New Zealand A Tour of India and Sri Lanka

[Bahnz]

Any word yet on what's keeping Anderson out of the play?

 

[RxGM]

I'd actually go the other way and suggest if Vettori is a crock and Bucko doesn't come through, go with four quicks for 18 months unless we're in the west playing against a western side on a turning pitch. None of the subcontinental sides are scared of our spinners, they're far more concerned about the array of swing, seam and bounce bowlers we can throw at them.

Southee, Boult, Bracewell, Wagner (or Gillespie/Milne if you like in there somewhere) is better than Southee, Boult, Hope, Prayer in any conditions you care to name. If we even had a Monty or a Lyon I would back them, but we don't. We don't even have a Robin Peterson. Our non-Vettori spinners are closer to Xavier Doherty than Saeed Ajmal or Graeme Swann.

Disagree completly
Four seamers in Headingly was a disaster, we would have been better off playing Nathan McCullum, 4 seamers only works if you can bowl them out for under 250 ie green top/dodgy wicket, usually you get to your 60 over mark your bowlers are buggered, the ball isnt doing anything and
the middle and lower order cash in and take the game away from you like Root/Bairstow did

Similarly after lunch at Kingston we were toothless

 

[hendrix]

Flem is still in the "Wagner bowls 150KPH swinging thunderbolts, get his citizenship fast-tracked" stage of love with our as-yet unseen but obviously ludicrously talented domestic pace bowlers.

 

[Prince EWS]

Wicket for Toddy

 

[Kippax]

Shame Sodhi's gazing into the Heavens well ahead of schedule today, on a pitch said to be offering good purchase.

 

[Maximas]

Really unsure of what to think of Kusal Perera - looked absolutely pooh in the CT and against SA but has looked excellent at times and produced the goods, don't like the sound of him opening the batting with Karuneratne in tests though.

 

[Prince EWS]

Really unsure of what to think of Kusal Perera - looked absolutely pooh in the CT and against SA but has looked excellent at times and produced the goods

Promising young batsman in being inconsistent shocker.

 

[Mike5181]

Don't tell me Milne's injured as well?

 

[hendrix]

plodding along at a 6.34 run rate

 

[Kippax]

Corey's injury wasn't mentioned in the report. May just be sick.

 

[Immenso]

Astle must be bowling too well, been taken off

 

[hendrix]

Milne's still bowling. No injury as of yet.

 

[Maximas]

Not sure why SL are still batting, would make for a tense chase if they declared now

 

[Migara]

Chops enjoying the low bounce and lack of pace atm. It's a pity that so much of this match has been lost to bad weather, as NZA would be in a great position to push for a win otherwise.

Pallekele is quite brisk wicket. Arguably quickest in Asia.

 

[Kippax]

Pallekele is quite brisk wicket. Arguably quickest in Asia.

Bradburn told the truth?!

What about this attack, are they capable of lively pace?

 

[Bahnz]

Pallekele is quite brisk wicket. Arguably quickest in Asia.

 

[Kippax]

Chops terrorises Root - YouTube

No overs from Devcich though, because you'll never make the NZ side.

 

[Kippax]

"Corey's injury is going to cost you, eh?"

"It's disappointing for Corey to miss this game. He's certainly gutted and we're all gutted for him" - Latham.

 

[Immenso]

What is Corey's injury?

 

[Kippax]

Nope - the cards stayed very close to the chest on pretty much everything.