Monday, March 05, 2007

More fun!!!

England did well to recover and post a decent score of 286/8 in the end.

Interestingly, Andrew Flintoff had the second lowest strike rate of 66.66 in the England innings ( Ed Joyce had the lowest at 58.33)

Jamie Dalrymple did a good job pacing his innings to finish his innings at around a run a ball.

The other interesting facet of the England innings was partnerships - 71 for the 3rd wicket, 54 for the 6th wicket, 66 for the 7th wicket and an unfinished 35 run partnership for the9th wicket.

Dwayne Leverock finished with 2/32 in his 10.

Sri Lanka is in a spot of bother at 210/5 after being 117/1 and 203/3 at one stage.

South Africa, aided by a late innings recovery from Andrew Hall, end up at 192 all out.

Too early to spot any trends, but one thing stand out - wickets can fall in a heap if the batsmen are not too careful and spinners will come into their own the longer this tourney progresses ( unless the actual WC wickets are completely different in character from the practise wickets :D )

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