First Test. England v Sri Lanka at Headingley. 19/5/16.

[yuppie]

Karu out for a duck...150 all out, anyone?

Long odds on that now

[sussexpob]

Anyone who has Bairstow in the FL is going to be very happy

140 and 3 catches

[Aidan11]

Busy period at work so not heard so missed the entire second session.

Great work by England...particularly Bairstow.

[Aidan11]

Oh they're still playing the second session.

[Aidan11]

Vince bowling in the 16th over?

[sussexpob]

Inspired Captaincy from Cook.

He puts Vince on first change simply because the Sri Lanka captain got three wickets from part time medium pace.

I have a feeling Steven Finn shuold be bowling, but hey..... I am sure if Vince takes a wicket 6 billion column inches will tell the tale of what a genius Cook is.... although he is just copying the SL captain.... and its doubtful Vince will break this stand.

30/3, and he puts a part timer on.....

I mean seriously. What the flaming *modded* is he doing.

[sussexpob]

Good over from Vince.... restricted the SL pair to 10 off 6 balls.....I especially like the short and wide "smash me" ball to Mathews first up

[yuppie]

Yeah 10 runs from that over for SL before tea.

Why bowl Finn, after all he is in the team to bowl.

[Aidan11]

Why isn't Moeen bowling?

We must be picking him for some kind of contribution to the team.

[yuppie]

With the bounce in this pitch, surely Finn should be having a bowl?

[sussexpob]

With the bounce in this pitch, surely Finn should be having a bowl?

Well everyone apart from Captain Moron knows that, but hey!

[Aidan11]

Anyone who has Bairstow in the FL is going to be very happy

140 and 3 catches

I think that's most people. Virtually everyone seemed to pick 5 out of Cook, Root, Stokes, Bairstow, Broad, Anderson. Could be a tight FL.

[yuppie]

With the bounce in this pitch, surely Finn should be having a bowl?

Well everyone apart from Captain Moron knows that, but hey!

His genius is to do to things that no one else would think about.

[Aidan11]

With the bounce in this pitch, surely Finn should be having a bowl?

Well everyone apart from Captain Moron knows that, but hey!

His genius is to do to things that no one else would think about.

He should give Bairstow a bowl then. He's on such a roll that he might take 5 wickets.

[Alviro Patterson]

No harm in bowling James Vince for a cheeky over in favourable conditions in attempt to take a wicket on the sly. Turned his arm over in the CC this season, taking 2 wickets so it was always worth a go.