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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Big_Gun

Cricket Spectator
Conway
Latham
Williamson
Rachin
Mitchell
Blundell
Philips
Santner
Southee
Henry
Ajaz

Would be my predicted xi for NZ
I'd have O'rourke instead of Henry, we might need his extra pace and bounce. Obviously if Southee wasn't the skipper i'd have Henry and O'rourke,

Actually I forgot about Ajaz,e would be the 4th spinner, think my team is

Conway
Latham
Williamson
Rachin
Mitchell
Blundell
Philips
Southee
Henry
Orourke
Ajaz

I would drop Santner for O'rourke, because we have 3 spinner plus 3 seamers.
We need to be aggressive imo, and hopefully bat first and Williamson cant get a ton
 

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Why nz so obsessed with bracewell
Because he comes from a big cricketing family in NZ so naturally will get a lot of attention from their fans , think Bracewell should draw inspiration from Mitchell Marsh. He got a lot of stick from the Aussies and then managed to silence his critics with clutch performances .
He actually is quite a good white ball player .
 

govinda indian fan

First Class Debutant
Because he comes from a big cricketing family in NZ so naturally will get a lot of attention from their fans , think Bracewell should draw inspiration from Mitchell Marsh. He got a lot of stick from the Aussies and then managed to silence his critics with clutch performances .
He actually is quite a good white ball player .
Yes he is good white ball player but average in test cricket
 

govinda indian fan

First Class Debutant
I'd have O'rourke instead of Henry, we might need his extra pace and bounce. Obviously if Southee wasn't the skipper i'd have Henry and O'rourke,

Actually I forgot about Ajaz,e would be the 4th spinner, think my team is

Conway
Latham
Williamson
Rachin
Mitchell
Blundell
Philips
Southee
Henry
Orourke
Ajaz

I would drop Santner for O'rourke, because we have 3 spinner plus 3 seamers.
We need to be aggressive imo, and hopefully bat first and Williamson cant get a ton
Yes extra pace is always potent wepon in sub continent also lankan pitches sometimes extremely aid swing bowling
 

Thala_0710

State 12th Man
I'd have O'rourke instead of Henry, we might need his extra pace and bounce. Obviously if Southee wasn't the skipper i'd have Henry and O'rourke,

Actually I forgot about Ajaz,e would be the 4th spinner, think my team is

Conway
Latham
Williamson
Rachin
Mitchell
Blundell
Philips
Southee
Henry
Orourke
Ajaz

I would drop Santner for O'rourke, because we have 3 spinner plus 3 seamers.
We need to be aggressive imo, and hopefully bat first and Williamson cant get a ton
I would prefer to go with 2 full time spinning options at Galle and hence would go for santner over O'Rourke/Henry
 

James

Cricket Web Owner
Rain expected? That's a shame.
Yeah, the forecast in Galle across the next 5 days isn't the best, and I see CricInfo are even saying "The weather, however, might be following the visitors over from Greater Noida in India, with rain expected across the first Test. "
 

ataraxia

International Coach
The sides (from cricinfo):

Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Kusal Mendis (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando

New Zealand XI: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (capt), Ajaz Patel, Will O'Rourke

SL sharing around the WK role, whilst NZ drop Henry for O'Rourke. Which is a move.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
I love O' Rourke but still very surprised Henry left out for him, the way he's bowled in recent seasons.

Haven't worked out how to watch this yet.
 

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