Story England's tour of Sri Lanka

[Briggsey]

Hey, soon I will be starting my tour of Sri Lanka with England. The tour will be a 3 test tour so please bare with me as this is my first story on here.

For the tour I will be using:
Tutsi's 7.1b patch
sams exe (with cursor)
Rahul's pitch mats
Npower stumps
2gb Bat patch
Channel 4 TV Layout
Updated faces for England team (if they work)

I will post the teams for both squads later and the schedule

 

[Briggsey]

Dermot Reeve: "The England team has just been announed and there are no suprises in the squad selected to go to Sri Lanka"

England
M. Vaughan (Capt)
J. Anderson
G. Batty
M. Butcher
V. Solanki
P. Collingwood
A. Flintoff
A. Giles
S. Harmison
R. Key
M. Hoggard
M. Prior
C. Read (Wkt)
G. Jones (Wkt)
M. Trescothick
G. Thorpe
K. Pietersen
A. Strauss
I. Bell
S. Jones

Dermot Reeve: "The Sri Lankan selectors are yet to name a squad for the series but it should be exciting with the likes of Murali and Jayasuriya coming up against an in form England team."

Mark Nicholas: "Yes this should be an exciting series and I am looking forward to it."

Dermot Reeve: "We will report to you when Sri Lanka release there team for the series"

 

[Briggsey]

Dermot Reeve: "The Sri Lanka squad has just been announced, and like the England squad there are few suprises"

Sri Lanka
M. Atapattu (Capt)
S. Jayasuriya
M. Jayawardene
C. Vaas
M. Muralitharan
K. Sangakkara (Wkt)
T. Dilshan
T. Samaraweera
R. Kaluwitharana (Wkt)
D. Fernando
K. Dharmasena
P. Nissanka
N. Zoysa
U. Chandana
N. Nawaz
A. Gunawardene
T. Thushara
J. Mubarak
R. Arnold
K. Lokuarachchi

Mark Nicholas: "Thats an interesting team, that bunch of players could really cause England some problems out here on these Sri Lankan spin friendly pitches, I look forward to this series"

Dermot Reeve: "Well the schedule of the series is due to be announced by the Sri Lankan cricket board shortly so lets look forward to that now"

 

[fardin]

good luck briggsey and we are looking forward to it'

 

[Briggsey]

Cheers, I just hope I dont lose 3-0!

 

[Briggsey]

Dermot Reeve: "Well The Sri Lankan Cricket Board have finally announced the schedule all be it a little late, but we are glad it has finally come"

1st Test - June 1st
Colombo

2nd Test - June 10th
Kandy

3rd Test - June 18th
Galle

 

[fardin]

Cheers, I just hope I dont lose 3-0!

yes i am sure it will be tough for england to beat sri lanka as they are away from home' and keep that in mind england boys are not use to hot place's so i suggest' they play well' other wise sri lanka will snatch a easy win againt england but good look briggsey' :cheer

 

[Briggsey]

1st Test - June 1st @ Colombo

Dermot Reeve: "Welcome to the first test here at Colombo, this is going to be an exciting game and lots of England fans have turned up here to support there team, as have many Sri Lankan fans hoping to catch a glimpse of there hero's out there today

Mark Nicholas: "Yes it certinally is going to be very interesting, lets go down to Michael Atherton and take a look at his pitch report"



Michael Atherton: "Thanks Mark, yes this pitch is suprisingly not a spinners dream, it is hard and has very few cracks, but as the day progresses i expect cracks to become more apparant. Whoever wins the toss on this pitch should deffinately bat first as the ball will come on to the bat and will easily get to the boundary rope as the outfield is dry. The coin toss should be interesting, so lets see what happens there

 

[Briggsey]

Hey, just a quick question, does anyone kno how i can just put my pics straight into the post and not have them as an attatchment so i can write under them etc

 

[fardin]

yeah go ahead it is your choice dude

 

[Briggsey]

no am asking how i put them straight in coz i dont wana attatch them to the post coz then i cant write under them.

 

[fardin]

oh you have to ask some one else for help' i am a spoiled dude with nothing to help'

 

[Briggsey]

The Coin Toss

Dermot Reeve: "Well the coin toss is about to take place, lets see what happens here as the match referee is down there with Atapattu and Vaughan"

 

[Briggsey]

woops still got the Channel 9 layout there

 

[Briggsey]

Talking To Both Captains

Mark Nicholas: "Well England have won the toss here so lets talk to Michael and see what he has decided to do.............Michael you've won the toss what are you going to do?"

Michael Vaughan: "Well looking at this pitch we have decided to have a bat, ermm it should do a bit on here later on and id rather be bowling last on this pitch, we only have one specialist spinner in the team but we have every faith in Gilo and if necessary i can also roll my arm over too (laughs)"

Mark Nicholas: "Yes Michael you've also got the world number 1 bowler in your ranks, but what everyone wants to know is what is your team going to be?"

Michael Vaughan: "Yes, we've got the same team really from the summer with Gilo being the sole spinner and 3 main bowlers in Harmy, Hoggy and Jimmy, we also welcome back Butcher and Thorpey to the team which is a huge boost"

Mark Nicholas: "Well good luck Michael its going to be tough"

Michael Vaughan: "Cheers"

Mark Nicholas: "Now lets talk to the Sri Lankan captain, Marvin, you've lost the toss how is that going to affect you?"

Marvin Atapattu: "Well, obviously I am very dissapointed but the pitch might just do a bit and I have every faith that my bowlers will do a great job on this pitch, we will just have to stick to it"

Mark Nicholas: "How about your team today Marvin, any changes from the previous series you just played?"

Marvin Atapattu: "No not really Mark, we played very well in the last series even though we only drew with Pakistan, we have a lot of batters in top form and obviously Murali could be the difference between the two teams today"

Mark Nicholas: "Well good luck Marvin today"

Marvin Atapattu: "Thanks Mark"

Mark Nicholas: "Well there you have it, England have won the toss here in Colombo and have elected to have a bat"