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TRO Saracen Mar 2015 7:12am, 1 Mar 2015 10,159 posts	0 TRO Saracen Sri Lanka would have chased 400 today. Not under any pressure at all. We're gash, utter gash.
Derby Tup Mar 2015 8:17am, 1 Mar 2015 14,743 posts	0 Derby Tup Tripe
Crash Hamster Mar 2015 9:30am, 1 Mar 2015 404 posts	0 Crash Hamster stats.espncricinfo.com England's stats so far. Broad and Anderson not performing, Ballance not performing, Morgan not performing. Can't expect a good team performance when 4/11 aren't contributing.
Dave A Mar 2015 12:03pm, 1 Mar 2015 20,984 posts	0 Dave A Is it just me who's not convinced about Moeen? Decent bowler, but doesn't look comfortable batting.
The Teaboy Mar 2015 1:21pm, 1 Mar 2015 12,548 posts	0 The Teaboy I watched England bat last night. Thought Root and Buttler did what they could. Ballance looks horrible and Morgan could barely get it off the square. No urgency, and a complete inability to rotate the strike - no aggressive running to pressurize the field. We let a part-time spinner (Dilshan) and a bloke bowling dibbly medium pacers (Mathews) completely take our momentum. Root accelerated well and Buttler was Buttler. What was noticeable was that when England did go hard at the end, Root and Buttler both were able to throw the bowlers off their lengths because of their improvisational skills - its what ABDV and Maxwell do so well - so that the bowlers end up bowling to the batsman's plan and not the other way around. After we were going at 7 an over at the start I was begging them to put their foot on the SL throats but they just back off...
Dave A Mar 2015 2:30pm, 1 Mar 2015 20,985 posts	0 Dave A I thought SL did well to keep Bell off strike once he'd got into the 30's and as a result they got to far less talented batsmen to face.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Mar 2015 6:54pm, 1 Mar 2015 2,106 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain I suspect that the England management had piles of stats showing that 300 was a good target. Cos it looked like that was all they were aiming at the whole innings.
Surrey Phil Mar 2015 7:57pm, 1 Mar 2015 742 posts	0 Surrey Phil With an unchanged side for every game, what does that say about those not playing?
Dave A Mar 2015 8:26pm, 1 Mar 2015 20,986 posts	0 Dave A They are probably constructing books about the current England setup and not being too bothered about turning out for them again
Too Much Water Mar 2015 9:00pm, 1 Mar 2015 4,274 posts	0 Too Much Water Kevin Pietersen is pissing himself in a commentator box somewhere. Swann is probably relieved he got out when he did!