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BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Live - Sri Lanka V England BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Live - Sri Lanka v England http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7140356.stm Home TV Radio Talk Where I Live A-Z Index Search UK version International version About the versions | Low graphics | Help Sport Homepage Colombo, 9-13 December 2007 Sri Lanka v England 2nd Test Cricket Test Match Special podcast | Blog 606 debate | Mobile scorecards England Latest scores Live text Scorecard Day 5 photos Results Fixtures Averages Second Test, Colombo: LATEST FROM: Squad England 351 & 250-3 drew with Sri Lanka 548-9d Test Match Special Blog Squad selector Classic Ashes England have drawn the second Test and kept the England need positive mind-set --------------- Mahela shines while Monty series alive after rain brought an early end to the struggles Daily E-mail final day against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Prior starting to relish Test cricket Mobiles Fun and Games England had reached 250-3 at tea with Kevin Pietersen Updated: 12 Dec, 12:58 GMT Question of Sport and Paul Collingwood having guided them into a 53-run lead. CHOOSE A SPORT Select But during the break rain started to fall and the umpires SEE ALSO called a halt to the Test. The series will be decided with 2nd Test day four as it happened the third Test in Galle. 12 Dec 07 | England RELATED BBC SITES Second Test day three as it NEWS happened Earlier Michael Vaughan scored 61, Alastair Cook 62 and WEATHER 11 Dec 07 | England Ian Bell 54. Second Test day two as it Sport feeds | happened LATEST ACTION AS IT HAPPENS (ALL TIMES GMT) 10 Dec 07 | England Second Test day one as it happened By Oliver Brett 09 Dec 07 | England England in Sri Lanka 2007 e-mail [email protected] 606: DEBATE 28 Sep 07 | Cricket (with 'For Oliver Brett' in the Have your say on the Second Test on 606 subject), text 81111 (start RELATED BBC LINKS: your message with the word Match scorecard "CRICKET") or use 606 BBC Asian Network Sport Not all contributions can be used BBC Sinhala Service Your say on 606 1010: So it's off to Galle next Tuesday for the final Test, which will be an emotional affair. The ground has been RELATED INTERNET LINKS: rebuilt following the devastation caused by the tsunami Sri Lanka Cricket of Boxing Day 2004. Nobody knows what the pitch will England and Wales Cricket Board do there. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites 1006: Match over - draw Well I reckon if one team had, say, needed 10 runs or one wicket to win there may have been a concerted effort to get some cricket again, but not in this scenario. 1002: The rain has more or less stopped, but there will be a major mopping up operation to be done, assuming there is the will to do so... "Are all the girls reading blind? It's Alastair Cook all the way, tall, dark and handsome with an air of mysterious brooding about him. I'm quite weak at the knees, and 1 of 15 13/12/2007 12:56 BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Live - Sri Lanka v England http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7140356.stm that's not just from my run in this morning." Caro from London! "Just arrived at work with a bit of a hangover, and I discover not that not only are we heading towards a (very boring but valuable) draw, but also that Sarah from Canterbury has described me as lovely. Headache suddenly disappearing..." Danny, Canterbury Danny - Sarah has just e-mailed me with her suspicions about me being a misogynist so no sexist jokes from you, matey 0957: TMS are off air altogether - that's bad news for Sri Lanka fans hoping for a miraculous seven wickets in two overs should the rain ever stop... "Zoe - I think you'll find the hot stuff in the England team is still at the crease: Paul 'the Ginger' Collingwood" Love from Helena in Norwich You girls sound like men describing female tennis players! "I think BBC TMS should adopt as a strategic objective the introduction of new cricket words to the English language at a quicker rate than Shakespeare. We've had 'nurdle', 'jamspangle' and now 'bunt'. Can I suggest 'he's kerdrizzled that one', for the very specific shot of a slight inside edge onto the pad when lunging half forward, where the ball dribbles out onto the off side and spins slightly in a clockwise manner before being picked up by a fielder saying 'well bowled'." Paul in Lancs 0947: It's still raining amid some speculation the match might be called off before too long... "I am developing a substantial crush on Ian Roland Bell. This may be a rebellious act on my part as my dad has declared him 'not good enough'. Am I normal?" Zoe from Leeds, TMS inbox Zoe love, if you call him Roland you'll struggle to snare the Bell-man. I believe his middle name is Ronald, as in the clown. 