Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series

[Donsteppa]

Six and nearly out for Phillips.

[MN5]

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

Six and nearly out for Phillips.

Come on, be more positive

[Chris]

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

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

amateur test batting

nah bro, that's Black Caps batting.

Wait for Southee to get out trying to hit another six.

Fully expect that no one wanting to do the hard yards.

[Donsteppa]

This is why Phillips batting behind Blundell is such a waste.

[Donsteppa]

A scorecard of the top six all contributing, but not kicking on massively. And 8 - 11 being bunnies.

[nzzp]

GP two sixes in three balls. Sweet. 47 off 43

[nzzp]

Well, 35 run lead. More than it looked when the wheels were falling off.

Now we need to bowl well, then bat well. Slight advantage SL I reckon, beause we bat 4th

[canefan]

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

Well, 35 run lead. More than it looked when the wheels were falling off.

Now we need to bowl well, then bat well. Slight advantage SL I reckon, beause we bat 4th

They will pile it on and roll us in the final innings. I've seen this movie before

[nzzp]

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

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

Well, 35 run lead. More than it looked when the wheels were falling off.

Now we need to bowl well, then bat well. Slight advantage SL I reckon, beause we bat 4th

They will pile it on and roll us in the final innings. I've seen this movie before

@MN5 ARE YOU LISTENING THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT

[Chris B.]

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

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

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

amateur test batting

nah bro, that's Black Caps batting.

Wait for Southee to get out trying to hit another six.

Fully expect that no one wanting to do the hard yards.

A bit of a lack of self awareness in the tail.

Santner - yes, can bat - but, not in the class of Phillips. Bat like O'Rourke did. Play some shots when he's out.

Timmy's been told that for years.

We run out Mitch and strand Phillips. Luckily, Glenn gives us a bit of a lead - but, @Chris is right - we needed to lead by 150. Pitch would be worse when we started to bowl and we'd have to chase less in the final innings.

Best hope is the pitch is already tricky, so maybe we can knock over three or four for 30-odd.

[Chris B.]

@nzzp Burn the Bitch!

[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.