*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

[Silver Silva]

In hindsight, picking two specialist spinners + ravindra and phillips was probably overkill. Henry would have been nice to have and he's gonna give you what santner does with the bat more often than not.

Yes you still have to play to your strengths which in NZ's case is seam bowling ..

Also you want your spinner to work hard , to bowl a lot of overs under the belt ..

That's the way to have success at Galle , you have to just keep plugging away even when it's tough ..

Prabath Jayasuriya bowled 40 overs in the first innings ..It was ugly at times but with more time he found the right length to bowl and was much better on day 2 .

 

[thierry henry]

Can't think of anyone more suited to a pleasant atmosphere than you.

I do enjoy pleasant things, like the pleasant evening I was having until I read this MEAN and NASTY comment

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

That's probably it for Ajaz's international career unless he rips through them somehow.

 

[Moss]

Yes you still have to play to your strengths which in NZ's case is seam bowling ..

Also you want your spinner to work hard , to bowl a lot of overs under the belt ..

That's the way to have success at Galle , you have to just keep plugging away even when it's tough ..

Prabath Jayasuriya bowled 40 overs in the first innings ..It was ugly at times but with more time he found the right length to bowl and was much better on day 2 .

Yeah agreed. Having too many spin options can work against you, they similarly need to use Ajaz in long spells and get him properly into the groove.

 

[Silver Silva]

Yeah agreed. Having too many spin options can work against you, they similarly need to use Ajaz in long spells and get him properly into the groove.

Yeah like right now if I was Santner or Patel I'd be asking why Ravindra is bowling after tea

 

[_Ed_]

That's probably it for Ajaz's international career unless he rips through them somehow.

It has begun.

 

[_Ed_]

One actually does bring two.

 

[anonymouskefe]

didnt look like its spinning enough

 

[thierry henry]

Another shocking review from this idiot

 

[_Ed_]

Can we please confiscate Southee's DRS privileges?

 

[_Ed_]

O'Rourke again!

 

[anonymouskefe]

does O'Rourke smile?

 

[Silver Silva]

Wow NZ are in the driving seat now ..

8 in the match for O'Rourke

 

[anonymouskefe]

school boy level fielding

 

[Fuller Pilch]

In hindsight, picking two specialist spinners + ravindra and phillips was probably overkill. Henry would have been nice to have and he's gonna give you what santner does with the bat more often than not.

Henry has averaged 26 with the bat since the beginning of 2022 (3 50s)

 

[Nintendo]

Henry has averaged 26 with the bat since the beginning of 2022 (3 50s)

Doesn't that prove what I just said?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Wow NZ are in the driving seat now ..

8 in the match for O'Rourke

SL probably already has enough.

Even though there'll be no play tomorrow the pitch will also worsen if it is 30 degrees

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Doesn't that prove what I just said?

Yeah, I was agreeing with you

 

[GirthQuake]

Could NZ do what SL did to them at this venue in 2019?

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021-1195334/sri-lanka-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-1192873/full-scorecard

 

[thierry henry]

ok Gough’s decisions have been EXTREMELY one-sided all test