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

[straw man]

our coach on sl - "i don't know a lot about these guys yet"

you're the coach man. that's your job. half that team toured here 2 years ago.

Yeah not the best thing to admit. Also 'we're not taking them lightly' is always a cringe thing to say, like there ever was a question of taking an opposition lightly. Meh, bowl first and take wickets please.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah not the best thing to admit. Also 'we're not taking them lightly' is always a cringe thing to say, like there ever was a question of taking an opposition lightly. Meh, bowl first and take wickets please.

Yeah whenever someone says "we're not taking them lightly" you can safely assume it's a lie. It's not like he'd say it if South Africa were touring.

 

[Flem274*]

lol love how cumming says wagners name first when talking about the pace trio

 

[Prince EWS]

lol love how cumming says wagners name first when talking about the pace trio

He should have called it a quartet and said Colin's name first IMO.

 

[Prince EWS]

If Gunathilaka gets to 30, NZ have failed.

 

[straw man]

One over in and where is te promised swing? Just the smallest amount so far, mainly that last ball. Got more in the UAE - it is a different Kookaburra they use over there, right?

 

[Flem274*]

southee is getting it moving, and gets a wicket too

boult's first over looked a little flat. here's hoping he works into it

 

[straw man]

If Gunathilaka gets to 30, NZ have failed.

And there we go. That looked likely when he didn't play straight to a similar ball earlier in the over and instead tried to bash it through mid wicket. Dumb idea against the new ball in NZ, obvs.

 

[Prince EWS]

If Gunathilaka gets to 30, NZ have failed.

Failure averted. Never in doubt. A complete fraud of a player.

 

[Starfighter]

One over in and where is te promised swing? Just the smallest amount so far, mainly that last ball. Got more in the UAE - it is a different Kookaburra they use over there, right?

We might have your consignment of balls this year, or South Africa's, considering how much it's swung so far in Aus this year.

Gunathilaka is a genuinely appalling batsman.

 

[BeeGee]

Southee bowling beautifully. Nice hoop on the ball.

 

[straw man]

Alright I withdraw my earlier complaint about ball not swinging - it's doing just enough. Good bowling Southee.

 

[Flem274*]

that's a beautiful channel

shows you why steve smith goes outside off so much to counter that channel (and when many batsmen feel nervous about it, they cover off stump like kane and watling did in the uae). he'd have blocked that.

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Southee loving this stat padding

 

[straw man]

Quality shot. Sri Lanka living down to expectations rather than challenging them.

 

[BeeGee]

Jesus SL. You can't blame good bowling on that ****** shot.

 

[Flem274*]

not a great shot. can't even say he was surprised by the wide of the crease delivery since it was the second wide of the crease ball angled into the stumps in a row

 

[Starfighter]

Oh my. Is Karunaratne going to carry his bat again?

 

[straw man]

SL's two best batsmen (in these conditions) in at least

 

[randycricfreak]

I for once don't understand why we are shielding Chandimal. We might as well bat him in the top 4, if he's not keeping and allowing Dickwella in.