India tour of SL, Aug 6 - Sept 1

[mikesiva]

Sri Lanka's top order....

1) Karunaratne, 18 Tests, average 36

2) Kaushal Silva, 19 Tests, average 36

3) Thirimanne, 19 Tests, average 25

4) Sangakkara, age 37

5) Mathews, 49 Tests, average 51

6) Mubarak, 11 Tests, average 17

7) Chandimal, 18 Tests, average 41

If you have to recycle Thirimanne and Mubarak, that tells me there's not much talent in the cupboard. I fear SL will be experiencing what the West Indies did at the turn of the century...a heart-breaking decline.

[Aidan11]

Mishra on a hat-trick.

[Arthur Crabtree]

SL's bowling is holding up. Even the seamers are doing ok.They were in a huge decline a year ago, but managed to improve results.

[Aidan11]

SL get up to 182 all out.


Poor but could have been worse.

[Dr Cricket]

channel 810 on Sky are showing the highlight for free.
Also it is technically free to air since the channel available on Freeview and without subscription on the Virgin box.

Don't know the channel number on Virgin but it is called Sony SAB.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Thanks Bhaves.

[Aidan11]

Huge no-ball from Prasad.

[Dr Cricket]

Surely Pujara need to come back into the team and replace Rohit Sharma.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Good day for a couple of Shanky's former favourites, Dhawan and Ashwin.

[Dr Cricket]

Good day for a couple of Shanky's former favourites, Dhawan and Ashwin.

Shanky calling Ashwin the best spinner in the world now.

Didn't really get the hate Ashwin got considering he was really young and inexperienced when he played for India.
Spinner usually mature and get to peaks really late.
The way he bowling now he could do a good job for india home and away for a very long time.
Ashwin Accuracy, When to bowl his variation and his Stock ball as improved massively in the past 18 months.

Difference between Ashwin and the other spinner today been huge today.

[Aidan11]

India well on top here.


Not sure if there has been any more big no-balls.

[Dr Cricket]

India well on top here.


Not sure if there has been any more big no-balls.

the spinner been bowling loads and reckon Umpires missed couple as well lol.

[Aidan11]

I think we need technology to judge no-balls now. Umpires don't seem interested any more.

[Dr Cricket]

Good day for India 10 wicket with the ball and 128/2 with the bat.

[Aidan11]

I notice on the cricinfo scorecard you can click a box next to each player's scorecard entry and they show a replay of their respective dismissals.