*Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2022/23

[Flem274*]

Nah the captain showing faith in his bowler after a bad over is good. What is bad is the situation was created by the selectors in the first place.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Opposition bowlers scoring embarrassing centuries from 8 against us has a whole catalogue.
Harbhajan
J Taylor
Saqlain Mushtaq
Junior Murray (though not sure if batted 8)

I'm probably forgetting one or two more.

The McGrath-Gillespie partnership was terrible as well.

 

[kaetor]

100 up for Tickner. I don't actually believe he's an awful selection, but it definitely hasn't worked. He looked a lot more threatening against England where he was up in the mid 140s and beating the bat.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Richardson saying Jamieson is a second innings bowler when he averages 18.1 in the first innings and 21.4 in the second. ?

 

[kaetor]

Umpires trolling England by calling that a wide

 

[Prince EWS]

Nah the captain showing faith in his bowler after a bad over is good. What is bad is the situation was created by the selectors in the first place.

It's not about the first over being bad. I would've pulled him off even if he jagged a wicket maiden out of it. It's just tactical cowardice when they should be able to roll through the rest in a handful of overs.

 

[Prince EWS]

Rigor giving it to Gaffaney about his catching

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I guess they were trying to give Tickner a bit of a chance to get back into his rhythm and some confidence before the second innings, but it did seem after that first over that it wasn’t going to work. And it hasn’t.

 

[Starfighter]

Can they go outside the squad for the 2nd test? If not Kuggleijn is pretty much guaranteed to start.

Of course they can. Just pick a new squad. They won't though.

 

[Prince EWS]

This has been one of the most unconvincing 12 not outs in the history of cricket. Absolute travesty that it's worth more runs than Rob Quiney's 9.

 

[straw man]

Dave: "@Vis On the other hand if Nathan Lyon lived in NZ he would have only played a dozen or so tests because we only pick spinners based on their batting"

Which one of you is Dave?

 

[Prince EWS]

This is torturous from Jayasuriya lol

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Of course they can. Just pick a new squad. They won't though.

If Ferguson felt fine after bowling 29 overs (17 in 1st innings and 12 in the 2nd) in PS, I'd love to see something like this at the Basin:

Latham, Ravindra, Conway, Williamson, Phillips, Mitchell, Blundell, Shipley, Henry, Southee, Ferguson

There will still be zero changes

 

[Fuller Pilch]

9 down

 

[Prince EWS]

If he dropped that I think I would've stopped watching until NZ started batting.

 

[Bahnz]

This is torturous from Jayasuriya lol

I remember an anecdote in Harry Thompson’s terrific book “Penguins Stopped Play” about how when he was in India he had a net against an India U19 spinner, and he kept playing and missing over and over while the kid kept getting more and more frustrated. He eventually concluded that the bowler was simply too good to get him out. Getting similar sorts of vibes watching Jayasuria bat this morning.

Edit: and now he’s gone.

 

[Prince EWS]

I remember an anecdote in Harry Thompson’s terrific book “Penguins Stopped Play” about how when he was in India he had a net against an India U19 spinner, and he kept playing and missing over and over while the kid kept getting more and more frustrated. He eventually concluded that the bowler was simply too good to get him out. Getting similar sorts of vibes watching Jayasuria bat this morning.

Edit: and now he’s gone.

He got to 12 reasonably quickly - the final three runs being off that Henry dropped c&b chance - but after that he faced 24 balls for 1 run and 13 plays-and-misses. Putrid.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Some genius on Cricinfo: why don't we make it so that all batters have to bowl, it will be more entertaining

 

[Prince EWS]

Numbers 8, 9 and 10 have all registered their Test high scores in this innings. Ajitha Fernando needs to reach 6 to make it a full set for one of the worst tails I've ever seen.

 

[Prince EWS]

Numbers 8, 9 and 10 have all registered their Test high scores in this innings. Ajitha Fernando needs to reach 6 to make it a full set for one of the worst tails I've ever seen.

Yessss