Friday, 12 May 2006

England vs Sri Lanka

I can't think of a better team for England to play than Sri Lanka as they start to stretch their legs in anticipation of next seasons Ashes. Sri Lanka do not look a strong side now Chaminda Vaas has lost his zip and Muttiah Muralitharan his sparkle. And I can't understand why a batting order that looks so fragile can contain so many batsmen averaging over 40. But this is not to say that Sri Lanka are a terrible side. They should put up a decent amount of resistence. And England are going to need some hard games to get them ready for their reception in Australia.

I just hope Sri Lanka get a little bit harder than they have been so far on day one of the series. Letting England reach 318/3 is not the way they would have wanted to start.

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