England vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI, Old Trafford

[Easa]

Lankans won the toss and are batting first.

Harmison has gotten Jaya out.

25-1 (5.4)

[Easa]

Sri Lanka are unchanged from the last game.

England have made alot of changes.

ME Trescothick, AN Cook, IR Bell, AJ Strauss, VS Solanki, JWM Dalrymple, GO Jones, TT Bresnan, LE Plunkett, Kabir Ali, SJ Harmison

Mahmood left out, Kabir Ali comes in. Bresnan comes in as well replacing Alex Loudon. Cook also comes in for Pietersen who for some reason is not playing.

[Easa]

Sri Lanka continuing where they left of. :)))

57-1 (9.3)

Jayawardene ~ *18(8)

[Easa]

70-1

Jayawardene - Growing into a superb player.

29(16)

[Luton Bad Boy]

This is the slow and painful death of English ODI cricket......when this happens, with Pakistan waiting in the wings....how low can England go or will Pakistan make it possible for England to resurrect this diabolical team into Australia-beaters AGAIN????????

[Rana]

jayawardene dropped 2wice and now he passes 50 of 32 balls!

[Rana]

129-1

[Rana]

sri lanka are in complete control!

[Rana]

131-1 now

[Rana]

bresnen in the attack!

[Rana]

AND this was the 20th over, very very healthy run rate! of 6+

[Rana]

darlymple into the attack now

[Rana]

only 57 deliverys have been dot balls,

[Rana]

darlymple coming round the wicket for a change!

3 runs from his over and now has 14-0 after 3 overs

[Rana]

bresnen continues

[Rana]

hard square driven and good fielding by bell!

[Rana]

jaya on 56*

[Rana]

this is pure control by lanka!

shud be a 300+ score

[Rana]

good stop at 3rd man boundary by Harmy

[Rana]

ground fielding has been good but dropped some catches england have!

[Rana]

attempted reverse sweep by jaya wich he misses and now he smashes for a 4444444

[Rana]

nice sweep and good running

2 runs!

[Rana]

chipped in the air by jaya!

1 run!

[Rana]

solanki into the attack now, strauss's seamers have failed!

[Rana]

single straight away!

[Rana]

4444444444

wides !

[Rana]

153-1 now!

[Rana]

nice drive by tharanga

[Rana]

good single taken

[pak4life]

the sri lankans are playing for fun here.

[Rana]

8 runs of solanki's first over!

[Rana]

i think tresco shud be given a go here, he bowls good medium pace u kno!

[Rana]

easy single taken off cook!

[Rana]

2 runs there!

[Rana]

sri lanka scoring at a hectic rate!

[Rana]

out!!!!

[Rana]

Tharanga gone!

good catch by solanki!

[ShowStopper]

Either Pak has some surprise instore for them or England will be battered by Pak.

[ShowStopper]

Thranga Gone Dalrymple

[Rana]

161-2!

pure murkage by lanka!

[ShowStopper]

Jawardane strike rate 140 wow. blast them Sl Blast them. 160/2 after 25 overs.

[Rana]

next powerplay taken,

jaya who has setteled quite well shud take full advantage of this!

[Rana]

kabir ali bak into the attack!

[Rana]

there are some showers due today!

[Rana]

drives!

2 runs to Jaya!

[Rana]

163-2

[Rana]

full toss by kabir to end the over

165-2

[Rana]

harmisson bak on!

[Rana]

short ball, swung away for a single!

[Rana]

having a chat now and i think a slip is coming in

[Rana]

short ball!

[Rana]

nice drive!

[Rana]

btw, sangakara is batting with jaya!

[Rana]

Jaya on 61*

lanka have kind of slowed down, but there taking good singles!

[Rana]

2 runs of that over!

[James]

Complete and utter toss. Hopefully our test form gets back to its best so England fans have something to shout about this year. After all, the next few ODI series, champions trophy and even the world cup are pretty much write-offs at this rate :))

[Rana]

whipped around the corner nicely by sanga!

[Rana]

leg bye there!

1 run!

[Rana]

jaya is on 71*

[James]

is there any need for such regular updates?

[Rana]

E N G L A N D - - - - - - ¬

thats wats happenin to them!

[Rana]

is there any need for such regular updates?

well no1 is doing them and this thread waS Initially made for regular updates!

[Rana]

OUT!!!!!

sanga gone!!! goes for 7

[Rana]

much needed wicket!

[James]

A good ball, from an England bowler in a one dayer?!

How can such a contradiction exist?

