Sri Lanka v England: Tourists use three wicketkeepers in warm-up match
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Tour match day one, Colombo |
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Sri Lanka Board President's XI 392-9 dec: Silva 62, Sarathchandra 59; Moeen 2-64 |
England: Yet to bat |
Scorecard |
England used three wicketkeepers on the opening day of their two-day tour match against a Sri Lanka Board President's XI, who declared on 392-9.
With Jonny Bairstow recovering from an ankle injury, England gave Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes and Ollie Pope time behind the stumps in Colombo.
The hosts had 90 overs, regardless of wickets, and three batsmen retired after making half-centuries.
England will bat under the same playing conditions on Wednesday.
Both teams could field 14 men, and the touring side used eight bowlers - seven before lunch - though Ben Stokes instead spent long periods in the nets.
As well as rotating his wicketkeepers, England captain Joe Root gave the second new ball to leg-spin bowlers Adil Rashid and Joe Denly.
Root had said on Monday that Buttler was likely to stand in should Bairstow not be fit for the first Test, which starts on Tuesday, 6 November.
England did not make a breakthrough until the 39th over, when James Anderson found the edge of Lahiru Thirimanne.
And Stuart Broad, whose place in the Test team is reported to be in doubt, failed to strike in his 11 overs.
The spinners made an impact as the day wore on, Moeen Ali taking a wicket either side of tea, Rashid striking later in the session and Denly claiming a wicket with the last ball of the day.
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I want a HYS on the outrageous suggestion that the Aussies bans be lifted. They formulated a devious and deceitful plan then told bare faced lies to the media and authorities. Really well planned lies. They should be banned for that alone.
No amount of high handed deflection can change the truth. They were cheats of the very worst kind.
Successful tours have started with "real" warm-up games.
Though the 9 'wickets' actually includes 3 retirements.
Basically, England got smashed all over the place today.
How is Leach not playing! 5 seamers are not needed in Sri Lanka.
On another subject the Aussie trios bans should NOT be lifted. Whatever the Aussie culture they were part of it and are adults so made their own decisions. However much the ACA whinge the suspensions should stand Any less dilutes the message.
Can not afford to miss such chances in these tests
Agree absolutely. Anyone other than a professional sportsman would have lost their job, struggled to get another and quite rightly be reminded for the rest of their lives the severity of what they had done.
Instead, they are having to put up with a minor inconvenience while still raking in the cash.
Do we really need broad/Woakes/Curran? I feel they will contribute more with bat than ball!
My team would be
Burns
Denly
Moeen
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Woakes
Curran
Rashid
Leach
Anderson
Woakes and Curran will contribute with bat and might get odd wicket!
Ready made excuse for England management.
He is the new Gotham in that he gets picked even if he's not fit, playing outright badly, condition don't suit him and the team overly rely on his unfortunate inconsistency
He's talented but he's not a superstar - 1 innings on a flat pitch in SA doesn't make you a genuine batsman
Jason Gillespie has a test double ton