Iain O'Brien

I woke up this morning, pulled the curtains open, and knew straight away that we would be batting

 

It feels like I was just here yesterday

If you've been reading you'd know I have had nine days off before coming here; no bowling for nine days.

 

 

My legs decided that they didn’t really want to carry me and I had to fight to get to the wicket let alone try to get into my jump.

I’ve got a target I’d love to get to, not a run target but a balls faced target

We walked off after day one at 293 for 3, as I said, not the best day in the field; that’s obvious

This will be a quick one as I’m pretty tired after a tough day on the park.

The second warm-up match , played at NCC finished in a tame draw

And here is the first update from Sri Lanka ..

Time for another catch up..

Right then, where to start...

If England can keep their bowling attack on the park, I think they go into the series as favourites

It was a better feeling going home last night with a good bag of wickets but I still have to work on my downwind rhythm and control

At a really lovely ground, Aigburth, Liverpool, with loads of temporary seating set up it wasn’t long till I couldn’t see a spare seat

Hi all,