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** Official ** Sri Lanka in New Zealand tour

The Maestro

School Boy/Girl Captain
lmao look at all the little buggers come scurrying over and chattering like excited children......:gora:

just like their cricket team when their chucker thinks he has got someone bat-pad

yeah ok JASON, Vaas and Malinga etc would have bowled well on a green wicket, but NZ would have been still on top cos we would have saved about 150 runs with our ground fielding

ooogggg ogggggggg eeeeeeek eeeeeeeek myyyyyy naaaaaaaame is JAAAAAAASON

ooooog ogggg ekkk eeeekk
:toot:
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
I agree with The Maestro. This pitch is rubbish, like most of the pitches in the world today except a touch worse. It makes for boring, predictable, pointless cricket where the only hope for the bowlers unless they are a McGrath is to bowl straight and hope for a mistake. It's simply terrible and a better job needs to be done in preparing decent wickets in the future.
 

psxpro

Banned
JASON said:
I didn't see you call on NZ cricket to bring out Green Tops when the Aussie Pace bowlers were beating the hell out even on flat tracks !! :D :D

Your comments are even more dumber ,IMO !!

Are you dumb enough to not realise that if this match had been played on a greener pitch, Malinga, Vaas and co would have bowled you guys over twice already, and you would have added more misery to your already miserable self ? :p

Think twice !! before opening your trap !! :D

Jason, do you honestly think srilanka can win this?
Its impossible, Neither team will win.

The pitches vs austrlaia were nowhere as flat, they were pretty good pitches.
This is one of the worst pitches in NZ.
Seamer freindly pitches are much better as they add variety to cricket, Every pitch everywhere is flat these days.

This will also do nothing to raise interest in NZ cricket for youngsters. The aussies were a different case, we got to see them play at a different level, but This test the batting seems way too easy. Remember Jason NZ did Score 561 as well. So it hasn't been all Srilanka.
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
The Maestro said:
lmao look at all the little buggers come scurrying over and chattering like excited children......:gora:

just like their cricket team when their chucker thinks he has got someone bat-pad

yeah ok JASON, Vaas and Malinga etc would have bowled well on a green wicket, but NZ would have been still on top cos we would have saved about 150 runs with our ground fielding

ooogggg ogggggggg eeeeeeek eeeeeeeek myyyyyy naaaaaaaame is JAAAAAAASON

ooooog ogggg ekkk eeeekk
:toot:
I suggest you take your pills quickly before you get out of control and break something in your house from your frustration !! :laugh: :laugh:

You sound like you are :mad: :crazy: :twisted: .

Calm down and call your shrink, because I am seriously worried about your sanity ! :(

If that's not the case, you could do us a favour and just :shutup:
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
psxpro said:
Jason, do you honestly think srilanka can win this?
Its impossible, Neither team will win.

Remember Jason NZ did Score 561 as well. So it hasn't been all Srilanka.
I didn't say SL will win this, but I only said that was a possibility if the pitch started turning. You are reading way too much into my comments, Mate .

I never said SL have dominated this, but NZ never dominated the bowling despite scoring 500 odd runs on a flat dead track. So give credit to SL bowlers for their effort !!
 

Dasa

International Vice-Captain
The Maestro said:
lmao look at all the little buggers come scurrying over and chattering like excited children......:gora:

just like their cricket team when their chucker thinks he has got someone bat-pad

yeah ok JASON, Vaas and Malinga etc would have bowled well on a green wicket, but NZ would have been still on top cos we would have saved about 150 runs with our ground fielding

ooogggg ogggggggg eeeeeeek eeeeeeeek myyyyyy naaaaaaaame is JAAAAAAASON

ooooog ogggg ekkk eeeekk
:toot:
Mate, that is too much... In my experience on these forums, Jason has never said anything to deserve such a response... you're not reflecting too well on your nation if you make comments such as the above.

I'd also like to add that your comments are bordering on the racial - "look at all the little buggers come scurrying over and chattering like excited children" and "just like their cricket team when their chucker thinks he has got someone bat-pad" ????
 
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The Maestro

School Boy/Girl Captain
Dasa said:
I'd also like to add that your comments are bordering on the racial - "look at all the little buggers come scurrying over and chattering like excited children" and "just like their cricket team when their chucker thinks he has got someone bat-pad" ????
ok lets add "Dasa" to the idiot list

Which part of that ^^^^ is bordering on racist again?

"little buggers?"

Profoundly racist 8-) .....if your a pygmy

"just like their cricket team"

guilty.....very racist remark 8-)

Im so sorry :sleep:

If anything......YOU are the racist one for leaping on a remark like mine and baying "RACIST!!!" like some sort of rabid freakaziod dog

wake up to yourself man, most of the world (including me) doesnt give a damn if your skin is dark. The part of you that has no clue is UNDER your skin
 

psxpro

Banned
What is so rascist about what he said???
I think you are the rasist one, seeing anything about race in that.

Oh Jason sorry, Srilanka were absolutely unbeleibable. They restricted NZ to a modest total of 561, it was a terrif effort, the bowling was inspiring.
We never dominated, oh my god. :blink:

we scored at something like 3.5 didn't we? it wasn't bad, our openers played very slowly, apart from that we played pretty aggressively.
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
psxpro said:
What is so rascist about what he said???
I think you are the rasist one, seeing anything about race in that.

Oh Jason sorry, Srilanka were absolutely unbeleibable. They restricted NZ to a modest total of 561, it was a terrif effort, the bowling was inspiring.
We never dominated, oh my god. :blink:

we scored at something like 3.5 didn't we? it wasn't bad, our openers played very slowly, apart from that we played pretty aggressively.
Look guys, I never said anything was rascist .

