*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand 2018/19

[Gomez656]

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2018-19



15 - 19 Dec,1st Test
Basin Reserve, Wellington

26 - 30 Dec,2nd Test
Hagley Oval, Christchurch



03 Jan,1st ODI
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

05 Jan,2nd ODI
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

08 Jan,3rd ODI
Saxton Oval, Nelson


11 Jan,Only T20I
Eden Park, Auckland

 

[Flem274*]

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lol @ the tour match nz xi we've rolled out. not sri lanka levels of trolling but we've thrown some of their own medicine back at them with only 1 fc regular in the team

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

SL needs some love; desperately.

 

[Flem274*]

they're also 210/9 against the nz xi on a deck which isn't green which doesn't bode well

 

[Zinzan]

FFS I thought it was 3 test matches.

 

[Athlai]

FFS I thought it was 3 test matches.

If this goes as poorly for SL as I currently think it will, 2 is fine.

 

[Zinzan]

If this goes as poorly for SL as I currently think it will, 2 is fine.

I guess they're the entree to the main, Bangladesh.

 

[Borges]

lol @ the tour match nz xi we've rolled out. not sri lanka levels of trolling but we've thrown some of their own medicine back at them with only 1 fc regular in the team

I suppose they would have fielded a stronger side if an A team series was not currently under way.

 

[NZTailender]

I suppose they would have fielded a stronger side if an A team series was not currently under way.

IDK, in the past NZ XI tour games often have featured been a who's who of who?

That, or they feature half the test side.

 

[Athlai]

I guess they're the entree to the main, Bangladesh.

Bangers have the better batting lineup and probably have an on par attack in our conditions.

 

[Zinzan]

Bangers have the better batting lineup and probably have an on par attack in our conditions.

Agree, I wasn't be sarcastic, Bangers are a better test side than SL at the moment.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This could be an ugly series for SL.This is the worst they've been in a long time and NZ look pretty awesome. Hopefully Mendis and Dhananjay do something.

 

[Athlai]

This could be an ugly series for SL.This is the worst they've been in a long time and NZ look pretty awesome. Hopefully Mendis and Dhananjay do something.

Pretty sure DoG will be confirming this our best team ever soon

 

[randycricfreak]

This could be an ugly series for SL.This is the worst they've been in a long time and NZ look pretty awesome. Hopefully Mendis and Dhananjay do something.

It's not just this. 2 more tours coming in quick succession.

2 Tests vs Australi

and a full tour to SA.

 

[Flem274*]

time to get the thread rolling with **** flem says

hay should come in for latham, and i hope rachin scores a million runs for welly to further demote latham until he learns to convert

latham is no better than guppy at test level once you remove all the downhill skiing - Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo

 

[Flem274*]

im torn on ajaz v somer"**** flem"ville. somerville gets good bounce and short finger spinners like ajaz get flayed even harder than the average finger spinner in nz, but ajaz has a long record of not getting flayed in fc cricket like most of his competitors and left arm spin seems to have some weird quality in world cricket that makes it super effective relative to what it looks like it should be

 

[Borges]

they're also 210/9 against the nz xi on a deck which isn't green which doesn't bode well

The Sri Lankan quick bowlers have done quite well then. Collectively, 20 overs, three wickets for 54.
In contrast to the Indian bowlers in their warm up, I might add.

 

[Kippax]

Good to note Mathews was at least laying on the traditional sounds of McLean Park in early summer....

https://scoring.nzc.nz/livescoring/match2e48b05c-f894-4752-96fc-fc8f63426dc2/scorecard.aspx

 

[Mike5181]

time to get the thread rolling with **** flem says

hay should come in for latham, and i hope rachin scores a million runs for welly to further demote latham until he learns to convert

latham is no better than guppy at test level once you remove all the downhill skiing - Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo

Guptill averages 21 against the same teams, tbf.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

A three legged dog would be more useful than Guptill in Tests tbh