1st Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

[Maximas]

Really wanted to bat first

 

[halba]

Lakmal was nipping it about nicely early on.

yep he was, so lets see if nz seamers exploit
hope sl make a game out of it.

 

[YorksLanka]

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

Nah , you're bowlers will make it sing whereas ours can't...won't be easy and I think anything over 265-70 and we won't make it..
The thing about jeevan is he is a T20 specialist so he is very good at exerting pressure with his bowling, which then picks him up some wickets..

 

[grecian]

Why are they saying it should have been a catch, he never had it in control, if it's an edge perhaps it should have been a run-out.

 

[_Ed_]

300 looking a little way away now. That old pessimism sneaking back in.

 

[Moss]

Clutch phase of play for Lanka here with the powerplay coming up.

 

[vandem]

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

Certainly touched the wickets first, by 1 or 2 frames. IMHO this means that Sanga then had to pull a stump out.

Unless 3rd umpire thought the bottom hand (non ball hand) touched the wickets but did not dislodge the bail, and the top (ball) hand which touched the wickets one frame later did the dislodging ... which breaks the rules of physics ... Newtonian stuff.

So umpiring mistake.

Sl could then have appealed for caught behind, but hard to see from snicko if sound was bat / ball or bat / ground.

So SL lucky.

 

[Maximas]

Lakmal was nipping it about nicely early on.

Yeah there's a bit in this pitch for good bowlers, hoping rain contrives the chase tbh

 

[Moss]

Interesting that Taylor's share of that partnership of 57 was just 14. Showed how Kane was controlling things even while looking some way off his best.

 

[Zinzan]

Lol not a maiden over..

 

[Howsie]

Lakmal was nipping it about nicely early on.

Yep. As long as we make 270 we should be fine.

 

[Cabinet96]

It's a shame New Zealand won the game after 5 overs otherwise it would be getting interesting.

 

[_Ed_]

Why have the graphics developed such a pinkish tinge? Is that to illustrate the fact that it's a powerplay?

 

[Athlai]

Why have the graphics developed such a pinkish tinge? Is that to illustrate the fact that it's a powerplay?

Correct. Weird right?

We're pretty much the 1% of cricket knowledge and even we don't know what the **** is going on with this display.

 

[halba]

sl should drop malinga and kula
send malinga home as injured
bring in maharoof
bring in Senanayake

 

[Cabinet96]

Why have the graphics developed such a pinkish tinge? Is that to illustrate the fact that it's a powerplay?

Yeah.

 

[Athlai]

Corey is such a barbarian.

 

[morgieb]

That would've been some catch if he pulled it off.

 

[Adgey]

LOL, nice hollywooding there

 

[Athlai]

Nice of the top order to let Elliott feel a bit more comfortable by giving him a more traditional Firebirds scenario.