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***Official** Sri Lanka in New Zealand
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Indeed, NZ are a team of horrible, mean-spirited, unsportsmanlike plonkers...
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Fiery
Banned
It would have been a very generous show of sportsmanship to recall him and it's easy to be holier than thou about it after the event. With the low-scoring nature of the pitch and a batsman on 100 and capable of scoring another 40-50 runs it could have cost us the match if they did recall him. In doing so it would also reward a very stupid, schoolboy error by a very experienced cricketer who should have known better. This will teach kids a lesson too to stay in your crease till the ball is on it's way back to the bowler or the umpire has called over.
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SL are really in for a pretty poor tour if they do not wake up and get their act together.
The rest of the tour will be lot of Green tops and low scoring encounters, without a doubt.
NZ specialise in destroying the confidance of subcontinental teams before World Cups and inflating their own confidance by using Underprepared pitches under the excuse of early season /lack of good weather etc. to pass them over the powers that be.
Ask why India declined to tour NZ before the World Cup 2007.( See India tour of 2002/3.)
Sri Lankans(including Moody) were sucked in (by a belter of a pitch at Dunedin in their practice match) and fell neatly into the trap by being overconfidant in their team selections in picking 6 batsman and a wicketkeeper who cannot bat. To add to that they picked a guy (Maharoof) who passes as an allrounder in the subcontinent , but in conditions that require specialists (batsman or bowlers) he turns out to be neither !!
SL lost this Test by a combination of the above (ie being sucked in to expect a flat track), failure to read the pitch by the combined Dumb witted Moody and Mahela, some poor umpiring that helped NZ get the lead [when both fleming and Vettori were out plumb LBW (Vettori to Murali , Fleming to Malinga, Murali and Vaas)], but most importantly by their pathetic batting on 2 successive innings.
If the SL team management (Moody inclusve) and selectors do not wake up quickly and address these issues , SL are heading for a white wash here .
Their priority now must be to get the Team selection spot on for the second test.
Prasanna must go. They have to stop undermining the confidance of arguably the best wicketkeeper-Batsman in Test cricket (Sangakkara) . Maharoof does not serve any purpose in NZ conditions.
What is Moody upto ? One must ask when the likes of Atapattu are playing FC cricket in SL and Nuwan Zoysa not oicked at all, while One day bowlers like Maharoof are picked for Tests in conditions which require specialists !!
Serious questions need to be asked after a pathetic performance such as this, or else they may face a clean white wash very soon.
The ODI series is paramount and going by the past one would expect low scoring green tops for all the One Dayers as well , because that's the type of conditions that will suit NZ .
SL really need to get their act together now before its too late and prepare for the ODIs from now on and in getting Team selections right to meet the conditions.
Atapattu and Zoysa would be useful additions without a doubt.
The rest of the tour will be lot of Green tops and low scoring encounters, without a doubt.
NZ specialise in destroying the confidance of subcontinental teams before World Cups and inflating their own confidance by using Underprepared pitches under the excuse of early season /lack of good weather etc. to pass them over the powers that be.
Ask why India declined to tour NZ before the World Cup 2007.( See India tour of 2002/3.)
Sri Lankans(including Moody) were sucked in (by a belter of a pitch at Dunedin in their practice match) and fell neatly into the trap by being overconfidant in their team selections in picking 6 batsman and a wicketkeeper who cannot bat. To add to that they picked a guy (Maharoof) who passes as an allrounder in the subcontinent , but in conditions that require specialists (batsman or bowlers) he turns out to be neither !!
SL lost this Test by a combination of the above (ie being sucked in to expect a flat track), failure to read the pitch by the combined Dumb witted Moody and Mahela, some poor umpiring that helped NZ get the lead [when both fleming and Vettori were out plumb LBW (Vettori to Murali , Fleming to Malinga, Murali and Vaas)], but most importantly by their pathetic batting on 2 successive innings.
If the SL team management (Moody inclusve) and selectors do not wake up quickly and address these issues , SL are heading for a white wash here .
