Oh dear. Did you not notice Styris, Oram and Mills were missing? They would have easily slotted back into the side for Franklin and Martin and one of them maybe as the supersub. Yet you still think it would not have made a difference at all. Of course I know you can only use 11 players, jesus.JASON said:You can only 11 players in a Team . OK with Super sub you get occasionally a chance to use 12 which Black caps used in 3 ODIs .
But you want 3 more - thats 14 players !! You've gotta be joking !!
This is getting really boring. Oram is very much part of the middle order batting at 7 or 8, while Mills bats at 10. Styris would have slotted in at 6, so those three would have strengthened the NZ middle-lower order.marc71178 said:
Fortunately for Sri Lanka, though, Tillakaratne Dilshan came through with a sensible 43 at No. 4, while Kumar Sangakkara and Marvan Atapattu stretched the advantage with innovative and entertaining half-centuries. The fact that no batsman made more than Sangakkara's 63, and no partnership stretched to three figures ensured that Sri Lanka had put enough on the board to give their bowlers a fighting chance.Pratyush said:Anand Vasu states "The fact that no batsman made more than Sangakkara's 63, and no partnership stretched to three figures ensured that Sri Lanka had put enough on the board to give their bowlers a fighting chance."
Makes maybe a little sense now?
I was actually referring to Murali's fumble when Vettori hit the ball straight to him at mid-off and made a suicide run. Vettori and Cairns were in at that stage, and if Murali had gathered it properly Vettori would have been out by miles. Not sure what you're referring to.JASON said:The bat was on the line in that run out and it was extremely tight . I have seen those given against SL and some of the other Teams, (particularly in Australia) but on this instance the 4th Umpire decided it was unclear and gave the benefit to the home side.
Given Gary Baxter's poor umpiring in the series, I was pleasantly surprised when he finally gave the LBW against Cairns !! (given the player's profile and the game situation -I was even more surprised that he did give it !!
I didn't mention the super sub. I am talking about the overall team. We were missing Mills, Oram and Styris. They were missed in the run chase.JASON said:What, missing one extra batsman (How ) severely weakens NZ lower order does it now ?
You played 3 ODIs where NZ got maximum benefit from the Super Sub (by winning the toss and getting in an extra batsman ) and then on the only occasion you lose the toss and the opposition benefits from the Super Sub - you are suggesting NZ was severely weakened !!
Now , now come off it .
You were beaten by the better team on the day .
No Sri Lankan would say after the First 3 ODIs that SL was the better Team.
So on the day you lose, you must be man enough to accept that the better team won on the day .(Particularly with some brilliant death bowling)
Vettori is a pretty good batsman at test level and his style should work for him in ODIs but he has never really been able to have a go as he has always batted at the end of the innings and so has never got a chance really at international level plus he is kind of required to hit sixes and fours which I dont see him doing often but I think hes more of a rotator of the strike. At first class level he has already proven he can bat after he scored those two centuries in a row opening two years ago.Blaze said:
