Tour of Sri Lanka
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Patel is continuing to impress. Chucks it up and gets great drift - watch his lbw for that. Somerville looks limited and struggles to bowl 6 good ones. Santner's a fine limited overs bowler.
Broke a dangerous partnership on tea but need to get Matthews, one of world cricket's unsung guns.
At tea we lead by 106 runs, they're 3 down
Monsoon season will probably have the final say
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Boult makes it 4 down first over after tea
By God the castle, brick thing in the background makes this venue one of the best around. Outstanding.
@Siam said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
By God the castle, brick thing in the background makes this venue one of the best around. Outstanding.
Looks to be the cheap seats too.
Initially I thought the people up there were tourists but most seem to be locals as they don't move.
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Hate to harp, but this is some fine spin bowling. 5 wickets in 16.1 overs - pretty bloody handy. He's quite good to watch because he always looks likely, got Matthews with a jaffa
@Siam makes for great viewing! He's as dangerous as Santner is innocuous (in tests)
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Top order batting this test like they’re still in a Lords ‘hangover’ perhaps.
Heard before the test a theory that CdG would play as the second seamer and to lengthen the batting. Southee did nothing wrong with the ball, but we might have welcomed Colin’s batting at #7 after all...
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195/7 at stumps, early finish due to bad light so an early start tomorrow apparently. Lead of 177 thanks mostly to Watling, Latham, Nicholls and Southee. We're in with a chance now but if we can get a few more runs tomorrow, we're in with a reasonable chance.
