Tour of Sri Lanka
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@Damo said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
@canefan said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
Great catch by Rosco off Timmy. 8 down. Getting a bit of a chub
Steady on.
Unless Skygo is on a hell of a delay, they're only 7 down.
Fixed
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Great win. Deserved win, too. Latham, Watling, and CdG really stood up with the bat and Southee bowled well.
In saying that though, some of those top order guys need to head for some net sessions. By his own sky-high standards, Kane had a pretty miserable test time.
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Latham’s record is absolutely nuts for an opener - 79 innings at 44 with 15 fifties and 10 hundreds. On track to be one of our best ever.
Awesome win after the disappointment of the first test. We have a bloody strong side in all forms at the moment, definitely a golden era by Black Caps standards.
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@Mokey said in Tour of Sri Lanka:
Great win. Deserved win, too. Latham, Watling, and CdG really stood up with the bat and Southee bowled well.
In saying that though, some of those top order guys need to head for some net sessions. By his own sky-high standards, Kane had a pretty miserable test time.
That dismissal in this test showed he hadn't snapped out of one-day mode - that's his bail out single to 3rd man which doesn't work so well with 2 slips in place.
At 126-4 with so much time lost, that is an extraordinary victory, set up by Latham and the perpetually stubborn BJ - still didn't think they could rip through the Lankans on the last day though.
BJ has 17 100+ partnerships now - all of them for the 5th wicket or lower. Plus 90+ with Craig, Brownlie, Kane and Sodhi. Of the 17, 6 times the partnership started with the total below 100.
McCullum 3
Williamson 2
Taylor 2
Nicholls 2
de Grandhomme 2
Latham 1
Neesham 1
Boult 1
Henry 1
Southee 1
Anderson 1 -
@KiwiPie BJ is clutch. Kind of like some of the Aussie wicket keepers - it wasn't that they scored heaps of runs, it's that they did when they were really needed to influence a game. Haddin (spits) and Healey both seemed to be like that.
Absolutely delighted with this win. Winning overseas, even against Sri Lanka, is really tough. They have some real worries around batting and (illegal) bowling, but for us to get up overseas is fantastic. Also delighted for Latham. He has quietly been compiling a world class record un-noticed by many as we can collectively get stuck on 'black caps suck' mode.
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So stoked with this win. After they were 5 down I thought the light or maybe some late rain would see it end prematurely. But these guys have foight!! Great to see Latham bounce back strongly after a shocking run in ODI's - we know now he thought he was actually playing test cricket all along!! Hopefully Kane clicks that he's playing 20/20's next week and doesn't roll out some test match play.
Bank those points lads and well done on retaining the #2 spot!