[Rana]

Dilashan comes in next

[Rana]

boundarys have dried up for some reason!

[Rana]

Harmy reaches 90mph!!!

[Pathan007]

as long as jaya is there 300 or mayb plus on the card

[Rana]

england looking to put dilashan under pressure!

[Rana]

only 1 run of that over!

29 overs gone! 173-3

still a good chance of 300

[Rana]

in the air, just wide of harmy!

[Rana]

this is the last over of power play!

[Rana]

nearly run out!

[Rana]

looked to pull that one, given wide!

[Rana]

20 extras so far in this innings!

[Rana]

another wide!

[Rana]

16 wides in this innings!!!

England are doing it Sami style!!

[Rana]

2 runs of that!

[James]

Jayawardene is ace

What a tour he's had

[Rana]

beutifully placed by jaya!!

only 2 runs, deserved more!

[Rana]

kabir ali cud not keep it tight!

30 overs gone 180-3

[Rana]

jaya 78*

[Rana]

shud get his century

[Rana]

maybe a 150!

[Rana]

in the air, 1 run, not time at all, dilshan shud be out soon!

[Rana]

4444444444444444444

[Rana]

82* for jaya, beautiful pull!

of plunket btw! and we have rain!!!!

[Rana]

noooooo

[Rana]

quite heavy rain here!!!!!!

[James]

rain rain rain

As usual at Old Trafford. I'm only listening on the radio, is it heavy?

[Rana]

quite heavy!

[Rana]

dnt worry its stopping!

[entralinks]

Play resumed, Jaya is out.

[James]

Hope Jaya gets a big hundred, he deserves it. Who needs Atapattu - he was always overrated as a batsman (while Jaya has developed into a terrific little batsman) and Jaya has proven himself as a very very capable captain.

[Pathan007]

Play resumed, Jaya is out.acchey bachey
jhoot nahi boltey :16:

[Rana]

welcome bak,

misfiled 444444444

[James]

lol, sums up our day so far

1st ball after the rain break and a woeful misfield

[Rana]

nice cut by jaya

2 runs!

[Rana]

jayawardne 85*

[Rana]

nearly got jayawardne out!

[Rana]

bowled him!!!!

dilshan gone!!!!!

[Rana]

russell arnold next in!

[Rana]

199-4 after 33!

[Rana]

definet 300 here!

[James]

15 overs left, 203-4

Conditions are good for the bowlers at the moment, but England will still be chasing a very competitive total

[jusarrived]

Think england will win today!

[Rana]

444444444444

[Rana]

arnold gone!!!

[James]

Think england will win today!

Tbh it looks a lot better now than it did 10 overs ago, but this XI has hardly any batsmen that are good at chasing, Tresco maybe, if he gets off to a good start then the chase is on, if not...

caught behind

[James]

Hundred up for Jayawardene off 82 balls

Been a tremendous innings.

[James]

And promptly, Jayawardene goes caught and bowled

220-6, and suddenly England are back in contention with 2 new players at the crease. If Kp and Collingwood were available for the run chase we could have an even bigger chance.

[Easa]

Why is Pietersen not playing? Fantastic hundred for Jaya, second on the trot.

[James]

Pietersen has a knee injury. It's minor, they just didn't want to risk him for what is really a meaningless game. Were the scoreline 2-1 to either side he probably would have been playing.

[Rana]

probably wont get 300 now!

too many wickets have fallen at wrong times!

[James]

You see, there is potential in this England ODI team. Little periods like this with the older ball show you that if they were tighter with the new ball than they could really put the shutters down on LOI innings a lot more regularly than they do.

England need to learn that batsmen should be allowed to rely on bowlers putting them in a good position, and bowlers should be allowed to rely on having something to bowl at.

England dont put the 3 disciplines of batting, bowling and fielding all together in one dayers often enough, we usually get 1 or 2 of them right which is nowhere near good enough. But its plain to see that if/when they can be bothered to build for the future and focus on this, they can be a consistently good ODI side..

[Rana]

238- 6!

this is the 42nd over!

[Rana]

4444444

[James]

I cant believe this is the same innings that was going on at about lunchtime. Lankans looked set for 350!

Big edge for 4, unlucky Plunkett

[Rana]

wide!

[Rana]

darlymple cant believe its been called wide!

[Rana]

leg bye,

248-6, 7 overs remaining!

[James]

10 overs, 2-44 for Dalrymple. Good effort in the circumstances.

[sehsan]

I cant believe this is the same innings that was going on at about lunchtime. Lankans looked set for 350!

