***Official** Sri Lanka in New Zealand

[Tim]

I can understand why alot of people from the subcontinent don't like tours here. We aren't seeing batsmen boosting their averages all the time. It's good to see the batsmen being sorted by the men from the boys every now and then on difficult pitches if you ask me.

 

[Tim]

The stupid thing is that this isn't a bad wicket by any stretch..it's no green top. Both sides look completely undercooked in test cricket right now.

 

[Beleg]

This seems like an awesome test match to me. I am sorry I missed watching it.

I love to watch cricket being played in NZ. It's awesome.

 

[TT Boy]

Kumar closing in on his ton, been a remarkable innings.

 

[TT Boy]

Sangakkara taking a single whilst on 98, leaving Murali with five balls to face from Bond. Got some balls old Kumar.

 

[Tim]

Sangakkara wanted 2 off the first ball but Murali slipped. Bond not bowling at all well to the tail though.

 

[TT Boy]

Sangakkara wanted 2 off the first ball but Murali slipped. Bond not bowling at all well to the tail though.

His pace seems to be down from yesterday also, was only bowling in the mid 130's when I was watching.

 

[silentstriker]

Nothing wrong with the test match and nothing wrong with the pitch. Good solid test cricket.

 

[TT Boy]

On 99 Kumar, Murali two balls to face...

 

[silentstriker]

OH NO! Murali just killed it! What a brain freeze.

 

[TT Boy]

Nothing wrong with the test match and nothing wrong with the pitch. Good solid test cricket.

Excellent test match really enjoyable shame about the crowd. Yesterday's England XI game got over a 1,000 spectators and that was the epitome of Mickey Mouse.

 

[silentstriker]

Never seen anythign like this! Murali's face and Jayasurya's reaction from the balcony is absolutely priceless.

 

[silentstriker]

I have that recorded on my TiVo for posterity.

 

[silentstriker]

Why is everyone so quiet? Can any one believe what happened? They scored a run, and murali left his crease to congratulate Sangakarra...but the play was still live and NZ wicketkeeper took off the bails!

 

[TT Boy]

What happened?

 

[silentstriker]

What happened?

They scored a run, and murali left his crease to congratulate Sangakarra...but the play was still live and NZ wicketkeeper took off the bails! So Sangakarra got stranded on 99 as the run didn't count!

 

[TT Boy]

Well some confusions here, Sangakkara tucks it away and picks up a single, Muralitharan leaves his crease to congratulate his partner and McCullum removes the bails, Jerling raises his finger, Murali is out and is it a Sangakkara hundred or not??? Well yes it is as Muralitharan touched the crease before leaving to congratulate Sangakkara

Sounds controversial.

 

[silentstriker]

JESUS! No one watches at the stadium but surely I thought SOMEONE would be watching live on tv.

 

[silentstriker]

Sounds controversial.

Not controversial. Run out, the play wasn't dead.

 

[TT Boy]

They scored a run, and murali left his crease to congratulate Sangakarra...but the play was still live and NZ wicketkeeper took off the bails! So Sangakarra got stranded on 99 as the run didn't count!

Cricinfo.com has him on 100, sounds like Murali is quite the idiot. Did the Sri Lanka's kick up a fuss or just walk off?