Sri Lanka Trounce England
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by Rohandevgan
England got of to a disastrous start in their Sri Lankan tour. Playing their first of five matches in Sri Lanka, they were humbled by the hosts, losing to them by 119 runs. The hosts won the toss and opted to bat first scoring 269 in their 50 overs. All the batsmen contributed to he score with the captain, Jayawardene, leading the way with a brilliant 66. England got of to a decent start with debutant Mustard (wicketkeeper) and Cook putting on 43 in 7 overs.It was all down hill from there thanks to some superb bowling by Mahroof who finished with 4/31 in 10. The middle order was just blown away to leave them at 102/6. Bopara and Swann put up a little resistance but they were bundled out for 150 in less than 35 overs. One thing I cant understand is what is wrong with the English Keepers? Why so many changes? Jones, Prior, now Mustard.England really need to get their game socks on.
