Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series

[nzzp]

Oh yes!

Fair play Southee, great catch an dbowling Patel ahead of him is unsefish

[canefan]

Don't be fooled. We'll have them 4 or 5 down for about 100, then their middle order and tail will score about another 150 to 200

[nzzp]

SL lost 5/24 (281/5–305/10)

NZ lost 5/35 (269/4–304/9)

[dogmeat]

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[canefan]

SL are taking the game away from us right now

[nzzp]

@canefan said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

SL are taking the game away from us right now

it's not as bad as it's going to be against India

[Donsteppa]

Sri Lanka are putting our middle order effort in session one into clear perspective...

[Donsteppa]

We could have sent Ish over for this Test instead of Southee, just to find out how our top five spin bowling options really are, all in one game..

[mikey07]

Can’t we bowl Mitchell or Ravindra.

[MN5]

@mikey07 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Can’t we bowl Mitchell or Ravindra.

Fucken hell, how desperate is this post ?

Accurate though

[Donsteppa]

Worth throwing one of them the ball with the front liners looking little chance of a breakthrough.

I'm not convinced that Daryl is markedly worse with the ball than Timmy these days, ditto Ravindra for Santner

[mikey07]

@MN5 Better to try then keep persisting with the like of “couldn’t spin a washing machine” Santner.

[mikey07]

Imagine how little the lead would’ve been if we hadn’t crumbled like origami this morning.

[MN5]

Santner has scored 2 runs and taken no wickets for 92 runs.

He’s certainly biding his time to make an impact on this match

[canefan]

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Santner has scored 2 runs and taken no wickets for 92 runs.

He’s certainly biding his time to make an impact on this match

Keeping the powder dry

[MN5]

@canefan said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Santner has scored 2 runs and taken no wickets for 92 runs.

He’s certainly biding his time to make an impact on this match

Keeping the powder dry

Jeepers. Shithouse Rugby vernacular has made its way into a cricket thread !

[canefan]

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@canefan said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

Santner has scored 2 runs and taken no wickets for 92 runs.

He’s certainly biding his time to make an impact on this match

Keeping the powder dry

Jeepers. Shithouse Rugby vernacular has made its way into a cricket thread !

Repurposed

[MN5]

Fuck me. O’Rourke with eight for the match !!!!!!

[barky1]

@MN5 Ravindra looked as threatening. Bracewell for Santner, Henry for Southee

[MN5]

@barky1 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:

@MN5 Ravindra looked as threatening. Bracewell for Santner, Henry for Southee

The former is basically like for like and won’t make a shred of difference.

The latter isn’t happening cos he’s captain even though it should

Henry should be there somewhere though, fuck having loads of spinners when they’re all shit. O’Rourke has been the pick of the bowlers by such a ridiculous margin it’s not even funny and he’s a pacer

Seeing as my positive approach didn’t work maybe it’s time to be more real.

VERY hard to see an early breakthrough and this niggly partnership will matter quite a bit in the final wash up. Lots of pressure on O’Rourke for a couple of early ones, if that doesn’t happen we’re fucked given the lack of collective effort by the rest of the bowlers.

We still have a very capable top order on paper but again, very reliant on one guy in particular ( with an honourable mention to Johns son )

Still game on, I’m being as positive as I can be.