England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Lords, June 3-7, 2011

Crusts removed, by order of?

lardbucket wrote:merlo's probably there, applauding the groundsman,

[merlin] Aye, takes me back to the times of timeless tests, when cricket was really cricket. None of this new fangled stuff.[merlin]

Samaraweera FFS. Get him out.

Deary me, it's only a bit of drizzle.

taipan wrote:

Chivalry Augustus wrote:For f*ck's sake, why do they even have Tests at Lord's? Sh*t pitch, sh*t fans, sh*t weather, sh*t cricket, sh*t city, sh*t everything.

To let batsmen get their names on the honours board?

And yet Sachin isn't up there, which surely makes a mockery of the honours board.

If the pitch is as flat and dead as this later in the summer, I'm sure that anomaly will be rectified.

Or England's bowling as pie-tastic/TAYPOC/bage/whatever adjective you choose to describe it with...

I like the adjective "sh!t".

Yeah, simple and effective I suppose!

Flat pitch? Sh*t weather? Sri Lanka in a dominant position?

F*ck Lords, F*ck the pitch, f*ck the fans, f*ck the country.

121 Tests?

Never again.

Finn's wicket of Dilshan was pretty memorable, I must say.

Surprised Broad didn't get a wicket yesterday, watched his spell on the teev. Probing and accurate. Gutting.

You think all Tests should be in Wales from now on then?

beamer wrote:You think all Tests should be in Wales from now on then?

If you read the Cardiff Test thread you'd understand.

Come back to me when you've read Chiv's drivel.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chivalry Augustus wrote:For f*ck's sake, why do they even have Tests at Lord's? Sh*t pitch, sh*t fans, sh*t weather, sh*t cricket, sh*t city, sh*t everything.

To let batsmen get their names on the honours board?

And yet Sachin isn't up there, which surely makes a mockery of the honours board.

Or alternatively, he hasn't been good enough to get up there.

Test cricket isn't a gimme and reputations count for nothing. If he wasn't good enough to score runs on the day then its quite right he isn't on the board. The sh!t bastard.

As it appens Chris Lewis (x2), Angus Fraser, Craig White, Matthew Hoggard, Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar have been too good for him. If he's good enough in 2011 he'll get up there.

eowyn wrote:I like the adjective "sh!t".

Or else, just too Southern, and soft.

Incase any of you were wondering just what it was like to be at Lords in person today - it was wet.

I hope this match report satisfies your curiosity.

So rain is setting up another final session collapse for the Lankans?

Currently tipping it down over London but hopefully it will pass in time for the start of play, and of course Lord's has the best drainage in the World.

A 9 foot slope will do that.

That would have made JKLever think of a chinese basketballer

You too, evidently.

Some of my best friends are best friends with Chinese basketballers

Gary 111 wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chivalry Augustus wrote:For f*ck's sake, why do they even have Tests at Lord's? Sh*t pitch, sh*t fans, sh*t weather, sh*t cricket, sh*t city, sh*t everything.

To let batsmen get their names on the honours board?

And yet Sachin isn't up there, which surely makes a mockery of the honours board.

Craig White

That was an enjoyable moment.

Play to start at 1.10.

Finny and Tremors snap up Samara and Jayawardene.

England in the hunt...again....I think.