Sri Lanka came a fairly distance second in the 3 match test series, losing the series 1 nil. It could have been more had it not been for the awful weather and a superb innings from Kumar Sangakara in Southampton.
Let's be honest their bowling is average, but their batting is very good, although struggled to adjust to English conditions. They miss Murali's javelins terribly and barely look like getting England out despite having favourable bowling conditions. Points for trying though. Talking of Murali, he was on Cricket AM last Saturday and was asked how he held the ball and spun it. Interesting that he couldn't straighten his arm as he demonstrated it. World record holder and nice bloke, but I still feel cheated as a cricket fan!
We now have the seemingly endless one dayers - 7 in all, plus a T20. It's a chance to see England's new captains in action: Alastair Cook for the 50 overs side and Stuart Broad for the T20s.
Both men are under a bit of pressure. Cook couldn't even get in the 50 over side for the recent World Cup and Broad is bowling really badly.
I will probably watch the games, but I struggle to get excited about 50 over cricket, especially when Sri Lanka really don't appear to want to be playing in England, or at least they didn't during parts of the test series.
England for World number 1? Not yet, but number 2 is definitely doable.
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