*Official* Double Match Day - NZ v Sri Lanka (27th Sept)

[Athlai]

Ryder is gone burger.

 

[Zinzan]

Sanga's blooper gave us 100 runs imo

missed it, what happened?

 

[kingkallis]

Ryder is out of the competition! He has pulled his left abductor muscle. If NZ progress to the semis then they will call up a replacement,otherwise obviously they will not.

 

[Blakey]

New Zealand-making the impossible possible.

Sadly, we include failing in that too. But not today.

The first few pages of this thread are quite funny actualy.

Hoping we don't get on the receiving end of an SL top four special.

Cricinfo is such a bore to read. Most of the innings they were talking about the BC's bottling it and being the masters of the mid-order collapse and who would win between England and the BC's when it came these things.

They are such wankers on that site.

 

[_Ed_]

Ryder is gone burger.

Will we fly out a replacement? Who? Redmond?

 

[James]

Will we fly out a replacement? Who? Redmond?

How about one of the CW bloggers

 

[thierry henry]

missed it, what happened?

We were 160-something for 5 and in the midst of an epic collapse, Vettori would've been run out by a metre but Sanga dropped the ball in whipping the bails off.....Vettori and Guptill ended up putting on 70-odd at a run a ball, and then we piled on 90 in the last 10 overs.

Really think being 160-odd for 6 and losing Vettori at that stage would've killed us.

 

[Athlai]

Will we fly out a replacement? Who? Redmond?

Fulton or Styris IMO.

Guppy, Baz, Taylor, Elliott are all fine. Broom will get a chance at 5 vs. England it looks like.

 

[Flem274*]

Cricinfo is such a bore to read. Most of the innings they were talking about the BC's bottling it and being the masters of the mid-order collapse and who would win between England and the BC's when it came these things.

They are such wankers on that site.

I treat it as mild amusement whenever they trot out the old cliches. Its not worth getting worked up over, I just set up camp on here.

 

[Athlai]

We were 160-something for 5 and in the midst of an epic collapse, Vettori would've been run out by a metre but Sanga dropped the ball in whipping the bails off.....Vettori and Guptill ended up putting on 70-odd at a run a ball, and then we piled on 90 in the last 10 overs.

Really think being 160-odd for 6 and losing Vettori at that stage would've killed us.

Think 100 is a bit overkill.

Almost certainly 70 though.

 

[Blakey]

Not impossible, depends on who bowls really. Getting just over 100 in the last 15 overs is nothing particularly with a batting powerplay. The range of scores is very big from here. NZ could get bundled out for 220 or get 310-6.

Scarily accurate.

 

[Zinzan]

Fulton or Styris IMO.

Guppy, Baz, Taylor, Elliott are all fine. Broom will get a chance at 5 vs. England it looks like.

Wouldn't mind Fulton or Styris truth be told, but get the feeling the selectors want to move-on from Styris

 

[Blakey]

Wouldn't mind Fulton or Styris truth be told, but get the feeling the selectors want to move-on from Styris

Play your best player for the moment. Fulton is a pile of pies.

 

[Prince EWS]

Gotta be Styris IMO. Bring him in and bat him at 3.

 

[Athlai]

Dilshan needs to be out.

 

[Flem274*]

Whose concerned atm?

Let this be a pretty 20 or something...

 

[thierry henry]

I think this is the first time I've actually commented on this, but for a while now I've been concerned with the way Mills "appeals". Basically when he thinks it's out (and he seems to be a terrible judge) he goes charging down the pitch celebrating and doesn't even turn to the umpire. Poor form.

 

[Howsie]

Good to see Supercoach has come up with a gameplan here

 

[Athlai]

I think this is the first time I've actually commented on this, but for a while now I've been concerned with the way Mills "appeals". Basically when he thinks it's out (and he seems to be a terrible judge) he goes charging down the pitch celebrating and doesn't even turn to the umpire. Poor form.

Yeah I definitely think you are on to something.

 

[Blakey]

Time for a little bit of a Hightower.