3rd Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

[thundaboult]

Guptill has been scratchy since the start of the warm-ups. Hopefully he finds his touch soon

 

[thierry henry]

2 key points

1: When I met Sangakkara in the pub in Hamilton he definitely didn’t have this melodramatic posh accent/way of speaking

2: The Santner catch was ****ing out

 

[The Hutt Rec]

2 key points

1: When I met Sangakkara in the pub in Hamilton he definitely didn’t have this melodramatic posh accent/way of speaking

2: The Santner catch was ****ing out

I was thinking I heard him interviewed on the cricket show a few seasons ago and he didn't sound like this ...

 

[thierry henry]

Also- I hate everything that Munro represents as a cricketer, but I would ****ing love it if he smashed his way through this World Cup

 

[Moss]

At the risk of a jinx, Munro has looked pretty restrained and still striking it at over a 100.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

In this World Cup so far, 250 is like the new 350

 

[vcs]

SL's attack looks really ordinary on paper.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Pretty sure Mitchell just said Guptill scored a 17 ball 50 vs England at the last world cup, whereas it was actually McCullum, who is sitting right next to her lol.

 

[Moss]

Guptill barely middling anything since the first over. Hope he finds his mojo by the time the bigger games come around.

 

[thundaboult]

Now that's more convincing. 50

 

[BeeGee]

Well done to both openers.

 

[Prince EWS]

SL's attack looks really ordinary on paper.

Looks really ordinary in practice too.

 

[BeeGee]

Guptill emulating Cairns in 1999 and putting one in the Taft.

 

[thierry henry]

Random thought- in a squad of 15, NZ’s youngest player is Sodhi, who is pushing 27?

That’s extraordinary, especially given the accusations of indecisive selection. Aside from Taylor we have an entire squad aged 26-32: the height of solidity on paper

 

[Prince EWS]

Random thought- in a squad of 15, NZ’s youngest player is Sodhi, who is pushing 27?

That’s extraordinary, especially given the accusations of indecisive selection. Aside from Taylor we have an entire squad aged 26-32: the height of solidity on paper

If anything they actually seemed overly decisive until the very last minute, when they tried a couple of things that actually worked moderately well and then went back to what they'd decided ages ago.

 

[vcs]

Complete demolition. Well done New Zealand.

 

[thierry henry]

If anything they actually seemed overly decisive until the very last minute, when they tried a couple of things that actually worked moderately well and then went back to what they'd decided ages ago.

Oh I’m definitely not saying the selection policy was ACTUALLY good, just that on paper the squad is a perfect theoretical reflection of players ‘in their prime’ in terms of age. Might also be the perfect example of why that’s not a good way to pick a squad.

....must say it also had me scrambling to work out where all our decent 20-25 year old cricketers were

 

[Athlai]

Thank you Sri Lanka for batting Guppy into form

 

[BeeGee]

Good start for NZ. As emphatic as this win is, the best part is it wasn't perfect. Plenty of room for improvement.

 

[Starfighter]

That's a paddlin'