From The Pavilion

First SOD tour starting later today on a hard pitch against Ireland.
Tune in at 15:00 gmt

Well we won the toss game 1

windy/hard looking to set them a big total 300+

End of over 3 (15 runs) - Sri Lanka(27-0) RR 9.00

Good start from warnapura

Its a nice start indeed.
It looks like Ireland may have been caught out by the weather switching windy->overcast-> windy since they have 5 seamers bowling - our 2 wristspinners will hopefully make the difference here.

bit of a slowdown after over 20, but still managed 175/1.
That big first innings partnership of 157 between Waranapura and Irfahan helping us to aim for 350 or even more.

paulc wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:25 pm

Its a nice start indeed.
It looks like Ireland may have been caught out by the weather switching windy->overcast-> windy since they have 5 seamers bowling - our 2 wristspinners will hopefully make the difference here.

Yes very helpful of them to play 5 seamers and 0 spinners. If we get over 300 I think that will be too many for them. At the moment we’re on course for 350.

375 runs on the board and a massive 189no from one of your old boys, Les.
This should be a defendable total potentially with some leftover for a healthy start to NRR.

update: 142 run victory with Irfahan topscoring with that 189* and Kuruppu (rf) pick of the bowlers with 5-33.
13k behind on ratings, but that's mostly due to not playing a true allrounder...turns out we didn't need one.

How's that for a first game?

Always nice to get a big win in game 1. Game 2 windy/flat although it’s unlikely irfahan will feature

6 changes for today's game against Australia with yesterday's heroes resting apart from 5-for star Kuruppu.
Australia won the toss and predictably decided to bat first on a flat pitch after yesterday's big scores on hard/windy.

On Les's advice we packed in the spinners to take advantage of the windy weather.
So far so good actually with the spinners keeping the scoring relatively low and pitching in 2 wickets along with Kuruppu's breakthrough to have Aus at 92/3.

so far so good but what i wouldn't give for a wicket or 2 End of over 35 (8 runs) - Australia(188-5) RR 5.37

happy to take the blame if we lose

35.6.El Toro to Hay : [dropped] Vethanayagam is furious with himself for missing a relatively straight-forward edge behind. El Toro is somewhat less pleased.

i mean wtf! does he have flora tubs for gloves or something?


36.6.Ajireen to Hay : [dropped] Hay plays the cut and gets a bottom edge. The deflection is just enough to cause Vethanayagam to grass a tough chance.

ok whatever happens today vethanayagam can't catch the last ball of the over it seems...

End of over 38 (7 runs) - Australia(207-5) RR 5.45
37.6b4El Toro to Hay : Ripper of a ball from El Toro, it's beaten the bat, the wickets and unfortunately Vethanayagam . It runs away for 4 byes.

41.4WKuruppu to Mayweather Jr : Oh no, he has done a Watson! Angled in on middle stump, and Mayweather Jr has missed a straight one.F. Mayweather Jr lbw b. H. Kuruppu 44 (52b 1x4 0x6) SR:84.62

Kuruppu takes matters into his own hands

283 to win

we're in the game

we managed 99 for the first wicket in response.
At the 19over mark that puts us about 10 runs and 2 wickets ahead of where Australia were.
They did kick on from here though.