

First Test match between Sri Lanka and England set to start on May 19th. Looking forward to seeing some new blood. The transformation of both teams.

Damika Prasad is ruled out of the 1st test.

More to come

aklemalp · #2 May 18, 2016, 12:05 PM

Preview for the 1st test match

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Stats and trivia
-Alastair Cook needs 36 runs to become the 12th player - and first Englishman - to 10,000 in Tests. If he gets there in this Test, he will be the youngest to do so.

-England's only victory in their last six Tests at Headingley came in 2013 against New Zealand. They have lost four and drawn one.

-Rangana Herath needs three wickets to become the third Sri Lankan to 300 in Tests.

If Sri Lanka's last tour had been played using the proposed multiformat points system, they would have won 14-6 (with four points for a Test win, two for a draw, two for a limited-overs win).

One World · #3 May 20, 2016, 10:45 AM

Srilanka is playing like prior 2010 BD.

Take some advantage early, then let go the chance to allow opponent even out, proving it is quite a good pitch to bat. Then just start horribly with a fragile top order. Wait for some consolation for lower middle to chip away a follow-on.

TigerBhai · #4 May 20, 2016, 12:19 PM

All out for 91 sri lanka

probably will be made to follow on

Nocturnal · #5 May 21, 2016, 06:09 AM

Day 3 - Session 1

England 298
Sri Lanka
91 & 39/2 (11.4 ov) (f/o)
Sri Lanka trail by 168 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Dilscoop · #6 May 21, 2016, 05:06 PM

Waiting for an SL series like

Night_wolf · #7 May 21, 2016, 07:39 PM

SL isnt as week as we all are thinking, SL always had problem with moving ball(as do we) and playing england in swinging condition with a roaring james anderson isn't same as playing us in srilanka or BD.

As long is herath is there Tests will be tough against srilanka in the sub con. Limited over though is a different ball game

Tigers_eye · #8 May 21, 2016, 08:10 PM

^ SL will take some time to replace legends. We can draw a series against them. For England, bring it on.

Night_wolf · #9 May 21, 2016, 10:32 PM

^in ODI we can take any team, the last time we played ODI against a strong team was in last july, over a year ago!

aklemalp · #10 May 25, 2016, 09:39 AM

England took out some of the vengeance of the WT20 world cup loss to WI...and absolutely spanked SL

aklemalp · #11 May 26, 2016, 11:31 AM

Preview of the next test match. The weather forecasts that it will be chilly.

aklemalp · #12 May 28, 2016, 06:44 AM

400 up for England Moeen Ali on 80* and Finn yet to score

Awla · #13 May 28, 2016, 02:12 PM

Srilanka onthe way to another innings defeat... This side remind me of old Bangladesh test side..poor
Other than Herath and Mathews I dot see much quality in the Srilankan side... and Herath is 38... It'd take a long time to fill the gaps left by Sanga & Jayawardene
A full series between Srilanka & BD is a must

aklemalp · #14 May 28, 2016, 02:36 PM

Darn...I left when Ali was on 80....guy finished unbeaten on 155..

Sri Lanka's batting is unable to cope with the stalwarts, Anderson and Broad.

simon · #15 May 28, 2016, 02:52 PM

I'm just annoyed that we are not getting enough games but Srilanka are.

aklemalp · #16 May 30, 2016, 05:09 PM

Congrats to Cook for 10, 000 test runs.

England with a comfortable 9 wicket victory goes up 2-0 in the series.

RazabQ · #17 May 30, 2016, 11:57 PM

Moin bowls to many wide deliveries that get smacked!

Austin 3:!6 · #18 May 31, 2016, 12:04 AM

SriLanka is getting slaughtered...hehe so much fun. Test cricket is not for everybody....Lanka should stick to T20 cricket only

Rifat · #19 May 31, 2016, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin 3:!6
SriLanka is getting slaughtered...hehe so much fun. Test cricket is not for everybody....Lanka should stick to T20 cricket only

They should struggle in almost every format from now on unless some great batting or bowling talent arrives to replace the legends who just retired (Mahela, Sanga Dilshan trio)...

After Herath, Matthews and Chandimal(who is not a legend but somewhat dependable player) retires Sri Lanka needs dire replacements ASAP. they have a good system but none of the current players are that talented or even consistent enough to fill the vacant slots. that's just the harsh reality.

I could be completely wrong and there could be hope...Shanka looks like a decent allrounder prospect.

Yameen · #20 May 31, 2016, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin 3:!6
SriLanka is getting slaughtered...hehe so much fun. Test cricket is not for everybody....Lanka should stick to T20 cricket only

Sri Lanka are a team in transition to be fair and was good to see some fight yesterday before they finally lost.

Need to be patient with them as was never going to be easy against the likes of Anderson and Broad in the English spring. Afterall, India got slaughtered too in their last two tours to England in the midst of the English summer! Should they stick to T20 cricket too?

Austin 3:!6 · #21 May 31, 2016, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Yameen
Sri Lanka are a team in transition to be fair and was good to see some fight yesterday before they finally lost.

Need to be patient with them as was never going to be easy against the likes of Anderson and Broad in the English spring. Afterall, India got slaughtered too in their last two tours to England in the midst of the English summer! Should they stick to T20 cricket too?

Even when we were losing those test matches...we had potential ATG's in domestic cricket like Binny, Akhsar Patel, Bumrah etc etc. So our transition was swift and now again we are a force. Where is SriLanka's bence strength? Their cricket is finished.

Yameen · #22 May 31, 2016, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin 3:!6
Even when we were losing those test matches...we had potential ATG's in domestic cricket like Binny, Akhsar Patel, Bumrah etc etc. So our transition was swift and now again we are a force. Where is SriLanka's bence strength? Their cricket is finished.

I would say Sri Lanka probably has the best bowling department (including the bench strength) in Asia at the moment so it is just their batsmen that need to piece it together. Mathews averages 50, Chandimal is becoming more consistent, still need more from Thirmane and the young number 3 Kusal Mendis is looking the apart. They have Kusal Perera making a come back soon and watch out for the likes of Angelo Perera who isn't in the team but is supposedly a rising star over there.

With regards to India, transition or not I don't believe they would have done any better in these conditions. Apart from Dravid in the 2011 tour, Anderson & co ran rings round the Indian batsmen and if I remember correctly Kohli couldn't even buy a run in those tests 2 years ago.

aklemalp · #23 May 31, 2016, 09:37 AM

Wait, how did this thread got derailed in to one of Indian discussion. Smh

Yameen · #24 June 1, 2016, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by aklemalp
Wait, how did this thread got derailed in to one of Indian discussion. Smh

Apologies, but it was only a slight digression to highlight that in actual fact these young Sri Lankans are not the only ones to struggle in these conditions against that opposition and are far from being deemed just a T20 side who should give up the longer format.

aklemalp · #25 June 1, 2016, 08:09 AM

^^ no need to apologize bro. A little contemplating after my post and I saw nothing wrong with some cross promoting.