Whose stupid, stupid idea was it to play an English Test in miserably drizzly Wales? The weather's been horrible, the pitch has been yawn-inducing and the crowds have been non-existent. Knowing that the match was going to be rain interrupted, surely the groundstaff could have prepared a pitch capable of producing a result in 5 days, let alone the 4 we'll barely get. This pitch, accompanied by these batsmen, doesn't look like producing a result until the zombie apocalypse
If Alaistair Cook and Jonathon Trott. were to continue their current form for the next year, they would probably end up being banned from Test cricket for life, due to their inability to ever get out being completly unfair on anyone else. It's amazing batting, but not the most spectacular to watch. The key word to describe any Trott-Cook partership is accumulation.
The main speculation coming into this Test was the topic of whether Eoin Morgan could prove his worthiness of Collingwood's vacant space, alas, he may not even get to bat in this Test at all . In fairness, Pietersen mightn't even get to bat at this rate. I reckon the England selectors might have missed a trick here, just pick Cook, Trott, Morgan (also standing as keeper) and 8 bowlers. We'd get a result at least.
As it is, to win this Test, England need Cook and Trott to go into overdrive mode and start scoring at about 4 an over, be incompetent at it, get out, and let Pietersen, Morgan, Bell and Prior have a lash at it for 40 overs and some damage, declare, and somehow try bowl Sri Lanka out with only 3 bowlers and
And I can't even watch it, cos Sky have decided to put Huddersfield vs Peterborough on Sky Sports 1 instead.
It's a bad week...
