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

[wellAlbidarned]

Vettori used to be better against this kind of bowling. Now he's a rabbit.

He did rubbish this game, but he's more likely to pull off a cute scoop or paddle for a boundary than Mills who'd just squirt them for singles or dots.

 

[Zinzan]

He was upset, but I didn't hear him swear. What did he say?

I'm not 100% he swore that time. The Vettori one he was yelling '****" in the ump face. The non-DRS one today he was heard screaming about officials doing it for the home teams advantage, and then with the wide call, he's again in the umps face & he's not even the skipper. The ump needs to grow some and tell him he doesn't want to hear another word.

 

[Bahnz]

Jacob Oram's dog is really cute.

 

[SteveNZ]

Will be interesting to see where Howsie's head is at in 50 overs, or even less so

 

[Zinzan]

Mills a much cleaner hitter these days. Would definitely prefer him at the death.

I'm really not convinced. Vettori's obv not as useful as he once was, but he has shown the odd glimpse to suggest he can still manipulate it & find tinny boundaries on a good day. Whereas Mills isn't as good with the bat as he was 5-6 years ago either is he?

Although I do see he got some domestic runs the other day.

 

[Bahnz]

I'm really not convinced. Vettori's obv not as useful as he once was, but he has shown the odd glimpse to suggest he can still manipulate it & find tinny boundaries on a good day. Whereas Mills isn't as good with the bat as he was 5-6 years ago either is he?

Although I do see he got some domestic runs the other day.

Haven't seen any real drop off in Mills' batting, though it's difficult to tell because he bats so little. Has faced just 8 balls in his last 6 ODI's.

 

[Zinzan]

Will be interesting to see where Howsie's head is at in 50 overs, or even less so

It is a crucial comeback game for Mills in terms of the pecking order. A typical 1-46 spell would do the job nicely today.

 

[SteveNZ]

It is a crucial comeback game for Mills in terms of the pecking order. A typical 1-46 spell would do the job nicely today.

I'm not sure we need judge him on his first game back...look at Elliott. He was clueless in his first outing, and scored a ton later that week.

Having said that, this is the exact scenario I said Mill does his best work and why he should be in our best XI. And I expect him to go pretty well.

 

[Zinzan]

I'm not sure we need judge him on his first game back...look at Elliott. He was clueless in his first outing, and scored a ton later that week.

Having said that, this is the exact scenario I said Mill does his best work and why he should be in our best XI. And I expect him to go pretty well.

Yep, he's going to get a few games on the trot regardless, but it's still important the signs are there.

 

[Athlai]

Maybe a weird time to say this after two loose balls in the over, but mills looks as good as ever.

 

[Zinzan]

Maybe a weird time to say this after two loose balls in the over, but mills looks as good as ever.

Yup, the signs are good so far. If one wanted to be picky they could say he was a touch straight to Thirimanne.

 

[Athlai]

The second test will be how he bowls in his spell towards the end of the innings. I don't think any of us really thought he wouldn't offer something with the new ball.

 

[Maximas]

Thirimanne looks to be more comfortable at the top here, can handle the movement but enjoys the gaps in the field and the time available to get himself in it seems

 

[Athlai]

Hmm. I know Mills is a perpetually tired looking guy, but he was breathing quite hard there. If he can't bowl 6 overs on the trot that would be a massive blow.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Williamson is an utter run machine. I reckon in 2 years he'll be averaging over 50 in both formats.

 

[hendrix]

Boult is getting better and better at ODI bowling.

 

[Flem274*]

yup that's the best white ball over i've seen him bowl

 

[Zinzan]

Yep, bowling superbly so far. Hitting the pitch hard at that length makes him hard to pull.

 

[Greenlite]

Millsy almost out of the WC

 

[Zinzan]

Millay almost out of the WC