Big edge for 4, unlucky Plunkett

275 or more would be more then enough for them, so thats why they decided to have a mercy on england oneday team :)

[sehsan]

10 overs, 2-44 for Dalrymple. Good effort in the circumstances.

good prospect, handy batsman also

[James]

300 would be more then enough for them, so thats why they decided to have a mercy on england oneday team :)

:P

7th wicket goes down. Another good delivery.

[sehsan]

:P

7th wicket goes down. Another good delivery.

ha ha, yes but still they have a decent score

[Rana]

no ball!

258-7

[Rana]

3 runs!

[Rana]

good fielding by plunky!

[Rana]

big total but could have been more!

[Rana]

1 run!

[Rana]

good stroke from mahroof!

1 run

[Rana]

264-7!

[Rana]

4444444444444444444

[Rana]

mahroofy on 32*

[Rana]

44444

[Rana]

272-7

[Rana]

wide, down the leg side!

[Rana]

1 run!

[Rana]

274-7

[Rana]

48th over now!

[Rana]

4444444

[Rana]

roofy on 37*

[Rana]

nearly caught! 2 runs i think

[Rana]

280-7

[Rana]

444444

[Rana]

284-7

and 66666666

[Rana]

290-7

[James]

SIX!

no doubt Gough will surprise everyone in his next newspaper column 'we wouldn't have conceded 300 if I'd been playing, being the highest wicket taker in ODIs this country have ever had! I'm not being big-headed here!"

[Rana]

definete 300!

[Rana]

291-7

[Easa]

England getting thrashed. What a pitiful team they are.

[Rana]

1 run!

[Rana]

1 run! big swing thou!

[Luton Bad Boy]

47.6 Ali to Bandara, no run, rising good length delivery, bit wide outside off, Bandara looks to push it to off, beaten again!

47.5 Ali to Bandara, no run, widish outside off, Bandara chases but misses

47.4 Ali to Bandara, SIX!!, slower delivery, pitched up, Bandara just stands and lofts it over long on, dispatched long long way in the stands!

47.3 Ali to Bandara, FOUR!!, another full toss, on the off, Bandara gets the thick edge racing down to third man boundary!

47.2 Ali to Maharoof, 1 run, drives it to cover, just over Strauss in the infield

47.1 Ali to Maharoof, FOUR!!, full toss, outside off, Maharoof drives it over the infield to sweeper cover, one bounce over the rope! bad delivery and punished!

The massacre is continuing....300 on the cards....can England chase 300 with Sri Lanka's bowling attack???

[Rana]

down the leg side, shud have been wide!

[Rana]

4444444444

[James]

Ooh, another good shot. Nice little partnership here!

[Rana]

298- 7

299 now, 1 run of first ball

[Rana]

this is the last over

[Rana]

66666666

[Rana]

roofy reaches 50!

51*

[Rana]

6666666

[Rana]

again i meant

[Easa]

Highest ODI total at Old Trafford.

Good stuff.

[James]

Woah! 2 sixes!

Very important innings for Sri Lanka. I tell you what this fifty makes the difference between a gettable target, and a very tough one.

[Rana]

top edge no ball and caught, but wont be out,

the y ran 1

[Easa]

49.2 Ali to Maharoof, SIX!!, another full toss, Maharoof slogs it over deep mid wicket, he gets to his FIFTY!! in style!


49.3 Ali to Maharoof, SIX!!, another one! Maharoof moves across and lofts it over deep mid wicket, what a shot!

[Rana]

swung away

4444444

[Easa]

Ali being smashed in his last two overs and here I thought he was a usefull ODI bowler.

[Rana]

19 of this over so far

1 run only, last ball!

[Rana]

318-7!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rana]

how the heck are england gonna chase that!!!

[James]

Kabir deserved that beating, no sympathy from me at all. Very very poor death bowling...slower ball long hops, what the?

[James]

how the heck are england gonna chase that!!!

Tresco triple century ;-)

[Easa]

318/7 (50)

Tremendous performance by Lanka, England should just pack their backs and leave the stadium now.

[Easa]

Kabir Ali -

10-0-77-0

[James]

Ouch...another over or 2 and Kabir could have beat Mick Lewis's dubious record of 0-111 in a one dayer!

[jusarrived]

Tresco will get 150 today,England will win!

[Easa]

Cricbuzz helping England's task:

Very expensive over, 20 runs from it. England need 219 runs to win in 50 overs! Do join us after the lunch break for the England innings.

:91:

[Uzzy]

219 runs to win? It should be 319.

