Black Caps vs Sri Lanka

[Duluth]

Sri Lanka:
1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Avishka Fernando, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Kamindu Mendis, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt.), 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Chamindu Wickramasinghe, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Eshan Malinga, 11 Asitha Fernando

New Zealand:
1 Will Young, 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Mark Chapman, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner (capt.), 9 Nathan Smith, 10 Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke

Sri Lanka choose to bat first

[MN5]

@Duluth said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka:
1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Avishka Fernando, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Kamindu Mendis, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt.), 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Chamindu Wickramasinghe, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Eshan Malinga, 11 Asitha Fernando

New Zealand:
1 Will Young, 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Mark Chapman, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner (capt.), 9 Nathan Smith, 10 Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke

Sri Lanka choose to bat first

I hope they can put something decent on the board.

An evening watching our boys chase a big score would be quite appealing.

That is an extremely strong batting line up when you consider Matt Henry would bat 8 for lots of teams.

[No Quarter]

Looks like we'll have a score to chase today

[KiwiMurph]

Seems the size of crowd perfectly suited to a 10k cricket oval.

[No Quarter]

@KiwiMurph I am not sure why the played the ODI in Wellington at the Basin, but I am glad they did. Much better atmosphere when the ground is packed.

[Damo]

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:

Looks like we'll have a score to chase today

I hope so. Be good to see a big chase for us in the evening. I want to win but I also want to be entertained.

[MN5]

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:

@KiwiMurph I am not sure why the played the ODI in Wellington at the Basin, but I am glad they did. Much better atmosphere when the ground is packed.

Shit yeah. Sri Lanka are not the kind of drawcard who would get the cake tin even half full. Basin is a much better option

[No Quarter]

Oh man I hope that injury isn't serious, he is batting so well

[Cyclops]

Sri Lanka's had plenty of nice starts, their issue has been collapsing after the first wicket. Big test now.

Gutted for Nissanka, love watching a batter with a clean bat do well. Hopefully he makes it back out.

[bayimports]

Black craps turning up, school boy catching effort

[Cyclops]

Henry gets one back and back to 0 catches for the match now. Sri Lanka wobbling big time now.

[MN5]

Henry with 150 ODI wickets. Excellent record.

SL 290/8 from their 50 overs.

Hopefully Eden Parks ridiculously short boundaries come into play when we bat

[Godder]

They were a bit average in the middle but Sri Lanka had a good start and finish, so 290 is a reasonable effort overall. Bit of scoreboard pressure on NZ - should be an interesting chase.

[KiwiMurph]

Both openers had no idea

[MN5]

Lucky we bat deep, cos today we might need to

[MN5]

Bloody excellent catch and Mitchell is on his way.

20/3.

[MN5]

Latham in.

I’ve always found it an interesting quirk that Astle, Ryder and Guptil opened in short forms and batted middle order in tests whereas Latham does the opposite.

Without stating the obvious but doing exactly that someone needs a big score here.

[MN5]

@MN5 said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:

Latham in.

I’ve always found it an interesting quirk that Astle, Ryder and Guptil opened in short forms and batted middle order in tests whereas Latham does the opposite.

Without stating the obvious but doing exactly that someone needs a big score here.

…..and it wasn’t Latham.

Another brilliant catch and he’s gone for a duck.

[KiwiMurph]

Fair to say Hay would have got a better return than Latham's 1 run across 2 ODIs.....

[ACT Crusader]

And out.

We are being taught a lesson here on the consequences of not using your feet.