3rd Test England v SL Lord's 9-13 June

[Aidan11]

There's the declaration.

[Aidan11]

SL have about 12 overs tonight.

[Arthur Crabtree]

No damage so far. It'd be nice if SL got a bit of glory here.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Obscene chuck by Eranga on Compo's wicket, by the way.

[hopeforthebest]

Obscene chuck by Eranga on Compo's wicket, by the way.

Obscene AC, do mean it was nakedly obvious.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Offensive.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Hales misses out on a hundred.

Haven't seen much of him this series, but from what I've see today I can't see him as a long term England opener. He is way too cumbersome and moves about all over the place before the ball is delivered. I think he'll really struggle against most half decent international attacks. Think he also really struggles to go from attack to defence and vice versa and can only do one or the other effectively. Don't think he's cut out to do much of the latter.

300 runs at 58 in the series, so at least well done for that. Can be extremely graceful in playing his drives, so I'm not sure I'd describe him as cumbersome. Not a great bowling side against him, but testing conditions. Good series at least.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Baistow or Anderson for POTS?

[andy]

kills me to say it, as im not a bairstow fan, but probably bairstow

[captaincolly]

Baistow or Anderson for POTS?

Bairstow for me.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yes, three out of three.

[KipperJohn]

No damage so far. It'd be nice if SL got a bit of glory here.

[bigfluffylemon]

Currently Bairstow, despite a couple of dropped catches, but if Anderson takes a decent haul in this innings (3fer or so) and England win, I reckon that'll swing it his way (pun intended).

Who for SL? Pradeep or Silva I guess, depending on whether Silva gets another score in this innings (so far so good). Chandimal might also be in the running with a decent score in this innings, especially if SL bat out the draw.

[hopeforthebest]

Weather is touch and go again.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Looks like a fair bit of rain due midday.