Cricket season

England have the best front bowlers in the world atm with NZ not far behind. If Ferguson cant get a game for NZ then you know how good the 4 in front of him are.

Stand by for De Kock to retire from Test cricket after the Australia series.

Kyle Jamison the NZ quick bowler has now taken 36 wickets in 6 test matches. What an attack they have, would love to see NZ against India and England on quick tops.

Looking forward to the first test tomorrow in Galle, when Sri Lanka take on England. Hoping that it goes into a 5th day as the series in SA was a damp squid where Sri Lanka are concerned. Should be a good contest with Sri Lanka spinners against the excellent England batting line up. Whoever wins the toss will bat first and hope to bat for at least 130 overs and score at around 3 an over. That should be enough to win the match as the side batting 2nd will struggle from the 3rd morning on. Batting last in Sri Lanka means losing.

Combination of poor batting and good bowling see Sri Lanka 8 down already. Another 3 day test in sight

Not an Indian Cricket supporter but a fan of Pant, Gill, Rahul and Shreyas, etc. This win of India chasing over 320 to win against Australia was an exhilarating last 15 overs to watch. Well done to them.

Plenty of first choice players did not play due to injury and personal reasons, Kohli, Bumrah, Sharma, Jadaja plus one or two others. India have great depth and you have to be one heck of a player to get into the National side.

CnC 306 wrote: Plenty of first choice players did not play due to injury and personal reasons, Kohli, Bumrah, Sharma, Jadaja plus one or two others. India have great depth and you have to be one heck of a player to get into the National side. Pity that there won’t be a deciding 5th test

India won the series 2 to 1.

Thanks, i really thought that the Sydney test was won by Australia but it was a draw. I see that Australia are going to SA next month for 3 tests.

Hoping that Sri Lanka give Roshan Silva another chance He has only played 12 tests with one 100 but he very good and on numerous occasions unlucky

SA batsman should take a leaf out of Roots book. Two brilliant knocks against Sri Lanka on two turning pitches. SA batsman tend to just defend against spinners and only hit the very bad balls. Take the game to the Pakistan bowlers, reverse sweep, put them off their lines and length. Attack whenever possible. If the go into their shell they will get bowled out very quickly as the Pakistan bowlers are no mugs. Up at 5 to watch the first day tomorrow, great for Pakistan cricket and for the country to have International cricket back again.

CnC 306 wrote: SA batsman should take a leaf out of Roots book. Two brilliant knocks against Sri Lanka on two turning pitches. SA batsman tend to just defend against spinners and only hit the very bad balls. Take the game to the Pakistan bowlers, reverse sweep, put them off their lines and length. Attack whenever possible. If the go into their shell they will get bowled out very quickly as the Pakistan bowlers are no mugs. Up at 5 to watch the first day tomorrow, great for Pakistan cricket and for the country to have International cricket back again.

Agree with almost everything you wrote...many players (even South Africans) have shown the way to success on the subcontinent but current team have a few iffy players (batsmen) who want to retain their places so unlikely to do anything outside of what they know...and eventually they will get a too good ball without having moved their score by much...

Was speaking to a Pakistani in South Africa and he said that the terrorist attack that happened to the Sri Lankan players was terrible and no-one wants a repeat of that...it was at a different time and Pakistan a little more stable with Imran Khan as PM...radical elements will always exist moreso in countries of extreme poverty...

Enjoy day 1...