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

[Sureshot]

I dropped Cook for Jayawardene.

So I'm down 79 on that edit I made this morning.

 

[puddleduck]

I think I'm doing alright, Strauss and Tresco as well as Murali down for Bonus points. Flintoff and Hoggard as the other two.

Cook and Kp as two of my batsman. So far have picked up a fair few points

 

[Octavius]

I'm not the only one with Upul. Siddharth I think has him. Definitely no one should have Sajid, that was a last minute decision.

i have Sajid Mahmood instead of Vaas, it is my feeling this game will be one sided, with England scoring a bucketload of runs and sri lanka having to bat twice, so lots of English bowlers and the best SRL batters along with the top 3 from England who will make the bulk of the runs (hopefully) and also bat again if SRL make the follow on.

hope this tactic works and Vaas continues to under perform away from home.



my team

Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Jayawardena
Samaraweera
Flintoff (C)
Sangakarra
Maharoof
Hoggard
Mahmood
Murailtharan

good luck everyone :happy

 

[siddharth2002]

I have got Trescothick as my Captain plus got Cook and Peiterson as well. Not to mention Collingwood, Hoggard and others.

Here's my team btw-
Marcus Trescothick(C)
Alastair Cook
Thilan Samaraweera
Kevin Pietersen
Upul Tharanga
Kumar Sangakkara
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Matthew Hoggard

 

[Octavius]

We'll see who is laughing after SRL have batted twice and Flintoff has 6 wickets plus a couple of 50's

but great move picking trescothick as captain, it means Flintoff has to get at least 4-5 wickets plus runs to pass him and thats after one at bat.

 

[aussie1st]

Problem with Trescothick as captain is it doesn't look like England will bat again So hopefully Collingwood and Hoggard get out quick so Mr Captain can score a 100.

 

[Octavius]

jayawardena has a terrific record at Lords...hope he doesnt poke holes in your team Sid

 

[nightprowler10]

All of my players have done decently so far. I got Tresco, Strauss, Cook, Murali, and Maharoof. I dropped Vaas, and I almost picked him back up instead of Murali. But I do wish I had picked Pietersen. Oh well, lets how the SL batters do.

 

[aussie1st]

Hopefully Mahmood rips up, hes my x-factor player as most of the guys that did something most will have.

 

[irottev]

im still in this. I am missing Cook is the only problem. Collingwood better make up for me taking him instead.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I am missing Strauss, but Maharoof did something back for it. Although that isn't enough, since he has a lot of runs against him.

 

[Octavius]

Maharoof will get into the tailenders, he bowls with good bounce and pitches the ball in the right areas often enough.

he is also useful with the bat and will probably get two solid bats. Im glad i didnt make him my captain though.

having strauss over petersen might be a problem for me, i can only hope that SRL pass the follow on and strauss bags a 100, he trescothick are two of my bonus players along with Hoggard and maharoof.

 

[aussie1st]

Hopefully it's Vass that cleans up the tail! That's of course after KP makes a big 100 and Flintoff the same. Then we get into the deciding stage with the SL inns. Lots of people have gone all over the place with the SL batters.

 

[Octavius]

Nightprowler and I have almost the same team, he has collingwood, i have Mahmood.

we even have 4 of the same bonus players.

I know that ill be out of this if during SRL 2 x at bat Mahmood doesnt get some scalps.

Is it only you and I that have Mahmood aussie?

 

[aussie1st]

I don't really know, too many people to look through. One thing for certain only a few will have him. It's a massive punt and most people went with the main bowlers.

Collingwood could be a problem so best hope is he gets out cheaply as England should have to bat again so that takes out him from the game unless he bowls well.