Lahiru Kumara to Woakes, OUT
Short ball does the trick! Woakes is goaded into the hook and he can’t keep this down at all. It flies down to deep backward square, where Asitha runs in and holds on on the second attempt
Chris Woakes c AM Fernando b Kumara 6 (27b 1x4 0x6) SR: 22.22
216-6 from 59 overs
Root 100 up, equals Sir Alastair for the number of Test centuries for England. (33 centuries in 145 matches, Cook got his from 161 matches)
225-6 from 62-3
283-6
Squeezing SL bowlers ahead of the new ball
300 up
301-6
Root you plonker.
308-7
Root gone for a Ramp shot.
98 run partnership 143 to Root just before the new ball
50 up for Atkinson
61 balls 3 x 4s 3 x 6s
350 up
351-7
Atkinson 68
Potts 19
England close on 358-7 with Atkinson on 74. Decent recovery from 130-4
216-6 as well.
Ton for Atkinson.
6th fastest at Lords in Test Cricket
389-7
Bravo
393-8 Potts edges behind for 21
416-8 really hurting now
Bowlers weren’t fit enough
420 now and a helluva catch to dismiss Atkinson for118
What sort of review was that from Pope, sure there may have been a noise but it was missing the bat by about 10 yds.
Great 40 minutes that was
22-2
2 drag ons both from indifferent balls, one for Stone one for Woakes.
32-2 from 9.1 overs. Lunch being taken.
2nd wicket in the split by lunch Olly Stone over as Nissanka clips it to leg slip
35-3
83-4, absolute jaffa from Potts to get Mathews for 22 (26)
Trail by 344 runs
2 in the over for Potts
Seems to have clouded over a bit
83-5
May not last into tomorrow
2 in the over for Potts, off the splice from de Silva straight to Harry Brooks in the slips
83-5, trail by 344 runs
Potts 2-2 from 4 overs
2nd day over 30C here.
Stuck my head out the door twice in 2 days. I’d love to go sit by a River with a pint but fvcked if I’m sitting on public transport on a Friday Rush Hour.
So I’m enjoying the cricket
87-6
This is so Village
118-7, Woakes gets an edge from Rathnayake that Smith safely pouches.
Rathnayake 19 (14)
45-2
Duckett went ct slip in a rebound off Gully.
Overcast ball doing Lords Test things.
Pope so out of touch, like watching old me bat
276 ahead
Pope fucks up again.
