New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, 2009

[Howsie]

And it begins....

 

[diaskasun]

if lankas can get up to 250 without loosing more then one more i think theyl be happy. not fully in control but happy

 

[charith]

Another easy opportunity missed by sangakkara to get his 20th.. Sigh.. Looked good yet again and didnt convert.. Well Mahela's 27th will hopefully will make up for it..

 

[Howsie]

:sarcasm

Well that was a fantastic hour, can't get much better then that. How good would Vettori be if we actually had some decent bowlers in the team, Sri Lanka are just blocking him out. Give Patel the flick for gods sake.

Best idea I can come up with is find the three fastest bowlers in NZ domestic cricket and play them, can't do much worse then this lot. And at least it would be good to watch, I'm so sick of 130-135K bowlers.

 

[irottev]

NZ is in control for now. i really think SL should play their natural game.. its just the first day wicket. Daniel Vettori is real good.. so underated if u ask me

Indeed

Sri Lanka have wrestled that back with a 100 partnership. We need to break this. Dunno if we should take the new ball or not, it might make it easier to score.

Ryder shoulda broken it. Bad captaincy having the slip wide. I hate when captains do that. If you want a slip he goes at first slip. If you want 2, at first and second. None of these gaps.

 

[Howsie]

WTF. Oram and Vettori taking the new ball.

 

[Leverocks]

Well done to Daniel Vettori on reaching 300 test wickets

 

[diaskasun]

if NZ are to win the game they must keep lankas under 400. if not chances of a win may not be very realistic

 

[nikhil_99]

Once again Jayawardene and Samaraweera both getting closer to their hundreds....Both in 70's now...SL 254/3

 

[Howsie]

Stuff that man, having bats fly around would freak the heck out of me :laugh

Good day for Sri Lanka. NZ hasn't bowled badly we just haven't really looked like taking a wicket.

 

[diaskasun]

well its still not totally out of control for NZ lot will depend on how good NZ will ball tomorrow morning

 

[nz0003]

whats your problem man ... did i hurt your friend or something ,, , you probobly have misunderstood one of my comments on something or being motivated by some one who have a problem with me. In any way please be respectful so that I can respect you back. Yes I was a fast class cricketer and I take pride in that. But in this forum I believe every one is equal and I respect others wives. don?t be so rude just because you can but think about it, its never nice when others being rude to you.. I am not reporting your rude comments because it?s the first time you had something like this to say.. hope this will be the last to.. chill man!

Sorry cuz, had a brain explosion, don't take anything I said personally

We're gone btw, Samaraweera and Jayawardene has take the game away from us.

 

[SciD]

Heard Danny Morrison's commentary in afternoon. What has happened to him? Sounded so boring.

 

[Howsie]

Heard Danny Morrison's commentary in afternoon. What has happened to him? Sounded so boring.

He caught the same bug that the rest of the NZ team caught apparently. They said eariler in the day that he wouldn't be commentating at all today, but he came back in the end anyway.

Might explain it I guess.

 

[SciD]

He caught the same bug that the rest of the NZ team caught apparently. They said eariler in the day that he wouldn't be commentating at all today, but he came back in the end anyway.

Might explain it I guess.

I also was thinking the same. At least he is Air Conditioned room rather than the middle.
Chris Martin bowled good spell before tea but the pitch is too flat.