England v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Lords, 29 August - 2 September, 2024

Wood out, left arm Leics seamer Josh Hull comes in for England.

The teams falling to pieces and we get another left field choice in Josh Hull. If woakes isnt fit, it will surely be the most inexperienced bowling unit for england in 100 years. Time to recall the bowling consultant whos sitting on the sidelines with 700+ test wkts.

Meanwhile Kamindu is the new Bradman.

Olly Stone will probably get a game.

Three hours from a start.

Hope Sri Lanka can put in an effort every day this time.

3 soft dismissals, very bazball. at least we wont have to bat last, hopefully. Lawrence doing a decent impress of Crawley except hes a few inches shorter and his dads not a millionaire. Only 24 overs in the session. No ones getting any WTC points out of this series.

Masterclass from Root and who knew Gus Atkinson knew which end of the bat to hold? We could be on for something in excess of 400 which looked highly unlikely at 215/6.

Pitch looks good batting wkt and the weather set fair, so 400 may be just par. I suspect the lankans may enjoy batting on it tomorrow against our weakened attack.

Last tailender to score a Test hundred?

Mehidy Hasan has a test 100 batting at no 8 in 2021. Dunno if he was the last.

Root showing his abundant class yet again.

And what's a Gus Atkinson?

lardbucket wrote:Last tailender to score a Test hundred?

Broad?

Does Holder count as a tailender or allrounder?

When did Yasir make his?

8 to 11 scoring a ton going back to Broad


Innings by innings list
Player Runs Opposition Ground Start Date
PHKD Mendis (SL) 164 v Bangladesh Sylhet 22-Mar-24
S Samarawickrama (SL) 104* v Ireland Galle 16-Apr-23
J Da Silva (WI) 100* v England St George's 24-Mar-22
Mahmudullah (BAN) 150* v Zimbabwe Harare 7-Jul-21
R Ashwin (IND) 106 v England Chennai 13-Feb-21
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 103 v West Indies Chattogram 3-Feb-21
Yasir Shah (PAK) 113 v Australia Adelaide 29-Nov-19
MJ Santner (NZ) 126 v England Mount Maunganui 21-Nov-19
JO Holder (WI) 202* v England Bridgetown 23-Jan-19
TA Blundell (NZ) 107* v West Indies Wellington 1-Dec-17
SO Dowrich (WI) 103 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 29-Oct-17
JO Holder (WI) 110 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 29-Oct-17
HH Pandya (IND) 108 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 12-Aug-17
WP Saha (IND) 117 v Australia Ranchi 16-Mar-17
J Yadav (IND) 104 v England Wankhede 8-Dec-16
AG Cremer (ZIM) 102* v Sri Lanka Harare 29-Oct-16
SC Williams (ZIM) 119 v New Zealand Bulawayo 28-Jul-16
JO Holder (WI) 103* v England North Sound 13-Apr-15
JP Duminy (SA) 100* v Sri Lanka Galle 16-Jul-14
JDS Neesham (NZ) 137* v India Wellington 14-Feb-14
KDK Vithanage (SL) 103* v Bangladesh Mirpur 27-Jan-14
R Ashwin (IND) 124 v West Indies Eden Gardens 6-Nov-13
BJ Watling (NZ) 103 v Bangladesh Chattogram 9-Oct-13
Sohag Gazi (BAN) 101* v New Zealand Chattogram 9-Oct-13
MJ Prior (ENG) 110* v New Zealand Auckland 22-Mar-13
Abul Hasan (BAN) 113 v West Indies Khulna 21-Nov-12
DJG Sammy (WI) 106 v England Nottingham 25-May-12
R Ashwin (IND) 103 v West Indies Wankhede 22-Nov-11
MS Dhoni (IND) 144 v West Indies Eden Gardens 14-Nov-11
DL Vettori (NZ) 110 v Pakistan Wellington 15-Jan-11
MJ Prior (ENG) 118 v Australia Sydney 3-Jan-11
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 111* v New Zealand Hyderabad 12-Nov-10
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 115 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 4-Nov-10
SCJ Broad (ENG) 169 v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 201

Aussies sadly lacking in that list.

Also, the list is skewed by nightwatchmen, I suspect.

Whoops ....list is number 8 tons only


and no change


unwhoops

Night-watchmen forcing batsmen a little lower, allrounders, and keepers batting low.

Taking them out, leaving only the specialist bowlers:

Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 103 v West Indies Chattogram 3-Feb-21
Yasir Shah (PAK) 113 v Australia Adelaide 29-Nov-19
MJ Santner (NZ) 126 v England Mount Maunganui 21-Nov-19
J Yadav (IND) 104 v England Wankhede 8-Dec-16
AG Cremer (ZIM) 102* v Sri Lanka Harare 29-Oct-16
SC Williams (ZIM) 119 v New Zealand Bulawayo 28-Jul-16
Sohag Gazi (BAN) 101* v New Zealand Chattogram 9-Oct-13
Abul Hasan (BAN) 113 v West Indies Khulna 21-Nov-12
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 111* v New Zealand Hyderabad 12-Nov-10
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 115 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 4-Nov-10
SCJ Broad (ENG) 169 v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 2010

Ton up for Gus. Looks like we have found one

Yep.

The other tailenders to spring to mind, a little further back, are Symcox, Jerome Taylor, and horrie’s favourite, Aquacker.

Atkinson is now on all three honours boards at Lords.

Got there a bit quicker than Miller or Botham.

Well done Gussie.

lardbucket wrote:Night-watchmen forcing batsmen a little lower, allrounders, and keepers batting low.

Taking them out, leaving only the specialist bowlers:

Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) 103 v West Indies Chattogram 3-Feb-21
Yasir Shah (PAK) 113 v Australia Adelaide 29-Nov-19
MJ Santner (NZ) 126 v England Mount Maunganui 21-Nov-19
J Yadav (IND) 104 v England Wankhede 8-Dec-16
AG Cremer (ZIM) 102* v Sri Lanka Harare 29-Oct-16
SC Williams (ZIM) 119 v New Zealand Bulawayo 28-Jul-16
Sohag Gazi (BAN) 101* v New Zealand Chattogram 9-Oct-13
Abul Hasan (BAN) 113 v West Indies Khulna 21-Nov-12
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 111* v New Zealand Hyderabad 12-Nov-10
Harbhajan Singh (IND) 115 v New Zealand Ahmedabad 4-Nov-10
SCJ Broad (ENG) 169 v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 2010

Nice. Although I'm disappointed that Bhajji appears twice. Qunt.

S/L 45/3 and deep in the poop

Shocker of a day for S/L. The decision to field first looks worse by the hour. Lawrence proved yet again he is not a test match batter.

Duckett was nearly undone by one that kept very low. Also, there is some slow turn.