wellAlbidarned
International Coach
ross is neither in nor out of form, he scores runs precisely when he needs to
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***Official*** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015
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CM Punk
State Vice-Captain
Geez.... with the game in the balance, you'd expect our bowlers to fire up... A Chameera like spell could bring us back into this, but here they are sticking to a plan and expecting to roll this SL side for a chaseable total.
We've messed up, we need jaffas (yorkers and bouncers) not line and length bowling and waiting for a mistake.
We've messed up, we need jaffas (yorkers and bouncers) not line and length bowling and waiting for a mistake.
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Of course, bowl more unplayable balls, why weren't we doing that before.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
yes because cricket is played like a highlights package
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah what a terrible idea to stick to a plan of good line and length.
Southee and Bracewell have actually bowled quite well. SL have batted well, conditions are decent for batting now and the handful of out-of-control shots haven't gone to hand, which happens sometimes.
CM Punk
State Vice-Captain
Better searching for the perfect delivery than waiting for a nick to come from bowling on a line and length when there is little out there.
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Then we'll get smacked for a few boundaries and you'll complain about the wayward bowling.
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
NZ posters getting blown the **** out by these hard hitting truths.
Meridio
International Regular
Yeah going searching for miracle balls is generally the first step to bowling ****e. We've bowled pretty well, Boult excepted, but SL have batted well and have had a bit of luck with plays-and-misses rather than edges and a few uncontrolled shots not going to hand.
Plus Southee, Boult, Bracewell are not the type of bowlers you want trying to bang it in.
Plus Southee, Boult, Bracewell are not the type of bowlers you want trying to bang it in.
CM Punk
State Vice-Captain
It doesn't need to be just jaffas, I went over the top asking for jaffas. All I want is more intensity and aggression (A lot of Chameeras wickets weren't jaffas, but he was attacking the batsmen and asking the batsmen questions). Bowling at a line and length in this situation on a flat wicket isn't going to get us nowhere. If we're any chance to win, we need to roll this SL side.
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wellAlbidarned
International Coach
what if I told you the "perfect deliveries" you see in the highlights only worked in the context of a succession of boring line and length deliveries
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
This is basically never true.
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's what we've been saying.
Meridio
International Regular
But Southee, Boult and Bracewell aren't those kind of bowlers. They're guys who look to put the ball on a good line and length and swing it, and they largely did that, though we tended to just drift into the pads a bit too often. But Southee went passed the edge a number of times, on another day he could've picked up a few wickets. There's still a bit of swing around; the best way for our attack to take wickets is always going to be to stick to our strengths.
Wagner though is a different kind of bowler, so I don't mind him trying something different. But we shouldn't just throw out the main plan if it doesn't work instantly.