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[kplfishtank 4,656]

On 02/11/2018 at 11:26, psb07158 said:

After pumping the Aussies in the t20 series too, we moved on to NZ. Played out a thriller the other night with an opportunity later today for Pak to win their 11th t20 series in a row. 

Have these games been on telly mate 

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Got tickets for ashes for Leeds, Birmingham and I’m hoping to get one for Lords 

next summer is going to be class. 

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23 minutes ago, kplfishtank said:

Have these games been on telly mate 

Weirdly, an Indian channel on sky mate, Star Plus HD (728 on Sky I think). Our ODI series starts on Wednesday and it's also on that channel AFAIK 

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27 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

Weirdly, an Indian channel on sky mate, Star Plus HD (728 on Sky I think). Our ODI series starts on Wednesday and it's also on that channel AFAIK 

Cheers. Will try to catch some games. 

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Foakes impressing on debut to the surprise of absolutely no one. 

Ludicrous that he hasn’t been in the England team before now.

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Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh in a test match in Bangladesh  

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Can Sam Curran just open the batting? He’s an absolute joy to watch.

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That's an excellent recovery from England. Sri Lanka will be very disappointed they've allowed England to put up a good total! 

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Few mates are over in Sri Lanka. Fancied it but decided I’d prefer SA next winter instead. 

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5 hours ago, psb07158 said:

That's an excellent recovery from England. Sri Lanka will be very disappointed they've allowed England to put up a good total! 

If they hadn’t lost Rashid near the end they’d probably have gotten to around 400. 

As it is, 350-ish would be excellent from where they were 5 down.

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91 overs bowled by Sri Lanka today,just like the old days

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After being allowed to post far more runs than they ought to have, England peg Sri Lanka back with an early wicket from Jimmy Anderson.

How many times has that happened?  

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it won’t be straightforward but England really need to get a lead from the first innings. 

Batting isn’t going to get easier, it you’d imagine Herath will be a nightmare to bat against Day 3/4.

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12 minutes ago, Creampuff said:

it won’t be straightforward but England really need to get a lead from the first innings. 

Batting isn’t going to get easier, it you’d imagine Herath will be a nightmare to bat against Day 3/4.

If the Sri Lankan wickets keep falling at the rate they are England might not even need to bat again. Or if they do it's to put the game way out of Sri Lanka's reach...

Pitch deterioration might not even be an issue..

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Sri Lanka 203 all out and England 38/0 in their 2nd innings. Scooshing this.

Meanwhile we've got the Kiwis 36/2 after 8 overs in the first ODI. Shaheen Shah Afridi with both wickets. 6ft6" 18 year old left arm fast bowler capable of swinging it at 90mph. We just keep unearthing these absolute gems - the PSL has done wonders for young talent to showcase themselves and rub shoulders with international professionals

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Some controversy in our game. Ross Taylor motioning to the umpires that he thinks Hafeez is chucking the ball:

 Led to Sarfraz going tonto, speaking to both umpires about Taylor's behaviour and mouthing off at Taylor too. Bit poor from Taylor. If he has a problem with an opposing player he should have walked up to the umpire and relayed his concerns. It's not his job to officiate the game, it's for the umpires to decide. Sarfraz probably going to get cited for something, he is mouthing off and squaring up to Taylor pretty much every ball. Umpires have had to intervene. Sarfraz is a proper working class boy from Karachi he takes no shit from nobody even though Taylor is about twice his size

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We are such a paradox

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Well played by Jennings today...I don't rate him. But played well.

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England nearing a comprehensive victory. 5 wickets left to get

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7 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

England nearing a comprehensive victory. 5 wickets left to get

Never won in Galle. 

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13 minutes ago, kplfishtank said:

Never won in Galle. 

Crazy stat eh? 

The Lankans will be praying for one of their famous thunderstorms! 

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Just watched India women post 194 from their 20 overs in the World Cup v New Zealand. India captain skelpt 103 from 51 ball's. 7-fours and 8-sixes. Very impressive.

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Stokes to bat at 3. 

Foakes keeps his place in team even though Barstow is fit. 

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1 hour ago, kplfishtank said:

Stokes to bat at 3. 

Foakes keeps his place in team even though Barstow is fit. 

Deservedly so after that debut! Unfortunate for Bairstow but he just needs to bide his time, his reluctance to bat in the top 4 probably led to them picking Jos Buttler over him for this one