0930: DELAY We won't be starting the final session on time due to the inclement weather. Further updates as soon as we get them... This will probably bore a lot of you senseless, but I understand a bouffant-haired bespectacled Venetian really is going to become England's association football manager. Capello to become England manager 0920: RAIN: I told you that rain was coming. The final session should start at 0930 but there may be a slight delay. I have had three e-mails about my use of the word 2 of 15 13/12/2007 12:56 BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Live - Sri Lanka v England http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7140356.stm "bunt" to describe a Pietersen shot. One of you was not familiar with the term, so I should say it is a baseball term to describe a "sacrificial" shot where you just block the ball, to allow someone else to advance bases. In this case, KP's bunt was a defensive tap, but hit into space, and just helped him rotate the strike. 0912: TEA - Eng 250-3 Silva bowls the last over before the interval, Colly negotiates without alarm - in fact he hits the last ball for four - and a huge storm appears to be threatening the Sinhalese Sports Club. A draw it will be then... England lead by 53. 0908: Eng 244-3 I am sorry this Test has lacked excitement in the main. Even on its 10th day this wicket might still be helping the batsmen... Can Fernando strike before tea? He really needs to if Sri Lanka can snatch victory here. Oh lordy, apparently Sarawak is also in Malaysia... My geography is generally good but not in that region. Fulsome apologies all round. 0902: Eng 241-3 England have almost reached the sanctuary of tea, with a lead approaching 50, and Silva has switched to off-breaks from leggies. What a talented chap he is. Silva appeals for lbw against a sweeping Pietersen, but he was just outside the line. Simon Hughes says Brian Luckhurst was the only cricketer he knew to use a Lillywhite's bat. Hughes adored Luckhurst so much he scribbled "Lillywhite's" on his own bat. 0859: Eng 239-3 Pietersen may have decided to cut loose, but I think Collingwood - after his horrid shot on the last day in Kandy - will be cautious to the finish. Fernando is on and Colly is playing him with utmost respect. Grey clouds are gathering... "What do I have to do to get a plug for Romanian cricket? It's taken very seriously here and played even in winter on a tennis court under one of those inflatable covers - and the team that came earlier this year from UK was in some way connected to 'Blowers'. Three messages sent so far - but no success ! Mike, TMS inbox Mike makes it third time lucky, but only because I'm a charitable soul, and hey everyone - it's Christmas! I might add that Iain in NZ (0836) is getting short shrift from the regulars... 0853: Eng 237-3 Pietersen decides enough's enough and a Silva leg-break, pitching far too short, is smashed high over the midwicket boundary for six. A late-cut for four tests out a squalid-looking Malinga at third man (his clothes are more dirt than white) and goes to the boundary. 3 of 15 13/12/2007 12:56 BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Live - Sri Lanka v England http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7140356.stm England lead by 40... 0850: Eng 227-3 Pietersen moves way across his stumps, and just bunts Vaas into space on the leg-side - that's a very typical KP shot. If he wanted to he could probably hit that for four, but it's worth remaining a bit cautious for now. "England have moved away from troubled waters and are now in more tranquil surroundings" Roshan Abeysinghe, on TMS commentary 0842: Eng 223-3 Collingwood steers Vaas wide of the two slips, but not as far as the gully, and all along the ground, for his first boundary from his 42nd ball faced. Between the 0817 and 0823 entries I quoted Paul Vaughan in Indonesia. His e-mail signature shows up "Sarawak", but he says he's in Kuala Lumpur, so I guess he's doing some Pacific Rim business and, like everyone else these days, is on a Blackberry or something...
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