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Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:31 pm**

35/3

PANIC!!!

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:40 pm**

Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:02 pm Rinkals failing to find England players appealing

Actually I said that England fans were not appealing.

England players appeal all the time. Worse than Indian players.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:40 pm**

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:31 pm 35/3

PANIC!!!

Oh, I do hope so.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:43 pm**

So this is going to be interesting now. England are going to have to build an innings under a bit of pressure for the first time.

Morgan could bat himself into some form here.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:45 pm**

Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:40 pm
Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:02 pm Rinkals failing to find England players appealing

Actually I said that England fans were not appealing.

England players appeal all the time. Worse than Indian players.

From a South African

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:45 pm**

Does any country have pitches as shiny as this part of the world?

Looks like concrete sometimes.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:52 pm**

F**k off SL. Eng only likely to lose one game this comp and do not want it to be this one.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:55 pm**

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:45 pm
Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:40 pm
Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:02 pm Rinkals failing to find England players appealing

Actually I said that England fans were not appealing.

England players appeal all the time. Worse than Indian players.
From a South African

Even we don't appeal as much as you guys do.

No need to get upset, though. It was just a play on words from Lobby's post.

Sorry to have upset you.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:57 pm**

Judging by our contrasting bowling fortunes, we appeal more because we're getting more wickets...

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:59 pm**

Sri Lanka need to hold their nerve here.

England building a partnership to launch an attack at the back end.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:00 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:57 pm Judging by our contrasting bowling fortunes, we appeal more because we're getting more wickets...

Indeed.

The theory seems to be "if you don't ask, you don't get".

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:04 pm**

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:45 pm
Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:40 pm
Lobby wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:02 pm Rinkals failing to find England players appealing

Actually I said that England fans were not appealing.

England players appeal all the time. Worse than Indian players.
From a South African

He's British and proud

Also, unlike the saffa cricket fans on here you only have to read his cricket comments some of the time, so suck it up.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:08 pm**

Buttler is going to rescue England big time here. His striking is next level.

Ali and Rashid are going to have a field day bowling on this pitch.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:19 pm**

Buttler seeing it like a beach ball and hitting it like a golf ball.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:23 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:57 pm Judging by our contrasting bowling fortunes, we appeal more because we're getting more wickets...

I doubt anyone appealed more often than Robin Jackman but then I guess since he was born in India, played in Rhodesia, married a Safa and played for England...... many countries can take the blame game for the all time worst.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:30 pm**

Sri Lanka struggling now. Lost their line and length.

Buttler has scared the bejesus out of them.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:33 pm**

I mean Buttler is going to win this game by himself.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:37 pm**

Pretty decent innings from Morgan. Allowed Buttler to play his natural game, and managed to play himself into a bit of form. 40 off 36 on this wicket isn't terrible, England pushing towards a very competitive total.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:38 pm**

Need Buttler to keep scoring runs in every game right up to the final.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:39 pm**

Buttler to get his maiden Twenty20 ton?

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:40 pm**

Atherton's point about the contrast between SL quicks and spinners is spot on. Eng is the only attack where the seamers have managed to bowl with consistently enough discipline to keep the RR down. Pace on the ball is clearly the batsman's friend on these tracks.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:42 pm**

Buttler for a ton.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:44 pm**

Good man

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:44 pm**

Bowl it under arm. 99.

{EDIT} And that really was the very worst ball that could have been delivered. Rabbit in the headlights stuff.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:44 pm**

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:42 pm Buttler for a ton.

Got it. What a great knock.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:45 pm**

Hell of a way to get your first international T20 ton.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:47 pm**

He is unstoppable - best hitter in the game.

Basically - to beat England you have to get Roy and Buttler out early.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:50 pm**

He's a bit special T20 opener isnt he

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:51 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:45 pm Hell of a way to get your first international T20 ton.

Fabulous!

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:52 pm**

Sri Lanka won't get near that.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:53 pm**

110 plus in the second ten overs
Could be tough going bowling second with the moisture

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:54 pm**

What I particularly liked about that innings was how humble he was throughout. Some of the humility in those sixes was astonishing.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:56 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:54 pm What I particularly liked about that innings was how humble he was throughout. Some of the humility in those sixes was astonishing.

It was the endless apologising to the Sri Lankan team that tugged on my heart strings.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:57 pm**

Oh dear, thats not the best start for Sri Lanka.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:57 pm**

Sharp stuff by Morgan.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:58 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:54 pm What I particularly liked about that innings was how humble he was throughout. Some of the humility in those sixes was astonishing.

He smiled after one of them. Terrible human.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:01 pm**

Thor Sedan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:58 pm
JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:54 pm What I particularly liked about that innings was how humble he was throughout. Some of the humility in those sixes was astonishing.
He smiled after one of them. Terrible human.

I think he was just agreeing with the wicket keeper's suggestion that colonialism was evil.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:08 pm**

Calamitous start then whack whack whack.
This might be a fun watch.

edit: damn

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:10 pm**

Rashid with instant impact. Bamboozled him twice, third one gets him charging and walloping one into the air for an easy enough catch for Mooen.

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:10 pm**

all out for 90 in 7 overs?

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