*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012

[Flem274*]

Pirana sucks but you need to bowl tighter than that to tempt him. He's not going to drive at wide outswingers.

 

[hendrix]

Yep; he's got a really good technique against pace and swing. He's not as good a player of spin as the blokes who bat 3 to 5 and he's had some struggles batting with the tail effectively, so of course he bats number six...

so true though.

He's dealing wonderfully with Southee.

 

[hendrix]

why'd southee go round the wicket.

Should've slid that cutter across him after the inswinger

 

[Mike5181]

Pretty important spell coming up for Bracewell. He needs to bowl well and back these two up.

 

[Days of Grace]

if we bowl them out relatively quickly I'd be tempted to bat for a session to give the bowlers a rest then come back at them fresh for the final two or so days

New Zealand would probably only bat for a session in the second dig anyway.


Really think we need to set the New Zealand default third innings score at 150 and work from there.

That means we'd want at least a 150 run lead on the first innings to give ourselves a chance of defending something around 300.

 

[Bahnz]

Jeets on. At least for tonight, I really want to see him bowl a more attacking line. This first over isn't looking promising.

 

[Flem274*]

oooh hello, todd on

 

[Bahnz]

Time for some ommy nommy pies!

 

[straw man]

Tastle on. This could be interesting.

 

[Flem274*]

spread field - so much confidence in him ross

 

[Prince EWS]

Jeets is the key to getting Mathews out early and really putting Sri Lanka in the mire. I really like this bowling change but as Bahnz pointed out, his role here is quite different to the one he's played to a reasonable standard of late so he needs to needs to toss it up outside off. That last ball he bowled in that first over should be his stock ball for this spell.

 

[Flem274*]

better than tahir

 

[Bahnz]

It seems like the umpire's have decided it's too dark for pace, but either way this is a waste of the swinging ball.

 

[Bahnz]

Close.

 

[straw man]

Good fielding to keep the pressure on, if nothing else.

First Tastle over as expected - a few flighted balls on target and a couple of pies (that the batsman missed out on)

 

[wellAlbidarned]

spread field - so much confidence in him ross

Tbf he's probably asked for it. The last thing a debutant spinner wants is to get tonked for 12 from the over while he finds his groove.

 

[Kippax]

Yeah, try hitting those footmarks from round the wicket to Parana. "Would you like jitterbug appealing with that?" Yes, yes I would.
Todd Astle, "Plunket Fire" - YouTube

 

[Bahnz]

Can Astle really hope to be effective bowling 2 full tosses per over?

 

[Flem274*]

last few balls of that over were good

 

[Bahnz]

This is good from Jeets.