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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Martin and Vettori have actually bowled really well for the entire innings IMO. Athlai's mates letting us down. :p
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Martin and Vettori have actually bowled really well for the entire innings IMO. Athlai's mates letting us down. :p
Yeah meant more that they've bowled well in contrast to the general bowling performance.

Really looking forward to us batting, though with a little trepidation.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Yeah meant more that they've bowled well in contrast to the general bowling performance.
Nah, I actually mean they've bowled well in general. Martin bowled a few poor overs to Dilshan IIRC but aside from that he's been good. Vettori's been good too.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Really nice to see us scythe through SL's long tail - would have been easy to have things really blow out with some lower order slogging etc.
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
I'd like to claim credit for this flurry of wickets. At about 400-5 I put £20 on SL to win the match.
 

Blakey

State Vice-Captain
Bowling - SL > NZ
Top Order - SL > NZ
Middle Order - SL > NZ
Lower Order - SL < NZ

There is some hope - right?
 

Mahindinho

State Vice-Captain
My only gripe with this Sri Lankan team (3rd favorite Test nation) is the tail. A few CWers have been calling it a great tail, I think its pretty dire.

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This is why to me Sri Lanka's batting is never going to be a great lineup. You can score 700+ because you have a wonderful top 5, but you can crumble just as quickly due to a far weaker bottom 6.
Awesome call!

Still, it's a fairly imposing 1st innings total. Now to see if Kulasekera and Thushara can manage any better...
 

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