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

[CM Punk]

If it doesn't rain,this could really backfire.

It was a tough decision considering the wicket and out the bowlers.

The batsmen didn't help McCullum by going at a pretty ordinary rate.

 

[Cabinet96]

Apparently scoring at over 4 an over each innings is pedestrian these days.

 

[CM Punk]

Apparently scoring at over 4 an over each innings is pedestrian these days.

Well when you're looking for a declaration with wickets in hand, you need to be throwing caution to the wind for the last 100 or so runs so you give your bowlers enough time to bowl the opposition out.

We would have been better off 300 all out than 267/3.

 

[Jono]

Don't get the problem with the declaration. Clouds looks brutal.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Williamson and Taylor were both dismissed forcing the pace. Sri Lanka were bowling well with good fields. Herath was getting drift and a little bit of turn and reverse was on offer.

Edit: what we needed was another two overs of McCullum.

 

[Zinzan]

Nah he wasn't. He was another talent who could hit boundaries and played at five because he wasn't good enough for the top order. The kind of player who is in and out of the team before reestablishing himself as a 32 year old journeyman, who plants his front foot down half a metre forward and when isn't pummelling medium paces and b rate spinners, pulls length balls into the stumps.

Honestly not sure where you got this impression from. I vividly remember hearing about his simple effortless tight defensive technique from guys who'd seen him as many as 5 years ago, all evidence that he'd be ideal as a top 3 long-form bat.

 

[SteveNZ]

Yeah, not sure about the declaration when 40 minutes of Baz/Latham/Southee/Bracewell could've netted us 60-70 runs and made it untouchable. More likely to need more runs than 40 more minutes

 

[Flem274*]

it's visibly darker on the telly since five minutes ago.

 

[Bahnz]

Right, so exactly what I thought about an umpire not using common sense. Why is hotspot not available (edit - that stupid down the track issue) and why wasn't ball tracker available the other day? 4 Tests just went on in India where the best side won and I'm not reading any articles about technology. Maybe they had it right all along.

Plenty of horrendous umpiring decisions in that series that DRS could've rectified. Don't let occasional ****-ups like Adelaide affect your opinion of a system that has definitely improved the standards of decision-making overall.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

What. 80/20 at best.

Exactly. I'll take that when it's paying $30 any day. It's already in to $17 and we've only had one over.

 

[CM Punk]

Yeah, not sure about the declaration when 40 minutes of Baz/Latham/Southee/Bracewell could've netted us 60-70 runs and made it untouchable. More likely to need more runs than 40 more minutes

Nah, this was the best time to declare.

If we batted 40 mins more, the chances of winning would have decreased significantly.

The SL batsmen would have had a tough 20 minutes before lunch to survive, and would then need to start again after lunch.

 

[Flem274*]

how fast does it drain there?

 

[Bahnz]

Nah he wasn't. He was another talent who could hit boundaries and played at five because he wasn't good enough for the top order. The kind of player who is in and out of the team before reestablishing himself as a 32 year old journeyman, who plants his front foot down half a metre forward and when isn't pummelling medium paces and b rate spinners, pulls length balls into the stumps.

Yeah, not sure where you're getting this from. Remember Latham in the U19 World Cup being rated as a serious player by pretty much everyone who saw him. NZ cricket don't hand out caps to 19 year olds that aren't seriously favoured to have the goods. He was very much always seen as one of "the chosen ones". Not on the same level of Kane, but certainly one of the top 2 or 3 players from an unusually gifted generation.

 

[Bahnz]

how fast does it drain there?

Historically the drainage was dreadful. Light shower would stop player for a couple of hours. I think some work has been done on it though, so it might be alright now.

 

[hendrix]

Camera angles clearly showed a definite underage.

itsl

 

[Jono]

What. 80/20 at best.

you just proved his point

 

[Jono]

wtf kind of shot is that Mendis, haha

 

[weldone]

Bat turns in the hands of both these openers...weak wrists imo

Karunaratne has a good method though...He's clear in his head about which balls to leave

 

[Athlai]

This is a slightly more amusing sightscreen issue than normal. ****ing rolling blind curtains, they're the worst.

 

[Flem274*]

i reckon this is a wagner and santner deck