mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
I dont know why i said James, lolirottev said:
Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
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Octavius
Club Cricketer
Feelin Blue? said:
sinclair is a stroke maker, i would never pick him for ODIs.
i felt that not playing Lou Vincent is correct given his champ trophy form. But i might have considered Jamie How over James Marshall.
charith
Club Captain
Its such a shame that its only a 2 test series. I mean its riddiculus really. Sri Lanka are all over NZ and so ironic that its gng to be a tied series without ne team getting a chance to come back and fight to win the series. I dont know about you guys but instead of the 2 twenty20s I'd prefer one more test every day. 3 tests and 5 ODIs dat shldve been the series.
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Agreed. 2 test series isn't comprehensive at all. It will have to stay at 1-1. Good come back after we were all over the Sri Lankans in the first match. The difference for me was Silva's two innings. He should be player of the Match without a doubt, though 10 wickets is a mean feat but in a losing cause. Player of the series, Sangakara. Maybe Murili.
Our batsmens lack of form has been very dissapointing. Today all got starts but didn't go on. Fleming was bad luck going after a loose ball. They happen. Bring on the ODI's. We will definatly be better in those.
-> In my opinion, when I think of the best test sides I think of Australia and Sri Lanka. To be honest, the rest I rekon we wouldn't have so much trouble against. I think we havn't done too badly really considering this.
Our batsmens lack of form has been very dissapointing. Today all got starts but didn't go on. Fleming was bad luck going after a loose ball. They happen. Bring on the ODI's. We will definatly be better in those.
-> In my opinion, when I think of the best test sides I think of Australia and Sri Lanka. To be honest, the rest I rekon we wouldn't have so much trouble against. I think we havn't done too badly really considering this.
charith
Club Captain
Yeah i read on the NZC website that it was originally supposed to be 3 test i twenty20 and 5 ODIs but then they added the extra twenty20 saying that the weather in NZ at this time of year is very unpredictable. I've lived here for more than 10 years and I can't remember a single summer where the weather was predictable!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even if there was an additional test there would be so much ODI cricket in world cup preparation for the Blackcaps i mean with the VB series and the chapell hadlee so i thnk having the extra twenty20 was jus totally money related considering the low crowds in the test. NZC prob makes more money from 3 hrs of a twnty20 as opposed to 5 days of test cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah SL is a very strong test team on its day but their underrated due to inconsistency. I thnk the ENG series woke pple up and actually showed that they can travel well. Their supposed to be in Aus next summer but knowing the ACB they prb will give them only 2 tests too.
i find it ironic that all the media here keep gng on bout the fact that NZ dnt have a good top order. I mean its riddiculus with the amount of test cricket that they play. To get a good opening partnership u have to give 2 guys at the top a fair run, atleast 5 or 6 tests in a row but NZ prob tke 3 years to play 6 tests at the rate they play them nowadays!!! Cumming and How look pretty good i thnk evn langer and hayden would be uncomfortable against the pace and slingy action of malinga so they shldnt be too hard on them. They shld be given some time i reckon maybe Papps as well. BUt we'll have to wait till next nov nw to see!!
Even if there was an additional test there would be so much ODI cricket in world cup preparation for the Blackcaps i mean with the VB series and the chapell hadlee so i thnk having the extra twenty20 was jus totally money related considering the low crowds in the test. NZC prob makes more money from 3 hrs of a twnty20 as opposed to 5 days of test cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah SL is a very strong test team on its day but their underrated due to inconsistency. I thnk the ENG series woke pple up and actually showed that they can travel well. Their supposed to be in Aus next summer but knowing the ACB they prb will give them only 2 tests too.
i find it ironic that all the media here keep gng on bout the fact that NZ dnt have a good top order. I mean its riddiculus with the amount of test cricket that they play. To get a good opening partnership u have to give 2 guys at the top a fair run, atleast 5 or 6 tests in a row but NZ prob tke 3 years to play 6 tests at the rate they play them nowadays!!! Cumming and How look pretty good i thnk evn langer and hayden would be uncomfortable against the pace and slingy action of malinga so they shldnt be too hard on them. They shld be given some time i reckon maybe Papps as well. BUt we'll have to wait till next nov nw to see!!
charith said:
Totally agree with it all.
And Sri Lanka deserved the win today, 1-1 it will have to stand as. Vettori and Franklin put up good fights and proved how capable they are.
It must make a few of the top order batsmen a little ashamed that Vettori has outscored them all this series aside from maybe Cumming.
Aussie_Dan
School Cricketer
Good win for Sri Lanka.
Was a brilliant ball indeed. Overstepped. Vettori had to face some pretty fast deliverys, brave innings indeed. I really do rate Vettori, 10 wickets and a fifty in the same match. He is without doubt the best spinner allrounder in the world and must be up there as one of the best all-rounders.
There was an interesting happening when Taufel started wearing a coat. Was great. Props to Taufel for that. It was to help us see the ball, you could tell the Sri Lankans wern't happy. The umpiring was great overall. No complaints there.
There was an interesting happening when Taufel started wearing a coat. Was great. Props to Taufel for that. It was to help us see the ball, you could tell the Sri Lankans wern't happy. The umpiring was great overall. No complaints there.
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
That was not a good innings by New Zealand in there second innings as there 8 and 9 top scored, Murli did bowl a lot with 6 wickets, that was a good proformance by Murli, nearing Warne on the wickets list, 26 away from 700, 25 wickets away from warne
puddleduck
Chairman of Selectors
Not to mention that is it 5 ten wicket hauls in his last 6 tests now? Quite remarkable bowler, and I would suggest he is fairly likely to overhaul Warne depending on how long they both play on for.
Yeah,, neither look like they're going to stop anytime soon. The only thing which may go against Murili is his action. I mean, when I look at the bend, it seems pretty big. I mean, if it's legal then thats great, but if not something must be done. If they were to say test himin match conditions and find out he's going over the limit.
One thing is Murili's favor is that the rest of the Sri Lankan side isn't terribly letal with the ball (well they have Malinga now, whos bowl everyhting short or full experiment worked pretty well), so he ends up doing heaps of bowling and has pleanty of wickets to claim. If there was say a Bond in his side, he may have to share the wicket tally around a bit more.
The Aussie side will never use Warne as much as SL use Murili, despite the Aussies playing MUCH more tests. I guess it evens out.
One thing is Murili's favor is that the rest of the Sri Lankan side isn't terribly letal with the ball (well they have Malinga now, whos bowl everyhting short or full experiment worked pretty well), so he ends up doing heaps of bowling and has pleanty of wickets to claim. If there was say a Bond in his side, he may have to share the wicket tally around a bit more.
The Aussie side will never use Warne as much as SL use Murili, despite the Aussies playing MUCH more tests. I guess it evens out.
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