As I was away last night I missed posting about the cricket. I was quite distressed because the hotel didn't have Sky Sports but I did manage to watch the highlights. And, compared to many recent England games, this really did have highlights. The England bowlers did well and kept the Sri Lankans down to a good possible target. I think at the end f the Sri Lankan batting it would be best to describe the match as honours even. Then England came out. The beginning was predictable, the openning batsmen struggling to get off the mark and two wickets lost for only 11 runs. So, so predictable. But then Bell and Pietersen got stuck in and for the next 15 overs or so things were turned around, England had the upper hand and the thought that we could win sneaked in. But once Pietersen lost his wicket for 58, with a very respectable strike rate, things faltered again. The men we should rely on failed and it started to look poor only for Bopara and Nixon to stage a recovery. From a very unlikely run rate they moved things forward and it came down to the very last over. 11 needed off 6 balls. And still they came. Finally 3 needed off the last ball. How tense can it get, 50 overs each and it still hangs on the last ball. Unfortunately rather than a heroes four, Bopara was bowled by Fernando and that was that. Close but no cigar.
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Still smarting about the ipod buds are we?
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