New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, 2009

[nz0003]

No boundaries hit in 15 overs, awesome.

 

[Ari]

Damn Patel got a wicket.

 

[irottev]

Tuffey's making himself a tempting selection. Who would have to go? Butler? I'd rather Butler got the first chance.

I would almost play him ahead of Oram at the moment!

That's a bit extreme.

 

[nz0003]

This is what I like to see, some depth.

My team for game 1:

1. B McCullum
2. Ryder
3. Guptill
4. Taylor
5. Elliot
6. Oram
7. N McCullum
8. Mills
9. Vettori
10. Butler/Tuffey
11. Bond

Wouldn't mind Butler or Tuffey, but I would go with Butler.

 

[Howsie]

I would almost play him ahead of Oram at the moment!

Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah. Hang on a minute. Where not that desperate are we?

 

[irottev]

Don't worry, Diremanti and Patel are bowling in the last 10 by the looks here. They'll both be clouted.

 

[Ari]

Wonder why Oram isn't bowling.

 

[irottev]

Maybe incase he gets injured. Or they're trying the other bowlers out.

Lets hope our batters show some good form. Broom and Elliot could do with a good bat.


edit: Tuffey's figures worsened greatly from the death bowling. He got a bit smashed by a tailender. BUT he got 5for which is still excellent. Just can't bowl at the death haha.

 

[Cricketman]

Jayasuirya's playing for the A team?!

 

[Ari]

76/5 time for Oram to save us.

 

[charith]

Bad news for Jayasuriya i think. I've been saying he should go for awhile now but i doubt we would drop him for the matches but his time is coming. He would prob be made to 'retire'. Hmmm I want him to smash a quick hundy in one of the coming games and prove me wrong but things looking bleak.

I dont know about Tuffey. If he was to play i reckon he should replace Mills since their similar bowlers whereas Butler is more a hit the deck type. They wouldn't drop Mills he's been one of the top bowlers over the last year so a tough one.

 

[Sartaj]

Ha ha ha!
If NZ lose this warm up match........
It would be a very sorry scene to say the least.
Neither Diamanti nor Oram is good enough to take them home from here! 121/7! Jesus!:doh

 

[irottev]

Ha ha ha!
If NZ lose this warm up match........

Nothing new. Sides lose warm-ups all the time. Only 4 cemented players played in the warm-up. The rest are fighting for places. Bond, Vettori, Mills and Taylor are obviously world class ODI players and of course they were missed. I think the fact that we already played 2 20 over warm-ups meant that this was a little unnecessary.

So long as some of the players learn from it.

Oram's having a good bat which is probably the main thing to take out of it. If only Elliot and Guptill spent more time in the middle.

N McCullum seemed to have bowled well, i'd pick him. Probably still Elliot over Broom.

 

[Howsie]

Ha ha ha!
If NZ lose this warm up match........
It would be a very sorry scene to say the least.
Neither Diamanti nor Oram is good enough to take them home from here! 121/7! Jesus!:doh

I'm surprised we didn't see more of you during the test matches tbh :sarcasm

Howsie added 1 Minutes and 38 Seconds later...

Nothing new. Sides lose warm-ups all the time. Only 4 cemented players played in the warm-up. The rest are fighting for places. Bond, Vettori, Mills and Taylor are obviously world class ODI players and of course they were missed. I think the fact that we already played 2 20 over warm-ups meant that this was a little unnecessary.

So long as some of the players learn from it.

Oram's having a good bat which is probably the main thing to take out of it. If only Elliot and Guptill spent more time in the middle.

N McCullum seemed to have bowled well, i'd pick him. Probably still Elliot over Broom.

At least Ryder and McCullum made a few runs, although McCullum scored really slow. But yea I wouldn't read much into this game.

 

[nz0003]

Couldn't care less about this game, it was probably the worst team we could put on the park.