Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka

[Mokey]

Just watched the Day 1 highlights. Great spells by Southee, Watling is very tidy behind the stumps, super catch by Nicholls, appalling no ball by CdG, and errrr what has happened to Boult?

[Gunner]

Timmy wraps up the SL innings for 282 with his 6th wicket.

Good chance here for our openers to find some form.
I’ll be disappointed with anything less than 350.

[Snowy]

I am such a child but the Dickwella Kumara partnership made me snigger.

[Damo]

@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

Timmy wraps up the SL innings for 282 with his 6th wicket.

Good chance here for our openers to find some form.
I’ll be disappointed with anything less than 350.

This pitch has become docile and will be so at least until day 4. I would be unhappy with anything less than 500.

Batting for 2 days should be the aim here.

[canefan]

Raval trying to throw his wicket away

[Damo]

@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

Raval trying to throw his wicket away

He tends to do that after making a start. I'm happy enough with him because he is fairly consistent at blunting the new ball, but in order to be a great player he needs to start converting these starts into hundreds.

[Damo]

FFS Raval.

[Bovidae]

@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

Raval trying to throw his wicket away

He succeeded.

[Gunner]

Williamson seeing it like a beach ball.

His first one was a thick outside edge along the ground for 4, but the next two balls, wow just spanked with perfect timing through the offside.

Kane 13 off 4,
Latham 15 off 74
Cricket is a funny old game sometimes.

[Cyclops]

Love Rigor carefully explaining why a poor conversion rate can't be used to criticise a batsmen. Hmm, wonder what his was like!

[Gunner]

Effortless 50 (45) from Kane.

No brain farts before tea please lads...

[MN5]

192/1.

Williamson on 75 and still below his average in the last 5 tests against SL.

[booboo]

@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

192/1.

Williamson on 75 and still below his average in the last 5 tests against SL.

Kane averaging (AVERAGING!) 100+ v Sri Lanka!

[MN5]

@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

192/1.

Williamson on 75 and still below his average in the last 5 tests against SL.

Kane averaging (AVERAGING!) 100+ v Sri Lanka!

Career average currently sitting on 52.26.....

Simply outstanding. God bless this man.

[MN5]

So surely the plan is to grind them into the dust today and tomorrow ? Forecast could potentially fuck us on day 5 but...

[mimic]

Here comes the collapse..

[Virgil]

Fuck!!
Goes for 91..

[MN5]

@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

Fuck!!
Goes for 91..

Yep. I'm genuinely furious about this with test ton number 20 in his sights.

[Cyclops]

That was such an incredible innings. The Sri Lankans were unsure about celebrating and the commentators so lost for words when he out. To score so fast, with so much control and without chances is unreal.

[MN5]

@cyclops said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:

That was such an incredible innings. The Sri Lankans were unsure about celebrating and the commentators so lost for words when he out. To score so fast, with so much control and without chances is unreal.

I shouldn't be pissed off.....but I am.

The little legend has set the bar so fucken high on himself that he's a victim of his own brilliance in one sense.