[Sharpe1ne]

To wholely jump on our last performance in Sri Lanka and draw conclusions from that is not even giving any cricketer a chance.We've never done well out there 2003/04 was the last tour and the only remaining player from that is Vaughan.England have never got used to the conditions out their and never will it's an evil place to go if you've never played on their wickets and dealt with the humidity and crumbling pitches.

England in Sri Lanka, 2003-04 Test Series Averages England v Sri Lanka England Batting and Fielding Name-------- Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St MP Vaughan---- 3 6 0 221 105 36.83 39.39 1 1 2 - GP Thorpe -----3 6 0 183 57 30.50 31.33 - 1 1 - MA Butcher---- 3 6 0 175 54 29.16 31.41 - 2 1 - ME Trescothick 3 6 0 167 70 27.83 54.75 - 1 6 - A Flintoff ----3 6 0 143 77 23.83 53.96 - 1 - - GJ Batty ------3 6 1 117 38 23.40 26.11 - - - - PD Collingwood 2 4 0 89 36 22.25 28.25 - - 6 - AF Giles ------3 5 1 74 18 18.50 27.20 - - - - RL Johnson---- 1 2 0 29 26 14.50 45.31 - - - - CMW Read ------3 6 2 49 18* 12.25 21.49 - - 5 2 N Hussain----- 2 4 0 46 17 11.50 35.93 - - - - RJ Kirtley---- 2 3 1 16 12 8.00 34.04 - - 1 - JM Anderson--- 1 2 1 2 1* 2.00 10.52 - - - - MJ Hoggard ----1 2 2 6 6* - 23.07 - - - - This team included some of the most accomplished batsman of recent years and even then they could still only muster 1 hundred between them. Most runs England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s AN Cook (Eng) 3 6 0 278 118 46.33 677 41.06 1 2 1 29 0 IR Bell (Eng) 3 6 0 261 83 43.50 557 46.85 0 3 0 29 0 MP Vaughan (Eng) 3 6 0 215 87 35.83 442 48.64 0 2 0 26 0 MJ Prior (Eng) 3 5 1 165 79 41.25 389 42.41 0 2 1 20 0 PD Collingwood (Eng) 3 6 1 165 52 33.00 361 45.70 0 1 1 17 0 KP Pietersen (Eng) 3 6 1 126 45* 25.20 250 50.40 0 0 0 17 1 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 3 5 1 60 31 15.00 253 23.71 0 0 0 5 0 RS Bopara (Eng) 3 5 0 42 34 8.40 73 57.53 0 0 3 7 0 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2 3 0 23 15 7.66 55 41.81 0 0 1 3 0 JM Anderson (Eng) 1 2 0 20 11 10.00 53 37.73 0 0 0 1 0 SJ Harmison (Eng) 2 2 1 9 9* 9.00 10 90.00 0 0 1 1 0 MS Panesar (Eng) 3 4 3 4 2* 4.00 24 16.66 0 0 1 0 0 SCJ Broad (Eng) 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 8 25.00 0 0 0 0 0 Almost exactly the same stats. Though to give Bopara his debut out there was not a very wise thing to do as it was not gonna give him any confidence in the world on those wickets. (I hope these figures are readable cos the copy and pasting has fecked em up on my end) Strike rates were actually up on that of 2003/04.