England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:36 pm

bhaveshgor wrote:well Arthur the A tour is a bit pointless was stupid to place the series at feb/march when they could have easily done it before india or during india series.



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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:59 am

Shame there's no Leach. England going in with a pace heavy attack.
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby rich1uk » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:03 am

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Shame there's no Leach. England going in with a pace heavy attack.


know absolutely nothing about that Helm guy who is in the side, only got a handful of first class games behind him, looks a strange pick in a lions side
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby yuppie » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:06 am

rich1uk wrote:
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Shame there's no Leach. England going in with a pace heavy attack.


know absolutely nothing about that Helm guy who is in the side, only got a handful of first class games behind him, looks a strange pick in a lions side



These tours must be about trying to give some spinners a run out. Surely after India the ECB must make finding suitable spinners their top priority?
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby rich1uk » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:08 am

from his cricinfo profile he is a medium pacer, which makes his selection even stranger as if he was a spinner i would agree that it made sense to have a look

maybe he will be the new Ravi Bopara
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby yuppie » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:15 am

rich1uk wrote:from his cricinfo profile he is a medium pacer, which makes his selection even stranger as if he was a spinner i would agree that it made sense to have a look

maybe he will be the new Ravi Bopara



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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:16 am

Down to bat at six, but he's never scored a fc 50, so that may be a mistake. Sounds quick from his cricinfo write up. Still four quicks and a part time spinner (plus Rayner). Maybe it's a greentop.
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:17 am

Had a stress fracture of the back. Hope he didn't get that bowling at Ravi's pace.
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby rich1uk » Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:17 pm

supposedly Leach was left out because he is struggling to control his new action
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Making_Splinters » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:28 pm

Conspiracy! It's just the ECB going even further to justify their decision not to take him to India.
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:43 pm

Saw a picture of Leach with a bend in his arm that looked like it was photoshopped by Andy Flower.
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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Dr Cricket » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:46 pm

rich1uk wrote:
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Shame there's no Leach. England going in with a pace heavy attack.


know absolutely nothing about that Helm guy who is in the side, only got a handful of first class games behind him, looks a strange pick in a lions side

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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Dr Cricket » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:48 pm

rich1uk wrote:from his cricinfo profile he is a medium pacer, which makes his selection even stranger as if he was a spinner i would agree that it made sense to have a look

maybe he will be the new Ravi Bopara

not sure the profile correct, considering the stories I heard was he was an out and out quick bowler but suffered from so many injuries.

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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Dr Cricket » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:58 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Down to bat at six, but he's never scored a fc 50, so that may be a mistake. Sounds quick from his cricinfo write up. Still four quicks and a part time spinner (plus Rayner). Maybe it's a greentop.


wouldn't surprise me if it is a greentop or pace friendly pitch.
it is played in Pallekelle so it could be a seam friendly pitch since I remember the late Tony Greig wanted some of the newer stadiums in Sri lanka to be pace friendly and seam friendly and do remember pallekelle being quite helpful for the fast bowlers.

pallekelle meant to be a swinging paradise as well.

maybe they play more spinners in Dambulla although that is also quite helpful for the pace men but does help spinners more than pallekelle.

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Re: England Lions in Sri Lanka, 2017.

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:05 am

Pushpakamura for SL A has 500+ fc wickets at an average of under 20!

R.Jones knocks the tail over and two for Rayner. England lead by 149. Strong position.
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