England vs SL 2nd Test Sponsored by Marcus Trescothick's Cricket Coach

[aussie1st]

Geez Octavius you have a team almost the same as mine but your captain has done something. Oh why did I take a punt should have gone for the overall series.

 

[ZexyZahid]

My team is also similar. But instead of Tharanga I've Collingwood. And instead of Malinga, who isn't playing, I've got Muralitharan.

Flintoff is my captain and I hope this time he will get the time to bat twice.

 

[sid_19840]

I thought intially of choosing Malinga this morning but in the end decided to go with Vaas as most others would choose Malinga anyway.Here's my team,made a few bold choices this time.

Batsman 1 Upul Tharanga(B)
Batsman 2 Andrew Strauss(C)
Batsman 3 Kevin Pietersen
Batsman 4 Alastair Cook(B)
Batsman 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Wicket Keeper Kumar Sangakkara
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Flintoff(B)
Bowler 1 Chaminda Vaas
Bowler 2 Muttiah Muralitharan(B)
Bowler 3 Sajid Mahmood
Bowler 4 Matthew Hoggard

 

[Sureshot]

Jayawardene as captain -60 already.

 

[aussie1st]

My team is also similar. But instead of Tharanga I've Collingwood. And instead of Malinga, who isn't playing, I've got Muralitharan.

Flintoff is my captain and I hope this time he will get the time to bat twice.

Malinga is playing. Plunkett has picked up two quick wickets so not much for captain Flintoff to do.

 

[CricketFan999]

I had him as my captain as well but replaced him with KP about an hour before hand, though I'd gamble as KP either gets loads or very few. Glad I did that now

 

[Abhas]

Batsman 1 Marcus Trescothick
Batsman 2 Mahela Jayawardene +
Batsman 3 Paul Collingwood
Batsman 4 Kevin Pietersen +
Batsman 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Wicket Keeper Kumar Sangakkara
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Flintoff (c)
Bowler 1 Sajid Mahmood
Bowler 2 Chaminda Vaas
Bowler 3 Muttiah Muralitharan +
Bowler 4 Matthew Hoggard +

 

[ZexyZahid]

Malinga is playing. Plunkett has picked up two quick wickets so not much for captain Flintoff to do.

Yeah, I see it now too. I was looking in the last parts of the names, since I had to put my team in quickly and I couldn't find Malinga there. But now I see there were the batsmen listed also.

Sri Lanka team
TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, TT Samaraweera, KC Sangakkara, WU Tharanga, WPUJC Vaas, MG Vandort

And I dropped Plunkett and he gets three wickets.

And I put Jayawardene in and he gets a duck. :

 

[Sureshot]

I think most would have Jayawardene though.

 

[puddleduck]

I went for Jayawardene for some reason, my gut instinct said pick Dilshan, but I feel over two innings he's bound to get some runs, didn't expect a 3 ball duck however.

Decided to stick with Plunkett as he bowled well in the last test without reward, seems to have paid off. I also went for Panesar as a bit of a gamble, I feel Sri Lanka will bat much better in the second innings, and he will get a longish spell and pick up a few wickets. Hoping Collingwood gets a few on this lowish pitch, although I feel Malinga will get him out cheaply and might regret picking him.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I've collected 6 wickets of Sri Lankan first innings. I missed out on Plunkett and Panesar.

 

[puddleduck]

I've got Plunkett, Panesar, Flintoff, and Hoggard, I missed out on 1 wicket, the one Mahmood got

I'm now hoping Murali gets a 5-for, but only at the same time as England rack up 550! Preferably with Trescothick, Collingwood, Flintoff, and Pietersen in the runs

Hmm just checked my team, and I seem to have picked Dilshan and Jayawardene, forgot I did that assuming that England only bat once

 

[Sureshot]

Saj got 2

I didn't pick Plunkett nor Monty.

 

[viral1991]

My skipper Tresco gone! Its a pity that one needs a near-perfect team to win when 90 people have registered, but who cares?

 

[ZexyZahid]

Strauss is gone too now for 29 runs. A good thing he didn't score that many runs.