cricket with balls

England actually put up a good fight, not good enough, but good.

But there were many factors in this game that propelled Sri Lanka above their station.

Sanath’s last stand, the man will only retire once, well surely only once in this series.

Murali’s record, he can’t beat Warne again, not unless is in the category of most women hit on in a three test series.

And Vaas is only going to play his 100th test once, i’d assume.

So it can only get better for England, can’t it?

Well all except for the King and the working class Hoggard.

Kumar looks even more unstoppable now than he did in Hobart.

England’s best chance of getting him out now seems to lie with Rudi Koertzen being flown in to umpire the next test.

And Hoggard not playing in the next test is like going to Maccas and buying a fresh and healthy option, its still McDonalds, but it just don’t feel right.

The first test ended up being a pretty damn good affair, if England can cover Hoggard and somehow get Kumar out, we might have a really interesting test series on our hands.

Remember those?