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[locky801]

Batting collapse of sorts by the Lankans in their 2nd dig on day 5

Currently 5/147, Matthews who scored 199 in the 1st dig out for a duck

Lankans lead by only 79

[The Dark Knight]

Batting collapse of sorts by the Lankans in their 2nd dig on day 5

Currently 5/147, Matthews who scored 199 in the 1st dig out for a duck

Lankans lead by only 79

Sri Lanka got to 6/260 and the match ended in a draw which seemed inevitable after two big and long first innings from both teams.

[Armchair expert]

Fair turnaround from the Bangas 5/24 to 5/255

[The Dark Knight]

Fair turnaround from the Bangas 5/24 to 5/255

That's with 3 ducks in the innings, Shakib with a first baller.

[Armchair expert]

Fair turnaround from the Bangas 5/24 to 5/255

That's with 3 ducks in the innings, Shakib with a first baller.

6 ducks in the innings and still make 365

The Fizz 175*
Das 141

the rest terrible

[locky801]

Fair turnaround from the Bangas 5/24 to 5/255

That's with 3 ducks in the innings, Shakib with a first baller.

6 ducks in the innings and still make 365

The Fizz 175*
Das 141

the rest terrible

plus only one other in double figures, weird looking scorecard but it is the Bangers

In 145 years history of Test cricket, today it is first time that an innings has seen 6 Ducks and 2 Centuries.

[The Dark Knight]

Fair turnaround from the Bangas 5/24 to 5/255

That's with 3 ducks in the innings, Shakib with a first baller.

6 ducks in the innings and still make 365

The Fizz 175*
Das 141

the rest terrible

plus only one other in double figures, weird looking scorecard but it is the Bangers

In 145 years history of Test cricket, today it is first time that an innings has seen 6 Ducks and 2 Centuries.

Good bit of trivia that one Locky, I was wondering what is the highest score in test cricket when team has had that many ducks in an innings and sure enough Cricinfo provided the answer. Bangladesh's 365 is the highest first class score where 6 or more players have made ducks. The previous highest was 300 made by Sussex against Derbyshire in 2001.

6 ducks is the joint most in test cricket and there has been 5 previous occasions of 6 ducks in an innings.

It's also the first time a team has scored 300 after losing their first five wickets for less than 25.

[locky801]

The Lankans cruising at 5/421


Another ton to Angelo Matthews 105*

Chandimal 101*

[The Dark Knight]

The first test of the English summer between England and New Zealand starts tonight at Lords.

England have already named their 11-
Lees
Crawley
Pope
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Foakes
Potts (On Debut)
Leach
Broad
Anderson

[Brodlach]

Thank god this starts tonight!

[locky801]

Thank god this starts tonight!

6.30pm on Kayo, cant wait, going to be interesting series one thinks

[Armchair expert]

Looks like rain will be about on the weekend, hopefully Poms are rolled twice by then

[locky801]

Looks like rain will be about on the weekend, hopefully Poms are rolled twice by then

and Anderson and Broad smacked around the park

[locky801]

NZ win the toss and bat

[Senor Moto Gadili]

NZ win the toss and bat

.... what a glorious day

[Brodlach]

NZ 2/3


Anderson has both

[Arry Gablett]

I've always believed the darker the cherry the more it will do

The poms have a duke that is more maroon/brown than red

and its hooping

[Brodlach]

3/7

Agree on the ball colour

[Arry Gablett]

never been to lords would love to go one day

is the slope of the pitch a real thing ?

and what are we talking when we say slope

[The Dark Knight]

never been to lords would love to go one day

is the slope of the pitch a real thing ?

and what are we talking when we say slope

It's noticeable when there's a wide shot from the Pavilion end on TV and it's very noticeable in person when I did the tour there in 2019. The slope runs from North West to South East with a drop of 2.5 metres from one side of the ground to the other.

Great start for England, Anderson and Broad on the money straight away and Potts couldn't of ask for a better start to his career getting Williamson as his first test wicket.

Interesting that Boult is playing, all the news was that he wouldn't play in the first test.