Blackcaps v Sri Lanka

[Chris]

Nice to see Mitchell get a 100 on his home ground
Hagley Oval.

[booboo]

@hydro11 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@MN5 Turner

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;team=5;template=results;type=batting

Wow, I’m genuinely shocked that Martin Guptill who had what I’ve always thought of as a short and unsuccessful test career is sixth !!

It was long and unsuccessful. He was just persisted with because he was good at shorter forms. His average his actually worse than it looks and padded against weaker teams.

Guppy should have played 5 or 6 in tests.

[canefan]

@Chris said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Nice to see Mitchell get a 100 on his home ground
Hagley Oval.

Talk about a guy who took his opportunity and ran with it

[Chris]

@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@Chris said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Nice to see Mitchell get a 100 on his home ground
Hagley Oval.

Talk about a guy who took his opportunity and ran with it

Yep perfect example of that.

[Crazy Horse]

@Chris said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@Chris said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Nice to see Mitchell get a 100 on his home ground
Hagley Oval.

Talk about a guy who took his opportunity and ran with it

Yep perfect example of that.

I am happy to be wrong about him. I did not think he would be this successful.

[bayimports]

Henry and Wags take a bow

[booboo]

Wags wagging

[bayimports]

Somehow we have a lead, Henry and Wags show

[booboo]

Much fun watching the our tail whack it round.

And we lead!

[bayimports]

Henry passed Nicholls as he goes up the tunnel, perhaps he should introduce him to..

Lol get my coat

[bayimports]

373 all out, tail wagged entertainingly

[Chris]

@bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

373 all out, tail wagged entertainingly

Good effort that considering where we were at one stage of the innings.
Great effort from Mitchell,Henry,Wags and Latham.

[MN5]

Henry will get promoted ahead of Southee at this rate

the Sri Lankan tail won’t wag again, I feel we’ll roll them nice and cheap this time.

[bayimports]

@MN5 well Southee opened with a great over, needs unit to back him up though

[No Quarter]

Great effort to get a first innings lead, but not really a big enough one to put us ahead of the game. Unless we absolutely skittle them we'll have a tricky chase, be interesting to see how the pitch holds up on days 4 and 5. Sri Lanka ahead purely because they batted first.

[canefan]

@bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Henry and Wags take a bow

At least there's one Henry in the team that knows how to bat

[four more years]

Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.

[canefan]

@four-more-years said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.

He needs to be dropped immediately

[four more years]

@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

He needs to be dropped immediately

I agree. There are 4 or 5 better options

[kiwi_expat]

@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka.

Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.

This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isn't just phoning it in?

Further to that - Why are the retirements of Watling & Taylor used as an excuse for Stead's poor results when their replacements (Blundell, Mitchell) have been superior players in the last 3 years and have outstanding 45+ career averages.

Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.

Can't wait until Stead finally leaves so we can bring in a coach who can enable us to play to our full potential.