• Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.

    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!

    If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Sigh. I really didn't want it to be all on Williamson/Taylor/McCullum to give us something defendable, but once again it is.
 

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
Pulling the ball outside off stump isn't a winning strategy in test cricket.
When the bowler is coming around the wicket angling it into the body at modest pace with a third man, deep backward point and little legside protection it's pretty safe. The strategy worked because they know Rudds has zero legside game hence they can rely on him trying to slice everything away.
 

Blocky

Banned
Sigh. I really didn't want it to be all on Williamson/Taylor/McCullum to give us something defendable, but once again it is.
It was always going to be that way to be honest. And judging on Taylor's first ball, he could go early - either from being run out stupidly by Williamson (again) or by feathering a drive
 

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
It was always going to be that way to be honest. And judging on Taylor's first ball, he could go early - either from being run out stupidly by Williamson (again) or by feathering a drive
Taylor always looks rubbish early on. He and McCullum are about the worst batsmen in the world at the beginning of their innings.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
It's almost like NZ have less respect for the Sri Lankan quicks than I do.
Definitely felt this was a problem with Taylor and McCullum's dismissals first innings. Taylor was clearly looking to hit everything, shuffling across, getting front on and wanting to bottom-hand every ball into a gap. Didn't want to get properly forward or get side on and defend, which I believe he would have if he gave the bowlers more respect. No surprise he couldn't adjust when a delivery outside off seamed (would just as easily have outside edged one to slip). McCullum obv just tried to smash his second ball.
 

YorksLanka

International Debutant
lovely ball from Rangana..good for us to get rid of such a dangerous player as Taylor cheaply..now we need Williamson quickly before he gets going...
 

Flem274*

123/5
well this is getting pretty bad.

let this be a lesson to the idiots preparing day 1 green tops. win the toss, win the game. when you have an ATG play and ATG innings, you'll piss it in.
 

Blocky

Banned
Can we just remove the idea that Taylor is our best batsman anymore? That honor goes to one of the two at the crease.

The reason Taylor missed that is that Taylor does what he constantly does - plods the front foot down the pitch and plays far too early. It's beautiful when it means he's smoking cover drives or cutting the ball but against quality spin bowling it's a major concern.

Suddenly we go from a relatively good position to "Let's hope one of these two score big and that Watling and Neesham have some runs in them too"
 
Last edited:

Flem274*

123/5
Baz and Kane have been better in the past 12 months but Taylor is our third or fourth best batsman ever.

Taylor got out to that ball because it was a beautiful delivery from the best spinner in the world and to make things worse, Taylor is mud before he gets to 10.

That ball would have got plenty of set batsmen out.
 

Blocky

Banned
Baz and Kane have been better in the past 12 months but Taylor is our third or fourth best batsman ever.

Taylor got out to that ball because it was a beautiful delivery from the best spinner in the world and to make things worse, Taylor is mud before he gets to 10.

That ball would have got plenty of set batsmen out.
Taylor really owes his high average to an amazing series against England, an amazing series against West Indies and not being "sucky" in any other series until possibly this one. That ball would've got plenty of set batsman out? In your dreams buddy, it was a ball that was well flighted and turned a little bit towards the top of off stump - most set batsman in the world would've played late and back to that delivery.

Since his great year in 2012, he's been decidedly average.
 

Top