Whats your pick??
I think Sri Lankan will be thrashed badly.
None of there away succes was without Murali.SO Once Murali is not playing ,I dont think Sri Lankan have any chance here !!!
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I think it will be the other way around...
Boss, you are forgetting that they have the longest winning streak of 9 tests (After Australia's 16 and West Indies' 11).
I think Sri Lankan Batting is strong and England are also without Gough, their most successful bowler in recent times.
AK
Yes...They have great Line up of batsman but tell me when was last time they made a huge total on foreign soil.??
I think there batsmane might be great at Subcontinent wickets but on swinging wicket they can be brittle and moreover Srilankn bowling is just pathetic without Murali.They have only one frontline bolwer VAS and you cant win testmatches with one bowler.
Where as even without Gaugh..english have Caddick and Hoggard who can be very dangerous during present conditions.They may not be that good by then end of June.
Unka Jo Kaam hai Ahl-e-Siyasat Jaane,
Apna paigam muhabbat hai ,jahan tak pahuche
Agree with AQ, England will win the series, wothout Murali SL is going to struggle on the seaming english pitches.
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Originally posted by ehsan:
Agree with AQ, England will win the series, wothout Murali SL is going to struggle on the seaming english pitches.
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Ohhhh : paseena pochne wala Icon:
Finally someone agrees with me ...
Ha ha
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I think it will be a good contest match as Asif_k said that ENG is without Gough and SL with Murli. Btw watch out Vaas he is in good form these days and Eng wickets are fast !
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This is going to be tough decision, as someone said, SL is not a one man team, and they have quality bowlers even if Murali doesn't play, Vaas and Zoysa are 2 good front line bowlers and England has a really weak batting lineup, I don't see a special batsman in the lineup.
Where SL has really strong batting lineup starting with Jayasuriya, the pitch will be perfect for him.
Attapatu, Jayawardne and Sangakkara are strong batsman as well and don't forget De Silva is coming back also.
My Srilankan Team
1.) Sanath Jayasuriya
2.) Marvan Attapattu
3.) Kumar Sangakkara
4.) Mahela Jayawardne
5.) Aravinda de Silva
6.) Russel Arnold
7.) Tillikarane Dilshan
8.) Chaminda Vaas
9.) Charita Buddhika
10.) Nuwan Zoysa
11.) Dilhara Fernando
I am going with 4 fast bowlers, looking at Lords pitch, which supports fast bowlers.
Even without Murali, SL has varieties of spinner to bowl. Jayasuriya, De Silva, Arnold, Tillikaratne, Attapatu.
My England team
1.) Micheal Trescothick
2.) Micheal Vaughn
3.) Naser Hussain
4.) Alec Stewart
5.) Graham Thorpe
6.) Mark Ramprakash
7.) Craig White
8.) Andrew Flintoff
9.) Ashely Giles
10.) Andrew Caddick
11.) Matthew Hogaard
11.)
I think its a bug myth that England doesnt have good batting line up.Theymay not have stars like Inzimam,sachin,lara or Jaysurya but as a package they are pretty decent.And with 2 good all rounder White and Flintoff there batting lineup is deep upto no.8.
So I think this match is gonna be inntresting !!!!
Vass and Zoyasa are good bowler but I doubt they can run thru English lineup twice.!!!!
Unka Jo Kaam hai Ahl-e-Siyasat Jaane,
Apna paigam muhabbat hai ,jahan tak pahuche
Lords will prevail to Englaaaand
but I agree with AQ, that this will be a English series to win.
Nasser being a great captain, will be able to lead his quite strong team, especially with conditions adapting to their needs.
SL as you can see have been struggling at present, and have always done poor in England.
Only batsmen to prevail for SL is DeSilva, as the experience will count.
Murali will be missed!
Good Test to watch.
they might not have strong batsmans like SL but there teamwork which gets them to win the matches, I would predict a draw in the series but a win for England in this one.
I think England batting is very strong when Alec Stewart is coming at no. 7 and Flintoff at 8.
Anyways Sri Lanka are 266/3. Jaywardne - 107, Attapattu 108 not out. Still 25 overs of play left.
AK
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I think it will be the other way around...
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Ditto!
“WatCh youR tHoughtS; they become words.
WatCh youR wOrdS; they become actions.
WatCh youR aCtiOns; they become habits.
WatCh youR hAbiTs; they become character.
WatCh youR chaRactEr; it becomes your dEsTinY."
SL 535/7, Their Highest Score at Lords.
AK
Arvinda De Silva Became the First Sri Lankan to cross 6000 Runs in TEST Cricket.
A Very fine batsman and wonderful human being. Congratulations to Him. His contribution to Sri Lankan Cricket is Immense and invaluable.
AK
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Originally posted by Asif_k:
**Arvinda De Silva Became the First Sri Lankan to cross 6000 Runs in TEST Cricket.
A Very fine batsman and wonderful human being. Congratulations to Him. His contribution to Sri Lankan Cricket is Immense and invaluable.
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Arvinda is a class act and one of the top batsmen in the world.
Bilkul Sahi Ehsaan Bhai !!!
I always loved to see his footwork and his pulls against Good length balls of fast bowlers were amazing…
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It looks like this match is heading for a draw, its almost the end of day 3 and England still have their batsman out there, if England does avoid the follow on then this match is certainly a draw.
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Yep no doubt about this.
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WatCh youR wOrdS; they become actions.
WatCh youR aCtiOns; they become habits.
WatCh youR hAbiTs; they become character.
WatCh youR chaRactEr; it becomes your dEsTinY."
England are Following on. Sri Lanka are all set to extend their run to 10-0 only one win away from West Indies 11-0 run.
AK