***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015

[YorksLanka]

Have Kookaburra balls always been this ****?

yeah what is with them being so ****?I cant recall watching a match where balls lose their shape SO quickly?

 

[Blocky]

Who was the person suggesting Sanga couldn't adapt because he just couldn't face left arm seam?

Sanga is the best since Bradman, unquestionably.

 

[Blocky]

yeah what is with them being so ****?I cant recall watching a match where balls lose their shape SO quickly?

It's not that they're ****, it's that the bowlers have gotten better at claiming "Well this ball is ****" when it doesn't work for them - previous generations just bowled with it.

 

[viriya]

11th double anyone?

 

[Spark]

i've said this many times before but fatty herath is deadset my favourite tailender

 

[Zinzan]

Really intelligent batting from Herath, must be said. When you go as hard as that, it's more than likely going to fly over the top.

 

[Blocky]

11th double anyone?

Wouldn't put it past him, I think it comes down to whether or not the tail stays there.

 

[viriya]

Herath face says: "All planned"

 

[kiwiviktor81]

This Sangakkara innings has been the equivalent of McCullum's 195 in the effect it's had on a game.

 

[YorksLanka]

It's not that they're ****, it's that the bowlers have gotten better at claiming "Well this ball is ****" when it doesn't work for them - previous generations just bowled with it.

But shouldn't the umpires then just tell the bowlers to do one?

 

[Niall]

i've said this many times before but fatty herath is deadset my favourite tailender

Fighting words them, so much love for Shami myself.

 

[Spark]

Really intelligent batting from Herath, must be said. When you go as hard as that, it's more than likely going to fly over the top.

i don't think ensuring the ball goes over the slips is the main reason he's swinging hard

 

[Zinzan]

Great session from SL! Brilliant batting.

 

[Blocky]

But shouldn't the umpires then just tell the bowlers to do one?

No, because invariably there are problems with hand made balls - if you try and squeeze any ball through those rings, chances are you'll find an angle it doesn't fit.

 

[Blocky]

Sanga showing Williamson what being #3 means - don't give away your starts.

 

[Dan]

Sanga is the best since Bradman, unquestionably.

Thank you for that, oh omniscient Blocky!

 

[YorksLanka]

SL 1st innings lead Sweep

Zinzan 76
Blocky 100
YorksLanka 54
Beegee 110
Hurricane 90

..right off to bed for me, hopefully Sanga can double up and we can the others to stay with him..Both sessions ours today, hopefully last one too..laters all

 

[YorksLanka]

No, because invariably there are problems with hand made balls - if you try and squeeze any ball through those rings, chances are you'll find an angle it doesn't fit.

ok, dont see this issue that much with the dukes ball here in England tho?who knows...

 

[jonbrooks]

I'm putting the white flag up. We're done for. Nothing short of a BMac 300 will save our bacon.

 

[Cabinet96]

No, because invariably there are problems with hand made balls - if you try and squeeze any ball through those rings, chances are you'll find an angle it doesn't fit.

Aren't Kookaburra ones machine made?