Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series

[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.

[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