New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, 2009

[Howsie]

Still think you guys are extremely harsh on Oram tbh.

When was the last time he actually done anything for New Zealand?

 

[irottev]

Well that's a crap session bar Martin.

 

[age of the fall]

When was the last time he actually done anything for New Zealand?

Fair enough he hasn't had a great few tests, but his last 10 innings include a quick 50* and quick 101*. Bowling wise he keeps it tight, and picks up wickets at a decent average. I like Oram, so I might just be Bias.

 

[irottev]

Really don't like Dilshan. He's so arrogant and cocky. Has no respect for the bowlers and to be fair is really lucky to still be batting. He's played enough loose strokes but has managed to get away with it. I wanna see him out.

O'Brien is bowling too many pies. Why isn't Martin opening the bowling again? Strange...

 

[Howsie]

^

Those runs were more then a year ago.

Get O'Brien off Vettori, this is worse then the stuff Broad dishes up for gods sake.

 

[Ari]

O'Brien just needs some luck and he will have Dilshan hes certainly not bowling as bad as his figures suggest.

 

[irottev]

The pitch looks so good now. It's flat as. Shoulda batted. Too scared to bat out the first half hour. Typical.

 

[Ari]

The pitch looks so good now. It's flat as. Shoulda batted. Too scared to bat out the first half hour. Typical.

Yea but knowing our top 3 they would all be out in the first 10 overs.

and just like I said needed some luck and he got him

 

[irottev]

About time that happened. Honestly. Shoulda happened about 90 runs ago, but oh well. Let's hope Dilshan keeps playing so loose. He won't get another 90 in that fashion.

WOOT. On your bike

 

[Howsie]

Did O'Brien give him a send off or anything

Good breakthrough though, we really needed it.

 

[nz0003]

Disappointed I can't watch, we need a few more wickets if we want to challenge in this game. I can't see us making over 300, unless we see something special. Although I'm feeling good about Flynn in this game.

 

[Howsie]

203-3. It's not looking good, although if we can break this partnership the guys to follow haven't really done much in test cricket.

 

[King Pietersen]

Woah, Dilshan 92 from 72 balls. Guess he's still in T20 WC mode then. Did he play the Dil-Scoop at all? O'Brien must have bowled well :laugh 1/67 off 7, they are laughable figures in a Test, worse than Johnson at Lords. Jayawardene in the runs again but there's not a great deal to come after these 2, so break this partnership and NZ have a chance of restricting them to a total around 400.

 

[irottev]

Woah, Dilshan 92 from 72 balls. Guess he's still in T20 WC mode then. Did he play the Dil-Scoop at all? O'Brien must have bowled well :laugh 1/67 off 7, they are laughable figures in a Test, worse than Johnson at Lords.

Nah. From the start of the innings he was playing loose shots though. He was really lucky to survive but did. In the middle he played some nice shots. O'Brien started chucking pies but then he finally played onto his stumps. That was well overdue to happen.

Told you we shoulda batted. The pitch is dead now. Only took the first half hour for it to dry out.

 

[Howsie]

Jayawardene in the runs again but there's not a great deal to come after these 2, so break this partnership and NZ have a chance of restricting them to a total around 400.

Yea there's not a lot after these two, hopefully we can pick up a quick wicket after tea. Sri Lanka have a fairly long tail.

How quick is Ryder bowling?