1st Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

[YorksLanka]

What a catch, superb from dimuth...

 

[Moss]

Just his 13th 50 from his last 17 innings. WAFG.

Looked off colour for the first half of this innings, but looks to be pacing things superbly here. Last I remember a NZ batsman master the one-day game in this manner was probably Roger Twose in that 2000-01 season.

EDIT: Bloody hell that was a good catch. Shame for Kane as he was looking ominous.

 

[_Ed_]

That was a special catch. Fantastic.

 

[Howsie]

Eh. It's uncanny the amount of times Williamson gets out an over or two before the PP.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Hell of a catch that. Do we bring in Anderson here?

Nah. 15 overs is too long.

 

[illmatic]

each player has to make quickfire 30-40 now.. like that sa warm up game.. sad taylor is gone i think..

 

[Moss]

Wow. Jeevan Mendis, who'd have thought? 3 out 4 to him if you include the catch.

 

[_Ed_]

Red light here, surely.

 

[grecian]

33.3
Mendis to Williamson, OUT, and this is what Cricket World Cups are all about. Another promising batsman has to depart the Hagley as Lakmal has reignited this SL team with a fantastic running catch at cow corner after Williamson had lifted the bowler over that region. Puts in a dive to his right to complete the whole emsemble. Looked like one of the only ways to remove Kane, who has been in sparkling form of late

Good ol Lakmal.

Plot-twist.

 

[Howsie]

That's out. Lazy ****ing shot too.

 

[Athlai]

I think the only concern is that he may have hit with the left hand which wasn't touching.

I think top hand still hit the other bail fast enough though.

 

[Antihippy]

Didn't the non-ball hand dislodge the bails first?

 

[viriya]

That's out.

 

[halba]

That's out.

nz struggling to finish it.

 

[YorksLanka]

Come on boys!!, great recovery from Sanga there after not taking the ball cleanly..hopefully we can apply pressure to the two new batsmen now...

 

[Alex0paul]

Great Strike Rate of 50

 

[halba]

Come on boys!!, great recovery from Sanga there after not taking the ball cleanly..hopefully we can apply pressure to the two new batsmen now...

this is chaseable pitch wise. not much in the pitch for the bowlers.

 

[viriya]

NZ shouldn't mind this, Anderson and Ronchi have time to go ape**** now.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah reckon Taylor hit that too ftr.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

this is chaseable pitch wise. not much in the pitch for the bowlers.

Lakmal was nipping it about nicely early on.