Slow bowlers are used. England collapse. Stuart Broad looks really, really annoyed.
Mahela Jayawardene played a lone hand in scoring a high-class hundred which guided Sri Lanka towards a competitive first innings score.
With England being well and truly trounced in their Test series against Pakistan, they now face Sri Lanka in uncomfortable conditions and with a number of questions needing to be answered. Some of the 51allout contributors have thus sat down and submitted their bold (and not so bold) predictions for the series, and at the very least gives up something to come back to for amusement once the two matches have finished.
England go to Sri Lanka needing a strong performance in tough conditions to reaffirm their status on top of the pile. With South Africa almost certain to win in New Zealand, they must win this series if they are to hold on their ranking. It all kicks off bright and early Monday morning…
Sorry, did you say Australia actually lost to this rabble? Seriously? Blimey, if they had any self-respect they’d let Papau New Guinea have a go in their place after that.
After a rain-affected draw at Dunedin, the two sides have travelled to Hamilton where the pitch is greener than the flag of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
With the world on the edge of their collective seats in anticipation of the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka, we cast our eye over the selection debate which has gripped the nation… Or something like that anyway.
In the third of an occasional series looking ahead at the Australian Test team for next year’s Ashes series, it’s time to consider that most difficult spot to fill: that of the all-rounder.
In the second of an occasional series exploring the reconstruction of the Australian Test team ahead of the next Ashes series, our attention turns to who will be behind the stumps for the Aussies come the northern summer next year.
When we wrote our predictions for the Pakistan vs. England series, we should have added a warning about the risks of betting, or maybe the effects of drinking.