New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, 2009

[Howsie]

Oram's hatrick was the most jammy hatrick of all time. First wicket was a full-toss that was hit back at him. And the 2nd and 3rd wickets were half volleys that were caught on the boundry. He'll be in the T20 team for another six months for that spell alone :sarcasm

 

[Ari]

As much as I dislike Oram at the moment he is surely due for a big innings soon even if it is pure luck.

 

[diaskasun]

beautiful game by NZ. top class. i told NZ have a better chance of wining and so they did :banana2 lankan batting :doh

diaskasun added 1 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...

Oram's hatrick was the most jammy hatrick of all time. First wicket was a full-toss that was hit back at him. And the 2nd and 3rd wickets were half volleys that were caught on the boundry. He'll be in the T20 team for another six months for that spell alone :sarcasm

oh come on mate, he did won the match for you didnt he

 

[Howsie]

Ross Taylor and Daniel Vettori won us the game, you could probably add Ryder to that list to. Oram did nothing but kill the momentum when he came into bat and get lucky with a few bad balls.

 

[SciD]

Dilscoop was called Marillier or something as far as I can remember.

 

[irottev]

Bond was not that effective,but he might play a big role in upcoming ODI series..

SL played him pretty well. He got up to 140k which was good. If you consider his first over went for 16, he did extremely well to pull back his RPO. Second went for 4 His last 2 overs went for only 7 so he played a part along with Vettori and Butler keeping the pressure on Sri Lanka.

 

[McLOVIN]

last 3 by runs cost SL the match! :laugh there was no run there on the last ball. or may be 1, if Ssanga had just walked in with the ball, or Malinga hald onto it, rather then firing it to the stumps for no reason.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

This 2nd T20 match will definately more gripping after the 1st T20.. NZ came back very well in the last game, this will be a cracker...Eager to watch Taylor, Bond vs Jayasuriya...

 

[charith]

I'm confused why everyone's calling it his shot when players like Ashraful and Brandon McCullum and others were the first ones playing it.

Can't believe our part time bowler got a hattrick. The commentators had no idea. Then again, they're all Sri Lankan biased which is probably why.

Is there anything that you don't whinge about dude? Whether it be umpiring, the playing conditions or even things no one can control like luck there just seems to be a whinge everywhere.

Its called a dilscoop coz he is to my knowledge the only one who's played it with that amount of success. And the only one who scoops it directly over his HEAD. Essentially he stares the ball right in the face and scoops it over his head.. Mccullum and Ashraful dont do that they get OUTside the line and flick it over the SHOULDER.. hence its a different shot more a sweep outside the line. I mean even as a neutral or a die hard NZ fan you should appreciate the skill and the balls you have to have to do it on such a consistent basis. Its not village cricket people are bowling at 130-135ks and its dangerous. Just the fact that he can pull it off is awesome so appreciate it for what it is.

I remember you whining before yet again about how he seems to have all the luck. The innings at Galle and then in Colombo in the Tests. You dont play 3 consecutive innings with that sort of luck. Skill and tempremant come into it. And just coz he has a hair cut and a mo he's cocky now. I bet you if Mccullum did all the exact things that dilshan has been doing you would be over the moon. Does he really need all those tats? I bet that doesn't make him cocky or arrogant.

The commentators are biassed. Another whinge. There are 2 srilankans there yes one of them is a tool but the other is pretty good. Just one as opposed to having the whole SKY nz team being biassed when we tour here except for doully and rigor.

Get over yourself dude.

 

[Ari]

Its called a dilscoop coz he is to my knowledge the only one who's played it with that amount of success. And the only one who scoops it directly over his HEAD. Essentially he stares the ball right in the face and scoops it over his head.. Mccullum and Ashraful dont do that they get OUTside the line and flick it over the SHOULDER.. hence its a different shot more a sweep outside the line.

Wrong. I know what your saying about the outside the line flick shot but if you go back to McCullums 150 in the IPL opener you will see that he played the exact shot Dilshan has been doing recently.

Dilshan has been the only one to do it regularly though so I guess thats why its been named that but he certainly was not the first to play it.

 

[Dare]

Is there anything that you don't whinge about dude? Whether it be umpiring, the playing conditions or even things no one can control like luck there just seems to be a whinge everywhere.

Its the "I cant take a loss syndrome"...

 

[irottev]

Its the "I cant take a loss syndrome"...

We won, so it's obviously not that.

And i'm not whinging about the 'Dilscoop', it's just confusing because as mentioned above McCullum's done it and Ashraful was perhaps the first to do it in internationals. Dilshan's only been doing it about the last year or two. I don't really care what they call it to be honest. It just sounds like something girls would stick in themselves :S Dunno what's wrong with calling it the scoop shot or paddle. I don't agree with shots being named after players, especially when they never invented the shot. Next thing the Doosra will be called the Murili, the switch hit will be called the Pietersen. :/

As for the commentators, they haven't been bad really. It's just that Zimbabwe? dude. He's kind of annoying. No real complaints. It's T20 and everything happens so fast, I'm not surprised. I didn't notice either until I looked at my computer.

And the luck thing, cricketers get luck, it happens. There will be a day where he plays a ball on the up and edges it first ball. It's just annoying that it's not happened yet. But it's coming due.

As for Dilshan's stupid beard, it just shows he's a showoff. Plus it cut to him in the changing room with a big golden chain thing around his neck. He's just a twat if you ask me. But whatever, just my opinion. I think Broad's a twat and the English fans don't cry at me.

 

[Howsie]

McGlashan's out for Nathan McCullum and New Zealand is batting first. We better bat a lot better then we did in the 1st 20/20.

 

[aussie1st]

Looks like SL are following Clarke. Massive improvement in Test but seem to be falling off in the short formats (although too early to judge with no ODIs played yet).

 

[Howsie]

McCullum out for 49. He looked really good today though. I'm predicting NZ to struggle form now though, this always happens when Ryder and McCullum give us a good start.