Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test 2011/12

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Sri Lanka Test squad

#01 Mahela Jayawardene
#02 Angelo Mathews
#03 Tillakaratne Dilshan
#04 Tharanga Paranavitana
#05 Lahiru Thirimanne
#06 Kumar Sangakkara
#07 Thilan Samaraweera
#08 Dinesh Chandimal
#09 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)
#10 Suranga Lakmal
#11 Dhammika Prasad
#12 Chanaka Welegedera
#13 Suraj Randiv
#14 Rangana Herath

England Squad

#01 Andrew Strauss
#02 Alastair Cook
#03 Jonathan Trott
#04 Kevin Pietersen
#05 Ian Bell
#06 Ravi Bopara
#07 Samit Patel
#08 Matt Prior (wk)
#09 Steven Davies (wk)
#00 Tim Bresnan
#01 Stuart Broad
#02 Graeme Swann
#03 James Anderson
#04 Steven Finn
#05 James Tredwell
#06 Monty Panesar

 

[ZexyZahid]

It is very likely that Bopara won't play.

SL Development XI v England XI: Samit Patel pushes case for England after Ravi Bopara injury | SL Development XI v England XI, Colombo, 3rd day Report | Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[ZexyZahid]

Angelo Mathews won't play in the 1st Test, so replace him if you got him in your team. Also it is very likely that he won't bowl again in the future.

England in Sri Lanka 2012: Injured Mathews out of first England Test, future as bowler doubtful | Cricket News | Sri Lanka v England | ESPN Cricinfo

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I've included Graeme Swann as an allrounder, since Broad might not play as well.

England in Sri Lanka 2012: England monitor Stuart Broad fitness | Cricket News | Sri Lanka v England | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Addy]

Why did Bopara not play? any injury concerns?

 

[Sedition]

Bopara sustained a side-strain injury in the warm-up game a few days ago. Zexy posted above that he's unlikely to play, so I'm unsure whether he should be allowed to be replaced since there was enough warning.

This article is from 4 days ago
SL Development XI v England XI: Samit Patel pushes case for England after Ravi Bopara injury | SL Development XI v England XI, Colombo, 3rd day Report | Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Addy]

Yeah, but he was in probables in cricinfo's preview of the match, so i thought he'd play, is there any chance to replace him with the reserves?

 

[Sedition]

He wasn't officially ruled out it seems, so you're probably right that he can be replaced still. Pretty harsh to penalise people even though there was some doubt, so I'll go ahead and say yes he can be replaced up until the start of Day 2.

 

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any chance to replace him with the reserves?

Done!

 

[ZexyZahid]

I've got the main performers in my team, except for Bell and Prasanna Jayawardene.

I've got two players in my team, who grabbed a duck.

 

[Addy]

I've got herath as captain. So likely there comes another no 1 spot

 

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Scores after the 1st Test: Sri Lanka v England at Galle

Eng 264 (99.0 ov, SCJ Broad 5*, S Randiv 4/74) - Match over | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

#01 WestIndian 1397
#02 ZexyZahid 1341
#03 Addy 1315
#04 Aussiebushrange 1285
#05 swacker 1237
#06 Sedition 1198
#07 Aalay 1120
#08 jacobfelix 1085
#09 barmyarmy 1083
#10 jibranpatel15 586
#11 ahmad shah 536

 

[barmyarmy]

I did think I might have done better than 9th with Herath, Jayawardene and Trott in my team
Oh well...

 

[Addy]

3rd, not bad. Looks like Jimmy's 5 for ruined it for me.

 

[Sedition]

A few updates, but again, no changes to the top 3:

- Dilshan's duck has been changed from a batsman's to an all-rounders, and also conceded 25 bowling runs, not 24.
- Prasanna Jayawardene made a stumping and took 2 catches, not 3.
- Broad scored 5 runs in the 2nd innings, not 9.
- Anderson's bowling runs were unscored, probaby because he was a busy little vegemite this game, updated with 98 conceded.
- Lakmal conceded 67, not 85.

Patel conceded 36, not 37, but I left this unchanged due to it not having any effect and if vcash is awarded each time a change is made(?), there's enough awarded already

1 WestIndian 1398
2 ZexyZahid 1318
3 Addy 1311
4 Aussiebushrange 1276
5 swacker 1228
6 Sedition 1189
7 Aalay 1120
8 barmyarmy 1078
9 jacobfelix 1076
10 jibranpatel15 600
11 ahmad shah 556

 

[ZexyZahid]

Congratulations to the top 3.

I wished I saw this earlier, since I just changed Samit Patel's bowling figures from 37 runs to 36 runs.