*Official* Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2022/23

[ashley bach]

Wasn't too sure if Kane had made his ground, but watching the slow mo replay, when he was about a foot away you could see that he was going
to make it was a ****ing epic feeling.

 

[Zinzan]

Wasn't too sure if Kane had made his ground, but watching the slow mo replay, when he was about a foot away you could see that he was going
to make it was a ****ing epic feeling.

Yup, I gave it no chance live and was delighted to see that last frame or two.

 

[Darwin Award]

Haha insane to have two of the most epic finishes in cricket history in consecutive tests

The Kiwi's in the 2 consecutive tests have played the 'Hare & Tortoise' race in both of them with the Kiwi's coming out on top in both extremes of the game..... 1 run victory + last ball of a test victory... Both test matches early on it looked like the other team had the upper hand until New Zealand turned it around.

Also in the last 2 weeks 3 of the 'Big 4' have scored test centuries & I very much like the symmetry with the outlook now.

Centuries:

1.Smith- 30
2.Root- 29
3.Kohli- 28
4.Williamson- 27

... Tightly packed bunch.A good Ashes series may decide who well & truely skips clear & maybe,just maybe it might be the year of Kohli- Part 2.

 

[Zinzan]

The Kiwi's in the 2 consecutive tests have played the 'Hare & Tortoise' race in both of them with the Kiwi's coming out on top in both extremes of the game..... 1 run victory + last ball of a test victory... Both test matches early on it looked like the other team had the upper hand until New Zealand turned it around.

Also in the last 2 weeks 3 of the 'Big 4' have scored test centuries & I very much like the symmetry with the outlook now.

Centuries:

1.Smith- 30
2.Root- 29
3.Kohli- 28
4.Williamson- 27

... Tightly packed bunch.A good Ashes series may decide who well & truely skips clear & maybe,just maybe it might be the year of Kohli- Part 2.

Last 10 years (3000 test runs)

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Aww man, I didn't even realise this series had started.

 

[Brook's side]

Wow! Final ball!! I followed a little during the night up to just before Mitchell was out and thought NZ were cruising. Congrats. Great knock from KW by the looks of it. No way NZ wins that game though if they hadn't beaten us.

 

[NZTailender]

What the **** just happened

Amazing win again. Gonna be a let down when we don't win/lose by 1 wicket/run next test

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What the **** just happened

Amazing win again. Gonna be a let down when we don't win/lose by 1 wicket/run next test

I demand a tied test

 

[Flem274*]

I demand a tied test

ideally between two teams i despise.

 

[Ashes81]

Wow - what a end to a test match - that's right up there with the all time great finishes.

Tough loss for SL - the dropped Dickwella catch was so costly but fair play to Williamson and Mitchell - great partnership.

 

[thierry henry]

I had a fancy dinner booked for the missus’s birthday at 7pm which was supposed to be an hour after the cricket finished so obviously a non-issue ? Didn’t watch it live as a result, but was drinking champagne at least

Funny thing is that isn’t even the reason I was raising the question about cut-off times, that was pure TH pedantry my friends

 

[thierry henry]

Btw can anyone confirm that this is the first ever test won off the official last scheduled ball of the test (yes I know, every test is won off the last ball, good one)…I’d imagine surely it is, but also hard to establish due to the general shambles around the very rules I’ve been posting about and the record keeping around such things

 

[Fuller Pilch]

No way NZ wins that game though if they hadn't beaten us.

On the proviso that Wagner therefore hadn't taken important day 5 wickets, we probably would've won by more as mightn't have picked:
Nicholls
Bracewell
Wagner who bowled poorly in the 1st innings and got injured so couldn't bowl in the 2nd.

 

[Athlai]

What the ****

 

[Flem274*]

A comment I meant to make during the first innings - it's odd Daryl Mitchell is a bit of a meh ODI batsman given how strongly he strikes me as an ODI batsman when playing test cricket.

He walks at the bowler to get in their head and negate the swing constantly, and he's the most proactive batsman in the side at looking to score off every ball and find the singles. He operates like a class ODI #5 in test cricket, yet he's disappointed in ODIs to date.

If he played "properly" he would be far worse imo. He looks like a massive candidate for poking tamely at the ball while creasebound. He advances or moves around so much though that it's hard to trap him there for an extended period.

Even today he just bombed his first ball to seize the initiative and make the bowler think about their own game. He's ****ing smart, so I hope his golden run continues.

 

[andruid]

Imagine Sri Lanka making the WTC final...

 

[slippy888]

New Zealand fans where saying Kane was finished lol

 

[Brook's side]

@Flem274* It was the middle of the night and I had no track on the time/overs remaining and hadn't realised this was a factor (don't think I'd even realised it was day 5). Looking forward to viewing some decent highlights on yotube hopefully at some point.

 

[Darwin Award]

Btw can anyone confirm that this is the first ever test won off the official last scheduled ball of the test (yes I know, every test is won off the last ball, good one)…I’d imagine surely it is, but also hard to establish due to the general shambles around the very rules I’ve been posting about and the record keeping around such things

New Zealand cricket taking it to the extremes.

*Loses the ODI Cricket World Cup on the very last ball (* in super over)
*Wins a test match against England by the smallest possible margin- 1 run
* Wins a test match against Sri Lanka at the latest possible moment whilst batting- last ball of the match.

All within the last few years or so.

 

[the big bambino]

Disappointing finish for thierry and all lovers of real cricket.