*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand 2018/19

[thierry henry]

Neesham is a 137-142 type bowler, always has been

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Would those white collars not make it difficult to see the ball in the bowlers load-up?

 

[straw man]

Seifert looks a total spud

I have to think he has more with the bat than he's shown in his T20I innings so far and today. Have seen him miss quite a few deliveries by a long way, including getting bowled a couple of times in T20s when he got nowhere near it. Must be better than that, given his FC record and having seen highlights of some of his domestic T20 innings. Nerves might explain some of it, I guess.

Still fumbling with the gloves tonight too, which doesn't help.

 

[Athlai]

Henry is trash.

 

[BeeGee]

Kusal's getting no support.

It's looking a bit stiff for SL now.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Resting Latham is already looking to be a poor decision imo. Surely Stead & co realise Seifert is a poor keeper.

 

[Binkley]

Henry is trash.

Sitting on the bench for so long clearly hasn’t helped him.

 

[Blain]

Ronchi has joined the coaching staff for the tour - Perhaps for this reason. Gotta hand it to the Lankans, we'd be in major trouble if it wasn't for Neesham. Thankfully someone has put their hand up to compete with CDG.

These dead pitches though.. Far out. Henry is down on pace, 135km or there abouts, was in the late 130s-140s last time I saw him. No swing for anyone today.

 

[bill8164]

Two great catches there by Seifert.

 

[straw man]

Resting Latham is already looking to be a poor decision imo. Surely Stead & co realise Seifert is a poor keeper.

Gotta have a reserve keeper for the World Cup though. So if not Seifert, then Phillips?

Two great catches there by Seifert.

yes, points back in his favour for that

 

[Athlai]

that lady in the crowd, and even better the bloke behind her.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I hope he proves me wrong, but the time to give henry a run was over two years ago. Looks like a shadow of his former self.

 

[straw man]

good win and worked well as a World Cup audition - learned more one way or another about Munro, Nicholls, Seifert, Neesham, Henry and Ferguson

 

[Flem274*]

good chase from sl. switched to the alt commentary which even with the abuse for kusal leaving the ball and not running hard between the sticks still manages to be less biased than ian smith and co.

also a good discussion about who would have the better orgy - newshub or tv 1

 

[Flem274*]

henry looks like someone who hasn't bowled a ball in anger for 2 months. a lot of them did tbh.

 

[straw man]

I hope he proves me wrong, but the time to give henry a run was over two years ago. Looks like a shadow of his former self.

He wasn't good on flat pitches two years ago either and we know he doesn't have good variations, slower balls etc. Absolutely deserves a run though. What I want from him this series is new-ball wickets - that would differentiate him from Southee.

 

[Athlai]

We have more promising guys at the domestic level than Henry now. Honestly dont see the need to persist.

 

[TheBrand]

We have more promising guys at the domestic level than Henry now. Honestly dont see the need to persist.

Yeah but his record in English conditions in 2018 will definitely give him a leg above the rest imo.

 

[straw man]

We have more promising guys at the domestic level than Henry now. Honestly dont see the need to persist.

Do we? Long term maybe but who might be ready in five months? We've tried Rance and Wheeler with little success and others like Jamieson, Tickner, Duffy are yet to debut for nz. It's a step up and they would need time to have a chance of doing that.

Milne still an option if he can get on the park. I don't mind Bennett but hasn't done that well in nz a matches.

Give Henry three or four matches to make his case.

 

[Zinzan]

Splendid comeback from Neesham. Was probably happiest about his performance with the ball than anything else. His talent with bat in hand has never been in question.