England vs Sri Lanka - First Test :: Sponsored by Marcus Trescothick's Cricket Coach

[ZexyZahid]

Just look how Jayawardenen performed in the warm-up matches compared to the other batsmen. Kapugedara performed very well, but he got a golden duck. It shows that form from warm-up matches sometimes don't give a good indication.

Maharoof eventually went out for 59 runs. He could have stayed a lot longer, if he had the patience. He became a bit overjoyuous after cracking two fours.

And Aussie1st may start to worry if Sri Lanka is still batting at the end of the day.

 

[surendar]

Oh..... S Mahmood striked again with two quick wickets : ..... I m wondering wht is Freddy doing....

I also wanted England to finish SriLanka today itself!!!! :upray

 

[Abhas]

ya, even i'm rueing the fact that i dont have mahmood in my team...

 

[Sureshot]

Need Flintoff to do something as captain.

 

[aussie1st]

Congrats Ste this game is all yours!

This could get interesting, England only need 4 wickets and they should win it. Surely Sri Lanka won't screw up another punter!

 

[ZexyZahid]

Well, you never know with England. Before you know it, they even lose the match. Especially since Sri Lanka has Muralitharan.

And I see that being reflected in the renewed odds of that match in the vBookie.

 

[aussie1st]

Lol Sri Lanka won't be winning this one. The Lords pitch looks to be flat as a deck. Only results are a draw and English win.

 

[Octavius]

Jayawardena was not to his best form recently..... whoooooopssssssss...whts is going on....."Come on freddy...Take some wickets"...
I think Paul Colngwd going to strike with few wickets :happy

i have said it once, i will say it again, never drop class.

Jayawardene averages about 200+ at Lords (ok hes only had a couple of games there, but still ..come on he is the captain, its Lords, people perform at Lords, thats why England rarely win, because touring players want to get their names up on the board and its the recognised "home of cricket"

congratulations Ste, that is the perfect team, i expected samaraweera and maharoof, to be in the wickets and the runs to challenge you, buy it seems unless strauss can get back out to bat (and his ankle is sore) its all over.

so grats on picking the right 5 batsmen and mahmood

by the way the forecast for tomorrow is torrential rain in many parts of England, including Lords, but the weathermen have got it wrong before.

If Sri Lanka have hung in tough here for a draw, its going to really give them a lift.

 

[sid_19840]

Most of my players have done well barring Flintoff(was a mistake picking him as captain).But I still have a decent chance of doing well if Dilshan does well today seeing that most of the members havent picked him.Other than that perhaps the only mistake I might have made was not picking Mahmood or Tresco,otherwise Im reasonably happy with my team.Now that its been mentioned Ste's team does look as favorites to win.

 

[y2j826]

Everyone is talking about STE's team and i just checked his team and then compared my team with him and i think if he got chance to win this one then i got chance to be at 2nd place. Here is the team

My Team :

Kevin Pietersen (bonus)
Alastair Cook
Andrew Strauss
Marcus Trescothick
Mahela Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara
Paul Collingwood (Bonus)
Andrew Flintoff (Captain)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Bonus)
Matthew Hoggard (Bonus)
Chaminda Vaas


STE's Team :

Alastair Cook
Marcus Trescothick
Paul Collingwood
Mahela Jayawardene
Kevin Pietersen
Kumar Sangakkara
Andrew Flintoff
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Matthew Hoggard
Sajid Mahmood

Only Difference is " Strauss " with " Sajid Mahmood "
and then Bonus Players.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I will lose 1067 cause of the result of this match, but I don't mind, since I have some money left.

Aussie1st could be kicking himself for putting that much faith on England.

 

[icyman]

Aussie1st could be kicking himself for putting that much faith on England.

He sure would be
50 k for an English win !
Man,he'll be having a tough time getting all that back.

 

[nightprowler10]

Amazing draw IMO. Updating the results now.

 

[cricket_lover]

i'm glad! I wanted to bet 7000 on an English win in v-bookie...and then i got reluctant.

 

[nightprowler10]

Manager rankings after the first test match between England and Sri Lanka.


1 James_W 1398
2 sachinsehwag 1388
3 mohsinali6 1388
4 Ste 1384
5 Bob Bamber 1354
6 Karachi Express 1347
7 y2j826 1345
8 cricket_lover 1330
9 shanewarne 1329
10 Wildwil 1326
11 danelston 1322
12 iceman_waugh 1303
13 yashved 1299
14 duded64 1291
15 srk121 1287
16 pradeep05 1285
17 Iron-Haggis 1285
18 ParthS 1284
19 Prakash 1283
20 Best 11 1281
21 Pak_cricketer 1275
22 brad352 1271
23 Hariz 1264
24 superstars 1259
25 pal 1257
26 jdbais 1256
27 sid_19840 1254
28 manutd 1253
29 akira2291 1252
30 CricketFan999 1242
31 ShktMkwn 1239
32 venom2011 1235
33 Abhas 1234
34 aussie1st 1230
35 guyofcricket 1212
36 viral1991 1209
37 cameronwhite 1204
38 Bala 1187
39 Drewska 1186
40 irottev 1181
41 kodos 1171
42 barmyarmy 1171
43 Pakasia 1171
44 duffarama 1168
45 IloveGilly 1167
46 wardog 1166
47 siddharth2002 1165
48 Ashnal 1164
49 Hamish 1158
50 thewall 1155
51 rahul3692 1145
52 Octavius 1135
53 gamerkid22 1133
54 max_dillon2007 1132
55 Yorkshire_No1 1131
56 aus5892 1121
57 surendar 1104
58 hassan1823 1092
59 Sureshot 1092
60 Glenn Stiemens 1092
61 saurabh2185 1091
62 Johnystokoe 1083
63 nightprowler10 1082
64 Smack 1075
65 RabbleRouser 1069
66 FreddieFan 1053
67 The Spin 1052
68 puddleduck 1050
69 scorpion_rulezz 1047
70 ZexyZahid 1042
71 borncricketer 1035
72 Warwickshire 1028
73 willo_80 1001
74 Briggsey 1001
75 newzolt 1000
76 hondeyho 924
77 ArjunaRanatunge 919
78 kooljack9 836

Congrats to James_W for winning this FC comp. I'm sure someone will double check my stats before the distribution of the prizes, especially since the difference between the top three is only 10 points.

2nd and 3rd are tied BTW. Would've been a mess for Ste if it were the top two that were tied.