Hurrah, England can draw games after all!
It looked to me like it was going to be a draw in the 2nd test between Sri Lanka and England from about the 2nd day, and so it turned out. The scoring rates weren’t particularly fast, and the pitch was never going to break up enough to cause anything that difficult for the batsmen to face. But at least this time we managed to bat for a day and a bit without falling apart!
I didn’t actually see an awful lot of this test – the timings for people at work are awful (I need a day or 5 off), and the action has hardly been that exciting that I had to make sure I was around to watch the highlights in the evening.
One positive out of the game was the amount of overs and effort that Harmy put in, in his return to the side. Sidebottom continued to impress, and Broad had an ok, if not outstanding match.
Prior had another good game, and has probably cemented his place for the New Zealand tour, but things don’t look too good for Ravi Bop. With KP chosen to bowl quite a few overs (of spin) over Ravi (medium pace), you have to wonder what he is in the side for. There is the possibility though that we could drop a front line seamer, bring in Swanny for his first test, and then utilise Colly and Ravi for a few overs here and there.
It will be the first test match at Galle since the ground there was devastated by the Tsunami of Boxing Day 2004, and seeing the pictures from back then are incredible. How the pitch will play is anybody’s guess!
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This test series is a bit disappointing… But I must say, that sidebottom has the curse of being the unlucky tragic hero, considering the number of times, catches have been dropped off his bowling… cheers
Too true - he has been the constant so far in this test series and the amount of chances gone down behind the wicket is unlucky, if not shocking.