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

[Zinzan]

block it out now. use all the overs.

Parore would have.

 

[Skyliner]

Play a 20/20 now, give the crowd a bit of value.

 

[Flem274*]

that was funny at times but also disappointing

 

[BeeGee]

A win before the lunch break. Pathetic SL.

 

[Zinzan]

Any chance that Malinga will be fit for the 3rd ODI? And that Jayawardene and Sangakkara will come over from the Big Bash? Please?

Any chance we can bat first, that'd help the viewing.

 

[Zinzan]

Play a 20/20 now, give the crowd a bit of value.

Agree, and mix the sides so we get a game.

 

[Stace]

Warner is overrated in ODI's I'd rather have Guptill head of him.

 

[Athlai]

#rekt

 

[kiwiviktor81]

That was some of the cleanest striking I've ever seen from Guptill.

Had a feeling the team was auditioning for a Black Caps post-Baz in this match. If Latham opens with Guptill, will Guptill take on the role of the hitter? It's very rare that even McCullum plays an innings as good as Guptill did today.

 

[Stace]

Agree, and mix the sides so we get a game.

Have the NZ bowlers bowl to the NZ batsman and the same for the SL bowlers to their batsman.

 

[Zinzan]

Interesting to see Guptill's hit 452 fours (97 sixes) in 117 innings vs. Taylor's 460 (118) in 154 innings.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Interesting to see Guptill's hit 452 fours (97 sixes) in 117 innings vs. Taylor's 460 (118) in 154 innings.

sums up how boundary reliant he is

 

[Bahnz]

So is Guptill our GOAT ODI opener? Surely only Glenn Turner is in the conversation with him at this point.

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah. I was a huge fan of Astle during his career, but Guptill has to have left him behind now.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

So is Guptill our GOAT ODI opener? Surely only Glenn Turner is in the conversation with him at this point.

If playing enough games to have really proven yourself is a factor, Guptill ought to be well ahead of Turner.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

So is Guptill our GOAT ODI opener? Surely only Glenn Turner is in the conversation with him at this point.

I can hear Blocky gritting his teeth.

 

[Zinzan]

So is Guptill our GOAT ODI opener? Surely only Glenn Turner is in the conversation with him at this point.

Yup Guptill & Turner to open, pushing Astle out of the XI IMO, even though lessening the bowling depth somewhat.

Guptill
Turner
KW
Crowe
Taylor
McCullum+
Cairns
Vettori
Hadlee
Bond
Mills/Chatfield

 

[Zinzan]

^ Lacking left-handers that side though...

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Yup Guptill & Turner to open, pushing Astle out of the XI IMO, even though lessening the bowling depth somewhat.

Guptill
Turner
KW
Crowe
Taylor
McCullum+
Cairns
Vettori
Hadlee
Bond
Mills/Chatfield

Which Cairns?

Would probably go Boult over Mills for the sake of really aggressive cricket (TM), assuming Baz is the captain here.

Edit: I reckon that ODI team would stand up well to any other nation's ATG ODI side apart from WI.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Why would Lance Cairns be in an ATG side?