*Official* New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 2019

[CricAddict]

I said once today, but it deserves repeating. Ben Stokes: the 2nd best kiwi allrounder in the world.

Sorry to ruin the joke but he might well be first. Isn't Lord Colin Zimbabwean?

 

[Flem274*]

Can only scorecard follow at work but just a reminder lord colin is the best 5th bowler going around by a distance.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sorry to ruin the joke but he might well be first. Isn't Lord Colin Zimbabwean?

Yeah Rachin Ravindra is no 1.

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah Rachin Ravindra is no 1.

I actually expected a response with Jimmy Neesham for my post. Dunno much about Rachin Ravindra.

 

[CricAddict]

Shaping up to a very interesting match now. Hope rain doesn't spoil it.

 

[straw man]

This is looking.... good. Bowling and fielding right on top, while SL look a mess.

They do still have Karunaratne of course.

 

[NZTailender]

This is looking.... good. Bowling and fielding right on top, while SL look a mess.

They do still have Karunaratne of course.

Calling it now: Karunaratne is human after all, and will get a duck

 

[vcs]

Unfortunate to see that they're capitulating rather meekly. 6 more wickets in 71 overs should be a doddle at this rate.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Somers Somerville!!!

What a peach!

 

[Jezroy]

I'm touching wood when I say this - Assuming we pull this off, what a result for this team!

They are all over them at the moment. Loving this so much.

 

[Athlai]

Dominant performance in a severely rain affected match. Shame it isn’t a three match series really

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Get him forward as much as possible.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Dominant performance in a severely rain affected match. Shame it isn’t a three match series really

We've got the test match championship for context now, a three match series would be more context than anyone could handle.

 

[Grasshopper]

Not a bad session, that.

 

[Moss]

Not watching as of now but sounds like Somerville would've really enjoyed that dismissal.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Not watching as of now but sounds like Somerville would've really enjoyed that dismissal.

Could hear the rest of the team cheering it when they showed the replay on the big screen lol

 

[IKWT]

It was a ball of beauty.

TAB is paying $1.35 for NZ win. Tells me there's still a good chance of rain still?

 

[Moss]

Ok that worked pretty well.

Now for the hard part.

Now for the really hard part, getting through Sri Lanka's lower batting half, which includes an immovable object in the form of Karunaratne.

Somerville key here against the lefties, needs to keep targeting the footmarks and stay patient.

 

[Flem274*]

karunaratne is becoming a ridiculous player. captaincy suits him.

 

[straw man]

Calling it now: Karunaratne is human after all, and will get a duck

Heh, posters in this thread (including myself) have made a habit of the anti jinx this series.

There was always going to be a partnership in this chase - who can break it? Colin De Wobblehome imo.