England in Sri Lanka Red Ball

[Paddy O'Dors]

Reet lads, just ordered mesel some DCCC gear to wear at the Galle test, but not there til the third day. Look forward to seeing any other DCCC supporters there.

The way the weather is out there atm the third day might be part of the first/second play-wise.

I've got no recent news about tickets so winging it atm. I'll be there with me Pompey PO Club flag.

I thought if I'm going it for some of the games I can be afforded the honour of starting the thread. And will post some pics from Galle & Kandy, hopefully with fellow SAFC/DCCC fans.

 

[stephen cartwright]

Reet lads, just ordered mesel some DCCC gear to wear at the Galle test, but not there til the third day. Look forward to seeing any other DCCC supporters there.

The way the weather is out there atm the third day might be part of the first/second play-wise.

I've got no recent news about tickets so winging it atm. I'll be there with me Pompey PO Club flag.

I thought if I'm going it for some of the games I can be afforded the honour of starting the thread. And will post some pics from Galle & Kandy, hopefully with fellow SAFC/DCCC fans.

Excellent. Love owt like this, make sure you get the camera angles as good as the much missed poledancer was brilliant at

Have a great time

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Enjoy mate!

Try the Sydney Hotel behind the pavilion one day. Cult status as the most minging pub on the planet

 

[El Oso]

Enjoy mate!

Try the Sydney Hotel behind the pavilion one day. Cult status as the most minging pub on the planet

You sure?
What about the converted urinal in Chennai?

Reet lads, just ordered mesel some DCCC gear to wear at the Galle test, but not there til the third day. Look forward to seeing any other DCCC supporters there.

The way the weather is out there atm the third day might be part of the first/second play-wise.

I've got no recent news about tickets so winging it atm. I'll be there with me Pompey PO Club flag.

I thought if I'm going it for some of the games I can be afforded the honour of starting the thread. And will post some pics from Galle & Kandy, hopefully with fellow SAFC/DCCC fans.

Enjoy it mate
Am very interested in ticket policy do keep us informed

Definitely wing it, as I said before there are loads of ways of getting in without buying expensive tickets.
Especially first day before they wise up.
Other England fans can advise, but with Galle being a beach destination, half of them won't care

If it is really difficult, watch the first session from from the hill and walk in through the crowds leaving at lunchtime for a pint.

 

[Marcosplace]

I’ve been to a test there. The locals will do a deal with with you I’m sure. They love a bargain.

 

[Silly Point]

Sounds like the same old shite in the warm up SL XI rattling along at 4 an over. Hardly beating the bat. 3 retired out

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Would like to see Foakes get the gloves, can't see it happening though.

 

[The Rat]

Honestly I defend England more than most

But what were they fuckin doing today

14 players

3 keepers and no leach?

In what scenario in Sri Lanka do you need Woakes and Curran in the same team

I really like this England side I just worry about their logic sometimes

Not a big deal but just seems a total and utter waste of a 2 day game

 

[Bri]

Honestly I defend England more than most

But what were they fuckin doing today

14 players

3 keepers and no leach?

In what scenario in Sri Lanka do you need Woakes and Curran in the same team

I really like this England side I just worry about their logic sometimes

Not a big deal but just seems a total and utter waste of a 2 day game

Don't see the problem myself. Gave folk a run out.

 

[The Rat]

Don't see the problem myself. Gave folk a run out.

Folk who aren’t gonna play or keep wicket?

Yet couldn’t bowl leach

Very strange excercuce all round

We have 3 days of cricket left before the first test

1 day of bowling

Aye great run out

 

[ProfessionalMackem]

Burns
Stoneman
Ali
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Foakes/Denly
Woakes
Rash
Leach
Jimmy

That would have been my line up. With Broad and Jimmy rotating.

 

[hudson88]

I see Stokes has retired hurt - what’s up with him?

 

[brandon]

I see Stokes has retired hurt - what’s up with him?

Blow to the elbow.

If it’s as bad as a fracture, he’s out of the Series.

 

[Bri]

Folk who aren’t gonna play or keep wicket?

Yet couldn’t bowl leach

Very strange excercuce all round

We have 3 days of cricket left before the first test

1 day of bowling

Aye great run out

Folk who might or might not play …… if they are not going to play in any eventuality why take them in the first place.

They must had had a reason not to bowl Leach so fair enough imho but unless it's due to illness/injury (more likely the former not the latter) I can't think what it would be.

All I ask is that they're working to a plan.

 

[Bungo Bill]

Blow to the elbow.

If it’s as bad as a fracture, he’s out of the Series.

He's back out batting now. Just bruising apparently.

 

[Fats]

Folk who aren’t gonna play or keep wicket?

Yet couldn’t bowl leach

Very strange excercuce all round

We have 3 days of cricket left before the first test

1 day of bowling

Aye great run out

After the first test against India this summer, the Sky bods were saying exactly the same thing.

One two day warm up game, not taken seriously, and you expect a touring team to be ready to play in a test series? It simply isn't going to happen

 

[The Rat]

Folk who might or might not play …… if they are not going to play in any eventuality why take them in the first place.

They must had had a reason not to bowl Leach so fair enough imho but unless it's due to illness/injury (more likely the former not the latter) I can't think what it would be.

All I ask is that they're working to a plan.

That’s my very point, clearly no plan

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

It's the way it is now, short tours with matches crammed in and as little meaningless cricket as possible.

 

[Comeback_Kenwyne]

What's everyone's team for the first test then? I think we can safely say Bairstow is out...

Bit of a dogs dinner making a team out of the squad. Not enough at the top of the order, too stacked in the middle as ever...

As for the specialist bowlers (i.e. other than Ali and Stokes) only Jimmy is inked in.

So let's have it...

Folk who aren’t gonna play or keep wicket?

Yet couldn’t bowl leach

Very strange excercuce all round

We have 3 days of cricket left before the first test

1 day of bowling

Aye great run out

Waste of time, though at least Root racked up a ton. Only thing that raised my eyebrow was how low Ali came in.

 

[Bri]

What's everyone's team for the first test then? I think we can safely say Bairstow is out...

Bit of a dogs dinner making a team out of the squad. Not enough at the top of the order, too stacked in the middle as ever...

As for the specialist bowlers (i.e. other than Ali and Stokes) only Jimmy is inked in.

So let's have it...



Waste of time, though at least Root racked up a ton. Only thing that raised my eyebrow was how low Ali came in.

Depends who they wanted to have the time in the middle. Obvs Root and Burns and stokes need batting time … I was surprised how high Denly came in, maybe he wanted a good look at him in these conditions. And it sounds like they wanted the wickie options have a bat. Maybe they were confident about the batting form of ali.