Their priority now must be to get the Team selection spot on for the second test.
Prasanna must go. They have to stop undermining the confidance of arguably the best wicketkeeper-Batsman in Test cricket (Sangakkara) . Maharoof does not serve any purpose in NZ conditions.
What is Moody upto ? One must ask when the likes of Atapattu are playing FC cricket in SL and Nuwan Zoysa not oicked at all, while One day bowlers like Maharoof are picked for Tests in conditions which require specialists !!
Serious questions need to be asked after a pathetic performance such as this, or else they may face a clean white wash very soon.
The ODI series is paramount and going by the past one would expect low scoring green tops for all the One Dayers as well , because that's the type of conditions that will suit NZ .
SL really need to get their act together now before its too late and prepare for the ODIs from now on and in getting Team selections right to meet the conditions.
Atapattu and Zoysa would be useful additions without a doubt.
Fiery
Banned
I hope they're entertaining games but expecting it to be very one-sided and for Bond with the ball at the top of the order and McCullum with the bat down the bottom of the order to be this difference. Expect Fleming to try and play an anchor role in those games and try to take most of the strike to Murali. He plays him as well as anyone in the world.JASON said:I hope you won't need it during the ODI series .
Tim
Cricketer Of The Year
McCullum will be opening I reckon. Fleming will most likely open with him although there might be a temptation to try Jesse Ryder. I'm keen to see both Ryder and Ross Taylor in the side but i'm not sure they'll be willing to trial 2 relatively new caps so close to the World Cup.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
By the way, Jason, Sri Lanka were looking to do the same thing. Jayawardene held on to the ball for ages after taking it when Murali was bowling, hoping the batsman would walk out of his crease to garden etc.
The pitch was for the bowlers - not the batsman. If you can't bat on a good pitch then you're not good enough.
Or perhaps Jayawardene was ****y in thinking they would belt the NZ bowlers to all corners when batting first?
In any case, there were some attrocious performances by both teams but to insinuate it's because NZ wanted to doctor the pitch to their advantage and destroy Sri Lanka's confidence for the World Cup is ludicrous. Especially considering that there's a ODI series coming, which can go either way IMO regardless of how these teams perform in the tests.
This is an excuse for poor batting, which you later admit to. Make up your mind?JASON said:
The pitch was for the bowlers - not the batsman. If you can't bat on a good pitch then you're not good enough.
Or perhaps Jayawardene was ****y in thinking they would belt the NZ bowlers to all corners when batting first?
In any case, there were some attrocious performances by both teams but to insinuate it's because NZ wanted to doctor the pitch to their advantage and destroy Sri Lanka's confidence for the World Cup is ludicrous. Especially considering that there's a ODI series coming, which can go either way IMO regardless of how these teams perform in the tests.
Tim
Cricketer Of The Year
The pitch was average yes, but both batting sides looked completely under-done. Sangakkara showed that you could score runs on that pitch but how many stupid dismissals did we see? hopefully the standard will rise (significantly) in the next test. Although the game barely lasted 3 days so im not sure how much better things will get.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Jason's got to be the most whiny poster on this site. I'm not sure I've ever seen a game involving Sri Lanka on here in which he hasn't claimed some sort of umpiring conspiricy or equivalent rubbish. Makes SP look gracious in defeat.
Anyway, good win for NZ, and good job on producing a sporting wicket as well. I watched a fair bit of the game today and yesterday and enjoyed it plenty.
Anyway, good win for NZ, and good job on producing a sporting wicket as well. I watched a fair bit of the game today and yesterday and enjoyed it plenty.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
It's happened in the past (Champions trophy a good example, IIRC) a few times.Perm said:
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
I had something similar happen to me in a game and I spent a long time blaming everyone else before the realisation that it was probably my fault. The game doesnt stop for me and the umpire judges when the ball is dead.JASON said:
Silly dismissal, not ideal, one that makes the batsman look foolish. but a dismissal all the same.
Saying all that, I dont think I would do it, but, despite the knot in my stomach, I cant really criticise those that would.
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