England must banish conspiracy theories
- 9 Dec 07, 01:27 PM
Another tough and uncompromising day of Test cricket left Sri Lanka in the stronger position, and England rueing their genuinely bad luck as they analyse how their promising innings subsided from 133-0 to 237-5.
Michael Vaughan clearly prefers opening the batting and, with Alastair Cook, posted England’s first century opening stand for 15 Tests.
The captain batted beautifully for 87 before falling in just about the most unlucky manner possible, clipping Muttiah Muralitharan hard into the leg side only for the ball to strike the short-leg fieldsman in the groin before becoming trapped between his legs!
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