Sri Lankan tour of England 2014

[Carbine Chaos]

First test is a mere 40 minutes away!

Should be a very interesting series, some new faces for England...some old ones too!

 

[Donnie Darko]

vaughan just posted a picture of the deck in twitter. His exact words "its a green un " .

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Sri Lanka won the toss and are having a trundle.

England: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Sam Robson, 3 Gary Ballance, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Matt Prior (wkt), 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 James Anderson

Sri Lanka 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Prasanna Jayawardene (wkt), 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Nuwan Pradeep, 11 Shaminda Eranga

 

[The_Reaper]

If I were Sri Lankan I'd be walking out of my crease as soon as possible. "

Cook said no team he leads will ever mankad someone

 

[ThomasR007]

1- Very strong batting line-up for England. Plunkett at 10 is phenomenal. Bats 6/7 for his county.

2- finds it appalling that Fox Sports aren't showing this series nor the England V India series in a few weeks. Will have to watch West Indies V NZ instead…

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

2- finds it appalling that Fox Sports aren't showing this series nor the England V India series in a few weeks. Will have to watch West Indies V NZ instead…

Can't even listen to it online through the BBC ether.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Surprised Sri Lanka went for Pradeep ahead of Chanaka or Prasad.

 

[The Passenger]

is that the worst drop ever?

EDIT: on reflection he didn't hit it. still a horrible drop from the keeper.

 

[The Passenger]

robson out for 1. looked very nervous. had no reason to play at that one.

 

[Blueboiiz]

Nerves got the better of him.

 

[Blueboiiz]

Cook gone 2-22

 

[Donnie Darko]

this is a green top alright...
if Sri lanka can slice through the top order with their lightweight attack.

 

[southernswannies]

Ballance has such an ugly technique...

 

[Pera]

Ludicrous they arent televising this on Fox. Currently there is boxing and a golf highlights show. But no live cricket?

 

[Donnie Darko]

Ballance has such an ugly technique...

You can relax now that he is out. He is another player who jumped the test call-up queue without really deserving it.

 

[ioppolo]

Nuwan Pradeep. Chosen ahead of Welegedara & Damika Prasad.

Are Sri Lankan fast bowling stocks that bad?

 

[The Passenger]

Ludicrous they arent televising this on Fox. Currently there is boxing and a golf highlights show. But no live cricket?

It all depends on how much Fox would have been asked to pay for the rights as opposed to the expected viewership and advertising revenue it can generate.

Fox would've asked the question no doubt, but If the ECB asked for too much then you can't blame Fox for pulling the pin. They can't be paying an amount that is going to cost them money.

That being said it is disappointing because it's an interesting series.

 

[The_Reaper]

Ludicrous they arent televising this on Fox. Currently there is boxing and a golf highlights show. But no live cricket?

Our series against the Pakis isn't going to be telecast

 

[Philler]

It all depends on how much Fox would have been asked to pay for the rights as opposed to the expected viewership and advertising revenue it can generate.

Fox would've asked the question no doubt, but If the ECB asked for too much then you can't blame Fox for pulling the pin. They can't be paying an amount that is going to cost them money.

That being said it is disappointing because it's an interesting series.

Apparently it's due to a feud between Fox, Nine and the ECB.

ECB sold the Ashes rights separate to the rest of their other series. Channel Nine snapped up exclusive coverage of the 2015 and 2019 Ashes and completely shut Foxtel out. Foxtel were pissed so when the ECB wanted to sell the rest of the rights to Foxtel the refused them out of spite.

Unfortunately us fans get screwed over by it.

 

[The Passenger]

Apparently it's due to a feud between Fox, Nine and the ECB.

ECB sold the Ashes rights separate to the rest of their other series. Channel Nine snapped up exclusive coverage of the 2015 and 2019 Ashes and completely shut Foxtel out. Foxtel were pissed so when the ECB wanted to sell the rest of the rights to Foxtel the refused them out of spite.

Unfortunately us fans get screwed over by it.

interesting, fair enough. stand corrected. s**t situation.

 

[HBF]

Our series against the Pakis isn't going to be telecast

Is that 100%?
Is there any chance that could change between now & October?

 

[HBF]

Cook out playing on for 17.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Cook out playing on for 17.

Breaking news?

 

[HBF]

Breaking news?

Yeah I only just had a quick look at cricinfo and saw the picture of him playing on.

 

[southernswannies]

You can relax now that he is out. He is another player who jumped the test call-up queue without really deserving it.

I do rate him though.

21 tonnes, 73 matches, 54 average... at 24. One of the best, if not the best, in the County last few seasons.

Never got why it was such a surprise to people.