Only 8, but still amazing and the Test series report card

Well Murali didn’t get all 10, damn that pesky run out rule and the first “umpire-made” decision I’ve seen in bloody ages. But still 8-70 ish still had the England batting line up in tatters, and enough for Sri Lanka to draw the test series 1-1 with only their second test win in England. And it was all as predictable as everyone, er, predicted. Not a bad start followed by a prompt and dismal collapse, Englans-stylee (innit). Save for a flourish from England jester legend Monty Panesar spanking Murial* for 6, there was not a lot could be said for the England performance other.

Test-series report cards:

England: C-, Must Try Harder.

Sri Lanka: B, Some Good Improvements, Musn’t Rely on Murial So Much

P.S. * Yes, I meant to call him Murial. I felt, given that he spent most of Sunday embarassing all English people, it was time to get my own back, in my own pathetic way, by making a funny out of his name. Hehe, Murial.