Disappointing on so many levels. They were so close to 300 against Hampshire then crumbled when the brought Edwards back on. I thought they might as well have gone into T20 mode for the extra 20 odd
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England playing Sri Lanka on their first match of their tour. A Sri Lanka eleven made 287-9 off 50 overs. England currently 137-2, 26.2 overs, Root 53 n.o, Morgan 51 n.o. Need a further 151 off 23.4 overs.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Comfortable win for England via good old Duckworth Lewis.
Finished on 215-2, 35.3 overs. Root 90 (92) and Morgan 91 (84).
In India Windies struggling badly in the first Test. India made 649-9, three centuries including opener, Prithvi Shaw who became India's youngest debut centurion at 18 years. Made it off just 99 balls.
Windies collapsed to 94-6.
Finished on 215-2, 35.3 overs. Root 90 (92) and Morgan 91 (84).
In India Windies struggling badly in the first Test. India made 649-9, three centuries including opener, Prithvi Shaw who became India's youngest debut centurion at 18 years. Made it off just 99 balls.
Windies collapsed to 94-6.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Report on England's win today.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket...t-look-sri-lanka-spinnerkamindu-mendis-bowls/
England get first look at Sri Lanka spinner Kamindu Mendis... who bowls with left and right arm
5 OCTOBER 2018 • 2:24PM
England faced one of the rarest propositions in cricket during their first warm-up fixture in Sri Lanka, with ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mendis bowling at the tourists with both left and right arm.
The 20-year-old from Galle scored a composed half-century for a strong Sri Lankan Board XI in Colombo - batting left-handed - before taking the chance to prove his true all-rounder status.
Asked to deliver the 14th over as England chased a winning target of 288, he bowled his first five deliveries as right-arm off-breaks to the left-hander Eoin Morgan and then informed the umpire he would be switching to slow left-armers when the right-handed Joe Root took guard.
Having already made a confident 61, the Galle native amazed with this display of versatility but his eye-catching eight-over stint was not enough to distract England skipper Morgan or Root.
The pair put on an unbroken stand of 174 for the third wicket, finishing not out on 91 and 90 respectively when bad light arrived to bring a 43-run victory for the tourists via the DLS method.
Kamindu Mendis can bat too (but only left-handed), as he showed in scoring 61
England had earlier kept a home side featuring nine full internationals to 288 for nine, with spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid to the fore.
Moeen claimed three for 42 as he reeled off 10 consecutive overs in sapping heat at the P Sara Stadium and is more than happy to stick to bowling with one action.
"I've never seen someone do that live but it's great and fantastic for the game," he said of Mendis.
"It's amazing he was so accurate with both arms and really it will be the way cricket is going to go. I've tried bowling left-arm but I was so bad... you just don't have that same feel.
"You hear rumours about these guys being around but for him to bowl to that standard and be that good is fantastic."
Mendis has previously showcased his unusual skill during two editions of the Under-19 World Cup - with one video from the 2016 tournament garnering more than 430,000 views on YouTube.
Mendis has high hopes of bringing his skills to the senior international stage.
"When I was eight years old, playing in the garden with my friends, I learned to bowl with both arms. Now I am comfortable with both and happy to do it any match," he said.
"I am trying to play for my country and my aim is to play for Sri Lanka, I'll work hard for it. Root and Morgan knew what I was going to do, they didn't panic and are very big match players. They are two of the best I have bowled to."
Indian bowler Ashkay Karnewar has a similar ability, and surprised Australia's touring team during a warm-up match in Chennai last year. But, if not unheard of, ambidextrous bowlers are a genuine collector's item in top-level cricket.
Another Sri Lankan, Hashan Tillakaratne, reverted from his preferred right hand to his less-favoured left in a hefty win over Kenya during the 1996 World Cup, while others, including former England captain Graham Gooch, have been known to deliver with their 'wrong' arm in stalemates.
Other sports have had their own well-known examples. Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan responded to claims he disrespected opponent Alain Robidoux by indulging his party piece by claiming to be "better left-handed than he is right-handed".
In golf, Mac O'Grady attempted to play left-handed as an amateur and right-handed as a professional, while British boxer Naseem Hameed happily alternated between punching southpaw and orthodox.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket...t-look-sri-lanka-spinnerkamindu-mendis-bowls/
England get first look at Sri Lanka spinner Kamindu Mendis... who bowls with left and right arm
5 OCTOBER 2018 • 2:24PM
England faced one of the rarest propositions in cricket during their first warm-up fixture in Sri Lanka, with ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mendis bowling at the tourists with both left and right arm.
The 20-year-old from Galle scored a composed half-century for a strong Sri Lankan Board XI in Colombo - batting left-handed - before taking the chance to prove his true all-rounder status.
Asked to deliver the 14th over as England chased a winning target of 288, he bowled his first five deliveries as right-arm off-breaks to the left-hander Eoin Morgan and then informed the umpire he would be switching to slow left-armers when the right-handed Joe Root took guard.
