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Jan 2021
9:49am, 25 Jan 2021
29,913 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
No negatives on this thread that I have ever seen..all tongue in cheek.
England to panic and lose by 20.
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Jan 2021
10:13am, 25 Jan 2021
13,670 posts
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Cerrertonia
Embuldeniya must be one of the calmest test players ever. Takes a wicket, barely a flicker, gets hit for a six, nothing, catch is dropped, nothing.
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Jan 2021
10:47am, 25 Jan 2021
12,820 posts
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rf_fozzy
**IF** England go on to win.... Good point from Vaughan on TMS - yes, although this Sri Lankan team isn't great, for England to win 5 tests on the trot in Sri Lanka (2018 & 2021) would be a good achievement.
And although they won the 2018 series 3-0, they won the toss in all 3 of those tests and batted first.
In these two, England have lost the toss in both.
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Jan 2021
10:50am, 25 Jan 2021
13,671 posts
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Cerrertonia
It was a good toss to win in this match too. Slow and no turn on the first couple of days,
dried out quite significantly by day 4, as we have seen.
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Jan 2021
10:52am, 25 Jan 2021
29,923 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
I thought Sibley would work out a method.
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Jan 2021
10:54am, 25 Jan 2021
12,821 posts
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rf_fozzy
Dan Norcross is off on his "Buttler is god" flourishes in his commentary again.
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Jan 2021
11:04am, 25 Jan 2021
13,672 posts
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Cerrertonia
None of the other non-Asian test nations have managed a clean sweep test series in South Asia since England did it in 2018, either.
Last time Australia won a series in Sri Lanka, Ricky Ponting was captain. New Zealand haven't won a series there since 1984.
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Jan 2021
11:22am, 25 Jan 2021
12,822 posts
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rf_fozzy
Might be over today now.
Feeling confident about an England win now even if a wicket goes.
Sri Lanka sounding tired.
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Jan 2021
11:43am, 25 Jan 2021
13,446 posts
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Badger
If SL can pull it back from here (6 wickets for 10 runs for them to win) I'll be impressed. Not sure if it will be by their bowling or the quality of the collapse required, but I'll be impressed.
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Jan 2021
11:48am, 25 Jan 2021
5,748 posts
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FenlandRunner
Well played England. Didn't expect to wake up to not many for 7 then ball them all out. And then knock off the runs relatively easily.
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The Ashes 2009
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