[entralinks]

Go England!!

[Easa]

Go England!!

BURN Entra, BURN. :12:

[Rana]

running is kinda poor between the openers!

[Rana]

cmon england, hit out!!

u kno ur gonna lose but

4444444

[Rana]

4444444

again!

[Rana]

cmon tresco!

[entralinks]

BURN Entra, BURN. :12::D

baaarmy army, baaarmy army, hay, baaarmy army!

[Rana]

44444

[Rana]

good yorker by roofy!

[Rana]

4444444

[Easa]

28-0 (6)

Decent run rate, Required is 6.61.

[Rana]

a wicketless start for england lol

[Rana]

4444

[Rana]

agai 44444

[Rana]

37-0

[Rana]

dropped!!!!

[Easa]

Cook looking good in his ODI debut.

6.6 Vaas to Cook, FOUR!!, again the overpitched delivery on the legs, Cook picks it nicely over the infield to mid wicket, good over for England!
6.4 Vaas to Cook, FOUR!!, pitched up, on the legs, Cook tickles it down to fine leg, fine leg fielder is too wide to cut it off!

We need a wicket soon/

[Rana]

444444

again, good bouncer by malinga given wide!

[Rana]

quick single!

[Rana]

44444

[Rana]

48-0

[Rana]

10 runs of that over,

8 overs gone 48-0

[Rana]

444444

[Rana]

44444 again!!!

[Rana]

1 run of the last ball

58-0 of 9 overs

[Rana]

6666666

[Rana]

2 back to back 4444444's

[Rana]

Tresco gone!! for 44

malinga takes the wicket

[Rana]

4444 from cook

81-1

[Rana]

4444444 again, could have been caught!

[Easa]

Cook bowled!

85-2

We're coming back.

[Rana]

gone!

[Rana]

121-2

[Pathan007]

161-4

[infamous9383]

england refuse to beat sri lanka or put up a fight

[infamous9383]

another one down

[infamous9383]

match totally tilts toward sri lanka's way

[ShowStopper]

What else would you expact from this England C side?

[alybaba]

Jayasuriya to Jones, SIX, big swing to leg high to deep midwicket where Malinga on the rope could not cling on … even had he held it, he would have been on the line. The first boundary since the UK had a Conservative government ... so it seems

LOL

[Hash]

England are a complete and utter joke

[Schiller]

no offense to rob'n'squash but hash is right. what rot!

[HAFRIDI]

6 down

like i said, Eng are a disgrace to 'pyjama' cricket

[Muyazzim Khan]

England used to be at least competitive at home in ODIs but they just seem lost now. Why they keep on playing Plunkett is baffling. I guess its the Fletcher inftatuation with someone who can hold a bat. But if they guy isnt doing his primary job well is he worth the odd 20s and 30s which by the way are rare anyway.

To be honest as a Pakistan fan this is good because it must be affecting the English morale.

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 264/7 (46)

55 needed off 24 balls..

[Easa]

England are a complete and utter joke

Completely agree.

[Amjid Javed]

top shot by plunkett for 6.

[Amjid Javed]

46 needed off 18 balls.

[Tupac]

yo easa, MIG's closed off the other thread, you satisfied with that BBC link on sehwag? :P

[Amjid Javed]

Darymple gone bowled fernando.

hes been only england sucsess in a joke series for england.

[Easa]

yo easa, MIG's closed off the other thread, you satisfied with that BBC link on sehwag? :P

I haven't seen it yaar. Any link?

[Amjid Javed]

Game over and sri lanka win by 33 runs and lead series 4-0!

[infamous9383]

another england odi another england loss, more complains about injuries, and more of the wrong line and lenghths

[Muyazzim Khan]

And we beat the same Lankans in SriLanka 2-naught as Ramiz would say.

[Amjid Javed]

why do england keep picking these mediocre bits and pieces players?

secondly why are solanki and kabir ali been picked again and again??

I dont know why england dont pick mal loye, stuart law and darren maddy who are all better LOI players then alot of current bunch!

[Easa]

4-0

How bad can England possibly get?

[Uzzy]

Very bad from the looks of it.

I'd be surprised if SL don't wrap this up 5-0.

[Rana]

btw england got thrashed as bad as henman looool

[HAFRIDI]

btw england got thrashed as bad as henman looool

England cricket team..Henman..England Football team(saturday) :))) :)))

What a week!!

At times like these, im really proud to be British!

[Tupac]

I haven't seen it yaar. Any link?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3887125.stm