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

[jonbrooks]

NZ will win this. N McCullum and Vettori to spin us to victory. You heard it here first.

 

[jonbrooks]

Henry and MIlne own zone today I reckon.

Nah, the slow bowlers will own.

 

[Zinzan]

NZ will win this. N McCullum and Vettori to spin us to victory. You heard it here first.

I think they'll bowl well, but will be a case of too little too late I'm afraid.

 

[jonbrooks]

Amazing how much batting has changed. Number 11s coming out and whacking consecutive 6s in the last over.

 

[Athlai]

Excellent stuff from the back up tail. Aside from mccullum the rest should hang their heads in shame. Awful

 

[Jezroy]

Wow, Henry looks a totally decent bat. Would like to see him given a go in tests.

Wow, Trent Boult looks a totally decent bat. Let's open with him.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Wow, Trent Boult looks a totally decent bat. Let's open with him.

Haha. I already knew he was good.

 

[Jezroy]

Haha. I already knew he was good.

Boult >Guptill

 

[Zinzan]

NZ will win this. N McCullum and Vettori to spin us to victory. You heard it here first.

Btw jonbrooks, I still think it's a par 270-280 wicket in spite of the fact it is a bit sluggish. We just got to 250 after gifting about 5 wickets.

 

[viriya]

So the Dimuth experiment continues... these ****ing selectors.

 

[Maximas]

So the Dimuth experiment continues... these ****ing selectors.

It's only been on for one match so far - what's wrong with trying it again in a 7 match series?

 

[jcas0167]

Basically this.

He hasn't done it for a while, but earlier on Taylor was very much the type of guy who could "do a B-Mac" and get you 60 off 30 or whatever. For quite a while if I'd had to pick someone from the BCs who could throw caution to the wind and was likely to actually get it in the middle, it absolutely would've been Taylor.

I remember when they had that super over bat off in a T20 against the Windies in 2009 they chose Taylor and Oram.

In terms of not getting things in the middle as well as they used to, that is how I used to feel watching Craig McMillan. He of course had issues with diabetes and wearing glasses/contacts. Although he did bounce back and have an excellent final season in 2006/2007 aged 30, the same age as Taylor now.

 

[Maximas]

Sounds like a weird innings, Herath 2-36 off 10 WAG, another early wicket to Kula as well, amazed Lakmal or Prasad still aren't getting a game though, with Dilshan 2 frontline spinners and Jeevan Mendis is excessive, even if the pitch is slow, we need to use these games a little better to ensure our seamers have some confidence and game-time under their belts

 

[Bahnz]

Milne, Boult and Henry... Is this New Zealand's fastest ever bowling attack?

 

[Zinzan]

248. We can defend that.

You should put a few dollars down if you really believe that. NZ paying $2.88 to SLs $1.51 on betfair mid-innings.

 

[Athlai]

Milne, Boult and Henry... Is this New Zealand's fastest ever bowling attack?

Were bond fast butler and martin ever a thing?

 

[jcas0167]

Milne, Boult and Henry... Is this New Zealand's fastest ever bowling attack?

Bond, Butler, Tuffey?

 

[thierry henry]

No you're not. You're talking crap. 100 from 110 not worth it? Give me a break!

Jon, if you can't conjure up a situation in your mind where 100 off 110 might not be the right innings, you mustn't be a very imaginative fella.

 

[Bahnz]

Bond and Butler played together in the west indies once. But Butler was never truely fast, just fast in comparison to all his non-Bond contemporaries. The Bond, O'Brien, Martin attack that played in the test we won v Pakistan at Dunedin a few years back is probably the best competition I can think of.

 

[Dick Rockett]

You should put a few dollars down if you really believe that. NZ paying $2.88 to SLs $1.51 on betfair mid-innings.

I think we have an excellent chance with this attack.

Betting on sports is a fool's errand.