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

[Zinzan]

SL 55/45 favs imo even with their poor recent form. Looks like a good wicket with really short boundaries in places, I'd say a par of 290.

 

[Stace]

Ha ha, dream scenario for Southee. Gotta feel for the fielding side there.

Nah they had chances but fielded ****, they were lucky NZ batted poorly, they wont feel happy but they have got a very chaseable score.

 

[weldone]

yeah true they collapse for 80 giving everyone some entertainment - good point.

Ya that's what I meant - it's a largely inexperienced side full of aggressive batsmen. Chandimal, Siriwardena, Dilshan, Mathews are all very aggressive and make for entertaining cricket. They are no SA, Aus or Ind but they are the complete opposite of Pakistan. What do you prefer - watch Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shahzad defend and get reduced to 30/3 after 10 overs, or watch the SL batsmen hit out and sometimes get reduced to 30/3 after 5 overs? I prefer the later - especially given that the likes of Chandimal have it in them to score big when they click (which Pakistan never will).

 

[Zinzan]

Poor start Southee. Was hoping they'd open with Bracewell & Milne today.

 

[Zinzan]

Kind of predictable this & most of us picked it. Wicket will really suit SL.

 

[NZTailender]

Looking like a wicket for the slow bowlers. Wonder if Kane will bowl himself. We might even see Nicholls roll his arm over for the hell of it.

 

[Zinzan]

Bracewell on for Southee please...

 

[Zinzan]

Inexperienced captaincy from KW. No point sitting and watching while momentum is with the opposition.

 

[Zinzan]

As I say that Bracewell is on.

 

[Flem274*]

chill guys, there's a long way to go in this game yet and SL aren't exactly playing low risk cricket.

 

[Jono]

So boring Sri Lanka

 

[NZTailender]

WAGunathilaka

 

[Zinzan]

Looks like Jayasuriya Mark II to me.

 

[straw man]

Exciting hitting here.

 

[vandem]

This is good. NZ seamers need to re-learn death bowling. Was some average stuff on the Eng tour and Southee has been bad today, bowling both sides of the wicket.

 

[Jono]

this has been relentless

 

[jonbrooks]

Bloody excellent batting by SL. They've played well

Black caps need some good hard games leading up to the oz series.

 

[Zinzan]

So since his amazing 7-fer vs. England, Southee's played 11 matches, has 8 wickets @ 74 with an ER of 6.78

 

[jonbrooks]

Inexperienced captaincy from KW. No point sitting and watching while momentum is with the opposition.

SL slower bowlers made a difference. Strange we have not tried to slow the pace down

 

[jonbrooks]

So since his amazing 7-fer vs. England, Southee's played 11 matches, has 8 wickets @ 74 with an ER of 6.78

Wow! I hadn't realised it was that bad. :-(