But lets continue discussing without going crazy or over board or trying to belittle each other , alrightey Mate ?

Just post sensibly without going nuts , that's all .(Not you mate, you know what I mean don't you :) )
Anyway, getting back on topic, NZ did play well as myself and several SL contributors on this thread paid credit to, guys !!

Let us avoid trivialising or belittling the opposition , OK mates ? :)

Lets try and keep a decent friendly thread of fun going here, guys .

Lets hope the Test continues to entertain us all !! :D :D

I for one hope Wiseman will bowl well and do well. Because, IMO he has been under-rated in the past.
 
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psxpro

Banned
test cricket is about taking 20 wickets and the pitch is too flat to do that.
I will eat myself if anyone wins this, I have no doubt it will be a draw.
Don't you agree that the next pitch needs to have more life on it?

Overall Srilanka bowled better because Malinga looked threatening, apart from that I'd say there has been no difference.

Btw Jason, what do you rate about Wiseman? There is nothing to rate about him imo, I have nothing against him but I just cant see him troubling most batsmen
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
psxpro said:
test cricket is about taking 20 wickets and the pitch is too flat to do that.
I will eat myself if anyone wins this, I have no doubt it will be a draw.
Don't you agree that the next pitch needs to have more life on it?

Overall Srilanka bowled better because Malinga looked threatening, apart from that I'd say there has been no difference.
I definitely hope so. (Now that our batsmen have got acclimatised !! :D :D )
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Test cricket is about a competition between bat and ball and it seems to me that most pitches in New Zealand are either Green Tops or Flat Pitches, can't you guys find pitches that is something in between, that a good cricket pitch. I hope they do for the next game cus this pitch just gives our batsmen this false sence of achievement that they have scored runs overseas, when really they just scored runs on a road.

I still think their is a chance of a result if the Kiwi openers and some of the other Kiwi batsmen didn't bat so slowly. New Zealand scored at 3.5 and we scored at nearly 4 with Atapattu scoring a century, one of the slwoest batters in the world. The Kiwis scored too slowly on the first day and if they didn't then there would still be a chance of a result, but now we have to how for some sporting declaration and no rain.
 

shaka

International Regular
Its the inexperience of our bowling attack in comparison to the Sri Lankan bowling attack. E.g. Jayasuriya, Vaas, Chandana etc who have played more than some our players combined.
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
shaka said:
Its the inexperience of our bowling attack in comparison to the Sri Lankan bowling attack. E.g. Jayasuriya, Vaas, Chandana etc who have played more than some our players combined.
What about the other three Herath, Malinga and Kulakulsera (on his debut), also Jayasuriya doesn't bowl much any. Off the top of my head i think Chandana's only played 15 Tests. Not really an experience bowling attack by any means outside Vaas.
 

The Maestro

School Boy/Girl Captain
chaminda_00 said:
Test cricket is about a competition between bat and ball and it seems to me that most pitches in New Zealand are either Green Tops or Flat Pitches, can't you guys find pitches that is something in between, that a good cricket pitch.

Ive got a Dip in turf Culture and I spent most of my time employed as a greenkeepr preparing wickets for Prem Club cricket (kin years ago now)

You are right......we struggle to come up with the true belter, ie a wicket with a little bit in it for everyone. Our climate is to blame to a certain degree, quite simply...it doesnt get hot enough. We either end up with a slow, low boring slab of plop or a fricken screeching minefield

If we had a population and cricket ground somewhere nearer the northern tip, i reckon it would help a lot

Althought the English climate is worse than NZ....much worse..... and they seem to do ok

:blink:
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
The Maestro said:
Ive got a Dip in turf Culture and I spent most of my time employed as a greenkeepr preparing wickets for Prem Club cricket (kin years ago now)

You are right......we struggle to come up with the true belter, ie a wicket with a little bit in it for everyone. Our climate is to blame to a certain degree, quite simply...it doesnt get hot enough. We either end up with a slow, low boring slab of plop or a fricken screeching minefield

If we had a population and cricket ground somewhere nearer the northern tip, i reckon it would help a lot

Althought the English climate is worse than NZ....much worse..... and they seem to do ok

:blink:
I taken your knowleage on board since you have the Dip. but i think it has got allot to do with your tactics aganist touring teams. When a sub continent side comes you produce green tops, when a side like with a decent pace attack comes then you produce flat tracks or some weird turners like aganist South Africa. You shouldn't produce pitches for the other team, but pitches that suit your game. When you have your full strength side, the teams strength its balance, you have some good batter, a good spinners and some half decent quicks. This is not includling Bond cus who know how long he is going to be around for. They need to produce tracks that offer assitance to pace bowlers but isn't completely a green top.
 

The Maestro

School Boy/Girl Captain
ah ...ignore the Dip. it means a lot less than actual experience preparing wickets anyway

I follow what you are saying and agree to a point, but the thing is NZ doesnt really have a strength. If anything it is our teamwork/spirit/fielding that helps us compete (yes ok easy to point out games where we lacked "spirit" lol)

I guess what Im saying is.....we have no real strengths...... so blunting the oppositions best bowlers is the next best tactic

In my opinion our seamers can compete well in our conditions with any sides seamers (barring Aust of course), so I think we should greentop everyones azzes...... but I'll leave that call up to Bracewell and co. I suspect they know a little more about it all than me

You do make a good point....and it would be good for the game, but then we might start losing and thats unthinkable :cry:
 

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