The Cricket Thread (part 10) - from Feb 2025

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Continuing the discussion from The Cricket Thread (part 9) - from Dec 2024 - #10030 by Touchedontheline.

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You lot again???

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Yep. You betcha!

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England 1 / 30, trail by 240 at tea.

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Starc setting up Chandimal. The wicket Starc took was yet another taken in the first 2 overs of his spell.

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Can’t help but wonder what would have happened if we lost the toss.

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Chandimal crashes Starc for consecutive boundaries.
Next ball Starc almost cuts him in half.

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So close! Bump ball though.

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Mathews survives a caught attempt by Webster, taking a bump ball off Carey’s boot. Close.

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Fark Carlton.

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Gone quiet on wickets. Go for a walk again C J.

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Will walk… the dog… at the tea break.

Edit: Appeal for a catch in close on Mathews, maybe off the glove. Ultra edge says it is off the glove. Chandimal gawn for 31. SL 3/75, lunch taken.

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You were saying?

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Out twice in a day.

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Brilliant review!
Lunch, Sri Lanka 75/3.

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This ground is so odd for Straya. 2.5 years ago here, we beat them by 10 wickets in the 1st test, only to lose by an innings a few days later.

Now we’ve swung the paddle back again to have them staring down a follow on defeat. Hopefully the weather holds off.

Both paddlin’s last time the team batting first lost so it’s not a ‘bat first and win’ ground either.

2nd test will be fascinating for me.

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Gardner gets Knight! Beauty!

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Knight gawn for 32, caught by Litchfield off Knight. Good breakthrough. Eng 2/79

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King gets Sciver Brunt LBW but reviews immediately.

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Three reds.