Having already made a confident 61, the Galle native amazed with this display of versatility but his eye-catching eight-over stint was not enough to distract England skipper Morgan or Root.
The pair put on an unbroken stand of 174 for the third wicket, finishing not out on 91 and 90 respectively when bad light arrived to bring a 43-run victory for the tourists via the DLS method.
Kamindu Mendis can bat too (but only left-handed), as he showed in scoring 61
England had earlier kept a home side featuring nine full internationals to 288 for nine, with spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid to the fore.
Moeen claimed three for 42 as he reeled off 10 consecutive overs in sapping heat at the P Sara Stadium and is more than happy to stick to bowling with one action.
"I've never seen someone do that live but it's great and fantastic for the game," he said of Mendis.
"It's amazing he was so accurate with both arms and really it will be the way cricket is going to go. I've tried bowling left-arm but I was so bad... you just don't have that same feel.
"You hear rumours about these guys being around but for him to bowl to that standard and be that good is fantastic."
Mendis has previously showcased his unusual skill during two editions of the Under-19 World Cup - with one video from the 2016 tournament garnering more than 430,000 views on YouTube.
Mendis has high hopes of bringing his skills to the senior international stage.
"When I was eight years old, playing in the garden with my friends, I learned to bowl with both arms. Now I am comfortable with both and happy to do it any match," he said.
"I am trying to play for my country and my aim is to play for Sri Lanka, I'll work hard for it. Root and Morgan knew what I was going to do, they didn't panic and are very big match players. They are two of the best I have bowled to."
Indian bowler Ashkay Karnewar has a similar ability, and surprised Australia's touring team during a warm-up match in Chennai last year. But, if not unheard of, ambidextrous bowlers are a genuine collector's item in top-level cricket.
Another Sri Lankan, Hashan Tillakaratne, reverted from his preferred right hand to his less-favoured left in a hefty win over Kenya during the 1996 World Cup, while others, including former England captain Graham Gooch, have been known to deliver with their 'wrong' arm in stalemates.
Other sports have had their own well-known examples. Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan responded to claims he disrespected opponent Alain Robidoux by indulging his party piece by claiming to be "better left-handed than he is right-handed".
In golf, Mac O'Grady attempted to play left-handed as an amateur and right-handed as a professional, while British boxer Naseem Hameed happily alternated between punching southpaw and orthodox.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Aussies in trouble. Playing Pakistan in Dubai, strangely lost all 10 wickets to pace bowlers. Scores : Pakistan 482 and 45/3, Australia 202. Pakistan lead by 325.
toffeejack
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what am i listening too? Just TMS commentators with no background noise and they're barely commentating on the game ha I thought rain had stopped play and they go "another four to england btw" and then carried on talking about what they were discussing.
toffeejack
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bairstow out and you would never have known by the commentary ha
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Talk Adverts have got the rights, so TMS are in London watching a a telly. Anyway, match abandoned due to a deluge.
toffeejack
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yeah i realised it saying social club so i rembered about reading recently about the BBC getting the TMS comm guys for the tour.
roydo
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I caught about 5 minutes that they fed into the main Talksport programme at 10.00am ish. It was terrible, and the only place you can listen is on a secondary channel or an app. They are not carrying ads during the commentary neither, so one wonders why they bothered shelling out for the rights cos no one is listening, and they are not getting ad traffic neither.
I assume Sky have the TV rights as well.
Chris O'Connor
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Wonder whose bright idea was it to tour Sri Lanka during the monsoon season?
Clueless administrators, rain has meant little preparation or net practice, two games either called off or abandoned and the prospect of Saturday's following suit. There is a reserve day but the forecast is dreadful for both and the days before.
If all the matches are abandoned England could lose their number one ranking soon after, just another example of how totally meaningless the rankings are.
I predicted without any magical foresight and prior to India's (then ranked 1) test match tour that it would be 4-1 to England (then ranked 5), because I knew home advantage far outweighs any ranking considerations.
I was maybe fortunate that the score worked out exactly, but the England victory was obvious.
One-dayers can be more of a lottery as there's so many restrictions and home advantage not quite so crucial and so rankings are possibly more reliable.
Clueless administrators, rain has meant little preparation or net practice, two games either called off or abandoned and the prospect of Saturday's following suit. There is a reserve day but the forecast is dreadful for both and the days before.
If all the matches are abandoned England could lose their number one ranking soon after, just another example of how totally meaningless the rankings are.
I predicted without any magical foresight and prior to India's (then ranked 1) test match tour that it would be 4-1 to England (then ranked 5), because I knew home advantage far outweighs any ranking considerations.
I was maybe fortunate that the score worked out exactly, but the England victory was obvious.
One-dayers can be more of a lottery as there's so many restrictions and home advantage not quite so crucial and so rankings are possibly more reliable.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Good effort from the Aussies, still going to lose though : Australia 362-8 (Khawaja 148), need a further 100 to win.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Australia held out in the end and the match ended in a draw, grudgingly, a good effort.