***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013

[The Battlers Prince]

Cricinfo just reminded me 3 hours since last wicket!

 

[Zinzan]

Out for mine

 

[Flem274*]

out

lame. oh well, time for boult to bowl some ****s

 

[Paul S]

You know you're dross when you can't trouble NZ at home by using your spinners.

Then again, even ZIM thrashed BAN by 300+ runs. That sums up BAN's Test cricket.

 

[Daemon]

Woah. What was the score when there was a supposedly plumb lbw not given for the last wicket?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Boulteh!!!

 

[NZTailender]

Boult early contender for MOTM

 

[straw man]

Yeah! Boulteheheheh

 

[straw man]

Nice catch by Williamson too.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Nah Gillespie isn't in top form so he doesn't play. He's the sort of bowler who is either on or off and when he's off he's no where near test standard so playing him here would be suicide.

Well he's barely played lately and did reasonably okay when he did.

This situation is perfectly suited to picking him because you have 6 bowling options, if he has a good spell and takes 2-3 wickets that's a big contribution in these conditions.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well he's barely played lately and did reasonably okay when he did.

This situation is perfectly suited to picking him because you have 6 bowling options, if he has a good spell and takes 2-3 wickets that's a big contribution in these conditions.

The selectors have basically taken a "we'll assess how GIllespie how bowling by watching him and only include him if he's in good rhythm" stance and I think it's an excellent one. He's not really the sort of bowler anymore as such who will produce a fiery spell and then some rubbish in the same match regularly; he's the sort of bowler who will give you pretty much an entire match of fiery bowling or an entire much of crap depending on his fitness and rhythm. They're managing him perfectly IMO.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Bangladesh batsmen battling Boult and Bracewell!

Bugger!

 

[straw man]

Bracewell you dip****

 

[hendrix]

Bracewell FFS

 

[Scaly piscine]

The selectors have basically taken a "we'll assess how GIllespie how bowling by watching him and only include him if he's in good rhythm" stance and I think it's an excellent one. He's not really the sort of bowler anymore as such who will produce a fiery spell and then some rubbish in the same match regularly; he's the sort of bowler who will give you pretty much an entire match of fiery bowling or an entire much of crap depending on his fitness and rhythm. They're managing him perfectly IMO.

You could argue they're managing him well if they ever actually played him. But since they don't you're just guessing.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

promising start. Bangladesh obviously don't know the meaning of getting your eye in

 

[Flem274*]

You could argue they're managing him well if they ever actually played him. But since they don't you're just guessing.

Some of us actually watch the cricket Gillespie plays outside of a few tests against SA two years ago.

They're not playing him because he isn't bowling at his peak, which is the only time he is worth playing. A half cooked Gillespie is not a patch on any other option in the squad.

 

[Flem274*]

Dougeh!

 

[Bahnz]

Phew, no costly overstep this time!

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

I wonder if Mominul has an older brother called Moximul?